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Hamiltons St Patricks Day Music, Food & Wine Festival 08

In 2008 Hamilton Music Food & Wine festival added a number of new activities, With St Patrick’s Day being the 17th March this years festival became Newcastle's largest St Pats day celebration and free outdoor concert.

This years entertainment featured 7 Irish bands and Irish dancersWhilst the afternoon rocked on with local bands Blue on Black, Juicy Fruit, Rubix Cuba, Fish Fry and many more.

Guest artists included Jon English, Choir Boys and U2 tribute band Rattle & Hum.

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Hamilton, NSW–March 12, 2008

The Hamilton Business Committee is pleased to announce that the Australian Telecommunications Users Group (ATUG), recently awarded its wireless@beaumont initiative with the prestigious Best Communications Solution - Regional Award for 2008 . wireless@beaumont beat strong national competition to take out the award.

wireless@beaumont is a free Wi-Fi hotzone covering almost 1 km of the CBD in Hamilton, Newcastle. The RoamAD powered Wi-Fi network, is supplied and maintained by aCure Technology, the company behind the acclaimed metromesh network in Perth, WA. The network, organised by Business Hamilton, is funded by homepage banner advertising from local businesses.