Music and poetry
Join us for our first collaboration with Featherston Booktown Karukatea Festival
Saturday 9 May 2.30pm–3.25pm, Featherston School Hall
Composer Eve de Castro Robinson and poet Nick Ascroft premier a stunning new work for voice and percussion and talk to Dave Armstrong about how they created this new work.
Our 2026 programme
It’s our 10th year and we’d love you to join us for the celebrations. Watch for the announcements on the evening of 4 May.
As well as the usual 4 concerts over the weekend of 25-27 September, there will be some new events in the week before.
Join our mailing list to be the first to find out and get earlybird ticket discounts from 1 June.
New Festival recordings
We’re excited to let you know that SOUNZ and RNZ Concert have released recordings from our 2025 and 2023 Festivals: 2 works by Louise Webster, Piwakaka for solo violin and her commissioned piano quartet shifting worlds; and Anthony Ritchie’s Farewell for bassoon and string quartet.