Coming later in the year, some special pop-up events- FFF presents:
New Zealand Guitar Quartet, Tuesday 18 July
see them play here
Manos Del Chango, Monday 20 November
see them play here
FFF Presents… in association with Arts on Tour
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FFF is f-f-finished for now..
The 2016-17 summer season of Featherston First Friday finished with February’s fun filled family friendly fiesta: thanks for coming along and creating such good times together!
To the wonderful people and entities who supported various aspects of the events:
Trusthouse, Supervalue, The Featherston Community Board, Featherston’s Own Trust, The Warehouse Masterton, Featherston School, The Welsh Dragon Bar, Property Brokers Featherston, Anzac Hall, Graham & Sons Upholsterers, Featherston Library, C’est Cheese, Ant North Catering, Kathy Bartlett, John Broeren.
And much love to our amazing entertainers: Rev Vinyl Burns & Coops Hoops, DJ Denver Grenell, Giddy Up: Naomi Buttermilk, Abie Horrocks & Ed Abrahams, and Patrick Bleakley, Saali Marks, Dayle Jellyman & Mike Jensen.
See you next summer- we’ll be back in November or December for the start of the 2017-18 season. Hope to see you at one of our pop-up events…. keep in the know, join the mailing list by emailing us here
February: Birthday Party
February First Friday: Fabulous music by Saali Marks, Dayle Raymond Jellyman, Mike Jensen and Patrick Bleakley
Picnic blankets, giant Jenga, Twister.. looks like a birthday party
Dancin ‘in the Streets
February First Friday:
(photo credit: Featherston Seen)
(photo credit: Featherston Seen)
Games are ready..
February First Friday: Birthday cake for all!!!(photo credit: Featherston Seen)
February First Friday: (photo credit: Featherston Seen)
(photo credit: Featherston Seen)
February First Friday: (photo credit: Featherston Seen)
February First Friday: What a beautiful night
What a beautiful night
What a beautiful night
Featherston knows how to party.. and what a beautiful night for it! A few hundred came along to join the party on Feb 3rd, so it seems First Fridays have really taken flight in Featherston. With the Martinborough Fair and a long weekend imminent, more than a few people passing through town stopped off to check out what was happening in the Town Square, which was full of life and colour.
We enjoyed most excellent honkytonk grooves played by Saali Marks, Patrick Bleakley, Dayle Jellyman and Mike Jensen: who played great tunes (for more than two hours I think) and were great sports playing ‘pass the parcel’ and ‘happy birthday’ music. These guys either donated their time or travelled over the Rimutaka Hill on a holiday Friday afternoon- legends!
Pass the parcel, giant Jenga, Twister and the hammocks also proved entertaining to all ages, and the cakes were surely a highlight for many.. perhaps 30 cakes of all sorts were brought along, and passed round and shared in the sun- twas really lovely.
Thanks to the Community Board for funding music, the Warehouse Masterton for pass the parcel prizes and more, and Supervalue for balloons and cake wrangling items : and to Erin at Property Brokers for putting on the much appreciated free sausage sizzle. Thanks to everyone who pitches in, bringing tables, helping on the night, taking photos and sharing, making gorgeous cakes, putting up posters.. what a great night, thanks for coming and embracing it- our awesome community!
xx Martine & Rebekah
Happy Birthday Featherston!
Early February sees Featherston turn 161, and it’s Waitangi weekend, NZ’s birth date: this surely calls for cake!
Shimmy down to the Town Square (affectionately known as the Squircle) on Friday 3rd February, 6-9pm.
There’ll be live music, some traditional party games with a twist, prizes and treats, and a free sausage sizzle thanks to Erin of Property Brokers.
We reckon 161 candles on one cake might cause a meltdown, or a fire- help us out by bringing a cake to share all the candles on, and share together after we (or the wind) blow them out. It may be our birthday but everyone’s invited: this is free event and all are welcome. Visiting the Wairarapa this weekend for the Martinborough Fair? Stop in Featherston First!
January 2017: Unplugged
A truly relaxing evening with communal bbq-ing, colouring in the Squircle, hammocks, laidback hillbilly tunes, and hanging out in the sun.
January’s Featherston First Friday
January’s Featherston First Friday
‘Giddy Up’, playing Old Time Appalachian mountain music, at January’s Featherston First Friday
January’s Featherston First Friday
January’s Featherston First Friday
January’s Featherston First Friday
January’s Featherston First Friday
January’s Featherston First Friday
January’s Featherston First Friday
January’s Featherston First Friday
January brings laidback country styles…
Come on down to the Town Square that’s a Squircle for some good times on Friday 6 January.
Bring a picnic, bring a blanket, bring your (square) dancing shoes..
there’ll be Old Time country sounds from Appalachian mountain music supergroup Giddy Up. Featuring members of Wellington’s Cotton Daisy Backstep, and The Squirrelly Bills from Christchurch, bringing you boot stomping gospel, hillbilly songs and lonesome ballads- with Abie Horrocks (banjo) Naomi Buttermilk (guitar) Ed Abraham (fiddle).
We’ll be bringing a bbq along, if you’d like to bring a picnic dinner & cook something, you are welcome to use it. And if you’d like to bring one too, please do!
Plus the usual chilled Featherston First Friday vibes: hangout in the hammocks, chalk the walk, talk some talk, and generally enjoy being part of a fun cruisey community event.
