The curtain comes down this weekend on the 2010 Otago Festival of the Arts.
And it's been another extraordinary celebration of arts, culture and pure entertainment.
There's still a chance to see some outstanding performances.
Playwright Renee's world premiere season of Shall We Gather at the River continues at the Globe Theatre with a 7.30pm performance today and a 2pm matinee tomorrow.
Helen Medlyn dazzles with her Hotel cabaret at the Glenroy Auditorium at 8pm, Heat is on at the same time at the Settlers Festival Theatre and Backwards in High Heels plays, again at the same time, at Burns Hall.
But the festival is all about having to make some tough choices.
I popped in to see Dunedin choreographer Louise Potiki-Bryants' moving Taonga: Dust Water Wind music and theatre dance work at the Kings and Queens Performing Arts Centre last night.
Tonight, it will be a tricky toss-up between the final night of The Butler and Dame Kiri Te Kanawa's first solo recital in Dunedin.
Meanwhile, the Montana Festival Club wraps up its season tonight with sultry jazz siren Jennine Bailey from 10pm to midnight.
The drama continues tomorrow with The Pitmen Painters at 4pm at the Fortune Theatre and Backwards in High Heels at 8pm in the Port Chalmers Town Hall.
Tomorrow night, Gin Wigmore rocks the Regent with her "Holy Smoke" tour.
I saw the heartwarming Antal Szalai and his Gypsy Orchestra in the Regent on Thursday night.
The performance by Jeno Farkas on the cimbalom was one of the most amazing solo musical cameos I have ever witnessed.
Just when you thought he had scaled every possible height, a bandmate walked up behind him and tied a blindfold around his face.
Farkas just smiled - and then played on with even more gusto and precision.
Extraordinary.
And that's what the Otago Festival of the Arts is all about: a celebration of the excellent and the extraordinary.
We'll wrap up our coverage on Monday with a best of the festival column and reviews of the Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Gin Wigmore, Mike Nock and Michael Houstoun concerts.
Finally, to outgoing festival director Nicholas McBryde, the Dunedin City Council, the performers and all the festival sponsors: Clap, clap, clap, clap, clap, clap, clap, clap, clap, clap, clap, clap, clap, clap, clap, clap, clap, clap, clap, clap, clap, clap.
