Taranaki Arts Festival

Taranaki Arts Festival Proud presenters of Reimagine Festival, Winter Fest, Spiegel Fest and Right Royal Cabaret Festival.

Championing the arts, connecting community, inspiring creativity in Taranaki. The Taranaki Arts Festival is part of TAFT, a charitable trust that since 1991 has presented world-class events right here in Taranaki. We're dynamic, modern and iconic, our hand is on the pulse of cutting-edge creative energy, enriching the lives of our people and our region.
2021 will see us celebrate 30 years of festi

vals, a massive achievement for a regional arts organisation and everyone who has been part of our journey so far!

⭐️ TWO cabaret nights, ONE simply brilliant Winter Fest offer! ⭐️Winter Fest kicks off next week, and Taranaki is about ...
11/06/2026

⭐️ TWO cabaret nights, ONE simply brilliant Winter Fest offer! ⭐️

Winter Fest kicks off next week, and Taranaki is about to come alive with music, stories, theatre, comedy, cabaret and nights out across the region.

To celebrate, we’re bringing two cabaret shows together in one special Winter Fest offer.

💥 Book tickets to Simply Brill and you’ll also receive the same number of tickets to Judy’s Encore for FREE💥

1960s icons, unforgettable songs, big voices, powerful storytelling, and two nights of feel-good cabaret.

SIMPLY BRILL: Sat 20 June
JUDY’S ENCORE: Thu 25 June

To claim the offer, book your tickets to Simply Brill and enter the code PLUSJUDY at the checkout. Your free Judy’s Encore tickets will be emailed to you following your purchase.

Round up your cabaret crew and make it a double bill.

🚨 FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY! Offer expires Wed 17 June🚨

Book 👉 http://www.eventfinda.co.nz/2026/simply-brill/new-plymouth/tickets/code/PLUSJUDY

10/06/2026

The inspiration is wildy unexpected. The result is a hilarious theatre experience you won't want to miss! ⭐

Director Barnie Duncan gives us a rapid-fire peek into the wonderfully chaotic world behind Captain Morrow and the Sands of Time, a hilarious, inventive adventure where two actors and a musician take on over 40 characters 🤯

Fast, funny and brilliantly imaginative, this is theatre at its most playful, packed with big laughs, clever storytelling and serious stage craft.

Catch it on the final night of Winter Fest:

📆 Sun 28 June, 6pm
📍TSB Showplace

🎫 https://www.winterfest.co.nz/shows/captain-morrow-%26-the-sands-of-time

This special Winter Fest Speakeasy session brings together three treasured local authors, Elizabeth Smither, David Hill ...
04/06/2026

This special Winter Fest Speakeasy session brings together three treasured local authors, Elizabeth Smither, David Hill and Lauren Keenan, for a warm and thoughtful conversation with Taranaki writer Steph Julian.

Together they'll explore their latest works, the ideas and themes that shape their writing, and the connection to place.

A beautiful session for readers, writers, book lovers and anyone who enjoys hearing the stories behind the work.

📆 Sun 28 June, 4pm
📍4th Wall Theatre

🎫 https://www.winterfest.co.nz/shows/taranaki-taonga

Te Radar and Ruth Spencer join Winter Fest's Speakeasy series for a lively and humourous session on their book Kiwi Coun...
03/06/2026

Te Radar and Ruth Spencer join Winter Fest's Speakeasy series for a lively and humourous session on their book Kiwi Country: Rural New Zealand in 100 Objects.🥾🚜

From Red Band gumboots and Swanndris to milk tankers, meat safes and ride-on mowers, this is a nostalgic fossick through the artefacts, gadgets and curiosities that have shaped generations.

They'll share untold stories, sharp observations and plenty of laughs as they uncover the history and hilarity tucked inside our distinctly Kiwi past.

A brilliant Winter Fest session for anyone who loves rural life, local history, good yarns and the odd object with a story to tell. ✨

📆 Sun 28 June, 12pm
📍4th Wall Theatre

🎫 https://www.winterfest.co.nz/shows/te-radar-%26-ruth-spencer%3A-kiwi-country-

03/06/2026

SIMPLY BRILL takes you inside New York’s legendary Brill Building, the hit factory where young songwriters helped shape the sound of the 1960s. 🎶✨

Celebrating the music of Carole King, Ellie Greenwich, Neil Sedaka, Burt Bacharach and more, this is a night of classic songs, rich stories and feel-good nostalgia, brought to life by award-winning performers Amelia Ryan, Michaela Burger and Michael Griffiths.

