December & December/January (* New Year music festival)
AUM New Years Eve Festival (South Head, Auckland)
www.aum.co.nz *
Britomart Block Party NYE (returns 2024) (Auckland)
Facebook *
Cambridge Christmas Festival
Facebook
Cape Estate Boxing Day Festival (Te Awanga)
www.boxingdayfestival.co.nz
Caroline Bay Carnival (Timaru - December/January)
www.carolinebay.org.nz
Christchurch/South Island Wine & Food Festival
www.winefestival.co.nz
Christmas at the Bowl (New Plymouth)
www.christmasatthebowl.co.nz
Christmas in the Park (Auckland)
www.christmasinthepark.co.nz
Cromwell Cherry Festival
Facebook
Festival of Roses (Timaru)
www.festivalofroses.co.nz
Fiesta of Lights (Hastings - December/January)
www.fiestaoflights.co.nz
Gindulgence Gin Festival (Nelson)
www.gindulgence.co.nz
Hidden Valley Festival (Matakana)
www.hiddenvalleyfestival.com &
Facebook (Rescheduled to 2 January 2022)
Highlife New Years Eve Festival (Matakana Coast)
https://highlifenye.co.nz *
Kapiti Food Fair
www.kapitifoodfair.net (Returns 2022)
Mandeville Craft Festival
www.mandevillecraftfestival.co.nz (Returns 2022)
Northern Bass (Mangawhai)
Facebook * (Rescheduled to 28/29/30 January 2022)
NZ International Film Festival (October - December)
www.nzff.co.nz
Paeroa Christmas Lights Show
Facebook
Primal Getaway (Cooks Beach)
www.primalgetaway.co.nz *
Resolution NYE Festival (Kumeu)
www.resolutionfestival.co.nz (Postponed 2021, see website for updates) *
Rhythm & Alps Festival (Wanaka)
www.rhythmandalps.co.nz*
Rhythm & Vines (Gisborne)
www.rhythmandvines.co.nz * (Rescheduled to 15 - 17 April 2022)
Rotorua Glo Festival
Facebook (Cancelled 2021)
Sanctuary Sounds Music Festival (Hawkes Bay)
www.sanctuary-sounds.co.nz (Cancelled 2021)
TSB Bank Festival of Lights (New Pymouth - December/January)
www.festivaloflights.nz (Cancelled 2021)
Twisted Frequency NY Festival (Takaka - December/January)
Facebook *
Waimate Strawberry Fare
www.waimatestrawberryfare.co.nz (Cancelled 2021)
Wanaka Beer Festival
Facebook (Postponed to 2 April 2022)
Whangamata Summer Festival (27 December - 3 January 2022)
www.thecoromandel.com
Whare Flat Folk Festival (Dunedin - December/January)
www.whareflat.org.nz* (Cancelled 2021)
World Aids Day Festival and Events (November/December)
www.bodypositive.org.nz
January
Auckland Folk Festival
www.aucklandfolkfestival.co.nz (Cancelled 2022)
Auckland International Buskers Festival
www.aucklandbuskersfestival.co.nz
Bay Dreams Music Festival (Mount Maunganui & Nelson)
www.baydreams.co.nz (Returns 2023)
Bay of Islands Music Festival
www.boimusicfestival.com
Blue Lake Multisport Festival (Rotorua)
www.rats.org.nz
Bread & Circus World Buskers Festival (Christchurch)
www.breadandcircus.co.nz &
Facebook (Rescheduled to Easter 2022)
Bridge Pa Wine Festival (Hawkes Bay)
Facebook
Classic Car & Hot Rod Festival (Kumeu)
www.kumeuhotfestival.co.nz
Coromandel Keltic Fair
www.kelticfair.co.nz (Cancelled 2022)
Coro Summer Fest (Coromandel Town)
www.corosummerfest.co.nz
Cromwell Classic Car & Hot Rod Festival
Facebook (Cancelled 2022)
Cromwell Food & Wine Festival
www.cromwellheritageprecinct.co.nz (Cancelled 2022)
Driftwood & Sand, Beach Sculpture Festival (Hokitika)
Facebook
Evolve Festival (Nelson)
www.evolvefestival.co.nz (Returns 2023)
Festival of Pots & Garden Art (Otaki)
www.otakipotteryclub.org (Returns 2023)
Festival One (Karapiro)
www.festival-one.co.nz
Fiesta of Lights (Hastings - December/January) Fiesta of Lights (Hastings - December/January)
www.fiestaoflights.co.nz
Gindulgence Gin Festival (Wellington)
www.gindulgence.co.nz
Hibiscus Rodders Beach Festival (Orewa)
www.roddersbeachfestival.co.nz (Cancelled 2022)
Hidden Valley Festival (Matakana)
www.hiddenvalleyfestival.com &
Facebook (Rescheduled from December to 2 January 2022)
Katikati Avocado Food & Wine Festival
Facebook
Kite Day (New Brighton, Christchurch) https://ccc.govt.nz
Kiwiburn (Hunterville)
http://kiwiburn.com (Returns 2023)
Kiwi Spirits Summer Festival (Golden Bay)
www.kiwispiritdistillery.co.nz (Returns 2023)
Marton Country Music Festival
www.martonfestival.nz (Returns 2023)
Mercury Bay Seaside Carnival (Whitianga)
www.mercurybayseasidecarnival.co.nz
Mount Festival of Multisport
www.mountfestival.kiwi
Muscle Car Madness (Rangiora)
www.musclecarmadness.co.nz
Music in Auckland Parks (not a festival as such, but great free entertainment: January - April)
www.musicinparks.co.nz
Nelson Buskers Festival (Jan/Feb)
Facebook (Postponed until 2022)
Nelson Street Fest ?2022
Nelson Summer Kite Festival
Facebook (Cancelled 2022)
Nest Fest Music Festival (Hawkes Bay)
www.nestfest.co.nz
Northern Bass (Mangawhai)
Facebook * (Rescheduled to 28/29/30 January 2022)
NZ Kiwi Kadampa Festival (Wellington)
https://nzfestival.org
Opunake Beach Carnival
Facebook (Cancelled 2022)
Pasifika Festival (Wellington)
www.wellington.govt.nz
Picton Maritime Festival
Facebook (Cancelled 2022)
Primal Getaway (Dec/Jan in Cooks Beach)
www.primalgetaway.co.nz *
Sarau Festival (Upper Moutere)
www.saraufestival.co.nz (Returns 2023)
SeePort Festival (Auckland)
www.seeport.co.nz ?2022
SmashFest Metal Festival (Gisborne)
www.smashpalacebar.com
Sound Splash (Mystery Creek, Hamilton)
www.soundsplash.co.nz
Summer Arts Festival in Whakatane
www.whakatane.com
Sundown Festival (Whangamata)
www.sundownfestival.nz New for 2022
Tairua School Wine & Food Festival
www.tairuawineandfood.co.nz (Returns 2023)
The Great Kiwi Beer Festival (Christchurch)
greatkiwibeerfestival.co.nz
Trillian FunFest (Manukau, Auckland)
www.funfest.co.nz (Cancelled 2022)
TSB Bank Festival of Lights (New Pymouth - December/February)
www.festivaloflights.nz (Cancelled 2021/22)
Turakina Highland Games
www.turakinahighlandgames.co.nz
Vintage Weekend (Whanganui)
www.vintageweekend.co.nz (Cancelled 2022)
Waipu Highland Games
www.waipuhighlandgames.co.nz (Cancelled 2022)
Wairarapa Country Music Festival
www.tauherenikau.co.nz
Whakatane Seafood Festival
Facebook
Whangamata Summer Festival (27 December - 3 January 2022)
www.thecoromandel.com
February
Adam Chamber Music Festival (Nelson, next festival 2021)
www.music.org.nz
AmeriCARna (New Plymouth)
www.americarna.com
Aotearoa Surf Film Festival (February - April, various locations) ? 2021 dates
www.asff.co.nz
Art Deco Festival (Napier)
www.artdeconapier.com
Auckland Fringe Festival (Feb/March)
www.aucklandfringe.co.nz
Auckland Pride Festival
https://aucklandpride.org.nz
Banks Peninsula Festival
Facebook
