Today’s a big day for local creatives with three Southern Lakes shows opening … with two of the shows featuring our schools co-ordinator Laura Williamson! A mountain-biking enthusiast, Laura joins former champion mountain biker Scarlett Hagen in the Aspiring Conversations … Continued
The Festival of Colour is in full swing and we’re loving seeing the buzz and vibrancy. Everyone who has managed to catch Every Brilliant Thing has raved about this wonderful show and it’s feedback like this which warms our hearts: … Continued
Welcome to the seventh Festival of Colour – it’s been a busy few days at Festival HQ and we’re delighted to see our audiences loving the shows already gracing our various stages. More than 850 people turned out on a … Continued
It is with regret that Lloyd Geering has had to cancel his speaker session at Aspiring Conversations on Friday 7 April. Due to the ill health of his wife he is no longer able to travel. We wish her well … Continued
We have some additional tickets now available for some of our most popular shows. These will be available online or by phone 022 4 849 669 from 12pm noon on Friday 17th. These tickets are available on a first come … Continued
We are so pleased to announce another Aspiring Conversations session, thanks to our partners at McKinsey & Co who are bringing two top international speakers to Wanaka. The session entitled ‘Innovation & Disruption’, has two panellists at the forefront of … Continued
The Festival of Colour has its home very much in Wanaka but our touring programme reaches out to the communities of the Southern Lakes taking some of our finest shows to the community halls around the district. This year we … Continued
Dust off the glad rags and get in the party mood the week before the Festival starts with our glitzy fundraising cocktail party which will feature an auction of a variety of sought-after items as it kicks off Festival celebrations … Continued
Wow! What a bumper week of ticket sales – thanks to everyone for supporting the seventh Festival of Colour. Record ticket sales resulted in extra performances being added for three shows – new local play No Science to Goodbye at … Continued
First day of sales is almost over – and we’re thrilled to see that tickets have been flying out of the door. We’re pleased to say that we have managed to secure additional performances of two of the quickest sellers. … Continued
