The Petone Fiesta has gone from strength to strength, and this year looks like it will be a bit of a stunner.

The action kicks off at 6pm, 7th March, with the The Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra.

The Woolshed Sessions also play, and if you fancy something a bit louder to waggle your dags the Wellington Batucada will be out in force.

Check the full line up here.

Man, we haven’t had any Flight of the Conchords for aaaages.

So, here ya go…

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Fuse Circus have joined The Fringe with The Navigators, a new outdoor show under the sails at Queens Wharf.

If you haven’t seen their previous shows, Heavenly Burlesque or Gravity and Other Myths, then get down there right now! If you have, then while a few of the moves may be familiar, it’s still wonderful entertainment. The "narrative" may be little more than an flimsy framework from which to suspend yet more biophysical impossibilities, and there’s a touch of pantomime goofiness that detracts slightly from the inherent hotness, but there will still be plenty to make you gasp, laugh and wonder.

As someone who sometimes struggles to stand upright in the morning, let alone balance several people on one’s limbs while doing so, these guys will always be a source of amazement. They perform most evenings until Saturday the 7th of March, so you have no excuse for missing them.

Not particularly Wellington-centric, but useful nonetheless. Apparently you can get yourself taken off the directing marketing database.

• NZ Marketing Association Do not Mail Request
• NZ Marketing Association Do Not Call Request

Be interesting to know if this works. (Who knows? It may just be an underhanded ruse to gather even more names, numbers and addresses!)

From KnowIT, via Miramar Mike.

Late notice, but the weather really made it seem unlikely the fair would go ahead, however in true pioneering fashion, Petone Fair is on today come hell or high water (which could well be the case).

Fortunately Petone is riddled with great shops and cafes, should shelter be required.

We love the Cuba Street Carnival, but their website: not so much. The programme is only available as a Flashy map or as a printable (but not downloadable!) full programme. And with so much stuff to see so many stages at once, it’s hard to compare everything and work out what to see when.

So, I typed all the acts into a spreadsheet, and turned it into a simple table with all the acts lined up by time, thus hopefully making it easier to plan your itinerary. I should find a way to upload it through some googly docs magic, but in the meantime, here it is in pngy goodness: click on the small image for the large and legible version.

Translation probably not entirely accurate.

[From Spare Room]