Beast of a Feast Craft Beer, Music & Food Festival (Tauranga)
Facebook New for 2022
Beer Appreciation Day Riverside (Taupo)
www.beerappreciationday.co.nz
Big Bike Film Night (various locations, Feb - May)
www.bigbikefilmnight.nz
Bluegrass Music Festival (South Catlins)
www.niagarafallscafe.co.nz
Boulevard Arts Fiesta (Orewa)
www.orewabeach.co.nz
Brits at the Beach (Whangamata)
www.britsatthebeach.co.nz Postponed until 2022
Burning Horse Festival (Southland)
www.burninghorse.co.nz Returns 2022
Central Otago Craft Beer Festival (Alexandra)
www.craftbeerfest.co.nz (Cancelled 2022)
Chinese New Year Festival (Wellington)
www.chineseneayear.co.nz
Christchurch/South Island Wine & Food Festival
www.winefestival.co.nz
Classic Festival (Pukekohe)
nzcmrr.com
Dimension Electronic Music & Arts Festival (Northland)
www.dimension.nz
Electric Avenue Music Festival (Christchurch)
www.electricavenuefestival.co.nz
Electric Timber Music Festival (South Waikato)
Facebook New for 2021
Estuary Fest 2020 (Christchurch)
Facebook
Faraday Street Festival (Parnell, Auckland)
Facebook New for 2021
Festival of Cultures (Palmerston North)
www.festivalofcultures.co.nz
Festival of Freeride (Waiuku)
www.nzfestivaloffreeride.com
First We Eat (Tauranga)
www.firstweeat.co.nz
Flamingo Pier Music Festival (Waiheke Island)
www.flamingopier.net
Fried Chicken Fest (Wellington)
www.friedchickenfest.co.nz
Good Peoples Mini Music Festival (Nelson)
Facebook
Greenhithe Lantern Festival
Hamilton Gardens Arts Festival
www.hgaf.co.nz
Hanmer Motorfest
Facebook
Hare Krishna Food Festival (Kumeu)
Facebook New for 2021
Hokonui Moonshiners Festival (Gore)
www.moonshinefest.co.nz (no festival 2021)
International Kai Festival (Nelson) (no festival 2021)
Island Bay Festival
www.islandbayfestival.org.nz
Island Time on Motutapu - Eat, Drink, Dance
www.endeavour.live New for 2021
Kawhia Kai Festival
Facebook (Returns 2023)
King Beats Charity Music Festival (Kingston)
Facebook
Kiwigrass - National Blue Grass Festival (Cambridge)
www.kiwigrass.nz
Krishna Holi Festival (Auckland)
Facebook
La Fiesta - A Celebration of Women & Community (Feb & March in Whanganui)
www.lafiestanz.com
Lantern Festival (Auckland)
www.aucklandnz.com
Lauder Ukelele Festival
www.lauderukefest.com
Leadfoot Festival (Hahei)
www.leadfootfestival.com (no festival 2021)
Lunasa Festival (Takaka)
www.luminatefestival.co.nz
Lyttelton SummerFest
www.lyttelton.net.nz
Markham Street Summer Festival (Amberley)
Facebook New for 2021
Marlborough Wine & Food Festival (Blenheim)
www.wine-marlborough-festival.co.nz (Cancelled 2022)
Mount Zoukfest (Mount Maunganui)
www.mountzoukfest.co.nz
Motorfest (Gore)
www.motoxtreme.co.nz New for 2021
Motueka Kai Fest
www.motuekakaifest.nz
Music in Auckland Parks (not a festival, but great free entertainment: January - March 2021)
www.musicinparks.co.nz
Nelson Buskers Festival (Jan/Feb)
Facebook (postponed until 2022)
Nelson Wine and Food Festival
www.nwff.co.nz and
Facebook (Cancelled 2022)
New Zealand Festival (Feb & March in Wellington)
www.festival.co.nz (returns 2022)
New Zealand Juggling & Circus Festival (Tauranga)
www.nzja.org.nz
NZ Tattoo & Art Festival (New Plymouth)
www.nztattooart.com (returns February 2021)
No Future Music Festival (Tauranga)
Facebook New for 2021
Nostalgia Festival (Christchurch)
www.nostalgiafestival.co.nz
Oempa South African Festival (Tauranga)
Facebook New for 2022
Okura Forest Festival (Auckland)
Facebook
Onehunga Festival (Auckland)
Facebook
One Love Festival (Tauranga)
http://onelovefestival.co.nz
Otaki Kite Festival
Facebook
Outfield Music, Food & Arts Festival (Te Awanga, Hawkes Bay)
www.outfieldfestival.co.nz
Paeroa Highland Games & Tattoo
www.paeroahighlandgames.co.nz
Repco Takapuna Rocks
www.takapunarocks.co.nz
RIDE Cycling Festival (Cambridge)
Facebook
River Park Blues Festival (Central Hawkes Bay)
Facebook New for 2021
Shiny Side Up Bike Fest (Feb/March, various locations)
www.shinysideup.co.nz
Shipwrecked Music & Arts Festival (Auckland)
www.shipwrecked.co.nz
Sonorous Music Festival (Auckland)
Facebook
South Island Beer Festival (Christchurch)
www.sibf.nz
South Island Cheese Festival (Blenheim)
Facebook
Splore Music Festival (Auckland)
www.splore.net
Sunsetter Food, Wine & Music Festival (Takapuna, Auckland)
www.sunsetterfestival.co.nz
Tasman Asian Night Food Fair (Richmond, Nelson)
Facebook
The Mount Surf Festival
www.themountsurffestival.com New for 2021
The Performance Arcade (Wellington, 18 February to 28 February 2021)
https://www.theperformancearcade.com
Toka Fest (Dargaville)
Facebook
TSB Bank Festival of Lights (New Pymouth - 14 December - 1 February 2020)
www.festivaloflights.nz
Tuki Festival (formerly Rippon) Wanaka
www.tukifestival.nz Returns 2022
Twizel Salmon & Wine Festival
Facebook (Cancelled 2022)
Water Bourne Beach Festival (Auckland - Feb/March)
www.waterbourne.co.nz New for 2021
Welcome to Nowhere (somewhere near Whanganui)
Facebook New for 2021
Wellington Summer City Festival
www.wellington.govt.nz
Wellington Wine, Food & Craft Beer Festival
www.wineandfoodfestival.co.nz
Wings Over Wairarapa Air Festival (every two years, next festival 2021)
www.wings.org.nz
March
121 Music Festival (South Wairarapa)
www.121festival.co.nz
Agfest (Hokitika)
www.agfest.co.nz (returns 2022)
Aotearoa Cuban Festival (Rotorua)
www.nzcubanfestival.co.nz
Aotearoa Surf Film Festival (March - April, various locations)
www.asff.co.nz
Art Beat Interactive Arts Festival (Whangarei)
Facebook
Artists Open Studios (Whanganui)
www.openstudios.co.nz (
Blog posts about Artists Open Studios via thecuriouskiwi/blog)
Auckland Arts Festival
www.aucklandfestival.co.nz
Auckland Craft Beer & Food Festival
www.aucklandbeerfestival.co.nz New for 2021
Auckland Fringe Festival (Feb/March)
www.aucklandfringe.co.nz
Auckland Vegan Food Festival by Auckland Food Truck Collective
Facebook
Balloons over Waikato
www.balloonsoverwaikato.co.nz
Bay of Islands Waka Festival
www.pahianz.co.nz
Beach Hop Rock 'n' Roll Festival (Whangamata)
www.beachhop.co.nz
Beacon Music Festival (Auckland)
www.beaconfestival.co.nz New for 2021
Beer Appreciation Day X (Havelock North)
www.beerappreciationday.co.nz
Buller Festival (Murchison)
Facebook
Cambridge Autumn Festival
www.cambridgeautumnfestival.co.nz
Canterbury Japan Day
Facebook (Cancelled 2021)
Chatham Islands Festival
Facebook
Childrens Day is celebrated on the 1st Sunday in March each year, visit
www.childrensday.org.nz to find an event near you.
