Saturday & Sunday 9am–5pm

Marquee outside Anzac Hall 

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Booksellers of second-hand, self-published and antiquarian books from around New Zealand fill up the Booksellers' Marquee outside the Anzac Hall over the Festival to offer you exquisite moments of fossicking for your future reading pleasure.

Saturday 9am–12.30pm
33 Fitzherbert St 

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Featherston Market runs every Saturday, rain or shine, from 7:30am to nearly 2pm, providing fresh produce, fine food producers, innovative creators and much more. Take in the great atmosphere, amazing food and community spirit. You’ll find the market at 33 Fitzherbert Street, through the gates at the back of the Lang's carpark, beside The Baker.

Saturday & Sunday
Various locations  
(see schedule below)
 

We’ll have buskers to entertain you. They're playing for the love of it, so if you like what you hear why not give them some koha – preferably cash. There’ll be music for everyone from folk, bluegrass and waiata to classics, jazz and blues. If you arrive by train there's likely to be a welcome from the South Wairarapa Pipe Band.

Saturday 9.30am–3.30pm

Sunday 9am–11.30am

Supper Room, Anzac Hall Complex 

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Our tea room in the Anzac Hall is a vital element of the magic that is the Featherston Booktown Festival. All the food is lovingly handmade and served by a group of local volunteers who've supported the Festival in this wonderful way since the very beginning. Their club sandwiches, cheese scones, cupcakes and slices are legendary.

Saturday & Sunday
10am–2pm, Clifford Square
(weather permitting) 

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Interest in miniature trains is huge and world-wide. Discover the joy of riding the rail on a mini-reproduction of an historic Fell engine – great fun for adults and children alike. Then pop over the road to the Fell Engine Museum and see the last remaining Fell engine in the world. Expand your understanding of this fascinating piece of our history by talking to like-minded enthusiasts. The museum is located on the corner of State Highway 2 and Lyon Street in the centre of Featherston.

Saturday
Various locations 

Featherston's got characters!! Keep a look out for book characters roaming the streets on Saturday, like the dapper Ebeneezer Scrooge (pictured above). You might also bump into Cat in the Hat, find Wally, or be saved by Horton, among others.

Saturday 9.30am–3.30pm

Sunday 9am–11.30am
Supper Room, Anzac Hall Complex 

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The 2024 Featherston Booktown Festival Visitors’ Book – made from locally sourced harakeke fibres by Rob Kennedy and 2023’s paper-making workshop participants – will be on display in the Supper Room of the Anzac Hall building for you to view and sign.