New Zealand arts festivals and events
A list of websites
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New Zealand in Venice
New Zealand’s pavilion at the 57th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia featuring Lisa Reihana’s panoramic video in Pursuit of Venus [infected], 2015—17.
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Auckland
Auckland arts and entertainment guide, The Edge.
Art Week Auckland
Art Week Auckland has been developed by the NZ Contemporary Art Trust, the charitable body behind the highly successful Auckland Art Fair. The aim of the event is to grow Auckland’s visual arts audience through discovery and discussion.
Auckland Festival
More than 200 arts and entertainment events. The biennial festival is a feast of theatre, dance, concerts, cabaret, exhibitions, family events and more, featuring some of the finest national and international artists and companies.
Auckland Open Air Film Festival
Auckland Writers and Readers Festival
Big Idea list of festivals and events.
Chromacom
New Zealand Indie Arts Festival. Showcasing illustrators, comic artists, animators, concept designers, game devs and more!
Devonport Arts Festival, Auckland
Earth-Beat: Harvest Festival of Movement and Dance.
Earth-Beat is a gathering with a shared vision of community, strength and spirit. With live electronic and world music, creative initiatives and workshops, they invite you to live, play and move as your hearts beat as one. Kawai Purapura Retreat & Holistic Living Centre is just 20 minutes from Auckland.
Eventfinda list of events in Auckland.
New Zealand International Film Festival
Reaction.The Auckland events and entertainment Matrix.
Tautai Contemporary Pacific Arts Trust Festival
Christchurch, Canterbury
Canterbury/ Christchurch festivals and events.
Christchurch Arts Festival
Jazz, opera, cabaret,writing, theatre.
Be There. Listed Christchurch and Canterbury events.
Scape Biennial of Art in Public Space
World Buskers Festival, Christchurch.
Dunedin
Bahai Association for the Arts, Dunedin.
The New Zealand International Early Music Festival
Ten days of superb Renaissance and Baroque music, theatre and dance. February and March
Visit Dunedin
Events, activities and places guide.
Film festivals
Drifting Clouds International Short Film Festival
The 48 Hour Film Festival
A film-making competition held through major cities in New Zealand where teams must write, shoot, edit and score a 3 to 7-minute film in forty-eight hours.
Mountain Film Festival
The 2011 New Zealand Mountain Film Festival is a combination of events over the five days July 1st to 5th in NZ’s premier alpine village of Wanaka.
Activities scheduled include
* International and NZ made film competition (US$1000 and NZ$1000 first prizes)
* Viewing of the film finalist
* Awards night with films, winning film previews and live Music
* NZ & International Guest speakers
New Zealand International Film Festival
Out Takes Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
Show Me Shorts
New Zealand’s only trans-Tasman short film festival.
Wairoa Maori International Film Festival
Wairoa Maori International Film Festival
Hamilton
Hamilton Gardens Summer Festival
A summer arts festival held in the magnificant settings within the Hamilton Gardens. Their programme includes: theatre, music, pantomime, shakespeare, major concerts, emerging artists, visual art and more.
Hawkes Bay
Central Hawkes Bay. The Festival
A three-day festival extravaganza of arts in Central Hawkes Bay.
Nelson
Nelson Arts Festival, 14 -25Oct.
New Plymouth
New Plymouth current and upcoming events, from the New Plymouth District Council.North.
Northland
North Shore
Devonport events and attractions guide.
North Shore events.
North Shore Libraries
North Shore events and attractions.
Tourism North Shore
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Otago and Dunedin
Otago and Dunedin events calendar.
Events. Dunedin City Council
Find out what’s on in Dunedin including city major events, festivals, meetings,
forums and exhibitions.
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Queenstown
The Southern Lakes Festival of Colour
has a diverse programme of over 40 performances and exhibitions showcasing many of New Zealand’s most respected names in art, music, theatre and dance.
Rotorua
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SCAPE Biennial of Art in Public Space
is New Zealand’s only biennial dedicated to the exhibition of contemporary art in public space. It is organised by the Art & Industry Biennial Trust.
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Ticketek
Entertainment venues, events, shows around New Zealand. Searchable online information, online bookings.
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Venue Hire
Venue Hire offers a very comprehensive selection of New Zealand venues for hire. In particular they have139 options for exhibitions and 55 for shows. Free listings for theatre groups, clubs, and associations.
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Waitakere Arts Projects and Events Calendar
Wanaka. Festival of Colour,
Every two years, the Festival of Colour will celebrate the arts in the spectacular autumn setting of Lake Wanaka.
Wellington
Arts and Culture in Wellington.
A searchable events database.
Wellington LUX is a free public light festival that turns Wellington’s waterfront and laneways into a captivating celebration of light, art, technology and design.
The New Zealand Fringe Festival
New Zealand International Arts Festival
The Performance Arcade
The Performance Arcade is an annual Live Art mini-festival and programme of free events located on Wellington Waterfront. Using a series of architecturally arranged shipping containers, the Arcade creates a string of spaces for installation, performance art, sonic art, audio-visual art, interactive media, culinary art and live music.
Wellington events. A ‘what’s on’ guide.
Whanganui
Whangarei
Whangarei events guide, from EventFinda.
Things to do in Whangarei, an events and attractions guide.
WOMAD Festival. World of Music, Arts & Dance, New Plymouth, Taranaki.
World of Wearable Art
The Montana World of Wearable Art Awards Show. An annual non-stop spectacular held in Wellington, New Zealand. Artists and designers from New Zealand and around the world enter truly amazing garments that are presented in a unique two hour show of choreography, music, lighting and special effects.