Pouring rain couldn’t dampen festival goers’ spirit

Pop and Pour organiser Jacqui Werner highlighted the unexpected positive effect the rain had on the event and how attendees and venues alike banded together to make the festival as fun as possible.

“It was a great event other than the fact everyone was soaking wet, but that didn’t seem to dampen anyone’s spirit which was a bonus,” she said.

“If anything, people seemed to rise to it and make the most of the day which changed people’s energies, all the attendees embraced it.

“Everyone seemed to go with the flow a little bit more because the rain impacted it so much, it seemed to make the festival as a whole a lot more fun, energetic and co-operative.

“All the venues and musicians banded together to make the event go ahead and run as smoothly as possible which made for such a great event despite some challenges.”

Pop and Pour treated festival-goers to a look at the beautiful Perricoota wine region through a ‘festival on wheels’.

Attendees could catch buses to any of the five venues at any time throughout the day, creating a unique and customisable experience.

It provides the perfect event for a range of events, from birthdays, early Christmas parties to even bucks and hens nights.

The event provides a great platform to showcase Echuca-Moama and surrounding areas to people from all over the country.

Ms Werner said that while the festival’s participation numbers were slightly down this year, that the number of groups and people from out of town in attendance was promising.

“Our numbers were down a little bit; we got roughly 2000 people when we had 2500 attend last year,” she said.

“There was still plenty happening on the day, we had quite a few big groups, hens’ and bucks’ parties and birthday celebrations.

“It was mostly out-of-towners, which was nice to see, and they made a weekend out of it and booked out local accommodation, which was great.

“All the feedback from venues and attendees was very positive, there were lots of happy faces, and the crew got many good comments.”