Festival for the Future

74 festivals across Aotearoa

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Browse festival listings across Aotearoa New Zealand, grouped by region so you can move from broad discovery into individual event pages with ease.

Auckland

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Auckland/Māori & Pasifika Culture

ASB Polyfest

When
Annual — March
Where
Manukau Sports Bowl, Auckland
Open festival
Auckland/Arts & Culture

Auckland Arts Festival

When
Biennial — March
Where
Auckland city centre
Open festival
Auckland/Multicultural & Community

Auckland Lantern Festival

When
Annual — February/March
Where
Auckland Domain, Auckland
Open festival
Auckland/Multicultural & Community

Diwali Festival Auckland

When
Annual — October/November
Where
Aotea Square, Auckland city centre
Open festival
Auckland/Food & Drink

Matakana Oyster Festival

When
Annual — October
Where
Matakana, Auckland
Open festival
Auckland/Māori & Pasifika Culture

Pasifika Festival

When
Annual — mid March
Where
Western Springs Lakeside Park, Auckland
Open festival
Auckland/Music

Splore Festival

When
Annual — February
Where
Tapapakanga Regional Park, Auckland
Open festival

Bay of Plenty

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Bay of Plenty/Food & Drink

Flavours of Plenty

When
Annual — March
Where
Coastal Bay of Plenty
Open festival
Bay of Plenty/Music

National Jazz Festival

When
Annual — Easter weekend
Where
Tauranga, Bay of Plenty
Open festival
Bay of Plenty/Arts & Culture

Tauranga Arts Festival

When
Biennial — October
Where
Tauranga city centre
Open festival

Christchurch

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Christchurch/Multicultural & Community

Culture Galore

When
Annual — March
Where
Multicultural Recreation and Community Centre, Christchurch
Open festival
Christchurch/Food & Drink

Great Kiwi Beer Festival

When
Annual — January
Where
Christchurch
Open festival
Christchurch/Food & Drink

South Island Wine & Food Festival

When
Annual — February
Where
Christchurch
Open festival
Christchurch/Performing Arts & Street

World Buskers Festival

When
Annual — late January
Where
Ōtautahi Christchurch
Open festival

Dunedin & Otago

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Dunedin & Otago/Arts & Culture

Dunedin Fringe Festival

When
Annual — March
Where
Dunedin city centre
Open festival
Dunedin & Otago/Arts & Culture

iD Dunedin Fashion Week

When
Annual — March
Where
Dunedin, Otago
Open festival
Dunedin & Otago/Music

Whare Flat Folk Festival

When
Annual — New Year
Where
Whare Flat, near Dunedin
Open festival
Dunedin & Otago/Outdoors & Adventure

Wild Dunedin Festival

When
Annual — April
Where
Dunedin, Otago
Open festival

Gisborne

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Gisborne/Music

East Coast Vibes Festival

When
Annual — January
Where
Gisborne
Open festival
Gisborne/Food & Drink

First Light Wine & Food Festival

When
Annual — January
Where
Gisborne
Open festival
Gisborne/Music

Rhythm and Vines

When
Annual — 29–31 December
Where
Waiohika Estate Vineyard, Gisborne
Open festival
Gisborne/Arts & Culture

Te Tairāwhiti Arts Festival

When
Biennial — October
Where
Gisborne, Tairāwhiti
Open festival

Hawke's Bay

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Hawke's Bay/Seasonal & Signature

Art Deco Festival

When
Annual — February
Where
Napier, Hawke's Bay
Open festival
Hawke's Bay/Food & Drink

FAWC! Food and Wine Classic

When
Annual — October/November
Where
Hawke's Bay
Open festival
Hawke's Bay/Music

Mission Estate Concert

When
Annual — February
Where
Mission Estate Winery, Napier
Open festival

Nationwide

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Nationwide/Multicultural & Community

Diwali Festival of Lights NZ

When
Annual — October/November
Where
Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and regional centres
Open festival
Nationwide/Māori & Pasifika Culture

Matariki Festival

When
Annual — June/July
Where
Nationwide across Aotearoa
Open festival
Nationwide/Arts & Culture

New Zealand International Film Festival

When
Annual — July/August
Where
Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and regional centres
Open festival
Nationwide/Food & Drink

NZ Cheese Month

When
Annual — October
Where
Nationwide across Aotearoa
Open festival
Nationwide/Music

NZ Music Month

When
Annual — May
Where
Nationwide across Aotearoa
Open festival

Nelson & Marlborough

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Nelson & Marlborough/Music

Adam Chamber Music Festival

When
Biennial — February
Where
Nelson
Open festival
Nelson & Marlborough/Food & Drink

Kaikōura Seafest

When
Annual — October
Where
Kaikōura, Canterbury/Marlborough
Open festival
Nelson & Marlborough/Food & Drink

Marchfest

When
Annual — March
Where
Founders Heritage Park, Nelson
Open festival
Nelson & Marlborough/Arts & Culture

Marlborough Book Festival

When
Annual — November
Where
Blenheim, Marlborough
Open festival
Nelson & Marlborough/Food & Drink

Marlborough Wine & Food Festival

When
Annual — February
Where
Renwick Domain, Renwick, Marlborough
Open festival
Nelson & Marlborough/Arts & Culture

Nelson Arts Festival

When
Annual — October
Where
Nelson city centre
Open festival
Nelson & Marlborough/Performing Arts & Street

