Festival committee chairman Lex Perkins praised the festival for delivering a mix of ''the old and the new''.
New events such as the Blast from the Past dress-up and cabaret complemented those such as the popular Art 2 Wear wearable art show and the Rubber Duck Race down the Arrow River.
The Pie and Pint Festival, which celebrated its second birthday during the autumn festival's opening weekend on Sunday, April 14, attracted 800 people.
Arrowtown, with a population in the low thousands, and the surrounding community attracted close to 1000 volunteers who came together and made the festival a success, Mr Perkins said yesterday.
He was present at most events and said ''quirky things like the duck race'' were among his favourite activities.
He was pleased to note that in its 29th year ''the weather gods'' had again seemed to smile upon the festival during its opening weekend. He said there hadn't been ''a bad day'' during the opening weekend in the festival's history, as far as he could remember.
And the wintry blast which swept through the Wakatipu during the closing weekend could not dampen the community spirit - with a decent number of dogs in fancy dress and their owners turning out in the bitter weather to participate in the dog show on Saturday.
Mr Perkins said suggestions on how to mark the festival's 30th anniversary would be gladly accepted and considered.