December 2016: Squirc-tacular
Big love to sponsors Sticky & Featherston’s Own Trust. Big ups to DJ Denver, spinning excellent tunes all night, Ant Paul & Kathy the fab food vendors, Isis & Meg for the henna tattoos, Patrick for the PA, Colin & co for tables, Graham & Sons for hammock fabrics, Hey Jude for spotting us something to wear, everyone who helped, & everyone who came & joined in. So, basically, cheers everyone then. 
December 2016
First Friday December in progress, in the Featherston NZ town Square. Huge thanks to sponsor’s Sticky.co.nz for helping bring this Yayoi Kusama inspired public art project to life
Featherston First Friday December in the Town Square, Fitzherbert St, Featherston NZ
Chess in the Town Square at December First Friday community party.
On the stage in the Featherston Town Square
First Friday December art in progress
December 2016
First Friday December art in progress, in the Featherston NZ town Square. Huge thanks to sponsor’s Sticky.co.nz for helping bring this Yayoi Kusama inspired public art project to life
First Friday December art in progress, in the Featherston NZ town Square. Huge thanks to sponsor’s Sticky.co.nz for helping bring this Yayoi Kusama inspired public art project to life
Proud young artist at Featherston First Friday December 2016
An avantgarde young artist at Featherston First Friday Dec 2016
December 2016
First Friday December art in progress, in the Featherston NZ town Square. Huge thanks to sponsor’s Sticky.co.nz for helping bring this Yayoi Kusama inspired public art project to life
Sun sets over Loco’s ‘Bad Art Competition’ finale
Featherston First Friday December art
First Friday December art installed in an unused public space in Featherston, NZ township.
First Friday December art installed in an unused public space in Featherston, NZ township, thanks to owner John Broeren.
Hanging out at December First Friday
Admiring the art at Featherston First Friday December 2016
Publicly created art at Featherston First Friday December 2016
Hanging out in hammocks at December First Friday in Featherston NZ
Featherston First Friday December in the Town Square, Fitzherbert St, Featherston NZ
Squirc-tacular inspiration: Yayoi Kusama
Thanks to sponsors Sticky Business and Featherston’s Own Trust, we invite you to participate in making some squircular artwork inspired by Yayoi Kusama:
a Japanese avant-garde artist now in her 90’s, in her later career she has had a ‘dots obsession’. While she also creates dot paintings on canvas and board, one of her most well-loved installation works features a white room gradually becoming ‘obliterated’ by stickers given out to gallery visitors, who become participating artists in the process.
For some reason, we’ve been thinking a lot about squares and circles.. so come along and join in making some squarecircle sticker based artwork which will then be publicly exhibited in Feathy… Or you can just come along for some good music and good times..
(www.sticky.nz :They are an NZ owned family business who print stickers and labels to order: they didn’t hesitate to support us so please support them if you need anything sticky!)
Squirc-tacular coming up..
First Friday of December… yes in the Square!
DJ Denver G spinning records for your aural delight:
Squircle inspired art, face painting & henna tattoos by Isis: thanks to sponsors Sticky Business & Featherston’s Own Trust..
Bring a picnic or indulge in Cést Cheese’s famous raclette, Ant North’s satays and sweet treats by sweet Kathy B..
Hangout zone, thanks to Graham & Sons Upholsters for the hammocks, and Feathy Community Centre for the cushions
.. plus there’ll always be a few FF suprises..
More plus: over the road at Loco, there’s the finale of the Bad Art Competition, with prizes and a silent auction- who will be crowned Feathy’s worst artist??
Whew. Dare we say, be there or be square…? Spot you Friday!
November 2016 : picnic extravaganza
Feathy-Vegas!
Trust House & Supervalue, thanks for helping us turn it up to 11 in bringing the Vegas Chapel and superb hoop-competition-MC Vinyl Burns to First Friday!
Lucy Coops, we all had so much fun with yer hoops! I can’t possibly wait til Christmas to get mine from you
The Warehouse Masterton, the kids loved the bubbles, games, chalk the walk and lolly scrambles, thank you!
Featherston’s Own Trust helped out with that too, and the sausage sizzle, which turned into a free/ koha sizz; thanks to the generous spirit of Gina from Feathy School who instead of accepting the proceeds, asked us to give it back to the community so the kids ate free.
Huge shoutout to Jo and Mike, who dressed up, entertained the kids, and sizzled all night on the BBQ- and they skipped a night at work at their Welsh Dragon Bar to do this and give back to the community.
DJ MC Vinyl Burns, hula hooping with Coops Hoops, a magic combo for the kids
November 2016, chalk the walk
First ever First Friday free community party, held November 2016 at Featherston School, Lyon St, Featherston NZ. Featuring DJ MC Vinyl Burns, hula hooping with Coops Hoops, bubbles, chalk the walk, and free community fun.
DJ MC Vinyl Burns, hula hooping with Coops Hoops, a magic combo for the kids
DJ MC Vinyl Burns, hula hooping with Coops Hoops, a magic combo for the kids
Last dance
November 2016
DJ MC Vinyl Burns, hula hooping with Coops Hoops, a magic combo for the kids of all ages..
November 2016
November 2016: DJ and MC Vinyl Burns
