Napier Art Deco Weekend...

Because a lot of Napier was destroyed in the Hawkes Bay earthquake of 1931, most of the city was rebuilt in the Art Deco style that was wildly popular at the time. So to celebrate every year lots of rich white people come to our city, with beautiful vintage cars, dress up in '20s-'30s style clothes while getting drunk and dancing to jazz and big band music. There are lots of lovely old people and quite a few guys in uniform (Navy boys, army boys, air force, oh my), and the atmosphere is lots of fun.


Most of the events cost (A LOT), but there was lots of free stuff for us to enjoy. Friday and Saturday nights we went dancing at the Soundshell, there was a vintage car parade during the day and jazz in the evenings. Sunday there was also The Great Gatsby Picnic but we had to miss it because of skating.







Next year I will have to make sure that I save up more money so that we can do some of the more costly events. Like the Jitterbug dancing lessons and one of the fancy dinners.

But you have to love it when the whole town dresses up for a whole weekend. Even if you can't afford to do alot of the paid events, there is still plenty of free stuff, and I love any excuse to dress up :)