Nelson Festivals Events

Bites & Beats - Richmond! Viral Food Festival

358 Lower Queen St, Richmond 7020, New Zealand 30 Jan 2026

YATRA FESTIVAL '26 in ritual with MO:DEM

Cobb Valley Rd, Upper Takaka, Takaka 7183, New Zealand 27 Feb 2026

Motueka Kai Fest Foodies

Decks Reserve Motueka 31 Jan 2026

Nelson Italian Festival 2026 — FREE!

Club Italia Nelson 1 Mar 2026

Higgins Annual Craft Fair and Steam Up!!

Pigeon Valley Road, Nelson, New Zealand 7096 3 Jan 2026

Coalesce: A Co-Created Gathering

Canaan Downs Road, Takaka Hill, Tasman 30 Dec 2025

Twisted Frequency 2026

Cobb Valley Rd, Upper Takaka, Takaka 7183, New Zealand 30 Dec 2025

Nelson Gypsy Fair

Richmond A & P Grounds 6 Mar 2026

BEAT MOUNTAIN Pre Party Feat THE UPBEATS

East St. 3 Jan 2026

The Garden Party

Fairfield House 7 Feb 2026

Grand Opening Concert

Nelson Centre of Musical Arts 30 Jan 2026

Grand Finale

Nelson Centre of Musical Arts 7 Feb 2026

Nelson Tasman Motorcycle Festival

Nelson Motorcycles 8 May 2026

Twilight & Trickery

Nelson Centre of Musical Arts 6 Feb 2026

Antipodes Quartet at Refinery ArtSpace - FREE

Refinery ArtSpace 31 Jan 2026

The Wellington Sea Shanty Society Experience - Whakatū/Nelson

The Boathouse, Nelson 16 Jan 2026

Newtown Rocksteady at The Boathouse, Nelson

The Boathouse, Nelson 2 Jan 2026

Nelson Summer at the Trots - Day 2

358 Lower Queen Street, Richmond, New Zealand 7020 11 Jan 2026

Heritage & Horizons

Nelson Centre of Musical Arts 1 Feb 2026

Nelson Summer at the Trots - Day 1

358 Lower Queen Street, Richmond, New Zealand 7020 9 Jan 2026

Antipodes Quartet at Project 100 Gallery - FREE

Project 100 Nelson 30 Jan 2026

Rolling Hertz - 5 Year Anniversary

Cobb Valley Rd, Upper Takaka, Takaka 7183, New Zealand 6 Feb 2026

Marchfest 2026

Founders Heritage Park 28 Mar 2026

Sounds of Aotearoa

Nelson Centre of Musical Arts 6 Feb 2026

Nelson Latin Fiesta 2026

Founders Heritage Park 14 Feb 2026

Wakefield Country fete

SH 60,10 Whitby Way, Wakefield , Tasman, New Zealand 7025 1 Jan 2026

Antipodes Quartet l - FREE

Nelson Centre of Musical Arts 5 Feb 2026

Bach By Candlelight

Christ Church Cathedral, Nelson 2 Feb 2026

Memoria: Echoes & Transformations

48 Nile Street, Nelson, New Zealand 7010 7 Mar 2026

Antipodes Quartet ll - FREE

Nelson Centre of Musical Arts 7 Feb 2026

Blues On The Point Festival 2026

The Honest Lawyer 14 Mar 2026

Multicultural Festival 2026

Founders Heritage Park 22 Mar 2026

Meet the Artists – Colin Ainsworth & Phoebe Russell - FREE

Nelson Centre of Musical Arts 31 Jan 2026

Nelson Carnival (10th Jan 2026)

Tahunanui Beach 9 Jan 2026

Antipodes Quartet at Nelson Library - FREE

Nelson Public Libraries Ngā Whare Mātauranga o Whakatū 30 Jan 2026

Antipodes Quartet at Brook Waimārama Sanctuary - FREE

The Brook Waimārama Sanctuary 3 Feb 2026

Gala Dinner

Founders Heritage Park 29 Jan 2026

Antipodes Quartet at Suter Art Gallery - FREE

The Suter Art Gallery Te Aratoi o Whakatū 4 Feb 2026

Ocean Film Festival World Tour - Nelson Sat 7 Mar 2pm 26 MATINEE

Suter Art Gallery - Queens Gardens NE NZ, Bridge Street, Nelson 7010, New Zealand 7 Mar 2026

Summer Carnival

Tahunanui Playing Fields 29 Dec 2025

Riwaka Market Day

School Rd, Riwaka 7198, New Zealand, Riwaka, New Zealand 7198 1 Jan 2026

Old Thumpers 2026 Vintage Motocross

1234 Takaka-Collingwood Hwy, Onekaka, Takaka 7182, New Zealand 15 Feb 2026

Nelson Yoga Festival

Founders Heritage Park 24 Apr 2026

Vero International Festival of Historic Motoring 2026

Trafalgar Centre 15 Mar 2026

Newtown Rocksteady

The Mussel Inn 3 Jan 2026

The Wellington Sea Shanty Society Experience - Onekakā

The Mussel Inn 17 Jan 2026