Christchurch Holi Festival of Colours
Facebook
Christchurch Pride
Facebook
Classics at Ohope Beachside Festival
www.classicsatohope.co.nz
Cross Street Music Festival (Auckland)
Facebook
CubaDupa (Wellington)
www.cubadupa.co.nz
Dunedin Fringe Festival
www.dunedinfringe.nz
Earth Beat Festival (Auckland)
https://earthbeatfestival.com
EcoFest North (March/April in Auckland)
www.kaipatiki.org.nz New for 2021
EcoWest Festival (March/April in Auckland)
www.ecomatters.org.nz
First We Eat (Napier)
www.firstweeat.co.nz
French Film Festival (various locations, March/April)
www.frenchfilmfestival.co.nz
Gincredible Gin Festival (Tauranga)
www.bopginfestival.co.nz
Gindulgence Gin Festival (Auckland)
www.gindulgence.co.nz
Harbour Street Jazz & Blues Festival (Oamaru)
www.harbourstreetjazz.com
Havelock Mussel & Seafood Festival (Havelock)
www.havelockmusselfestival.co.nz
Hawkes Bay Beer Week
Facebook
Heart of Te Atatu South Festival
Facebook
Heritage Harvest Festival (Riverton)
www.sces.org.nz
Hokitika Wild Food Festival
www.wildfoods.co.nz
Homegrown Music Festival (Wellington)
www.homegrown.net.nz
Horse of the Year Show (Hastings)
www.hoy.kiwi
Island View Jazz & Blues Festival (Opotiki)
www.islandviewsjazzblues.com
Katikati Festival of Cultures
Facebook New for 2021
Kegkoura Craft Beer Festival (Kaikoura)
www.emporiumbrewing.co.nz
Kimbolton Sculpture Festival
www.ruralart.nz
La Fiesta - A Celebration of Women & Community (Feb & March in Whanganui)
www.lafiestanz.com
LiveFit Health & Fitness Festival (Auckland)
www.livefit.co.nz
Manawatu Craft and Food Fair (Palmerston North)
www.manawatucraftandfoodfair.co.nz
Manawatu Walking Festival
www.mwf.org.nz
Mangawhai Walking Weekend
www.mangawhaiwalking.co.nz
Mangonui Waterfront Festival
www.doubtlessbay.co.nz
Maoriland Film Festival (Otaki)
www.maorilandfilm.co.nz
MarchFest (Nelson)
www.marchfest.com
Marton Harvest Festival
Facebook
Mike Pero Motofest (Hampton Downs)
www.hamptondowns.com
Multicultural Festival (Tauranga)
Facebook
Multicultural Food Festival (Invercargill)
Facebook
Murrays Bay Wharf Birdman (Auckland)
Facebook No event 2021
Music in Auckland Parks (not a festival, but great free entertainment: January - March 2021)
www.musicinparks.co.nz
Nepal Festival (Auckland)
www.nepalfestival.co.nz New for 2021
New Brighton Duke Festival of Surfing
Facebook
Newtown Festival (Wellington)
www.newtownfestival.org.nz
New Zealand Festival (Feb/March) (Wellington)
www.festival.co.nz (next festival 2022)
New Zealand Ocean Film Festival World Tour (various locations March - May)
www.oceanfilmfestivalworldtour.com
New Zealand Rural Games (Palmerston North)
www.ruralgames.co.nz
North Canterbury Wine & Food Festival
www.ncwineandfood.co.nz
NZ Fringe Festival (Wellington)
www.fringe.co.nz
NZ Spirit Festival (Waimauku)
www.nzspirit.com
Outerfields Music Festival (Auckland)
www.theouterfields.com New for 2021
Parapine BBQ & Beer Fest (Upper Hutt) Facebook
Pasifika Festival (Auckland)
www.aucklandnz.com
Remote TogetherNZ Festival (Queenstown)
www.remotetogethernz.com New for 2021
Ripe - The Wanaka Food & Wine Festival
www.ripewanaka.nz New for 2021
Rotorua Walking Festival
www.rotoruawalkingfestival.org.nz
Seaweek - Kaupapa Moana (nationwide)
www.seaweek.org.nz
Selwyn Sounds 2021 (Lincoln)
https://selwynsounds.co.nz
Shiny Side Up Bike Fest (Feb/March, various locations)
www.shinysideup.co.nz
SOBA Mountain Ales Craft Beer Festival (Taranaki)
Facebook
South Dunedin Street Festival
https://southdunedin.org.nz
Spirit Horse Festival (Auckland)
www.spirithorsefestival.org
St Patrick's Festival (Auckland)
www.stpatrick.co.nz
Summer Tango in Nelson
www.summertangoinnelson.co.nz
Taranaki Multi Ethnic Extravaganza
Facebook
Thames Food & Buskers Festival
Facebook New for 2021
Thames Heritage Festival
www.thamesheritage.co.nz
The Big Bike Film Night (various locations, March - October)
www.bigbikefilmnight.nz
The Great Kiwi Beer Festival (Hamilton)
www.greatkiwibeerfestival.co.nz
The Great Pumpkin Carnival (Hamilton)
www.thegreatpumpkincarnival.co.nz
Titahi Bay Beach Festival
Facebook (Returns 2022)
Tri Taranaki Festival
www.tritaranakifestival.nz
Urban Jungle Festival (Nelson)
Facebook New for 2021
Wairarapa Wines Harvest Festival
www.wairarapaharvestfestival.co.nz
Waitati Music Festival (Dunedin)
Facebook (Returns 2022)
Water Bourne Beach Festival (Feb/March)
www.waterbourne.co.nz New for 2021
Wellington Dragon Boat Festival
www.dragonboatfestival.org.nz
Wellington Pride Festival
www.wellingtonpridefestival.com
Wellington Summer City Festival
www.wellington.govt.nz
Whanganui Walls Street Art Festival
Facebook and
www.whanganuiwalls.com
Whangarei Fritter Festival
Facebook (Cancelled 2021)
Whiskey Galore Dram Fest (Christchurch)
Facebook (Returns 2022)
WOMAD (World Music & Dance Festival) New Plymouth
http://womad.co.nz Cancelled 2021
April
Aotearoa Surf Film Festival (March - April, various locations)
www.asff.co.nz
Armageddon (Wellington)
www.armageddonexpo.com
Arrowtown Autumn Festival
www.arrowtownautumnfestival.org.nz
ASB Polyfest (Auckland)
www.asbpolyfest.co.nz
A Taste of Matarangi
www.atasteofmatarangi.co.nz (Cancelled 2021)
Auckland Beer Week
Facebook
Automania Automotive Festival (Auckland)
https://www.automaniafestival.co.nz (Postponed 2021)
Autumn Arena Festival (Easter 2021, near Oamaru)
Facebook (Cancelled 2021)
Berba Croatian Harvest Festival (Kumeu, Auckland)
www.solijans.co.nz
Bread & Circus World Buskers Festival (Christchurch)
www.breadandcircus.co.nz &
Facebook (Rescheduled to Easter 2022)
Canterbury Folk Festival
www.canterburyfolkfestival.org.nz
Classic Fighters AirShow (Marlborough)
www.classicfighters.co.nz (Returns 2021)
Clyde Wine & Food Festival
www.promotedunstan.org.nz
Colville Easter Festival
