New Zealand drum and bass pioneers Shapeshifter will headline two gigs in Wanaka this month - one of several musical acts lined up to visit the resort on the back of a busy snowsports event schedule.
Music fans and party-lovers will be spoilt for choice next month as a run of snowsports events get under way, with concerts, gigs, and launch parties at night accompanying the day-time action up the mountain.
A film premiere to celebrate the success of Wanaka's world champion freeskier Jossi Wells is one of the events, with the Wanaka Ski Club-hosted evening planned to coincide with the start of the World Junior Ski and Snowboard Championships in late August.
The New Zealand Volkl Freeski Open starts next week and athletes and supporters will have a chance to groove on Saturday at Wanaka's Opium Bar during the event's launch party.
World Heli Challenge closes with its Big Air Snow Show and Afterburner party at the Lake Hawea Hotel, also on Saturday where fans will get their chance to mix and mingle with the extreme back-country skiers.
Brazilian singer-songwriter Fernado Aragones will play at Barluga bar during the same week the Burton Open Sessions come to town.
Gold Coast-based drum 'n' bass band Shapeshifter's first gig sold out quickly, prompting organisers to schedule a second show.
Winding up a busy month of parties will be the Winter of Wells movie session - a fundraising event by the Wanaka Ski and Snowboard Club celebrating the achievements of world champion freeskier Jossi Wells.
It is timed to coincide with the start of the junior world championships on August 21.
