Book Early for the Waitangi Summer Festival!!
This year Waitangi day falls on a Thursday, so the “formal” festival will run from 12pm on Thursday 6th to 12pm on Sunday 9th when we need to pack up and leave the site.

Our guests this year are the duo Blue Sea Above; Dean Holliborn and Tom Bolton who first played together at a previous Waimate Festival and have gone on to create a fascinating fusion of original folk and violin.

Our other guests are the famous (infamous?) Barreltones. Master musicians Reid Hudson, Steve Barkman, Barry Macdonald and Adrian Higgins have been persuaded to reunite for the festival and treat us to their lively mix of folk, country, and blues.

There will also be jam sessions, black board concerts, humour and poetry events as well as blind dates (musical ones, that is) and a water fight.

This is a small festival with a site limit, so please book early to ensure a spot.

For booking details see Christchurch Folk Club website : https://folkmusic.org.nz/waimate-summer-folk-festival-2025/