www.colvilleartsfestival.co.nz
Craft Beer Capital Hopstock (Wellington)
https://www.craftbeercapital.com
Easterfest (Taupo)
www.easterfest.nz
ECHO Walking Festival (Coromandel - South Waikato)
www.echowalkfest.org.nz
EcoFest North (March/April in Auckland)
www.kaipatiki.org.nz New for 2021
EcoWest Festival (March/April in Auckland)
www.ecomatters.org.nz
Feast Waikato
www.waikatofoodinc.com
Festival of Colour (Wanaka)
www.festivalofcolour.co.nz (Returns 2021)
Food Show (Christchurch)
www.foodshow.co.nz
Frankton Thunder (Hamilton)
Facebook
Gisborne Beer Festival
https://gisbornebeerfestival.nz
Go Green Expo (Auckland)
www.gogreenexpo.co.nz
Hamilton Folk Festival (Hamsterfest)
Lighting of Osmanthus Gardens Lantern Festival (Hastings)
www.hastingsdc.govt.nz
Little River Country Bumpkin Giant Pumpkin Festival
www.littleriverpumpkinfest.co.nz or
Facebook
Medieval Carnival (Hamilton)
Facebook
Methven Scarecrow Trail
Facebook
National Jazz Festival (Easter 2021, Tauranga)
www.jazz.org.nz
Nelson Heritage Festival
www.itson.co.nz
New Zealand Ocean Film Festival World Tour (various locations March - May)
www.oceanfilmfestivalworldtour.com
NZ Games Festival (Wellington)
www.nzgamesfest.com (Returns 2021)
Otautahi Smoke BBQ, Brews & Bands (Christchurch)
www.smokebbqfest.com New for 2022
Pie, Pint & Pinot (part of Arrowtown Autumn Festival)
www.arrowtownautumnfestival.org.nz
Repco Rev Up Whangarei
www.revupwhangarei.co.nz (Returns April 2021)
Rhythm & Vines (Gisbornre) Rhythm & Vines (Gisborne)
www.rhythmandvines.co.nz * (Rescheduled to 15 - 17 April 2022)
Te Anau Tartan Festival
Facebook
The Big Bike Film Night (various locations, Feb - May)
www.bigbikefilmnight.nz
The Great NZ Muster (Te Kuiti)
www.waitomo.govt.nz (
Running of the Sheep - blog post via thecuriouskiwi/blog)
Upsurge Festival (Bay of Islands) (Postponed 2021)
www.upsurgefestival.co.nz
Waiheke Island Jazz, Art & Music Festival
Facebook
Waipu Easter Carnival
Facebook
Wairarapa Balloon Festival
www.nzballoons.co.nz (Returns 2022)
Wanaka Beer Festival
Facebook (Postponed to 2 April 2022)
Warbirds Over Wanaka (every two years)
www.warbirdsoverwanaka.com (Returns 2022)
Wheels at Wanaka
https://www.wheelsatwanaka.co.nz (Returns 2021)
Wild Dunedin NZ Festival of Nature
www.wilddunedin.nz
Xterra Rotorua Festival
www.xterra.co.nz
May
Auckland Writers Festival
www.writersfestival.co.nz
Banff Mountain Film Festival (various locations April - June)
www.banff.nz
Bay of Islands Country Rock Festival
www.country-rock.co.nz
Bluff Oyster & Food Festival
www.bluffoysterfest.co.nz
Booktown (Featherston)
www.booktown.org.nz
Coromandel Town Seafood Fest
www.coromandelseafoodfest.com
Dunedin Writers & Readers Festival
www.dunedinwritersfestival.co.nz (Returns 2021)
Eat Drink Love Ponsonby (July & August)
https://eatdrinkloveponsonby.co.nz (Returns May 2022)
Eat, Drink, Play (Wellington)
www.eatdrinkplay.co.nz New for 2021
Eat Drink Love Ponsonby
https://eatdrinkloveponsonby.co.nz
Feast Marlborough Friday Night Feast
www.feastmarlborough.nz
Food Show (Wellington)
www.foodshow.co.nz
Hamtown Smakdown Punk Festival (Hamilton)
Facebook ?2021
Hororata Night Glow Festival
www.hororata.org.nz
Manawatu International Jazz & Blues Festival (May - June)
www.mjc.org.nz
Nelson Festival of Golf (April/May)
www.nelsongolf.co.nz (Returns 2021)
Nelson Fringe Festival
www.nelsonfringe.co.nz
New Zealand Burlesque Festival (Auckland)
www.nzburlesquefestival.co.nz ? 2021
NZ International Comedy Festival (Auckland)
www.comedyfestival.co.nz
NZ Music Month (nationwide)
www.nzmusicmonth.co.nz
Paekakariki Film Festival (May/June)
Facebook New for 2021
Resene Architecture & Design Film Festival (May - June, various locations)
www.resene.co.nz
Southland Festival of the Arts
Facebook ?2021
Tech Week (nationwide)
https://techweek.co.nz
The Big Bike Film Night (various locations, March - May)
www.bigbikefilmnight.nz
The Cavell Leitch New Zealand International Jazz & Blues Festival (Christchurch)
www.jazzbluesfestival.co.nz (No festival 2021)
The Chardonnay Affair (Gisborne)
www.thechardonnayaffair.co.nz
The Great Eketahuna Cheese Festival ?2021
The Great NZ Food Show (Hamilton)
www.greatnzfoodshow.co.nz
The Nugget Multisport Festival (Waihi)
https://thenugget.co.nz
Top Paddock Music Festival (Gore)
www.toppaddock.co.nz
Tussock Country Music Festival (May/June in Gore)
www.tussockcountry.nz New for 2021
Urban Harvest Festival (Christchurch)
Facebook
We Run The Night Running Festival (Mt Maunganui)
www.werunthenight.co.nz New for 2021
Wheels Week (Ashburton)
www.wheelsweek.co.nz
June
Auckland Festival of Photography (3 - 20 June 2021)
www.photographyfestival.org.nz
Auckland Live Cabaret Season (June/July)
www.aucklandlive.co.nz New for 2021
Banff Mountain Film Festival (various locations May - June)
www.banff.nz
Blitz Metal Fest (Auckland)
www.eventbrite.com New for 2021
Ceol Aneas Irish Music Festival (Nelson)
www.irishmusic.org.nz (Queen's Birthday weekend)
Documentary Edge Festival (June/July)
www.docedge.nz
Dunedin Midwinter Carnival
www.midwintercarnival.co.nz
FAWC - Food & Wine Classic (Hawke's Bay)
www.fawc.co.nz
Fieldays (Mystery Creek, Hamilton)
https://fieldays.co.nz (Onsite and online)
French Film Festival (various locations)
www.frenchfilmfestival.co.nz
GTR Festival (Hampton Downs, Auckland)
www.gtrfestival.co.nz New for 2021
Handmade Festival of Making (Wellington)
www.handmadenz.co.nz New for 2021
Hop Dogs (Wellington)
Facebook New for 2021
HR Innovation & Tech Fest (Auckland)
www.techfestconf.com New for 2021
iD Fashion Weekend Dunedin)
www.idfashion.co.nz
Kia Mau Festival (Wellington)
www.kiamaufestival.org New for 2021
Loemis Winter Solstice Festival (Wellington)
www.loemis.nz
LUMA Southern Light Project (Queenstown)
