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2026 Festival Programme

The 2026 Arts Festival is happening October 8-18. Check out our DIGITAL PROGRAMME or event listings below!  All 2026 Readers & Writers Festival info can be found HERE.

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Hastings Arts Centre

Music - Murray Cammick FOTOFEST Exhibition

Mon 28 Sep - Thu 22 Oct

Photography

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Civic Square

CIRCA - Immersive Visual Art

Thu 8 Oct - Sun 18 Oct

Sculpture

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Toitoi - Opera House

Machine de Cirque

Fri 16 Oct - Sun 18 Oct

Circus

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Paisley Stage

Bob Marley: How Reggae Changed the World

Fri 16 Oct - Sat 17 Oct

Theatre

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Napier Municipal Theatre

The Night Has A Thousand Eyes

Sat 17 Oct

Dance

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Martin House, Kamaka Pottery and Kilns

Tour of the Martin House and Kilns

Sun 18 Oct

Contemporary Art

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Napier Municipal Theatre

Macy Gray: SOLD OUT

Sun 18 Oct

R&B, Soul

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Central Hawke's Bay Municipal Theatre

I Don't Know Much About Art But I Know What I Lick

Fri 23 Oct

Family Entertainment

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