Queenstown EventsQueenstown has a busy events calendar which provides plenty of inspiration and opportunities for stories.
From family fun, food and wine through to high-calibre international sporting events, Queenstown knows how to celebrate in style!
The annual events calendar also features markets, theatrical and music performances, seasonal festivals, and much, much more! Please contact us for information on media access or updates on specific Queenstown events.
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Location: Queenstown
Type: Arts
Dates: 01 Jun 2013
- 24 Jul 2013
Showcasing a range of artists, media and techniques ‘The Review’ presents selected artworks of exquisite quality and diversity.
Location: Queenstown
Type: Arts
Dates: 13 Jul 2013
- 14 Jul 2013
Wanaka's NZ Mountain Film Festival will do two nights in Queenstown this year on July 13 & 14. American guest speaker Cory Richards will talk along with loads of fantastic adventure films.
Location: Queenstown
Type: Community
Dates: 21 Jun 2013
Queenstown is proud to welcome New Zealand music legend Dave Dobbyn, here to help us celebrate the start of winter!
Location: Queenstown
Type: Community
Dates: 22 Jun 2013
Come on down to watch the streets of Queenstown come alive with a colourful parade of floats, festivity and dancers!
Location: Queenstown
Type: Community
Dates: 22 Jun 2013
Grab the kids and get into town for a fun-filled day that has all the usual favourites!
Location: Queenstown
Type: Community
Dates: 27 Jun 2013
Winter’s definitely the best season and to make sure it stays that way, it’s important to make sure you’re clued up on how to cope in the ever-changing conditions.
Location: Queenstown
Type: Cultural
Dates: 27 Jun 2013
Alt-folk outfit Bond Street Bridge present a special performance of their award-winning multimedia show ‘The Explorer’s Club: Antarctica’ to commemorate those who know a different side of winter.
Location: Queenstown
Type: Cultural
Dates: 28 Jun 2013
There’s a storm coming! Join Paul Walker in his mission to rescue his adorable huskies from this harsh arctic storm.
Location: Queenstown
Type: Cultural
Dates: 28 Jun 2013
Feel the rhythm, feel the rhyme, get on up – it’s BOBSLED time!
Location: Queenstown
Type: Fashion
Dates: 26 Jun 2013
Motivational stylist and inspiring speaker Lisa O’Neill presents ‘Warm up your Wardrobe’, empowering women to look their very best, to love their lives and to feel fantastic.
Location: Queenstown
Type: Fashion
Dates: 05 Jul 2013
- 06 Jul 2013
New Zealand Fashion on Tour (NZFT) event annually tours NZ and showcases current collections hot off the catwalk from Wellington Fashion Week to a consumer market, held in iconic NZ locations.
Location: Queenstown
Type: Food and Wine
Dates: 22 Jun 2013
Remarkables Market is holding four winter markets on Saturday 22 June, 29 June, 17 August & 24 August 2013.
Location: Queenstown
Type: Food and Wine
Dates: 23 Jun 2013
Enjoy four courses of signature Rata dishes, accompanied by three Gibbston Valley wines at Josh Emett and Fleur Caulton’s award winning restaurant.
Location: Queenstown
Type: Food and Wine
Dates: 29 Jun 2013
Remarkables Market is holding four winter markets on Saturday 22 June, 29 June, 17 August & 24 August 2013.
Location: Queenstown
Type: Food and Wine
Dates: 17 Aug 2013
Remarkables Market is holding four winter markets on Saturday 22 June, 29 June, 17 August & 24 August 2013.
Location: Queenstown
Type: Food and Wine
Dates: 24 Aug 2013
Remarkables Market is holding four winter markets on Saturday 22 June, 29 June, 17 August & 24 August 2013.
Location: Queenstown
Type: Food and Wine
Dates: 30 Jan 2014
- 01 Feb 2014
Queenstown, New Zealand, will again play host to the Central Otago Pinot Noir Celebration - an event that has established itself as a must-do date on the international Pinot Noir calendar.
Location: Queenstown
Type: General
Dates: 22 Jun 2013
The "Creative Queenstown Arts and Crafts Markets" are set in a vibrant colourful arena, where visual and performing arts meld together for the public and visitors to enjoy.
Location: Queenstown
Type: General
Dates: 22 Jun 2013
The SKYCITY Casino Royale Ball will be an evening of glitz and glamour, so leave your poker face at home and get ready to celebrate the start of winter in style!
Location: Queenstown
Type: General
Dates: 26 Jun 2013
Join in the amused and bemused crowds for the year’s best lunch break!
Location: Wanaka
Type: General
Dates: 18 Apr 2014
- 20 Apr 2014
The 2014 Warbirds over Wanaka event will be held at Wanaka Airport at Easter weekend, the 18th, 19th and 20th April 2014.