www.luma.nz (Returns 2021)
Manawatu International Jazz & Blues Festival (May - June)
www.mjc.org.nz
Matariki Festival (Auckland - June/July)
www.matarikifestival.org.nz
Matariki Festival (Whangarei, June - August)
Facebook
Mid Winter Woolfeast (Christchurch)
Facebook (Returns 2021)
NZ Gold Guitar Awards (Gore)
www.goldguitars.co.nz
NZ Mountain Film & Book Festival (Wanaka, Queenstown & online)
www.mountainfilm.net.nz
NZ Salsa Congress Latin Dance Festival (Wellington)
www.nzsalsacongress.co.nz New for 2021
Night Lights (MOTAT, Auckland)
www.motat.nz New for 2021
Ohakune Mardi Gras
www.visitruapehu.com New for 2021
Paekakariki Film Festival (May/June)
Facebook New for 2021
Queenstown Winter Festival
www.winterfestival.co.nz (No festival 2021)
Resene Architecture & Design Film Festival (May - June, various locations)
www.resene.co.nz (Cancelled 2020, returns 2021)
Southern NZ Drift Matsuri (Christchurch)
www.driftmatsuri.co.nz New for 2021
Steampunk Festival (4 June - 7 June 2021 in Oamaru)
www.steampunknz.co.nz
The Big Bike Film Night (various locations, March - October)
www.bigbikefilmnight.nz
Tussock Country Music Festival (May/June in Gore)
www.tussockcountry.nz New for 2021
Waimate Folk Festival
www.waimatefolkfestival.weebly.com
Wairoa Maori Film Festival
www.kiaora.tv
Wakatipu Music Festival (Queenstown)
www.clt.net.nz New for 2021
Wellington Jazz Festival
www.jazzfestival.co.nz
Winetopia (Auckland)
www.winetopia.nz
July
Abracadabra Music & Arts Festival (Waihi)
Facebook New for 2021
Art Deco Winter Deco Weekend (Napier)
www.artdeconapier.com
Auckland Live Cabaret Season (June/July)
www.aucklandlive.co.nz New for 2021
Beyond the Page Literary Festival (Wellington)
https://beyondthepage.nz
Canterbury Truffle Festival
www.canterburytrufflefestival.nz
Carterton Heart of Winter Festival
Facebook New for 2021
Chocstock Chocolate Festival (Wellington)
Facebook New for 2021
Documentary Edge Festival (June/July)
www.docedge.nz
Drift Matsuri Festival (Taupo)
www.driftmatsuri.co.nz
Elemental AKL Winter Festival (Auckland)
https://www.aucklandnz.com
Festival for the Future (July/August, Wellington)
Facebook
Festival of Words (New Plymouth)
www.pukeariki.com New for 2021
FibreTron Yarn & Fibre Festival (Hamilton)
www.fibretron.co.nz
GABS Beer, Cider & Food Festival (Auckland)
www.gabsfestival.com (Postponed)
Gindulgence Gin Festival (Christchurch)
www.gindulgence.co.nz
Go Live Music Festival (Christchurch)
www.ccc.govt.nz New for 2021
ILT Kidzone Festival (Invercargill)
www.iltkidzone.co.nz
KidsFest (Christchurch)
www.kidsfest.co.nz
Kulthu Wellington Beer & Metal Fest
Facebook New for 2021
Light Nelson
www.lightnelson.org.nz
Light Up Winter 2021 (Cromwell)
www.cromwell.org.nz
Lobo Music Fest (Dunedin)
www.lobofest.co.nz New for 2021
Marlborough Book Festival
www.marlboroughbookfest.co.nz (Returns 2021)
Matariki Festival (Auckland - June/July)
www.matarikifestival.org.nz
Matariki ki Waikato Festival (June/July)
https://matarikiwaikato.co.nz
Matariki Wellington
www.wellington.govt.nz
Matariki Festival (Whangarei, June/July)
Facebook
New Zealand Concert Bands Association Concert Bands Festival (July/August in Napier)
www.nzcba.org
Northern Lights Festival (Tutukaka Coast)
www.northernlightsfestival.org New for 2021
NZ International Science Festival (Dunedin)
www.scifest.org.nz
NZ Tango Festival (Wellington)
www.nztangofestival.co.nz (No festival 2021)
Pirongia Blues Festival
Facebook
Puaka Matariki Festival (Dunedin)
www.matarikidunedin.co.nz
Right Royal Cabaret Fest (New Plymouth (July/August)
www.rightroyal.co.nz New for 2021
Russell Birdman Festival
www.russellbirdman.co.nz (Returns 2022)
Selwyn Winter Festival (Wine, Beer & Whiskey)
www.selwynwinterfestival.co.nz New for 2021
Taupo Winter Festival
www.taupowinterfestival.co.nz
Te Maeva Nui Cook Islands Cultural Festival (Auckland)
www.temaevanui.nz New for 2021
The Smallest Beer Festival (Upper Hutt)
Facebook New for 2021
Uke Fest (Geraldine)
www.ukelelegeraldine.co.nz
Waipu in Tartan
www.breambay.co.nz
Wairarapa Film Festival (Carterton)
www.waifilmfest.co.nz New for 2021
Welcome to Winter (Queenstown)
Facebook New for 2021
Words Will Work (South Auckland Writers Festival)
www.wordswillworl.nz New for 2021
August
Auckland Fried Chicken Festival
Facebook
Auckland Restaurant Month
www.heartofthecity.co.nz
Bay of Islands Jazz & Blues Festival
www.jazz-blues.co.nz
Beervana (Wellington)
www.beervana.co.nz
Dine Dunedin
https://dinedunedin.co.nz
Festival for the Future (July/August, Wellington)
Facebook
Go Green Expo (Christchurch)
www.gogreenexpo.co.nz
Going West Writers Festival (West Auckland)
www.goingwestfest.co.nz
Hamilton Book Month
Facebook
Hanmer Salsa Winter Festival
www.hanmersalsa.com
Ice & Mixed Festival (Queenstown)
www.iceandmixedfestival.co.nz and
Facebook
KBB Music Festival (Auckland)
www.kbbmusicfestival.co.nz
National Poetry Day
www.nzbookawards.co.nz
New Zealand Concert Bands Association Concert Bands Festival (July/August in Napier)
www.nzcba.org
NZ Fashion Week (August and September in Auckland)
www.nzfashionweek.com
NZ Mountain Film & Book Festival National Tour (various locations June - November)
www.mountainfilm.nz
Pinot Palooza (Auckland)
www.pinotpalooza.com.au New for 2021
Ramp Festival of Media, Music, Arts & Design (Hamilton)
www.rampfestival.co.nz
Right Royal Cabaret Fest (New Plymouth (July/August)
www.rightroyal.co.nz New for 2021
Southern Jam Youth Jazz Festival (Marlborough)
Facebook (online 2020)
Tulip Festival (Eden Garden, Auckland)
www.edengarden.co.nz
Visa Wellington On A Plate
www.visawoap.com
Walk of Wonders (Havelock North)
www.walkofwonders.co.nz New for 2021
Wellington Band & Orchestra Festival
www.webo.co.nz (returns 2021)
Welly Boutique Wine Festival
