Newtown Festival and Events
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- Newtown Festival celebrates coming together with our community to support each other and one of our most colourful suburbs If you need information, have accessibility needs or require first aid, our team is here to help. Take a moment to check out some info to help get the most out of your day – see […]
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Newtown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Kenape Saupese
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- Kenape’s parents migrated to Aotearoa from Samoa and his family lived in Te Whanganui-a-tara. Kenape grew up within the church environment where at a very young age he discovered a talent and an interest in music through singing, acting, and performing in front of the church. Kenape carried on his musical journey through to secondary […]
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Aoraki Construction Ltd & Priority Demolition Digger
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- Do you like BIG toys!? Do you like building things!? Do you like smashing things to pieces!? Aoraki Construction Ltd & Priority Demolition Ltd have collaborated to put you in the driver’s seat of a real construction & demolition excavation machine… or, what you might know as, a DIGGER. We work together to build new […]
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Filipino Village Fiesta
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- Starting in 2016, the Filipino Village Fiesta was created to support and uplift refugees and migrants who didn’t have the money or connections to show their skills and talents. Shirin (the village organiser) is collaborating with local Pinoy food vendors and stall holders, with all Filipino Village Fiesta Collection proceeds go towards church donations. Come […]
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Jasper Cali
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- Jasper Cali moves through deep house, techno, and indie dance with a groove-first mindset and a taste for low-slung, bouncy tunes. Hypnotic rolling basslines, slick percussion, and psychedelic touches, always built for the dancefloor. There’s just as much love for the fruitier side of things too, pulling in slinky downtempo, disco, and worldly flavours that […]
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Marcos Alonso
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- Based in windy Wellington, get ready for him to blow your fringe backwith his eclectic, electric, and unashamedly fruity sets.A veteran of dancefloors from Europe to Aotearoa, Marcos is a long-timeDJ, music producer, and the driving force behind boutique label SqeakyWheels.
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Max Maxwell
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- Max Maxwell has been a pivotal figure in New Zealand’s electronic music scene since the early 1990s. Emerging during the formative years of local electronic culture, he played a key role in landmark events such as Entrain and The Gathering, and co-founded the psychedelic trance project Matipo Pyramid, which released a self-titled album that became […]
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Rangatahi & Tamariki Programme!
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- Looking for activities for the young ones? No worries! Here is a full list of activities for our rangatahi and tamariki. We’ve also listed some places to chill out when you need a place to relax during the festival. Don’t forget to check out the list of our all-ages stages and individuals shows showcasing amazing […]
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International Women’s Day Parade
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- This Newtown Festival is also International Women’s Day! We have many women performing on the day, as well as the many women working hard to make Newtown Festival happen (including our festival runners Emi Pogoni and Anna Wooles and longtime team members Rhona Carson and Anna Kemble Welch). We are so excited to celebrate International […]
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The Stalls List for 2026 has been published!
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- There are over 435 stalls and activities lining the streets of Newtown, and every one of them is listed with details of what they’re selling, the community information they’re providing or the activity they have organised for you to take part in. Take time to read through what’s on offer, pick your favourites and plan […]
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Popperz Dance Studios
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- POPPERZ DANCE STUDIOS is a established danced academy in Lower Hutt. We build a strong dance foundation for kids in different dance styles. We teach different styles of dance including Bollywood, Tamil, Urban and Freestyle. Our aim is to keep the students happier through dance and make them a good dancer. Dance is not only […]
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Lower Hutt, Lower Hutt City, Wellington, 5010, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Fine Wine Social Club
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- Fine Wine Social Club have spent the last three years building a sound that’s as much about friendship as it is about music. A few of the members have been jamming together for more than eight years, and that long connection comes through every time they play. Their influences run wide – Tom Misch, Michael […]
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Tā Moko for Tamariki
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- Nau mai heare mai to the tā moko stall. Free face and arm tā moko will be available for tamariki. Māori mā, Tauiwi mā – all welcome. Run by the Ngāti Kotahitanga Whānau from Te Kura o Ngā Puna Waiora, as a fundraiser for Noho Marae and other class costs.
