Pizza festival plan for Campbelltown

Rostrevor Pizza Bar owners Gaetano and Josie Lepore have backed plans for a pizza festival in Campbelltown.  Source: adelaidenow

A PIZZA festival could be used as a way to promote Campbelltown's plethora of food businesses.

Campbelltown Council is in the early stages of planning the festival, which would be combined with another community event, such as Campbelltown Celebrates.

The festival, which would include pizza making and eating competitions, demonstrations and celebrity chefs, would allow businesses to promote their products and encourage shoppers to spend more dollars in the area, Campbelltown chief executive Paul Di Iulio said.

Rostrevor Pizzeria owner Gaetano Lepore said the festival would help small businesses.

"I think it's a very good idea," Mr Lepore told the East Torrens Messenger.

"We have a wonderful and loyal customer base, but it would expose us to other people in the area.

"It would be nice for people to know what's cooking."

The council will consider allocating $6800 toward the Pizza Festival as part of the upcoming 2013-14 draft business pland and budget, which will go out for community consultation on April 22.

A public meeting on the budget will be held in May before it is adopted in June.

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40,000 to see kite festival get airborne

Young Amelia gets set for the Adelaide International Kite Festival at Semaphore. Picture: KERYN STEVENS Source: adelaidenow

MOVE over Easter Bunny - giant flying whales and mermaids will be the main attraction this long weekend.

Thousands of holiday makers will visit Semaphore this Easter weekend for the 16th annual Adelaide International Kite Festival.

Organiser Mike Fardon says up to 40,000 people are expected to attend the event, which will feature more than 40 kite enthusiasts from Australia, New Zealand and India.

They will fly hand-painted kites made from traditional materials, as well as inflatable animals up to 15m long.

"We have to get permission to have a 4WD on the beach, because the large kites have to be tied to heavy things so they don't blow away," Mr Fardon said.

"If the wind picks up, it has been known to drag small cars slowly down the beach."

Professionals will be on the north side of the jetty, while the south side will be open to the public and budding kite flyers such as Amelia, 3.

Her mother Megan Tunney says the Semaphore South family looks forward to the festival every year.

The event is free and will feature demonstrations, kite challenges and lolly drops.

The Adelaide International Kite Festival will be held this Saturday and Sunday, March 30 and 31, from 11am-5pm.

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Full pubs expected for Port Rocks festival

The Port Rocks festival will be held at various locations around Port Adelaide. Musician Tristan Newsome aka Dick Dandy and his partner Alison Hughes aka Candy Dandy. Picture: Luke Hemer Source: adelaidenow

PORT Adelaide pubs are expected to be at capacity this weekend when The Port Rocks festival is relaunched.

Nostalgics will flock to the Port in their 1950s threads and muscle cars and dance to live rockabilly music this Sunday, February 24.

The event, which is in its third year and part of the Fringe Festival, is returning after a brief hiatus last year.

Five Port hotels will host rockabilly acts - a mix of country and rock 'n' roll music popular in the early 1950s - including Dick Dandy & His Wingmen.

Lead singer Tristan Newsome - aka Dick Dandy - is looking forward to playing at the event for the first time.

He and partner Alison Hughes - also known as Candy Dandy - live and breathe the rockabilly scene, wearing 1950s clothes and driving a 1959 Ford Thunderbird.

"It's just what we love," Newsome says.

"Every day at work I have to wear a uniform and shirt, but all other aspects of my life are rockabilly."

Organiser Debra Thorsen, who is also behind the Semaphore Music Festival, hopes to attract people to the Port by promoting the area's rockabilly scene.

"There are a lot of people in the western suburbs who love vintage cars and love driving around in those vehicles ... so it's great to have events like these," she says.

"I expect to see all venues at capacity, with lots of people walking around the Port and soaking up the atmosphere."

People with muscle or vintage cars are encouraged to park them in the British Hotel carpark or on Todd St, outside the Port Dock Brewery. The Port Rocks will be held from 11am to 8pm. The first performance will be at the First Commercial Hotel at 11am.

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