Homegrown is New Zealand's biggest all-New Zealand music festival, held each March on the Wellington waterfront in a one-day celebration of the extraordinary breadth and quality of local music. From its founding, it has operated on a simple and powerful premise — that New Zealand has enough great music to fill a full festival lineup without a single international act, and that this music deserves a stage as large as any in the country.
The festival has become one of the most beloved events on the New Zealand music calendar, drawing tens of thousands of people to the waterfront for a day that spans rock, pop, hip hop, R&B, electronic music, indie and everything in between. For New Zealand artists, it is one of the most coveted bookings — a chance to perform to a massive hometown audience alongside the country's finest musicians in an atmosphere that is genuinely celebratory of what New Zealand music has achieved.
For music lovers, Homegrown is essential — a day that reminds you of the depth and diversity of New Zealand's musical culture and the passionate community that supports it. The Wellington waterfront setting, the long summer days and the energy of a crowd united in pride for local music make it one of the great New Zealand events.