F.A.W.C! At the Races

Hawke's Bay Racing and Waipukurau Jockey Club host the best Christmas end of year party full of delicious food and quality Hawke’s Bay wine.

After working hard all year it's time to celebrate and treat yourself, your family, friends or your colleagues to a fun-filled day out. This is an occasion not to be missed with live entertainment, delicious food provided by Vertigo Catering and BBQ Gourmet, thrilling thoroughbred action and all the joys of Christmas.

It’s never too early to celebrate Christmas and with free kids entertainment on site too, this is the perfect opportunity to gather family and friends and reserve a Mini Marquee in the Marquee Village.

Ticket price includes: Access on course and to the Marquee Village. Reserved Marquee includes tables, chairs, wine barrel and umbrella, fully catered gourmet buffet style lunch, salads and sweets. All-inclusive beverage package including beer, wine, cider and non-alcoholic. Cash bar for spirits. Racebooks and pens provided for studying the field. Musicians to enjoy throughout the afternoon.

There are 2 marquees available for this event.

F.A.W.C! Food and Wine Classic has new dates but the same plan – to celebrate 10 years of the Hawke’s Bay’s signature culinary festival with incredible wine, fantastic entertainment and some of the best chefs Hawke’s Bay and New Zealand can serve up.
While Covid-19 forced the festival to postpone to our new dates of January 28 – February 6, there are a few events that will run in November, others that have postponed until Winter F.A.W.C! 2022 and four that unfortunately, have had to cancel outright. We know, it’s a little confusing . . . but we wanted to let everything run and give you the chance to enjoy as much of Food and Wine Country as possible – whether that’s in November, January or during Winter ’22.
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