New Zealand Festivals

Welcome to 2camels' special take on 47 wonderful fairs, celebrations, holidays, carnivals and festivals of New Zealand.

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New Zealand Festivals

Adam Chamber Music Festival (Nelson, New Zealand)
Festival Types: Music - Classical, Music - Opera
Month: January

Auckland Festival (Auckland, New Zealand)
Festival Types: Performing Art, Dance - Various Styles, Music - Traditional
Month: March

Auckland Festival of Photography (Auckland, New Zealand)
Festival Types: Photography, Art
Month: June

Auckland Festival of Photography Website

Auckland Writers and Readers Festival (Auckland, New Zealand)
Festival Types: Literature, Book, Writing
Month: May

Auckland Writers and Readers Festival Website

Bluff Oyster and Southland Seafood Festival (Southland, New Zealand)
Festival Types: Food, Food and Drink
Month: May

Bluff Oyster and Southland Seafood Festival Website

Christchurch Arts Festival (Christchurch, New Zealand)
Festival Types: Performing Art, Music - Varied
Month: July

Cuba Street Carnival (Wellington, New Zealand)
Festival Types: Music - Latin, Dance - Salsa, Street Parade
Month: February

Devonport Food, Wine and Music Festival (Devonport, New Zealand)
Festival Types: Food, Food and Wine, Music - Varied
Month: February

Devonport Food, Wine and Music Festival Website

Dunedin Fringe Festival (Dunedin, New Zealand)
Festival Types: Fringe, Performing Art, Comedy
Month: March

Eco River Festival (Levin, New Zealand)
Festival Types: Food and Wine, Environmental, Family
Month: January

Ellerslie Flower Show (Christchurch, New Zealand)
Festival Types: Floral, Family
Month: March

Erupt Lake Taupo Festival (Lake Taupo, New Zealand)
Festival Types: Music - Varied, Dance - Various Styles, Performing Art
Month: May

French Festival Akaroa (Akaroa, New Zealand)
Festival Types: Multicultural, Food and Wine, Family
Month: October

French Festival in Akaroa (Akaroa, New Zealand)
Festival Types: Multicultural, Food and Wine, Family
Month: October

Fringe New Zealand (Wellington, New Zealand)
Festival Types: Fringe, Performing Art, Comedy
Month: February

Globalfest (Rotorua, New Zealand)
Festival Types: Music - Traditional, Dance - Folk, Music - World
Month: November

Invercargill Summer Festival (Invercargill, New Zealand)
Festival Types: Summer, Local, Music - Varied
Month: February

Lake Wanaka Festival of Colour (Lake Wanaka, New Zealand)
Festival Types: Performing Art, Dance - Various Styles, Music - Varied
Month: April

Magma Short Film Festival (Rotorua, New Zealand)
Festival Types: Film - Short, Film
Month: April

Montana World of Wearable Art Show (Wellington, New Zealand)
Festival Types: Art, Fashion, Bizarre
Month: September

Montana World of Wearable Art Show Website

Nelson Arts Festival (Nelson, New Zealand)
Festival Types: Performing Art, Music - Varied, Dance - Various Styles
Month: October

New Zealand International Arts Festival (Wellington, New Zealand)
Festival Types: Performing Art, Dance - Modern, Music - Contemporary
Month: November

New Zealand International Arts Festival Website

New Zealand International Comedy Festival (Auckland, New Zealand)
Festival Types: Comedy, Performing Art
Month: May

New Zealand International Comedy Festival Website

New Zealand International Film Festival (All Areas, New Zealand)
Festival Types: Film
Month: July

New Zealand International Film Festival Website

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New Zealand International Science Festival (Dunedin, New Zealand)
Festival Types: Science
Month: July

New Zealand International Science Festival Website

New Zealand International Sevens (Wellington, New Zealand)
Festival Types: Sport - Football, Sport - Ball
Month: February

New Zealand International Sevens Article

New Zealand Juggling Convention (Levin, New Zealand)
Festival Types: Juggling
Month: February

Newtown Festival (Wellington, New Zealand)
Festival Types: Music - Jazz, Fair, Community
Month: March

Otago Festival of the Arts (Dunedin, New Zealand)
Festival Types: Performing Art, Dance - Classical, Music - Jazz
Month: October

Queenstown Winter Festival (Queenstown, New Zealand)
Festival Types: Winter, Food and Wine, Music - Varied
Month: June

Rippon Open Air Festival (Lake Wanaka, New Zealand)
Festival Types: Music - Electronic, Music - Rock
Month: February

Rugby Union World Cup - New Zealand 2011 (All Areas, New Zealand)
Festival Types: Sport - Football, Sport - Ball, Party
Month: September

Rugby Union World Cup - New Zealand 2011 Website

Southern Lakes Festival of Colour (Lake Wanaka, New Zealand)
Festival Types: Performing Art, Dance - Various Styles, Music - Varied
Month: April

Southern Lakes Festival of Colour Snippet

Southern Lakes Festival of Colour Photos

St. Patrick's Day - Auckland (Auckland, New Zealand)
Festival Types: National, Party, Celtic
Month: March

Taranaki International Festival of the Arts (Taranaki, New Zealand)
Festival Types: Performing Art, Music - Varied, Dance - Various Styles
Month: July

Taranaki International Festival of the Arts Website

Taranaki Rhododendron and Garden Festival (Taranaki, New Zealand)
Festival Types: Floral, Family
Month: October

Taranaki Rhododendron and Garden Festival Website

Tauranga Festival (Tauranga, New Zealand)
Festival Types: Music - Varied, Photography, Performing Art
Month: October

The Festival - Central Hawkes Bay (Hawkes Bay, New Zealand)
Festival Types: Art, Food, Music - Varied
Month: September

The Festival - Central Hawkes Bay Website

Waiheke Island Jazz Festival (Auckland, New Zealand)
Festival Types: Music - Jazz
Month: April

Wairoa Maori Film Festival (Wairoa, New Zealand)
Festival Types: Film, Film - Documentary, Indigenous
Month: June

Waitangi Day (All Areas, New Zealand)
Festival Types: National, Historical, Indigenous
Month: February

Warbirds Over Wanaka (Wanaka, New Zealand)
Festival Types: Air Show, Family, Historical
Month: April

Wellington Dragon Boat Festival (Wellington, New Zealand)
Festival Types: Dragon Boat, Sport - Water, Traditional
Month: February

Wellington Jazz Festival (Wellington, New Zealand)
Festival Types: Music - Jazz
Month: March

WOMAD - New Plymouth (New Plymouth, New Zealand)
Festival Types: Music - World, Performing Art, Dance - Folk
Month: March

WOMAD - Taranaki (Taranaki, New Zealand)
Festival Types: Music - World, Performing Art, Dance - Folk
Month: March

World Buskers Festival (Christchurch, New Zealand)
Festival Types: Busking, Performing Art, Dance - Street
Month: January

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