Helicopter rides will be offered at the Mid-Winter Remarkables Market, part of the Queenstown Resort College Downtown Sessions Festival in the 2011 Winter Games NZ, beginning on Friday.
Remarkables Park special projects co-ordinator Olivia Porter said two special mid-winter markets would bring family fun, local food, products and artisans into and around the Remarkables Park Red Barn from 10am to 3pm on August 20 and August 27.
The first market would be a family fun day, with bouncy castles, face painting, craft and entertainment for the young ones while parents browsed their favourite stalls and discovered new offerings from stallholders, she said.
Winter Games patron Over The Top helicopters would offer specially priced "joy flights" throughout the day.
"The Queenstown Primary School Rock bands will be performing between noon and 1pm on August 20 and, for the first time, we're having the Bungy Tramp at the market, which we're told is the most fun you can have with your clothes on."
Gibbston Valley Cheese would be bringing its new manuka-smoked style Gibbston Valley Gold, with freshly baked home-made treats, including Crisp & Vale home-made meals "made with love" and Gourmet Kitchen's "Yummi" sauce and slices.
Deep Deli Creek would return with its award-winning sausages, while Black Cat Bookshop would hold a "massive clearance".
New stallholders included Wanaka-based Kitchen Window Catering.
"They use locally grown fruit as much as possible to make handmade chutneys, sauces, dressings, jellies and marmalades in small batches," Miss Porter said.
On August 27, a hamper giveaway would be held, with entry gained by making a purchase at any of the stalls.
"It's also the weekend that Harvest Gardens and SBS Bank will launch their September seed giveaway.
"Harvest Gardens and SBS will have flyers with discounts on gardening and veggie growing products from suppliers supporting the promotion, and will be selling Jacqui Stubbs Growing your own in the Wakatipu books which sell for $25."
A $5 donation from each book sale would go towards local schools or the Harvest Community Gardens.
