*Festival of Colour free opening!
Come along to the Lake Wānaka Centre outdoor stage for our festival welcome. You’ll see a short live performance by Loui …
Where: Lake Wanaka Centre outdoor stage
When: Sunday April 11, 5pm
Big Data
When the answer to everything is at our fingertips, how much information is too much information? And who else has acces …
Where: Wanaka town centre
When: Saturday April 17, 10:30am to 2:20pm
Cross the Line
Boy dancer meets girl skater in the skate park but do their friends approve? Dancers and skaters may be very different …
Where: Wanaka Skate Park
When: Saturday April 17, 10am and 11am
Insecurity Guards
Patrolling the streets of Wanaka, the Insecurity Guards are here to rid you of your pesky insecurities, helping you let …
Where: Patrolling the Wanaka CBD
When: Saturday April 17, from 9:30am on
Lockdown Laundry
Katja Starke comes to town with her trusty old portable typewriter to listen to your lockdown experiences and write them …
Where: Bullock Creek Green - outside Speight's Ale House on Ardmore Street
When: Saturday April 17, 9:30am to 11:30am
Love Letters and Break-Up Notes
Katja Starke does a fine line in love letters and break-up notes – customised for you, and written with integrity, some …
Where: Pacific Crystal Palace lawn
When: Saturday April 17, 12:30pm to 3pm
Rollicking Entertainment
Exciting, terrifying and genuinely funny, roll up and join this dastardly duo. Come laugh, gasp and cheer – the carnival …
Where: Wanaka town centre
When: Saturday April 17, 9:30am and 11.30am
Te Taki o te Ua / The Sound of Rain
A video installation weaving contemporary dance, waiata, taonga pūoro, animation, video and soundscape in a powerful vid …
Where: Lake Wanaka Centre foyer
When: Monday April 12 - Sunday April 18, all day
The 8th Count
The 8th Count dance troupe is from Upper Hutt in Wellington – 22 hardworking dancers ranging in age from nine to 16 year …
Where: Buskers Square - outside Kai Whakapai
When: Saturday April 17, 12 noon
The Air Between Us
A dance between two people in mid-air. Critically-acclaimed choreographer Chloe Loftus and award-winning disabled artist …
Where: Dinosaur Park, corner Ardmore Street and Lakeside Road
When: Saturday April 17, 4pm and 7.30pm
Through the Eye of the Lens
A group of young Wānaka students have been exploring climate change through the lens of a camera. They workshopped clima …
Where: Lake Wanaka Centre and Pacific Crystal Palace
When: Monday April 12 - Sunday April 18, all day
United Dance Crew
The United Dance Crew are a group of differently abled kids, youth and adults. Included in M!NT Charitable Trust’s activ …
Where: Buskers Square - outside Kai Whakapai
When: Saturday April 17, 3pm
Windows over Wānaka
Michel Tuffery was a festival regular in our early years. Now he returns, as Creative New Zealand’s Senior Pacific Arti …
Where: Helwick Street shopfronts
When: Thursday Aril 15 - Sunday April 18, all day
