Summer serenades, sunshine, and song from a modern Maori showband sealed a round of concerts in Masterton at the weekend.
The inaugural Summer's End Cushion Concert kicked off the sonic weekend with a setlist of twilight performances in the Masterton Town Square from Wairarapa acts including Courtney and Mike, Hemi Walker, Martin & Sons, Masterton secondary school band Halafaxa, and performers from the UCOL Wairarapa contemporary music programme.
![Wairarapa schoolgirl Jade Bradnock hits her high note during the inaugural Summers End Cushion Concert at the Masterton Town Hall. PHOTO/NATHAN CROMBIE](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/MNHCJZQRVMC5UKEU6U4DWUPQDI.jpg?auth=83ddb2d2fa24a7b4f788fcc41965e0eb8d39c676483f8b05ad638fd673077247&width=16&height=12&quality=70&smart=true)
The Summer's End Cushion Concert performances continued on Saturday afternoon with Wairarapa schoolgirl Jade Bradnock, duo Stefan Kingsford Brown and "Dr Rob" Maunsell, Jason Ireland and Emily Norman, Bob Cooper-Grundy and Kate Marshall, and Vicky Clarkson.
The two-part concert was free and organised through the Wairarapa Youth Council and Connecting Communities Wairarapa.