Nelson Arts Festival

Playing their cards right.

Dr Seuss was a hit among groups that took part in the parade which was themed The World of Books.

A masked woman brings an air of mystery to the parade.

More than 5000 people took part in the theatrical masked parade and bigger numbers lined central Nelson to watch.

Dancers cut loose in an anything-goes event.

Amalia Lasplace from the Upper Moutere gymnastics group turns into a bird of paradise for the 21st annual Nelson Masked Parade.

There’s no parade without pirates.

A youngster gets googly eyed from a cup of steaming hot chocolate from Willy Wonker.

Waimea College brass jazzed it up with their version of Paperback Writer.

Clifton Terrace students take the Dr Seuss theme to the limits.

Clifton Terrace students take the Dr Seuss theme to the limits.

Lower Moutere School students crawled up Trafalgar Street as a large green caterpillar.