PERFORMANCES EVERY NIGHT AT THE GRASSROOTS FESTIVAL HUB STAGE
Come and enjoy dinner and a show at the Grassroots Trust Festival Hub every night from 5pm!
Located in the Central Court of the Hamilton Gardens, the Festival Hub is the place to soak up the festival vibes, enjoy amazing kai and free music, and mingle with friends and whānau. This weekend will have kai available from food trucks Copper and Cream, Mizzoni Pizza, Kai on Wheels and Loco Mexicano!
We’ll also have roving performances from drag queen Piper Blaster (Saturday 2 March, 6-8pm) and circus and puppetry from Naranjarte company (Saturday 2 March).
Please note that HAFTOKK events are strictly no BYO alcohol.
WEEK 1: Grassroots Trust Festival Hub Stage Timetable
| Fri 23 | Sat 24 | Sun 25 | |
| 5PM | DJ Adl Fresh Tunes |
Charles N Charge Rap Artist With Dj |
Summer Shakespeare The Merry Wives Of Windsor |
| 6PM | Piper Blaster Drag Performer Queen |
Hamilton Big Band Big Band |
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| 7PM | Darz Music Acoustic Guitar Loop |
Rowdy’s Rose Musical Duo |
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| 8PM | Dusk Til Dawn Acoustic Guitar Duo |
Kyla Greening Acoustic Soloist |
WEEK 2: Grassroots Trust Festival Hub Stage Timetable
| Wed 28 | Thu 29 | Fri 1 | Sat 2 | Sun 3 | |
| 5PM | Jaqui Taimana Solo Variety Performer |
Jaqui Taimana Solo Variety Performer |
5.00PM DJ Manny Cullingford Fresh beats 6.30PM This Is Kiwi 7.30PM DARZ
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Summer Shakespeare The Merry Wives Of Windsor |
5AM Summer Shakespeare The Merry Wives Of Windsor |
| 6PM | Ham Operatic Society Emerging Artists |
Soulti Vox & Tracks |
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| 7PM | Qalina Solo Sax and piano variety |
Elisabeth Denis Spoken Word |
Soulti Vox & Tracks |
Ra Keelan Acoustic Guitar Loop |
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| 8PM | Jasmine Rose Acoustic Guitar Duo |
Ruth Power Solo Electric Piano |
Brass Attacks Quartet Brass Band |
KOHA EVENTS DURING FESTIVAL
OUR COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY
We believe the magic of the arts should be accessible to everybody. That’s why we present more free and live events than any other regional arts festival in New Zealand.
The Hamilton Arts Festival is a uniquely community-driven arts festival. Every year our festival relies on the generosity and time of local businesses, sponsors, venues and volunteers to go ahead.
Here are some fun facts about what makes us tick:
Our commitment to making ticketed shows affordable to as many people as possible means that for every $1 you spend on a ticket, we subsidise a further $2. Thanks to our amazing sponsors, the cost to the public for each ticketed show is subsidised by 70%.
1400 volunteer hours were involved in delivering our 2021 festival. We couldn’t be more grateful for the hard work volunteers put in every year to make our festival what it is!
Faced with a myriad of challenges brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic, we launched a crowdfunding campaign to help the festival go ahead in 2022. With the generous support of our community, we managed to raise $25,000 (115% of our original funding target!).
In 2021 over 45,000 people attended a free & live event at our festival.
Check out our always-evolving programme of free and live events at the Hamilton Gardens and around the CBD!