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2026 Festival Programme

The 2026 Arts Festival is happening October 8-18. Check out our DIGITAL PROGRAMME or event listings below!  All 2026 Readers & Writers Festival info can be found HERE.

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Hastings Arts Centre

Music - Murray Cammick FOTOFEST Exhibition

Mon 28 Sep - Thu 22 Oct

Photography

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The Blyth Performing Arts Centre

L'Orfeo - Project Prima Volta

Thu 8 Oct

Opera

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Toitoi - Assembly Ballroom

It's Getting Hot-ene, So tell me All Your Jokes - Hoani Hotene

Thu 8 Oct

Comedy

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Civic Square

CIRCA - Immersive Visual Art

Thu 8 Oct - Sun 18 Oct

Sculpture

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Hastings City Centre Square

ArtsFest Heretaunga

Fri 9 Oct

Family Entertainment

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Toitoi - Functions on Hastings

Julius Caesar - HaBYT Theatre

Fri 9 Oct - Sat 10 Oct

Theatre

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The Blyth Performing Arts Centre

Werewolf

Fri 9 Oct - Sat 10 Oct

Theatre

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Toitoi - Opera House

Balloon Dog - Indian Ink Theatre Company

Sat 10 Oct

Theatre

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Toitoi - Hawke's Bay Arts & Events Centre

The Performing Arts Exchange

Sun 11 Oct

Education

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Century Theatre

The Valentina

Sun 11 Oct

Theatre

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Hastings Arts Centre

Not Forever, Just For Now

Sun 11 Oct

Dance

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Toitoi - Opera House

TOITŪ: Visual Sovereignty

Sun 11 Oct

Film

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The Blyth Performing Arts Centre

Pecha Kucha

Tue 13 Oct

Public Talks & Tours

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Toitoi - Opera House

Machine de Cirque

Fri 16 Oct - Sat 17 Oct

Circus

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Paisley Stage

Bob Marley: How Reggae Changed the World

Fri 16 Oct - Sat 17 Oct

Reggae

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Napier Municipal Theatre

The Night Has A Thousand Eyes

Sat 17 Oct

Dance

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Martin House, Kamaka Pottery and Kilns

Tour of the Martin House and Kilns

Sun 18 Oct

Contemporary Art

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Napier Municipal Theatre

Macy Gray

Sun 18 Oct

R&B, Soul

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Central Hawke's Bay Municipal Theatre

I Don't Know Much About Art But I Know What I Lick

Fri 23 Oct

Theatre

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