The February 1 festival at Rippon Vineyard - run by Lake Wanaka SouNZ - will be the 10th since the event debuted in 1997.
The organisers of the Rhythm and Alps music festival recently announced their annual two-day New Year event would be relocated from Canterbury to the Cardrona Valley from this year. They expect up to 5000 campers will attend the event on December 30 and 31.
Rippon Vineyard winemaker Nick Mills said he was not concerned about the impact of Rhythm and Alps on Rippon Festival ticket sales.
''There's a sufficiently strong culture within the people who come to the Rippon concert that it shouldn't be affected by what happens at New Year,'' Mr Mills said yesterday.
Lake Wanaka SouNZ director and Rippon Festival founder Lynne Christie said the two events had ''quite a few points of difference'' and she did not anticipate a conflict.
''[They are] different events at different times and it's just great to have the South Island recognised as a great venue for music. We'll continue to put on the organic-style Kiwi event that we've been doing for some years now.''
About 600 pre-sale tickets for Rippon Festival were made available to locals yesterday at Wanaka's i-Site and Cafe Gusto, before the remainder - nearly 4000 - go on general sale to the wider public on Saturday. Ticketek also has tickets.
The festival, which promotes solely New Zealand music, will feature musical genres from soul to punk to electro. Artists will include Fat Freddy's Drop, Home Brew, Electric Wire Hustle, Ladi6 and Sunshine Sound System.
More than $80,000 in proceeds from the non-profit festival have been given to Upper Clutha causes since 1997.
