SLIDEAPALOOZA: Giant waterslide festival to launch at the Hunter Valley this summer.

The event appropriately named Slideapalooza is set to transfer Calais Estate Winery into a summer waterslide festival, the first event of its kind that the world has ever seen from January 26-29, 2017.

With over 45,000 interested on the social media event pages, the event is expected to sell out fast as the event capacity is capped at 10,000 sliders over the four day festival.

A large proportion of those 10,000 will be commuting from Sydney which will be great for local business and accommodation during a traditional quiet period for the region, says Fun Events CEO Adam McDonald.

The event has partnered up with Tour de Cure and will use the event and it’s world record beating slide to raise money for the charity organisation which spread’s it’s be fit, be healthy, be happy message to school children around the country.

Tour de Cure also works with other local cancer charities and for the Hunter Valley event is in talks with a local melanoma charity and Children’s Hospital around funding local programs from the proceeds from Slideapalooza.

Registration for the event opens 10am this Friday the 21st October where participants can choose between the worlds longest slide on Australia Day, family events on the Friday and Sunday or Saturday mornings fitness event Sprint’n’Slide, afternoon live music event Slide’n”Sounds or the evenings DJ and light festival event Slide’n’Lights.

Hunter Valley is a great place for us to launch events says McDonald of his choice to run the first event in the Hunter. We have a great relationship with the Hunter Valley Wine and Tourism Association and are in talks to launch a few new events here over the next 12 months.

For more information visit the website www.slideapalooza.com

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