Summer time in Hamilton...

It's summer here... which means time for the annual Hamilton Summer Festival down at the Gardens. There's heaps of different stuff on, so we decided to head down there yesterday afternoon to see some bands. We missed the first one because the kids weren't awake in time, but we got there in time to see Zoh Zoh - a band that plays music largely influenced by traditional West African music. Lots of drums and loud rhythm - quite cool. After that, we got a bit of a contrast - "Big Muffin Serious Band" which use an impressively large range of sound-making devices to actually make pretty pleasant and harmonious music. Things like the one-string tea-chest bass, the ukelele, garden shears (yep!) and the vile-tin (apparently so named because it's made with a tin, and sounds vile!). Anyway, they were pretty fun.
The day looked like it might be really rainy, but it turned out to be not too bad - the grass was a little wet and muddy, but we kept ourselves dry - the kids had lots of fun!