Photo: Weiyi Zhang
31 years after founding the Newtown Festival, Anna Kemble-Welch and Martin Hanley are stepping back. Nearly 80,000 people attended the event on Sunday.
The annual celebration of community, creativity and diversity plays host to over a thousand performers, hundreds of stall holders and plenty of free, family friendly activities. Over the years they've featured some top talent including Bret McKenzie, Bic Runga, Ladi-6, Che-Fu, King Kapisi, Don McGlashan, Karen O'Leary and The Beths.
The architect-designer couple first moved to Newtown in the 1980s when they bought a derelict villa as it was all they could afford.
