The 28th annu­al Island Bay Fest­iv­al kicks off tomor­row (Sat 11 Feb), with a heap of events and activ­it­ies planned for the com­ing week. All the favour­ite events are back: Bless­ing of the Boats, the parade down the Parade, Bands in the Park (fea­tur­ing Fam­ily Cac­tus, Ryan Preb­ble, Joe Blos­som, and New­town Sound and MC Israel Starr), and, after a year off, the much-anti­cip­ated return of the Ribble Street Trol­ley Races (yes!).

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