Soak up the festival vibes, enjoy some amazing kai and music, and mingle with friends and whaanau at the Festival Hub.
Located in the Central Court of Hamilton Gardens, The Festival Hub Grassroots Trust Stage (Turtle Lake Stage) showcases local talent every night of the festival, with an eclectic line-up of entertainment every night of the festival from 5pm. Enjoy a selection of food and drinks available for purchase thanks to Montana Food & Events.
Stay tuned to check out the Festival Hub Grassroots Trust Stage timetable and learn more about the wonderful roaming performances that will be popping up during the festival.
Please note that HAFTOKK events are strictly no BYO alcohol.
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!