www.craftd.global New for 2021
White Out Winter Festival (Methven)
www.mthutt.co.nz New for 2021
Winter Pride Festival (August/September in Queenstown)
www.winterpride.co.nz
WoolOn Creative Fashion Event (Central Otago)
www.woolon.co.nz (returns 2021)
WORD Christchurch Writers & Readers Festival
www.wordchristchurch.co.nz
September
Alexandra Blossom Festival
www.blossom.co.nz
Aronui Indigenous Arts Festival (Rotorua)
www.aronuiartsfestival.com (postponed 2020)
Arts Festival Dunedin
www.artsfestivaldunedin.co.nz (returns 2021)
Auckland Boutique Wine Festival
www.craftd.global New for 2021
Auckland Tango Festivalito
www.aucklandtango.co.nz (no festival 2020)
birdsAPlenty Festival (September/October) (Whakatane)
www.whakatane.com and
Facebook
Carterton Daffodil Festival
Facebook
Cherry Blossom Festival (Nelson)
www.itson.co.nz
Cinema Italiano Festival (various locations)
www.cinemaitalianonz.com
Culinary Cambridge
www.cambridge.co.nz (postponed 2020)
Dominion Road Moon Festival (Auckland)
www.drdmfest.org.nz
Eat. Taste. Central (September - October, Central Otago)
www.centralotagonz.com
Edible Fashion Awards (Hastings)
www.ediblefashionawards.co.nz
Ellerslie Fairy Festival & Pirate Party (Auckland)
Facebook
Ferment Fest (Hamilton)
www.waikatofoodinc.com New for 2020
Festival of Adult Learning (various locations)
www.aceaotearoa.org.nz
Festival of Architecture (various locations)
www.nzia.co.nz (Cancelled 2020)
Franklin Arts Festival
www.franklinartsfestival.co.nz (Cancelled 2020)
Going West Writers Festival (West Auckland)
www.goingwestfest.co.nz
Gutsy Girls Adventure Film Tour (various locations, August/September)
https://gutsygirlsadventurefilmtour.co.nz
Hamilton Pride Week
www.hamiltonpride.co.nz (no festival 2020)
Hastings Blossom Parade
www.artsinc.co.nz
Hokianga Country Music Festival
Facebook (no festival 2020)
HR Innovation & Tech Fest (Auckland)
https://techfestconf.com (returns June 2021)
Kaikoura Hop
www.kaikourahop.co.nz
Kawerau WoodFest
www.kaweraunz.com (no date confirmed for 2020)
K-Fest (Korean Pop Culture, Auckland)
Facebook (date to be confirmed)
Latin America & Spain Film Festival (September - November, various locations)
www.lasffnz.co.nz (no festival 2020)
Literary Festival (Whanganui) (September/October)
www.writersfest.co.nz (returns 2021)
Manawatu Writers Festival
Facebook (Feilding) (returns 2020)
Martinborough Music Festival
www.martinboroughmusicfestival.co.nz (Cancelled 2020)
NZ Fashion Week (August and September in Auckland)
www.nzfashionweek.com
NZ Junior Rugby Festival (Taupo & Queenstown)
www.juniorrugbytournament.com
NZ Mountain Film & Book Festival National Tour (various locations June - November)
www.mountainfilm.nz
NZ Mural Contest & Arts Festival (September/October in Katikati)
www.katikatimurals.co.nz (returns 2021)
NZ Theatre Month
www.theatremonth.nz
NZ Young Writers Festival (Dunedin)
www.youngwritersfest.nz
Overload NZ Anime & Manga Convention (Auckland)
www.overload.co.nz (Returns April 2021)
Port Chalmers Seafood Festival
www.festival.portchalmers.com (returns 2021)
Raglan Film Festival
www.raglanartscentre.co.nz
RISE Fly Fishing Film Festival (various locations, August/September)
www.flyfishinggilmfestival.co.nz (returns 2020)
Russian Cultural Festival (Wellington)
www.wellingtonrussianclub.org (no festival 2020)
Snow Machine Festival (Queenstown)
www.snow-machine.nz New for 2021
Spring Festival (Wellington)
www.wellington.govt.nz
Spring Fling (Central Hawkes Bay, September - October)
www.thespringfling.nz
Taniwha Daffodils (Hawkes Bay)
www.taniwhadaffodils.co.nz (no event 2020)
The Breeze Walking Festival (September/October in Christchurch)
www.ccc.govt.nz (returns April 2021)
Waikato Cherry Tree Festival
www.hamiltonwaikato.com (no festival 2020)
Whangamata Run, Walk Festival
Facebook (Cancelled 2020)
Whanganui Festival of Cultures (September/October)
Facebook
Whitianga Scallop Festival
www.scallopfestival.co.nz (returns 2021)
Winter Ales Festival is now Winter Ales Trail (Wellington)
www.winterales.co.nz (Rescheduled to September)
Winter Pride Festival (August/September in Queenstown)
www.winterpride.co.nz
World of Wearable Arts (September/October in Wellington)
www.worldofwearableart.com (Cancelled 2020)
October
Akaroa Frenchfest
www.akaroa.com (returns 2021)
Alexandra Thyme Festival (October/November)
www.thymefestival.co.nz (no festival 2020)
Armageddon Expo (Auckland)
http://armageddonexpo.com
Art of Wine (Auckland)
www.greatlittlevineyards.com (returns 2021)
Artweek Auckland
www.artweekauckland.co.nz
Auckland Diwali Festival
www.aucklandnz.com
Auckland Heritage Festival
www.heritagefestival.co.nz
Auckland Rapids Festival
www.rapidsfestival.co.nz
Bay of Islands Walking Weekend
www.boiwalkingweekend.co.nz
Bay Salsa Festival (Tauranga)
www.baysalsa.co.nz
Beca Heritage Festival (September/October) (Christchurch)
www.ccc.govt.nz
Biketober - Christchurch Festival of Cycling
www.biketoberchch.nz
birdsAPlenty Festival (September/October) (Whakatane)
www.whakatane.com and
Facebook
Body Mind Spirit Health Expo (Christchurch)
www.bodymindspirit.co.nz
British Film Festival (various locations - Oct/Nov)
www.britishfilmfestival.co.nz (dates to be confirmed for 2020)
Christchurch Big Band Festival
www.bigbandfest.org.nz
Craft'd Spirits Festival (Auckland)
https://craftd.global (Returns 2021)
Cromwell Street Party & Fireworks
www.cromwell.org.nz
Diwali Christchurch
Facebook
Dunedin Craft Beer & Food Festival
www.dunedinbeerfest.co.nz
Dunedin Festival of Photography
www.dps.org.nz (no festival 2020)
Eat. Taste. Central (September - October, Central Otago)
www.centralotagonz.com
ECHO Walking Festival (Coromandel - South Waikato)
www.echowalkfest.org.nz (Postponed to October 2020)
Elemental AKL Winter Festival (Auckland)
