Newtown Festival 2026 Full Lineup Announced

If you're not yet amped about the new year, you will be once you cast your eyes on the massive full musical lineup for Newtown Festival 2026. The entirely free and whānau-friendly community music and arts extravaganza will sprawl across multiple stages and local venues for the Te Whanganui-a-Tara festival's 32nd anniversary, capping off summer on 8th March. Always a mandatory occasion, tuck into the official details for Newtown Festival 2026 below — we're betting many attendees will be stoked by the surprise return of So So Modern...

"It’s the Newtown Festival 2025 programme!

We are incredibly proud to unveil the lineup for the upcoming Newtown Festival! Heartfelt thanks to our dedicated collaborators for their mahi in bringing you this bill. The Newtown community and the creative community have come together to produce yet another stacked and jam-packed lineup showcasing many talented artists from Newtown and beyond. A huge mihi to the artists below.

Sunday 8 March 2026 will be the 32nd Newtown Festival, and the 30th in the streets. Meri Kirihimete, Happy New Year and Happy Holidays. See you there!"
 

Newtown Festival 2026
Sunday 8th March - Newtown, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington (free, all-ages)

9cups, Adoneye, Airhorn!, Alopex, Amira, Amy Grace Laura, Anansi, Ato and The Little Boy, Audrey Cellona, Averie, Baeoli, Banana Jolie, Banjo Ben and The Breeze, Barbwyre, Bennett Pomana (of Dam Native and UHP), Big Girls, Breaches, Bug Michigan, Bung-Eye Bob, Burn My Records Crew, Cameron McCausland-Taylor, Capoeira Angola (Semente do Jogo de Angola), Capoeira Resistência, Cass Meli, Cindy, Club Medder, Colynjah, Crash Bandihoot, Current Bias, David Kirby, Debt Club, Demeysa, Des Mallon Blues & The Mel-O-D Makers, Dillon Jo, DJ ATU-D2, Dj Coleoz, Dj Kerb, DJ T'Styles, DJ Takas, Dolebludger, Don Mackay, Eden Hawkins, Ekho Laliah, Elliott Lam, Elly Mae, Emma Hercus, Emma Sidnam, Everybody, Extraterrestrial Medicine Doctors, Fern, First Reserve, Francesca & Misha, Fun and Funner, G Major, Geneva AM, Goldenchild, Grecco Romank, Groove Council, Half/Angel, Halo, Heidi and Sean, Hihi & The Stitchbirds, HOPE, Iain C, Imani-J, In The Shallows, InDuna, Integument, inviolet, Jamie Rose, Jasper Cali, Jazeerabad, JDK, jeline, Jerome Chandrahasen, Joseph Pod, jqime, K-otiK, Kaletta, Kali Ora, Kapa Haka O te Kura o Te Hautonga (Kapa Kākāriki), Kenzie From Welly, KING KAPISI, Klezmer Rebs, Kong Kasi, Krakerjack, Kubatana & the Moringa Dancers, Kuini Sheba, LadyReign, Lakyra Mareko, Lala SIMPSON, Lanakila, Lazy Suzan, Legacy Taekwon-Do, Love Party, Lucuz (UK), Makayla, Manisah, Marcos Alonso, Mārei, Mariam, Mariwakiterangi Paekau, Martin Ewen-Lurk, Matariki Bennett, Matiu Te Huki, Max Maxwell, Mayur Dance Academy, Mercury Fèng, Merlin, Mi Casa Su Casa, Midge Murray, Milly Moon, Mo Etc., MOLLIE MATO, Mothburn, Mr Fungus, Mystori, Nadia Freeman, Nam Chucks, Nathan Taare, Newtown School, Niccolo Piccolo, Niko Ne Zna, No Sector, NOVA, ODA Dance Studio, Olmecha Supreme, Orlęta Dance Ensemble, Orzeł Dance Ensemble, OTC feat. Lisa Tomlins, Ovus, Pacific Connection Choir, Paradox Princess, Pati Taii, Pocket lips, Ria Hall, Rich D Rich, Rosina June Belly Dance, Ruby Solly, Rue Barb, Rugby, Ryan, Sam Fowles & The Experience, Sara Qasem, SAVAGEHINE, Scorpios Nest Soundsystem, Shifting Centre, Shimna, Ska Pai, Sleeping Village, So So Modern, Soft Bait, Solid Gold Dance Crew, Spotlight Performing Arts, Ssendam Rawkustra, Star Time, Stolen Tuesday, Studio4, Sugarfoot Stomp, SWIS Polyclub, Synthetic Children, Tamatha Paul, Tarn PK, Tarrant Dancers, Tautua Dance Academy, Te Kapa o Ngā Puna Waiora, Te KuraHuia, The Circus Hub, The Good Taste Selector, The Ras Judah Quartet, The Rocking Rainbows, The Ropata's, Thrilled Echoes, TK Paradza, TOČKA, Tusekah, TV DiSKO, UMU, Varda, Warm Regards, WCSCC Dragon, Lion & Dance Groups, Wellington Batucada, Wellington Regional Councillor Yadana Saw, XJ, Xochipilli´s Eye, Yawner, Zak Takular, Zuke

Newtown Festival 2026 artists info + full festival details at newtownfestival.org.nz

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