The Happyhire Eats and Beats rock Victoria Park

Dance fun . . . Dancing was Emma Batty of Waikuku, and her son Ollie aged 3. PHOTO: JOHN COSGROVE

Warm wrap . . . Lauren Flook of Woodend makes sure her children Finlay 9, and Millie 1, are warm. PHOTO: JOHN COSGROVE

Belly dancers . . . Members of North Canterbury Bellydance perform at Eats and Beats held in Victoria Park, led by Brydee Gibbins (centre). PHOTO: JOHN COSGROVE

Bubbly time . . . Kylie Wood of Ravenswood spreads the love via bubbles with the help of her son Leith aged 2. PHOTO: JOHN COSGROVE

Smily face . . . Larissa Gardner takes a photo of her daughter Isobelle Terry aged 4, at the Eats and Beatsshow in Rangiora. PHOTO: JOHN COSGROVE

Family fun. . . Enjoying their time at the at the Eats and Beats in Rangiora, were (from left) Cade Laws 12, Evette Cosgrove, Ashlee laws 15 and Cadence Grindley-Jones 15. PHOTO: JOHN COSGROVE

Food galore . . .Enjoying the food at the Eats and Beats in Rangiora were the Anderson Family of Woodend (from left) Mason 12,Scott and Makena 9. PHOTO: JOHN COSGROVE

Dance fun . .. Dancing to the tunes were (from left) Chantall Alberts, Luna Alberts aged 3 and Jeremy Burgess-Milne from Rangiora. PHOTO: JOHN COSGROVE

Part of the large crowd who braved the cool evening winds at the Eats and Beats in Rangiora. PHOTO: JOHN COSGROVE

Leading the way . . . Hine Ayers sings with the Danger Baby band performing at the Eats and Beats in Rangiora. PHOTO: JOHN COSGROVE

Yummy food .. . .Ashley residents Vicky and Mark Stevens enjoy the food at the Eats and Beats in Rangiora PHOTO: JOHN COSGROVE

Family hugs . . . Jimmy Ross of Rangiora keeps his daughter Isobel aged 9 warm at the Eats and Beats in Rangiora . PHOTO: JOHN COSGROVE

Warm fun . . . .Wrapping up warm to enjoy the music at the Eats and Beats in Rangiora were Vlada and Melissa Mudraninec of Kaiapoi. PHOTO: JOHN COSGROVE

The Happyhire Eats and Beats music and food festival was held at Victoria Park in Rangiora last Weekend.

Rangiora Promotions organiser Karen Dugdale says it had a lovely atmosphere as three bands and dancers took to the stage to keep the thousands of spectators entertained.

“As well we had 25 food vendors who kept everyone fed, it was a great event undertaken with the kind help of a lot of people and organisations and we are very appreciative of the support they gave us,” she said.

The three bands were The Curio Club – modern music jazzed, Danger Baby – playing popular tunes, and Assembly Required – another popular energetic Christchurch cover band.

The supple dancers from North Canterbury Bellydance led by Brydee Gibbins entertained as they performed the ancient eastern dance art to modern music.

“This was one of our first public performances since COVID and it was so much fun!
“A big thank you to our amazing students for dancing beautifully and our support crew for all of their help,” said Brydee.

Sitting relaxing in the crowd with his family was Jimmy Ross of Rangiora who said it was a good night out, while Melissa Mudraninec said it was an enjoyable evening's entertainment.