18 unforgettable days and nights.

View our 2026 Brochure

Festival lineup live. Tickets on sale now.

This is your city. This is your Festival. Let’s celebrate everything good about it, together. Whakanuia, kia hurō tātou katoa.

Find out what’s on now and start planning your Festival. Enjoy the journey. Karawhuia!

Choose your tickets, see it LIVE in March 2026

Get your hands on a FREE Festival Guide.

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Our Festival Guide/Programme Brochure is out now. Browse/download it online or grab a physical copy from the Aotea Centre box office from 31 Oct, followed shortly by all good cafés, libraries, galleries and stores around Tāmaki Makaurau.

We’ve launched our Festival lineup, but there’s still more to come...

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