AK03: Best of the fest

* Sticky, today and tomorrow at Britomart Place, 7.30pm, free, duration 50 minutes.

A spectacular outdoor event with fire and sticky tape - 7km of it is built into a 30m-high tower at each show. But to get tickets - up to four per person - you have to have a Foodtown Woolworth's Onecard and present it at one of the supermarkets.

* Visual Feasts, today and tomorrow at Aotea Sq and Queen St, 10am-6pm, free.

Artists create their own weapons of mass distraction. Talk to them, watch, stroll, marvel.

* Don McGlashan, tonight at 8, St James Theatre, single tickets $29-$49, bookings Ticketek, duration 90 minutes.

Poetic songwriter and ex-member of influential groups including the Front Lawn and the Muttonbirds is joined by DJ and bassist SJD and accordionist Tatiana Lanchtchikova.

* Look out for free surprises all around town: Art on the Buses rolls around town showing 36 artists' views of the urban landscape; Upfront sees works by Elam art school graduates displayed in various central city foyers; and sculptor John Radford, creator of the "submerged" buildings in Western Park, has installations in High St, Vulcan Lane, Lorne St and Viaduct Harbour.

HOW TO BOOK

Call Ticketek on (09) 307-5000 or fill in the booking form in the festival booklet and fax to Ticketek on (09) 307-5048 or post to Ticketek, PO Box 5440, Wellesley St. Book online at the Ticketek website. Pay by credit card, or by cheque if booking by mail. Service fees apply to bookings by phone, fax, mail and internet.

The following venues have their own booking phone numbers: Covert Theatre, (09) 366-6637; Maidment Theatre (09) 308-2383; and SiLO Theatre, (09) 309-3395.

The AK03 Box Office will operate throughout the festival at St James Theatre, 312 Queen St, Monday to Saturday, 10am to 8.30pm.

Phone 309-0117 to have a programme booklet posted to you, or check programme details on the official website.

Herald Feature: Auckland Festival AK03

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