Songstars, Wakatipu's own showcase of original musical talent, returns for a second year this week.
Songstars will be staged in the Arrowtown Athenaeum Hall on Thursday, June 7 to Saturday, June 9. A total of 10 finalists have been selected, after intensive auditions, to shine in the spotlight and perform their songs to a live audience.
The crowd will vote for its favourite original artist.
All performers will be given full staging with singers, dancers, orchestration, a live band and whatever is needed to make the most of their song.
Queenstown-based Underground Productions will bring Songstars to the stage after producing Rock and Roll Suicide, London Calling and Starry Eyed.
Door open at 7.30pm and the show starts at 8pm.
Picks of the week
Today
7pm: Queenstown singer-pianist-trumpeter Alastair Monteath covers traditional jazz favourites for the Friday Jazz Club in Les Alpes. Free.
10.30pm: DJs JCBass-E, Sub Zero and Four Twenty select drum 'n' bass, dubstep and jungle in Subculture. Free.
Tomorrow
10pm: Original Queenstown electro rock trio PantherClaw take on Dux de Lux. Free.
10.30pm: DJ JCBass-E returns for more drum 'n' bass, dubstep and jungle in Subculture. Free.
Tuesday
8.30pm: Guillaume Canet, Fred Ward and Willem Dafoe star in Farewell (2009), a French Cold War spy drama directed by Christian Carion and screened to Queenstown Film Society members in Dorothy Brown's Cinema, Arrowtown. New members can join on the night.