https://www.aucklandnz.com (Rescheduled to October 2020)
First Light Wine & Food Festival (Gisborne)
www.firstlightwineandfood.co.nz
Flower Power Garden Trail (Little River)
Facebook (returns 2021)
Food Show (Wellington)
www.foodshow.co.nz (Rescheduled to 30 October & 1 November)
Graffiato Street Art Festival (Taupo)
www.lovetaupo.com (
Taupo Street Art blog post via thecuriouskiwi/blog)
Greater Wellington Brew Day (Upper Hutt)
www.brewday.co.nz
Gutsy Girls Adventure Film Tour (various locations, October/November)
https://gutsygirlsadventurefilmtour.co.nz
Harcourts Hawke's Bay Arts Festival
www.hbaf.co.nz
HighLight Carnival of Lights (Lower Hutt)
www.highlight.org.nz
Hop'N'Vine Craft Beer, Wine & Food Festival (Invercargill)
www.hopnvine.co.nz
Hunterville Huntaway Festival
www.shemozzle.co.nz
InterACT - A Disability Arts Festival (Auckland, October)
www.interacting.org.nz (no festival 2020)
it! Bay of Islands Food & Wine Festival
paihianz.co.nz
Japanese Film Festival (various locations, October & November)
www.auckland.nz.emb-japan.go (no festival 2020)
Kowhai Festival (Warkworth)
www.kowhaifestival.co.nz
Manawatu International Jazz & Blues Festival Decanted (May - June)
www.mjc.org.nz (Rescheduled Oct/Nov)
Matakana Oyster Festival
www.oysterfestmatakana.co.nz (festival cancelled 2020)
Mt Eden Chamber Music Festival (October/November)
www.edenarts.co.nz
Nelson Arts Festival
www.nelsonartsfestival.co.nz
Nelson Paddle Fest 2020
Facebook
NZ Cheese Month (nationwide)
www.nzsa.org.nz
NZ Improv Festival (Wellington)
www.nzimprovfestival.co.nz
NZ International Film Festival (October - December)
www.nzff.co.nz
NZ Mountain Film & Book Festival National Tour (various locations June - November)
www.mountainfilm.nz
NZ Mural Contest & Arts Festival (September/October in Katikati)
www.katikatimurals.co.nz (returns 2021)
Ngatimoti Festival (Tasman area)
Facebook
Okere Falls Beer Fest (Rotorua)
www.okerefallsstore.co.nz
Oktoberfest (Lincoln, Christchurch)
www.thelaboratory.co.nz
Oktoberfest (Tauranga)
Facebook New for 2020
Rotorua Bike Festival (October/November)
www.rotoruabikefestival.com
Rotorua Forest Festival
www.forestfest.co.nz
SCAPE Public Art Season (October/November in Christchurch)
www.scapepublicart.org.nz
Show Me Shorts Film Festival (various locations)
www.showmeshorts.co.nz
Southland Festival of Running (Invercargill)
www.southlandfestivalofrunning.co.nz
Spring Fling (Central Hawkes Bay, September - October)
www.thespringfling.nz
Taste of Auckland (October/November)
Facebook (no festival 2020)
Tauranga Arts Festival (October)
www.taurangafestival.co.nz
Tauranga STEM Festival
www.taurangastemfestival.co.nz (returns 2021)
Tempo Dance Festival (Auckland)
www.tempo.co.nz (online in 2020)
Terror-Fi Film Festival (Wellington in October, Auckland & Christchurch in November)
www.terrorfifest.com (? 2020)
Te Tairawhiti Arts Festival (Gisborne)
www.tetairawhitiartsfestival.nz
The Big Bike Film Night (various locations, March - October)
www.bigbikefilmnight.nz
The Breeze Walking Festival (September/October in Christchurch)
www.ccc.govt.nz (returns April 2021)
The Very Vintage Day Out (Auckland)
www.veryvintage.co.nz (returns April 2021)
Vegan Vibes
Facebook (Mount Maunganui)
Visa Wellington On a Plate
www.wellingtononaplate.com
Wairoa Maori Film Festival
www.kiaora.tv (Rescheduled to October 2020)
Wellington Folk Festival
www.wellingtonfolkfestival.wordpress.com
Wellington Heritage Week (October/November)
www.wellingtonheritageweek.co.nz
Westport Whitebait Festival
Facebook
Whanganui Festival of Cultures (September/October)
Facebook
Whanganui Literary Festival (September/October)
www.writersfest.co.nz (returns 2021)
Winetopia (Auckland)
www.winetopia.nz (Rescheduled to October)
Winetopia (Wellington)
www.winetopia.nz (Rescheduled October 2020)
World of Wearable Arts (September/October in Wellington)
www.worldofwearableart.com (Event cancelled 2020)
Yarns in Barns - Wairarapa Festival of Reading
Facebook (Returns 2022)
November
Asian Food & Cultural Festival (Orewa)
Facebook
A Very Welly Christmas (Wellington)
www.averywellychristmas.co.nz
Auckland Festival of Quilts
www.aqg.org.nz (Returns 2021)
Auckland Garden Design Fest
www.gardendesignfest.co.nz (Returns 2021)
Banks Peninsula Walking Festival
www.akaroa.com
Bay of Plenty Garden & Art Festival
www.gardenandartfest.co.nz (Returns 2020)
Beach Hop Rock 'n' Roll Festival (Whangamata)
www.beachhop.co.nz (Rescheduled to November 2020) (
Beach Hop blog posts via thecuriouskiwi/blog)
Beers at The Basin (Wellington)
www.beersatthebasin.co.nz
Beervana (Wellington)
www.beervana.co.nz
Beyond Bass Music Festival (Auckland)
www.thetrustarena.co.nz New for 2020
British Film Festival (various locations - November/December)
www.britishfilmfestival.co.nz
Cambridge Garden Festival
www.cgf.co.nz (Returns 2021)
Canterbury Folk Festival
www.canterburyfolkfestival.org.nz (Rescheduled to November 2020)
Christmas in the Park (Christchurch)
www.christmasinthepark.co.nz (Cancelled 2020, returns 2021)
Cinema Italiano Festival (various locations, January 2019 - January 2020)
www.cinemaitalianonz.com
Crankworx Mountain Biking Festival (Rotorua)
www.crankworx.com
Day of the Dead Festival (Nelson)
Facebook (No Day of the Dead Festival 2020)
Deep Hard & Funky Music Festival (Auckland)
Facebook New for 2020
Diwali Festival (Tauranga)
www.bayofplenty.live New for 2020
Edible Fashion Awards (Hastings)
www.ediblefashionawards.co.nz (Rescheduled to November 2020)
FAWC - Food & Wine Classic (Hawkes Bay)
www.fawc.co.nz
Feilding Festival of Cycling
www.feildingfestivalofcycling.co.nz (No festival 2020)
Food Show (Auckland)
www.foodshow.co.nz
Food Show (Wellington)
www.foodshow.co.nz (Rescheduled to 30 October & 1 November)
