Local Sounds Festival 2026

Schedule

Sun, 15 Mar, 2026 at 01:00 am

UTC+13:00

Location

Paris Plage | New Plymouth, TK

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Join us to celebrate the world of 'LOCAL' original, art, dance and music in TARANAKI 🥁🪘🎷🪗
In lieu of a WOMAD this year, let's unite, gather and dance the day away, celebrating all that local Taranaki artists have to offer 🤩 Think fun for kids, music, dance, good food, art and creativity.. all locally home-grown!
A FREE community event, making LIVE MUSIC and LOCAL arts accessible to all! Lock it in the calendars!
More info, lineup and schedule coming soon.
Watch this space, this will be a day you won't want to miss!
☀️ This is an outdoor event and therefore, is weather dependent ☀️
☀️ Bring on that Taranaki sunshine ☀️
https://www.eventfinda.co.nz/2026/local-sounds-festival-2026/new-plymouth
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Paris Plage, East End Beach,New Plymouth, New Zealand

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