Happyhire's Eats and Beats

The Happy Hire Eats and Beats is a festival of food and music combined with the ambiance of festoon and lantern lighting in Victoria Park on Percival Street.

Gather your friends, family and colleagues and come along to taste an enormous variety of food from across the world at Rangiora's only evening Food and Music Festival. This event caters for a range in ages from babies to pensioners.

Featuring Live Jazz and Classic Music, Popular Children's entertainers from Beyond the Faerie Tree, Professional Fire Performers, Gourmet Food Markets, Craft Beer and Wine, as well as Delectable Food Vendors for all your dinner needs.

Best of all there is free parking and free entry.

Location

Victoria Park
Percival Street
Rangiora CBD

Free Entry to both the event and Car Park.

Food Vendors & Markets

If you are interested in having a space at Eats & Beats with either 'Dinner Food' items of 'Gourmet Food' items please contact the Event Manager - Belinda Topp now.

rangiorapromomtions@gmail.com or 021 191 0103

Food Vendor Application

Food Market Application

Take the FREE Bus to Eats & Beats

See the map (right) for the time table if you are coming from Kaiapoi, Woodend or within Rangiora - the Waimakariri District Council are making sure this is available to you for FREE!

2018 Food Vendors

Dinner Options

Hachi Hachi Restaurant - Japanese Food

Astig Filiino Food Express - Filipino Food

Miss Lilly's Catering - Nachos, Steak & Guiness Pies & Antipasto Platters

Kung Fu Dumplings - Hand crafted Kathmandu Style Dumplings

Nora's Kitchen - Halal Asian Food

Rock Dogs - American Hot Dogs

The Paella Fella - Spanish Paella and Benjer Fruit Drinks

The Horse Shack Food Co - Smoked Hot Meats & Kumara & Chickpea hash cake

Empanadas Ltd - South American style turnovers

Himalayas Indian Restaurant Rangiora - Traditional Indian Cuisine

Alt Kitchen - Gourmet Burgers & Fries

Little German Kitchen - German Street Food

Something Sweet

Gelato Dolce - Gelato, Sorbetto & Affogato's

Mr Whippy - Soft Serve Ice Cream

Love ya Fudge - A selection of fudges in Eco-sustainable packaging

Whisk Confectionery - A selection of fudge, chocolates and fudge sauce

ALL Caked Up by Lisa - Cakes, Cupcakes, Cake Jars, Cheesecake Jars and Cake Donuts

The Honest Cakery - Cookies, Brownies, Cakes by the Slice (GF , DF)

Coffee Culture Mobull - Delicious Hot & Cold Beverages

The Organic Coffee L.A.B - Delicious Hot & Cold Beverages

From the Market

Kev's Pickled Ltd - A selection of pickles, preserves, sauces and 'cheese & cracker snack packs'

Loburn Grove - Raw and roasted Hazelnuts, hazelnut oil, dukkah, a selection of chutneys flour and butter

The Sausage Shed - European style sausages and salamis

Little Farm Cheese - A selection of Goat's Cheese

Greenz - Artisan Peanut Butters, jams, dukah and pesto

Spicecraft - A selection of BBQ rubs and flavoured salts

2018 Music Acts

We have a fantastic line up of 5 hours of live music ranging from Jazz to Rock.

4:00pm - The Organice Jazz Duo (Jazz Duo)

5:00pm - The Mike Bickers Boptett (Jazz Octet)

5:50pm - Nyree Burt (Solo Artist)

7:00pm - The Elevators (4 piece Covers Band)

8:10pm - Shadow Puppet (3 piece Covers Band)