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Richter City Roller Derby
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- Richter City Roller Derby (RCRD) is a not-for-profit, skater-owned and operated flat track roller derby league based in Pōneke, Wellington, New Zealand. As a league we are committed to promoting and supporting the sport and spirit of roller derby, upholding Te Ao Māori principles, inspiring people to join our community, creating and fostering a LGBTQIA+ […]
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Barbarian Patrol
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- Thomas La Hood, Geronimo La Hood & Caspar Randerson aka Thomas and Sons (and cast members – Speed is Emotional @ Circa 11-25th March) will be parading, wreaking clown havoc and offering revelers an opportunity to partake in double time mobile karaoke. You won’t miss them, look out (and listen) they’ll be on the Barbarian […]
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2026 Programme Times + Festival Map
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- Help to plan your day! Here is the full line up with stages, performance timings and activities to do on the festival day. This is a useful guide to ensure you have an amazing time and witness all the festival has to offer. Here is the programme in PDF format to download or print for […]
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Gymnastics
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- Learn and have a go at the Gymnastics stall! At the stall, we’ll be bringing the fun of gymnastics to the community with:
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Archie Brothers & Holey Moley
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- Archie Brothers & Holey Moley joins Newtown Festival We are bringing the fun to the festival! Holey Moley is taking over with a pop-up mini golf hole, so you can sink the putt and score yourself an epic prize. Archie Brother’s will be dishing out FREE popcorn to keep you fueled, plus we are setting […]
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Box City
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- We’ll bring the boxes – you bring the imagination! Build towers, castles, forts, a whole city!
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Jamie Rose b2b K-otiK
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- From Jersey (UK) Jamie Rose found the love of DJing through vinyl at 18. With Ibiza being the main annual holiday, Jamie developed a deep connection with house music. Constantly trying to learn what it takes to give the crowd ‘that feeling’ he knew from world class European dance floors and festivals. In the last […]
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Wishing Woman
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- Wishing Woman is a roving masked character performed by local artist Amy Grace Laura. Amy has been described by audiences and reviewers as “avant-garde” and “uncomfortably entertaining.” With a passion for puppetry, mask, and theatre Amy makes an array of playful work for the young and young at heart.
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The Poetess
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- The Poetess is performed by local performance poet Amy Grace Laura. Amy is an award winning, published performance poet. In 2022, she was the joint champion of the Pōneke Wellington Poetry Slam. Her work as The Poetss is lyrical, occasionally comedic, and highly observational – careful what you say around Amy as it might get woven […]
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Niom Bistro
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- Wind down the festival evening by heading to Niom Bistro for some good food and good music! 6:30pm – 7:15pm Eden Hawkins 7:30pm – 9:30pm Beans and Don Brought to you by Songs6021.
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Newtown Sport Bar
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- Bigbada Boom Sound System and Third Eye HiFi present Proto-Megazoid (A Sound System Combined) a one of a kind sound system collaboration landing at Newtown Sports Bar for Newtown Fest 2026. Two sound systems from two worlds unite: the reggae queen sound of Hineraiona Bigbada Boom meets the all-powerful electronic force of Third Eye HiFi, […]
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Tāwhiri Warehouse
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- As part of the Aotearoa New Zealand Festival of the Arts, Tāwhiri Warehouse will be showcasing some of Aotearoa’s amazing writers in collaboration with Verb Wellington! Lineup: 10:00am – 11:00am Charlotte Grimshaw: The Black Monk 12:00pm – 1:00pm Dark Academics: Elizabeth Knox & Lili Wilkinson 2:00pm – 3:00pm A Pōneke Poetry Showcase 4:00pm – 5:00pm […]
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Songs of Solidarity
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- Songs of solidarity (SOS) is three-day book festival celebrating, acknowledging, and sharing stories of resistance and resilience, songs from indigenous and intersectional voices across Aotearoa and the global south.
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Yawner
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- Yawner are a Poneke-based R&B group formed in late 2024, bringing together a tight, groove-driven sound alongside the unmatched vocal talents and timbre of Eden Brown. Since their formation, the band have spent the last year meticulously refining their identity as a unit, and are now more ready than ever to share it. After a […]
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Rucksack Circus
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- The Circus Hub presents the first edition of our new initiative: Rucksack Circus! This is a student performance created under the guidance of Circus Hub trainers. Themed to native birds, see if you can spot an aerobatic Tūī performing on the aerial silk, a cheeky kea on trapeze, and even a juggling Doc Ranger!
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Sascha Rose
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- Through self-guided discovery and community networking within the D.I.Y. scene of the East Coast in the U.S. and Aotearoa, Sascha Rose has garnered her skills as a producer and musician. She has recently expanded her practice to include drum machines and loop pedals to explore the intersections between electronic production and a blues vocal delivery. […]
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KB the DJ
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- From Africa with love! Come get lost in the awesome afro and house tunes that will be blasting through the AfroUrban stage!! Look forward to grooving with you!!
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