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18 JUNE - 8 JULY 2026

WINTER FEST

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WINTER COMES ALIVE IN TARANAKI

Experience Taranaki at its most creative, vibrant and alive!

 

This year’s festival brings together an outstanding line-up of international, national and local artists across theatre, live music, comedy and a Speakeasy programme rich in storytelling.

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Step out of the cold, discover something new, and experience an arts festival like no other as Winter Fest lights up the season.

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The full line-up will be revealed Thursday 16 April. Stay tuned!

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27 Club
LIVE MUSIC
27 Club
19 June 2026
TSB Theatre, TSB Showplace
An Evening with Shayne Carter: Life In One Chord
SPEAKEASY
An Evening with Shayne Carter: Life In One Chord
20 June 2026
Theatre Royal, TSB Showplace
Arranged Marriage
LIVE MUSIC/POETRY
Arranged Marriage
24 June 2026
Arranged Marriage Restaurant
Captain Morrow & the Sands of Time
THEATRE
Captain Morrow & the Sands of Time
28 June 2026
Theatre Royal, TSB Showplace
Dick Frizzell: Hastings - A Boy's Own Adventure
SPEAKEASY
Dick Frizzell: Hastings - A Boy's Own Adventure
28 June 2026
4th Wall Theatre
Elizabeth Knox: Night, Ma
SPEAKEASY
Elizabeth Knox: Night, Ma
28 June 2026
4th Wall Theatre
Fancy Free Music Sessions
LIVE MUSIC
Fancy Free Music Sessions
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TSB Showplace
In Other Words
THEATRE
In Other Words
18 June 2026
TSB Theatre, TSB Showplace
Jan Hellriegel: If Not Now, When?
SPEAKEASY
Jan Hellriegel: If Not Now, When?
26 June 2026
4th Wall Theatre
Judy's Encore
CABARET
Judy's Encore
25 June 2026
Theatre Royal, TSB Showplace
MOON
FOR THE KIDS
MOON
20 June 2026
Theatre Royal, TSB Showplace
Monster Songs
LIVE MUSIC, CABARET
Monster Songs
27 June 2026
Theatre Royal, TSB Showplace
Original Beach Boy Al Jardine & The Pet Sounds Band
LIVE MUSIC
Original Beach Boy Al Jardine & The Pet Sounds Band
8 July 2026
TSB Stadium
Pax Assadi: Mortified
SPEAKEASY
Pax Assadi: Mortified
21 June 2026
4th Wall Theatre
Rebecca Hayter: High Heels and Gumboots
SPEAKEASY
Rebecca Hayter: High Heels and Gumboots
27 June 2026
4th Wall Theatre
Rhombus Sound System
LIVE MUSIC
Rhombus Sound System
27 June 2026
Mayfair
She Moves
DANCE
She Moves
28 June 2026
Theatre Royal, TSB Showplace
Simply Brill
CABARET
Simply Brill
20 June 2026
Theatre Royal, TSB Theatre
Stuart Greenhill: Echoes from the Land
SPEAKEASY
Stuart Greenhill: Echoes from the Land
27 June 2026
Table Restaurant, The Nice Hotel
Taranaki Comedy Gala
COMEDY
Taranaki Comedy Gala
26 June 2026
TSB Theatre, TSB Showplace
Taranaki Taonga
SPEAKEASY
Taranaki Taonga
28 June 2026
4th Wall Theatre
Te Radar & Ruth Spencer: Kiwi Country
SPEAKEASY
Te Radar & Ruth Spencer: Kiwi Country
28 June 2026
4th Wall Theatre
Te Radar Cookbookery
COMEDY
Te Radar Cookbookery
26 June 2026
Theatre Royal, TSB Showplace
Te Radar's Cookbookery - REGIONAL
COMEDY
Te Radar's Cookbookery - REGIONAL
25 June 2026
Kakaramea Hall, Hāwera (2192 Main South Road, Hāwera)
Thomas Coyle: The Dead Speak
SPEAKEASY
Thomas Coyle: The Dead Speak
20 June 2026
4th Wall Theatre
Witi Ihimaera: Te Kaikaukau and the Swimmer
SPEAKEASY
Witi Ihimaera: Te Kaikaukau and the Swimmer
21 June 2026
4th Wall Theatre

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