Nelson Buskers Festival

When
Annual — January
Where
Nelson city centre
Open festival
Nelson & Marlborough/Music

Twisted Frequency Festival

When
Annual — New Year
Where
Golden Bay, Nelson
Open festival

Northland

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Northland/Food & Drink

Bay of Islands Food & Wine Festival

When
Annual — June
Where
Paihia, Bay of Islands
Open festival
Northland/Music

Bay of Islands Jazz & Blues Festival

When
Annual — August
Where
Paihia and Russell, Bay of Islands
Open festival
Northland/Māori & Pasifika Culture

Waitangi Day Festival

When
Annual — 6 February
Where
Waitangi Treaty Grounds, Bay of Islands
Open festival
Northland/Arts & Culture

Whangārei Fringe Festival

When
Annual — October
Where
Whangārei, Northland
Open festival

Queenstown & Central Otago

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Queenstown & Central Otago/Seasonal & Signature

Alexandra Blossom Festival

When
Annual — September
Where
Alexandra, Central Otago
Open festival
Queenstown & Central Otago/Food & Drink

Cromwell Cherry Festival

When
Annual — January
Where
Cromwell, Central Otago
Open festival
Queenstown & Central Otago/Arts & Culture

Festival of Colour

When
Biennial — April
Where
Wānaka, Central Otago
Open festival
Queenstown & Central Otago/Food & Drink

Gibbston Valley Wine & Food Festival

When
Annual — March
Where
Gibbston Valley, Central Otago
Open festival
Queenstown & Central Otago/Outdoors & Adventure

Queenstown Winter Festival

When
Annual — June
Where
Queenstown, Central Otago
Open festival
Queenstown & Central Otago/Music

Rhythm and Alps

When
Annual — 30–31 December
Where
Cardrona Valley, Wānaka
Open festival
Queenstown & Central Otago/Seasonal & Signature

Warbirds Over Wānaka

When
Biennial — Easter weekend
Where
Wānaka Airport, Central Otago
Open festival

Rotorua

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Rotorua/Māori & Pasifika Culture

ARONUI Indigenous Arts Festival

When
Annual — November
Where
Rotorua, Bay of Plenty
Open festival
Rotorua/Outdoors & Adventure

Crankworx Rotorua

When
Annual — March
Where
Rotorua, Bay of Plenty
Open festival
Rotorua/Arts & Culture

Toi Rotorua Arts Festival

When
Annual — November
Where
Rotorua city centre and surrounds
Open festival

Southland

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Southland/Food & Drink

Bluff Oyster & Food Festival

When
Annual — May
Where
Bluff, Southland
Open festival
Southland/Seasonal & Signature

Burt Munro Challenge

When
Annual — November
Where
Invercargill, Southland
Open festival

Taranaki

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Taranaki/Māori & Pasifika Culture

Te Matatini o Te Kāhui Maunga

When
Every two years — late February/March
Where
Pukekura / Bowl of Brooklands, New Plymouth
Open festival
Taranaki/Arts & Culture

WOMAD New Zealand

When
Annual — mid March
Where
Bowl of Brooklands and Brooklands Park, New Plymouth
Open festival

Waikato

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Waikato/Seasonal & Signature

Balloons Over Waikato

When
Annual — April
Where
Hamilton, Waikato
Open festival
Waikato/Seasonal & Signature

Fieldays

When
Annual — June
Where
Mystery Creek Events Centre, Hamilton
Open festival
Waikato/Arts & Culture

Hamilton Gardens Arts Festival

When
Annual — February
Where
Hamilton Gardens, Hamilton
Open festival
Waikato/Māori & Pasifika Culture

Kāwhia Kai Festival

When
Annual — February
Where
Kāwhia, Waikato
Open festival
Waikato/Music

Soundsplash

When
Annual — January
Where
Wainui Reserve, Raglan
Open festival

Wairarapa

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Wairarapa/Seasonal & Signature

Golden Shears

When
Annual — March
Where
Masterton, Wairarapa
Open festival
Wairarapa/Food & Drink

Toast Martinborough

When
Annual — November
Where
Martinborough, Wairarapa
Open festival
Wairarapa/Music

Tora Bombora

When
Annual — January
Where
Tora, South Wairarapa
Open festival

Wellington

View region
Wellington/Performing Arts & Street

CubaDupa

When
Annual — March
Where
Cuba Street, Wellington
Open festival
Wellington/Music

Homegrown Festival

When
Annual — March
Where
Wellington waterfront
Open festival
Wellington/Arts & Culture

New Zealand Festival of the Arts

When
Biennial — February/March
Where
Wellington city centre
Open festival
Wellington/Arts & Culture

New Zealand Fringe Festival

When
Annual — February/March
Where
Wellington city centre
Open festival
Wellington/Food & Drink

Visa Wellington On a Plate

When
Annual — August
Where
Wellington city and region
Open festival
Wellington/Music

Wellington Folk Festival

When
Annual — October
Where
Wellington
Open festival
Wellington/Music

Wellington Jazz Festival

When
Annual — June
Where
Wellington city centre
Open festival
Wellington/Arts & Culture

World of WearableArt

When
Annual — September/October
Where
TSB Arena, Wellington
Open festival

West Coast

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West Coast/Arts & Culture

Driftwood & Sand Festival

When
Annual — March
Where
Hokitika Beach, West Coast
Open festival
West Coast/Food & Drink

Wildfoods Festival

When
Annual — March
Where
Hokitika, West Coast
Open festival