Win tickets to Fly My Pretties in Paihia at It! Bay of Islands Food and Wine Festival

Revellers at a previous It! Bay of Islands Food and Wine Festival. Photo / File

COMPETITION

The Northern Advocate has a double pass to the upcoming It! Bay of Islands Food and Wine Festival to give away to a lucky reader.

All you have to do to be in to win is email us at competitions@nzme.co.nz with your full name, address and a contact phone number, and name one member of Fly My Pretties who will be performing in Paihia on October 6.
If you don't have email you can drop off your entry at the Advocate's offices in Whāngarei (88 Robert St, behind Pak 'n Save) or Kerikeri (3 Fairway Drive, above the Scullery).
Entries close on October 2. The winner will be notified by phone.

Fly My Pretties to headline this year's It! Bay of Islands Food and Wine Festival

A 12-strong ''super group'' pulled together by Black Seeds frontman Barnaby Weir is playing a one-off Northland show on Paihia's Village Green on October 6.

Fly My Pretties is the headline act at this year's It! Bay of Islands Food and Wine Festival, which will also feature award-winning singer-songwriter Troy Kingi, top covers bands JPG and Automatic 80s, and a wide range of Northland food, wine and craft beer.

Fly My Pretties is bringing a 12-member line-up to the It! Bay of Islands Food and Wine Festival on October 6. Photo / Supplied

Festival-goers with a competitive streak — or those after a free lunch — can compete in kina-sucking, oyster-shucking and pie-eating contests, while kids will be catered for with a separate children's zone with bouncy castles, face painting and a magician.

Fly My Pretties is a Wellington-based collaborative group with an ever-changing cast of musicians who only perform live. Apart from Barnaby Weir, the lineup coming to Paihia will be Bailey Wiley, Connor Moore, Ria Hall, Age Pryor, Iraia Whakamoe, James Coyle, Jarney Murphy, Laughton Kora, Mike Fabulous, Nigel Patterson and Ryan Prebble.

The festival is now in its ninth year but aims to be zero-waste for the first time with rented festival glasses, compostable plates and multiple recycling options. The central festival area will be smoke-free.

Fly My Pretties members, from left, Barnaby Weir, Ria Hall and Ryan Prebble last performed in the Bay in 2013 when they came to Kerikeri's Turner Centre. Photo / Peter de Graaf

Go to paihianz.co.nz or eventfinda.co.nz for tickets. Gates open at 11am; the music finishes at 6pm. If you're coming from Kerikeri you can catch a bus from Subway at 10.30am, returning from Paihia's Maritime Building at 6.15pm. See the eventfinda page for details.