New Zealand Entertainment CalendarInclude some local entertainment on your Holiday!
Much of our New Zealand entertainment calendar festivals are featured around food and wine. Others involve sporting events.While music is always a very big contributor with concerts held in many outdoor venues such as parks, vineyards, and city squares, as well as the traditional indoor concert halls.
Are You Holding a COMING EVENT? It may be a Concert, Sporting Event, Festival or Show. CLICK HERE to Place a FREE ADVERTISEMENT on my Website. New Zealand Entertainment Calendar SuggestionsBelow I have listed a cross section of annual events, festivals and events in the New Zealand entertainment calendar, that you may be interested in, when you are on holiday in New Zealand. I have not put the dates, as they vary a little from year to year, but are always around the same time. You can check the link provided below, to find out exact dates for the year you are interested.
JanuaryWorld Buskers Festival ChristchurchParachute Festival Hamilton An annual music festival. Headlands Sculpture on the Gulf Waiheke Island Art Festival Auckland Seafood Festival Auckland Anniversary Day Regatta An annual sailing event - the biggest number of yachts participating in one day in the world. FebruaryDevonport Wine and Food Festival - DevonportSummerdaze Festival Queenstown Music and entertainment Auckland Lantern Festival Albert Park Celebrating Chinese New Year Fringe Festival Wellington Music, dance, entertainment Martinborough Fair Supposedly the largest fair of its type in Australasia stalls with arts, crafts, clothing , food etc The Lion Foundation Surf League Mt Maunganui - Surf lifesaving competitions Donkey and Mule Society North Island Show Competitions Stroke and Stride Auckland An international swim /run competition considered the worlds most popular swim/run event. Marlborough Wine Festival Chinese New Year Lantern Festival Christchurch Te Matatini National Kapa Haka Festival - Tauranga Festival of Flowers Christchurch Sky City Starlight Symphony Free music in the park event at the Domain Hokonui Moonshiners Festival Southland For whiskey lovers Auckland Fringe Festival A mix of drama, dance and street performers Fresh Choice Southern Lakes Womens Triathalon For beginners Kaweka Challenge Hawkes Bay -The highest mountain race in New Zealand
MarchHokitika Wild Food Festival - West Coast South IslandTeddy Bears Picnic Auckland Domain Heroic Garden Festival - Auckland - Take a tour of these stunning private gardens. Pass to Pub Christchurch A popular mountain biking race Golden Shears - New Zealands annual sheep shearing competitions Auckland International Boat Show -Epsom Auckland Festival ( biennial) music, drama, comedy more than 200 events over 2 weeks Ironman New Zealand Taupo Rotorua Half Marathon and 10km fun walk - in Whakarewarewa Forest Ellerslie National Flower Show Christchurch Michael Hill Golf Open Queenstown Pasifika Festival Showcasing song , dance and culture from all the Pasific Islands Western Springs free WOMAD World of Music, Art and Dance moves around Taranaki for 2009Liquorland NZ Beer Festival Auckland Kona Colville Connection A bike ride Coromandel Motutapu Ice breaker Wanaka 50km high country mountain bike and off road marathon Round the Bays Auckland - annual fun from dedicated to casual runners ASB Polyfest Interschool competition for Pacific cultural performance Taste of Auckland new Wine and Food festival Balloons over Waikato annual hot air balloon show New Zealand House and Garden House Tours - Fundraiser for Cancer Society - Auckland
AprilLake Hayes Triathlon South IslandNational Jazz Festival - Tauranga Classic Fighters Airshow Marlborough Family entertainment New Zealand International Jazz and Blues Festival Christchurch Arrowtown Autumn Festival An old fashioned family festival MaySouthern Lakes Festival of Colour (biennial) Lake WanakaMatariki Maori New Year Hawkes Bay
JuneAgricultural Field Days Waikato Everything to do with farmingJulyHot Red Hawkes BayWine FestivalThe Food Show Auckland Runs into August AugustWhitianga Scallop FestivalWinter Games Festival - Queenstown SeptemberCraft and Quilt Fair - WaikatoOctoberChristmas Country Fete ChristchurchHalloween - 31st October - this tends to be more local. NovemberArt in a Garden Christchurch Gardens and garden sculptureWaikato Home and Garden Show Marlborough Wine Weekend Hunters Garden Festival 5-day festival of gardens Toast Martinborough a Wine and Food Festival in this wine area Pohutakawa Festival Coromandel Guy Fawkes - there are many community fireworks displays. Santa Parade - Auckland has a huge parade, but many other cities and smaller communities also have their own, with floats, bands etc. DecemberChristmas in the Park Auckland, ChristchurchNew Zealand Entertainment Calendar of Events, Festivals,ShowsHave you seen something on the calendar you are interested in going to.This link below will give you all the information for the current year dates, times,entry fees, venue etc for events you are interested in. Check now on this New Zealand Events Calendar.More Events on the New Zealand Entertainment Calendar1) House and Garden ToursEvery city has home and/or garden tours this is where a selection of private gardens and homes are open to the public. They are often organised as a fundraiser for charities. These are generally held around March, and November December.2) Christmas House Tours Similar to the above but these homes are decorated for Christmas. This could be mid year when people celebrate mid winter Christmas our way of sampling a cold or even white Christmas! Or October/November. 3) Craft Shows - are held around the country. Dunkley's travels and is the main one. But there are many more. 4) Travel Shows - these are held in main centres
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