Classic Hits Winery Tour Returns

Civic Events’ promoters Brent Eccles and Campbell Smith bring back the successful Classic Hits Winery Tour in New Zealand for its eighth year.

Traditionally only booking three New Zealand acts on the bill, the 2014 version features iconic rock band The Exponents, R&B singer Stan Walker and electronica harmony band Breaks Co-Op.

It claims to be the country’s largest tour, with 17 shows in 16 outdoor venue between Jan. 31 and March 1, and bowing in Invercargill in the South for the first time.

Some of the vineyard shows draw up to 6,500, according to Civic Events’ website.