Do You Love Music? Theatre? Dance? Stories That Stay With You?
From 9 to 19 October, the Hawke’s Bay Arts Festival brings 10 Days of art, heart and home to Te Matau-a-Māui - a high-energy celebration of bold ideas, brilliant performance, and creative connection.
Experience spellbinding circus, critically acclaimed theatre, genre-defying music, exhilarating dance, and events for the whole family to enjoy.
Come curious. Leave inspired. This is your Festival.
We gratefully acknowledge our Core Funder Heretaunga Hastings District Council.
Thank you to our Funders, Patrons and Sponsors who make the Festival possible.
We are always striving to do more, and accept donations towards our mission of fostering creativity, arts, and culture in Hawke’s Bay by ensuring accessible participation for all.
There are simple ways to assist with direct, tangible results — head to the Give & Join tab at the top of this page to read more about the ways your support can make a difference or make a donation today in just a few clicks.
We’ll be sharing festival tips, the juice on different shows and artists, behind-the-scenes tales, video and audio content, along with coverage of the Festival as it happens in October.
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