Twisted Frequency is one of New Zealand's most distinctive and beloved electronic music festivals, held each New Year in the remote and beautiful Golden Bay at the top of the South Island. Set on a farm in one of New Zealand's most isolated and spectacular coastal regions, it brings together electronic music, psychedelic sounds and the particular community of people drawn to a festival that values both musical adventurousness and the extraordinary natural environment that hosts it.
Golden Bay — known to Māori as Mohua — is a place of special character: cut off from the rest of the South Island by the Takaka Hill, it has a slower pace, a strong community of artists and alternative thinkers and a landscape of wild beaches, native bush and the extraordinary Farewell Spit. Twisted Frequency reflects this environment, creating a festival that feels genuinely connected to the land and the community rather than dropped into it.
For electronic music lovers who want a New Year's experience that combines great music with extraordinary scenery and a genuinely community-spirited atmosphere, Twisted Frequency is one of the finest options on the New Zealand festival calendar. The journey to Golden Bay is part of the experience — crossing the Takaka Hill and descending into a landscape that feels apart from the rest of the world, ready to welcome the new year with music, community and the wild beauty of Mohua.