ROSS GIBLIN/FAIRFAX NZ Eoin Deasy dances with his toddler Ruaidhri, 11 months at the Newtown Festival. The 2017 festival achieved a record turn out with more than 80,000 people in attendance, festival organiser and co-founder Anna Kemble Welch said. READ MORE:*Quest for zero waste at Newtown Festival: paper plates out, crockery inIn a word, the 2017 festival was "stunning" Welch said. Newtown Festival has a "real heart to it" and organisers pride themselves on celebrating all aspects of the inner-city community. ROSS GIBLIN/FAIRFAX NZ Giant puppets dance down Riddiford St at the Newtown Festival.

Source: Stuff March 05, 2017 01:07 UTC