Queenstown Bike Fest co-organiser Emmerson Wilken has a go at the log race during the 2024 event. PHOTO: ODT FILESStarting tomorrow, Queenstown Bike Festival is back full noise after the brakes went on last year. Co-organiser Emmerson Wilken says in ’24 they decided to run the 10-day fest every two years, so last year they only held the still full-on three-day McGazza Fest. Though many of the bike fest’s highlights are during McGazza Fest — from next Friday till Sunday — the first seven days are also jam-packed. scoop@scene.co.nz● The bike fest programme’s at queenstownbikefestival.co.nz; more on McGazza Fest in next week’s Mountain Scene.

Source: Otago Daily Times January 17, 2026 15:20 UTC