Newtown Festival 2023 lineup announced

Thursday 22 December 2022

Pōneke's free multi-stage festival and street fair Newtown Festival will be making a mighty return on Sunday 5th March 2023, happily back in action following a year off due to pandemic curveballs. The hard-working organisers have announced today the straight up stonking, massive music performance programme for the must-attend annual event — featuring more than 130 acts (we honestly lost count) from all across the motu who'll be bringing the party at the traditionally sun-soaked, family friendly extravaganza. Explore the full lineup and look forward to even more announcements to come in the new year.

"It’s been too long without a Newtown Festival but we’re back baby! Shout out to the programmers who do exquisite work, the wider team for the unglamorous jobs that need to be done, the arts community for simply being, and a big mihi to the many many fantastic artists bringing their creativity and energy to Newtown."

Featuring... agatha pantha, AJA, Aw B, BAD TASTE, Beans Maries, Belladonna, Big Girls with REACT, Birdmann & Egg, BIRDPARTY, BLEEDING STAR, Bright Sky, BTD Bitches, BUB, Buck Rogers, Buddy Nice, canadian tuxedo, Capoeira Angola Street Roda, Carb On Carb, Circus Hub Students, Cool Kids Play Hard, Cotton Daisy Backstep, Crash Bandihoot, crone, Crying Club, Culture Embassy Band, DÄHTM, Damon Manning, Danica Bryant, Death Without A Priest, DEE, deepState, Dick Move, Dirty Spoons, Displeasure, DJ Ayesha, DJ Kerb, Feilding's Best Dancers, Footnote New Zealand Dance, Fun & Funner, Girl Best Friend, Goodnight My Darling, Greta O'Leary, Half Hexagon, hanbee, Hannah Davenport, Hawaiian Dance Wellington, Hemi Hemingway, Hoot'n'Annies, impress, Iskra, Jaedyn Randall, Japes, JDK, Judy Virago, Julia Bromley, Julia Deans, Katelyn Reed, Kelly Chaproniere, Kenny's First Set, King Fish, Kirsten Te Rito, Klezmer Rebs, Krakerjack!, Kubatana & The Moringa Dancers, Landlords, Laura Oakley, Luke Buda, MĀ, Major Minor, Matt Joe Gow, Matthias Goed, Meg Theron, Mekar Bhuana Aotearoa Balinese Gamelan & Dance, Mikki Dee, Mirror Ritual, Mo etc., MOTTE, Move It Danceworks, Mr Fungus, Mr Wizowski, Mystery Waitress, Mystori, Nicole Maisey, ODA Dance Studio, Ollin Yoliztli, Orlęta Dance Ensemble, Orzeł Dance Ensemble, Peyton Morete, POP O.D., Rachel Andie, RadioActive.FM DJs, Recitals, Regina Hegemann, Renee Milner, Rio Trio, Ripship, SING! Community Choir, Sinjin, Solid Gold Dance Crew, Sounds Almighty Sound System, Ssendam Rawkustra, Steppa D, Storytellers from Wellington's Polish Community, Sugarfoot Stomp, Swamp Shack Crew, Tarrant Dancers Traffic Angels, Te Kahureremoa, Te Kapa Haka o Te Kura o Ngā Puna Waiora - Newtown School, The Circus Hub, The Nudge, The She Jays, The Warratahs, To The Front Campers, Toby Sussex, TOOMS, Topknot, Unlawful Arise, Vera Ellen, Victor Victorious, Vietkids, Wallace, Warm Regards, Welcomer, Wellington Batucada, Wellington Chinese Sports & Cultural Centre, Wellington Fire and Flow Club, Wellington Youth Circus, Willow, Womb