Fringe Garden Festival Taranaki)
www.taranakigardens.co.nz
Garden Marlborough
www.gardenmarlborough.co.nz
Gardens Galore (Hunterville & Rangitikei)
www.gardensgalore.co.nz (No event 2020)
Geraldine Festival
www.geraldinefestival.co.nz
Gisborne Beer Festival
www.gisbornebeerfestival.nz (rescheduled from April)
Go Green Expo (Auckland)
www.gogreenexpo.co.nz including
Better Food Fair (Rescheduled to 31 October & 1 November 2020)
Go Green Expo (Wellington)
www.gogreenexpo.co.nz
Grey Lynn Park Festival (Auckland)
www.greylynnparkfestival.org
Gutsy Girls Adventure Film Tour (various locations, October/November)
https://gutsygirlsadventurefilmtour.co.nz
Hamilton Gardens Scarecrow Festival
www.hamiltongardens.co.nz
Hobbiton Beer Festival (Matamata)
www.hobbitontours.com
Hororata Highland Games
www.hororatahighlandgames.org.nz
Hurunui Garden Festival
www.hurunuigardenfestival.com
Ignition Children's Book Festival (Dunedin)
www.ignitionkids.nz (Returns 2021)
Japan Festival (Wellington)
www.japanfestivalwellington.org (Returns March 2021)
Jazz & Cabaret Festival (Christchurch)
www.jazzbluesfestival.co.nz
Kapiti Coast Strawberry Festival
www.kapiticoastfestival.nz
Manawatu International Jazz & Blues Festival Decanted (May - June)
www.mjc.org.nz (Rescheduled Oct/Nov)
Meatstock - The Music & Barbecue Festival (Auckland)
www.meatstock.co.nz
Mt Eden Chamber Music Festival (October/November)
www.edenarts.co.nz
Nelson Half Festival of Running
www.thenelsonhalf.co.nz
New Zealand Cider Festival (Nelson)
www.nzciderfestival.com
NZ Ethnic Football Festival (Hamilton)
Facebook
NZ International Film Festival (October - December)
www.nzff.co.nz
NZ Irish Fest (Auckland, Wellington & Christchurch)
www.nzirishfest.co.nz
NZ Mountain Film & Book Festival National Tour (various locations June - November)
www.mountainfilm.nz
NZ Tattoo & Art Festival (New Plymouth)
www.nztattooart.com (Returns February 2021)
NZ Ukelele Festival (Auckland)
www.nzukelele.org.nz
NZ Web Fest (Auckland)
www.nzwebfest.co.nz (Festival cancelled 2020)
Pacific Rose Bowl Festival (Hamilton)
www.hamiltongardens.co.nz
Pak N Save Triathalon Festival (Canterbury)
www.triathalonfestival.co.nz
Parnell Festival of Roses (Auckland)
Facebook
Quarryfest (Tauranga)
www.quarrypark.org.nz
Queenstown International Marathon Festival
www.queenstown-marathon.co.nz
Rotorua 3D Multisport Festival
Facebook
Rotorua Bike Festival (October/November)
www.rotoruabikefestival.com (Cancelled 2020)
Rotorua Festival of Gardens
www.rotoruagardens.org.nz (Returns 2021)
Rotorua Running Festival
www.eventpromotions.co.nz
Selwyn Motor Fest (Rolleston)
Facebook
South Island Akro Fest (Blenheim)
Facebook
Spring Tango in Martinborough
Facebook (Cancelled 2020)
St Andrews Day (Dunedin)
Facebook New for 2020
Steampunk The Thames Festival
www.steampunkthethames.co.nz (Postponed until 2021)
Taranaki Garden Festival
www.gardenfestnz.co.nz
Taste of Auckland (October/November)
Facebook (no festival 2020)
Tauranga Arts Festival (including Escape Writers Festival) (October/November)
www.taurangafestival.co.nz
Tauranga Food Wine & Music Festival
www.taurangafwm.co.nz (Date to be confirmed)
Terror-Fi Film Festival (Wellington in October, Auckland & Christchurch in November)
www.terrorfifest.com
The Cavell Leitch New Zealand International Jazz & Blues Festival (Christchurch)
www.jazzbluesfestival.co.nz (Rescheduled to November 2020)
The Coffee & Chocolate Show (Auckland)
www.chocolatecoffeeshow.co.nz
Toast Martinborough Wine, Food & Music Festival
www.toastmartinborough.co.nz (Returns 2021)
Vegan Expo (Whangarei)
www.veganexpo.co.nz
Vegan Expo (Christchurch)
www.veganexpo.co.nz
Verb Writers Festival (Wellington, formerly LitCrawl)
www.verbwellington.nz
Victorian Heritage Celebrations (Oamaru)
www.vhc.co.nz
Waiheke Garden Festival
www.waihekegardenfestival.org.nz
Waiheke Island Walking Festival
www.waihekewalkingfestival.org
Wellington Heritage Week (October/November)
www.wellingtonheritageweek.co.nz
Wellington Jazz Festival
www.jazzfestival.co.nz (Rescheduled November 2020)
Wellington Diwali Festival
www.wellington.govt.nz
World Aids Day Festival and Events (November/December)
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Friends of the Regent Theatre | |
December 3rd & 4th Regent's "24"hour Book Sale NEW location at the Edgar Centre www.regenttheatre.co.nz
Admin: I see the date has changed, it's now 25 & 26 February 2022 at the Edgar Centre in Dunedin. |
Rachael | |
Hi Andrea
I don't know, and you've probably looked in the same places as I have - their website that says they'll be back in 2018 but there's no date, and their Facebook page which hasn't been posted on since December 2016. There is an email address for them on Facebook so you could email to ask, otherwise if it's coming back I'm sure it will be well advertised as if it's going to be held over Auckland Anniversary Weekend again that's not far away. |
Andrea | |
Hi I'm just wanting to know when the Auckland Seafood Festival is going to be up and running again? Last year I read something that they would be back bigger and better in 2018 but can't see any advertising about it?? |
Rachael | |
Hi Rachel
The festival has been added to the list for October. |
Rachel Chapman | |
Hi there I wonder if you can please add the Hawkes Bay Arts Festival to your listing under the NZ Festival www.hbaf.co.nz
thanks very much |
Rachael | |
Hi Akash and anyone else wanting to list
Use the Contact Us tab above and send me details ie. website or Facebook link. Edited to add: Note that the list is for festivals rather than events. |
Akash | |
hi there,
I would like to post 2 events here. How about do i do this?
Kind Regards,
Akash. S |
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