Queenstown Winter Festival guide

Mike Stockham installs icy decorations in Queenstown Mall yesterday outside the cinema, which will host the New Zealand premiere of <i>Ice Age 4: Continental Drift</i>. Final structures were put up yesterday on a sunny, still day before tonight's opening party and fireworks. Photo by Christina McDonald.

Tomorrow
10am: Creative Queenstown Arts and Crafts Market, Earnslaw Park.
11am: Mountain Bikes on Snow, Coronet Peak, $25 entry fee, free to watch.
11am: Golden Mile, streets of Queenstown, $10 adults, $5 children (under 16), free to watch.
11am: Festival Parade, streets of Queenstown.
Noon: Family Fun Day, Earnslaw Park.
12.30pm: Frisbee Golf Doubles Winter Wind Up, Queenstown Gardens, $10 per golfer, free to watch.
6pm: Ice Age 4: Continental Drift - Blue Carpet, Queenstown Mall and Reading Cinemas.
7pm: Ice Hockey: Southern Stampede v West Auckland Admirals, Queenstown Ice Arena, seated
adult $20, child $15; standing adult $15, child $10.
8pm: Oaks Hotels and Resorts Comedy Gala, Queenstown Memorial Hall, $69 (R18).
9.30pm: LA Social Club - Live Entertainment, SkyCity Queenstown Casino (R20).

Sunday
7am: Skin to the Summit, Coronet Peak, $25 entry fee, free to watch.
10am: Creative Queenstown Arts and Crafts Market, Earnslaw Park.
10.30am: Worship for Winter, St Peter's Anglican Church.
10.30am: Brunch at The Hills with Sergey Malov, The Hills Clubhouse - SOLD OUT.
11.30am: Jazz Brunch, Wakatipu Grill at Hilton Queenstown, $69.
Noon: Day on the Bay, Queenstown Bay.
3pm & 5.15pm: Warren Miller's Like There's No Tomorrow, Reading Cinemas, Adult $24.50, children $21.
5pm: Michael Hill International Violin Recital, Queenstown Memorial Hall, $39 adult, $10 student/child (over 8 years).
7pm: Ice Hockey: Southern Stampede v West Auckland Admirals, Queenstown Ice Arena, seated adult $20, child $15; standing adult $15, child $10.
8pm: Flight of the Conchords, Queenstown Events Centre - SOLD OUT.