Location: Queenstown
Type: Arts
Dates: 04 May 2013 - 29 May 2013

Using the visual traditions of a wedding and form and palette to delineate individual characters, Sue Hawker continues to push the boundaries of the pâte de verre technique.

Location: Queenstown
Type: Arts
Dates: 04 May 2013 - 29 May 2013

Neal Palmer paints his appreciation of every part of his botanical subjects as he continues to explore the flora that surrounds us.

Location: Queenstown
Type: Music
Dates: 16 May 2013 - 25 May 2013

C’mon babe, why don’t we paint the town . and All that Jazz! An outstanding cast is bringing this glamorous classic to life, with astonishing dancing, amazing singing and flamboyant costumes.

Location: Queenstown
Type: General
Dates: 25 May 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: Sporting
Dates: 26 May 2013

The annual WSC Sale is a great way to sell surplus winter ski and snowboard gear and or buy ski and snowboard gear at the very best prices.

Location: Kinloch, Glenorchy
Type: Music
Dates: 31 May 2013

Join us for a night of self made music and singing. Bring an instrument, your voice or just enjoy listening.

Location: Queenstown
Type: Music
Dates: 01 Jun 2013 - 03 Jun 2013

Eighteen of the world’s top young violinists head to Queenstown to compete in the Michael Hill International Violin Competition from 1-3 June 2013. Come and hear these stunning musicians.

Location: Queenstown
Type: Music
Dates: 02 Jun 2013

And now for something a bit different!
Since moving to New Zealand, international saxophone star Jason Thornton has gathered some of the best musicians in the country.

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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: General
Dates: 26 Jun 2013

Join in the amused and bemused crowds for the year’s best lunch break!

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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: Fashion
Dates: 05 Jul 2013

New Zealand Fashion on Tour (NZFT) event annually tours NZ and showcases current collections hot of the catwalk from Wellington Fashion Week to a consumer market, held in iconic NZ locations.

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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: Arrowtown
Type: Sporting
Dates: 08 Mar 2014 (unconfirmed)

Note: Reserve day March 9th

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: 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.