Warm, uplifting and full of knockout performances, Simply Brill is a brilliant night out for anyone aged 8 to 80!

📆 Sat 20 June, 6pm
📍Theatre Royal, TSB Showplace

🎫 https://www.winterfest.co.nz/shows/simply-brill

Taranaki Comedy Gala has officially SOLD OUT! 🔥Missed out? Don’t make the same mistake twice! Winter Fest is just over t...
02/06/2026

Taranaki Comedy Gala has officially SOLD OUT! 🔥

Missed out? Don’t make the same mistake twice! Winter Fest is just over two weeks away, and a few other shows are now close to selling out too. If you’ve had your eye on something, this is your sign to book it.

View the lineup and book tickets 👇
https://www.winterfest.co.nz/shows

After the success of her 2019 'Sportsman of the Year' album, podcast, book, and tour, Jan Hellriegel returns with a bran...
31/05/2026

After the success of her 2019 'Sportsman of the Year' album, podcast, book, and tour, Jan Hellriegel returns with a brand new show, IF NOT NOW, WHEN?, marking her first performance in Taranaki in over 20 years.

This vibrant offering blends guitar and piano-driven songs with comedy, storytelling, and a few beloved classics. The show also unveils Jan’s latest creative project, which she hints will be an even bigger surprise than 'Sportsman'.

Catch her at Winter Fest as part of the Speakeasy programme.

📅 Fri 26 June, 7pm
📍4th Wall Theatre

🎫 https://www.winterfest.co.nz/shows/jan-hellreigel%3A-if-not-now%2C-when%3F

Rebecca Hayter’s book 'High Heels and Gumboots' is funny, honest and full of the kind of moments you couldn’t make up. 👠...
29/05/2026

Rebecca Hayter’s book 'High Heels and Gumboots' is funny, honest and full of the kind of moments you couldn’t make up. 👠🥾

At 52, after years as a yachting journalist, Rebecca followed a whim back home to Golden Bay and bought a lifestyle block on her own.

With her cat Chakra, Charlotte the ute, and plenty of advice from the locals, she found herself learning the realities of country life very quickly - droughts, floods, pests, politics, a cranky tractor, a charging ram and possibly the world’s first eel-removal-from-a-goose’s-nostril.🚜🐑

But beneath all the chaos is a deeply human story about self-doubt, community, courage and starting again in a life that looks very different from the one you had planned.

Join Rebecca Hayter for a warm, witty and wonderfully down-to-earth conversation about her book, rural life, resilience and finding your feet.

📅 Sun 28 June, 10am
📍 4th Wall Theatre
🎫 https://www.winterfest.co.nz/shows/rebecca-hayter%3A-high-heels-and-gumboots

28/05/2026

Meet the cast and crew behind IN OTHER WORDS 🎭

Starring real-life couple Jennifer Ward-Lealand and Michael Hurst, 'In Other Words' is a deeply human love story spanning 50 years of Arthur and Jane’s life together.

From an awkward first meeting, to the later years as Alzheimer's begins to change the shape of their life, this moving two-hander explores love, memory, marriage and the deep need to stay connected to the people we love.

With the songs of Frank Sinatra woven through Arthur and Jane’s story, and two of Aotearoa’s most celebrated stage performers at its heart, this is theatre of the highest calibre, right here in Taranaki.

📅 Thu 18 June, 7pm
📍 TSB Showplace

🎫 https://www.winterfest.co.nz/shows/in-other-words

27/05/2026

As NZ Music Month wraps up, we’re putting the spotlight on another Aotearoa music legend.🎸

Shayne Carter’s influence on Aotearoa music runs deep. From Straitjacket Fits to Dimmer and his solo work, he has spent decades making music with unmistakable force, grit and originality.

As part of Winter Fest’s Speakeasy series, 'An Evening with Shayne Carter: Life in One Chord' brings together open conversation, stories from a life in music, and a live solo set.

Part in-conversation, part intimate gig, this is a rare chance to hear from one of New Zealand’s most influential musicians up close, then experience the songs stripped back and live.

For anyone who loves New Zealand music, its history and the artists who have helped shape it, this is one to book.🖤

📆 Sat 20 June, 8pm
📍 TSB Showplace

🎫 https://www.winterfest.co.nz/shows/an-evening-with-shayne-carter%3A-life-in-one-chord

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