Location: Arrowtown
Type: General
Dates: 25 Apr 2014
- 04 May 2014
Each autumn, as the trees and hillsides of this historic gold mining town turn vibrant red and gold, the local streets come to life in celebration.
Location: Queenstown
Type: Music
Dates: 30 Jun 2013
Beyond the arrival of winter, there is lots to celebrate in Queenstown. Today’s Festival finale is all about celebrating the diversity of Queenstown.
Location: Queenstown
Type: Music
Dates: 25 Oct 2013
- 27 Oct 2013
The Queenstown JazzFest is a live music celebration which brings music to the masses and showcases the breadth of jazz styles from around New Zealand and the world.
Location: Queenstown
Type: Sporting
Dates: 22 Jun 2013
For those in denial that the mountain biking season is over, Mophie presents Mountain Bikes on Snow.
Location: Queenstown
Type: Sporting
Dates: 23 Jun 2013
Drag yourself out of bed after Saturday's celebrations for an amazing dawn experience.
Location: Queenstown
Type: Sporting
Dates: 23 Jun 2013
Combine icy cold weather, freezing cold waters, wacky events and even wackier competitors and you've got the legendary MoreFM Day on the Bay.
Location: Queenstown
Type: Sporting
Dates: 23 Jun 2013
Don’t worry – the Festival favourite is back!!! Wet, wild and totally out of control, the MoreFM Birdman kicks off this year’s MoreFM Day on the Bay!
Location: Queenstown
Type: Sporting
Dates: 27 Jun 2013
Mark your high country calendar for this one! If being man’s best friend means staying to heel when your owner’s sliding down a ski slope on his bum, then so be it
Location: Queenstown
Type: Sporting
Dates: 27 Jun 2013
After the mayhem that is the Dog Derby, both dogs and their masters make their way to Earnslaw Park to bark it out as dog after dog vies to be the loudest mutt of the mob.
Location: Queenstown
Type: Sporting
Dates: 28 Jun 2013
Grab your workmates, sports mates or just make some new mates but get your team together quick for the incredibly outrageous Speight’s Dodgeball Champs.
Location: Queenstown
Type: Sporting
Dates: 29 Jun 2013
A day of ski field fun and crazy antics for all the family, expect the unexpected up at Coronet Peak!
Location: Queenstown
Type: Sporting
Dates: 29 Jun 2013
A ‘must see’ event on the Festival programme, Queenstown’s biggest night of Charity Boxing is back.
Location: Queenstown
Type: Sporting
Dates: 03 Aug 2013
The South Island’s biggest winter multisport event in its eighteenth year attracts a strong field of multisport competitors from around the South Island.
Location: Queenstown
Type: Sporting
Dates: 09 Aug 2013
- 10 Aug 2013
(unconfirmed)
Masters Racing is open for anyone who wants to give it a go from the age of 21 - 80+.
Location: Queenstown
Type: Sporting
Dates: 15 Aug 2013
- 25 Aug 2013
Watch the world’s elite snow sports athletes vying for Olympic qualification and an exciting off-snow festival programme there's no better place to be this August than NZ's stunning Southern Alps.
Location: Queenstown
Type: Sporting
Dates: 27 Sep 2013
- 29 Sep 2013
The race involves rafting, mountain biking & hiking. Teams are made up of 3-women. The teams navigate their way through a series of control points using a map & compass.
Location: Arrowtown
Type: Sporting
Dates: 08 Mar 2014
42km Off Road Marathon
Location: Arrowtown
Type: Sporting
Dates: 08 Mar 2014
Note: Reserve day March 9th
15km Offroad Walk & Run
Location: Arrowtown
Type: Sporting
Dates: 08 Mar 2014
Note: Reserve day March 9th
2km Swim, 47km Mountain Bike, 15km Mountain Run.
Location: Arrowtown
Type: Sporting
Dates: 08 Mar 2014
Note: Reserve day March 9th
2-person team event
Location: Arrowtown
Type: Sporting
Dates: 08 Mar 2014
(unconfirmed)
Note: Reserve day March 9th
Location: Queenstown
Type: Theatre
Dates: 26 Jun 2013
- 29 Jun 2013
Steve Martin’s long running Off-Broadway absurdist comedy places Albert Einstein and Pablo Picasso in
a Parisian cafe at the dawn of the 20th Century.
Location: Queenstown
Type: Theatre
Dates: 07 Aug 2013
- 10 Aug 2013
Riley Cormac is a struggling musician with no promising future. He dreams he has been given the ultimate offer; that of fame and fortune in exchange for his soul at the age of 27. Music dance theatre
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