Opening Night - Hamilton Arts Festival 2023

Join us on opening night Friday 24 Feb at the Festival Hub to celebrate the inaugural Hamilton Arts Festival Toi Ora Ki Kirikiriroa!

There’ll be live music from 5pm including kapa haka and the legendary Hamilton Big Band (7pm) rocking the University of Waikato Stage of Enlightenment.

At Harkness Henry’s Emporium of Scintillating Wonders experience Figment, a circus performance like no other. Set your chair centre stage for an up close and personal visual and auditory experience. Intimate, playful and surreal, Figment explores the intricacies of the artist and her circus apparatus the cyr wheel (5:30pm & 7:30pm, limited capacity).

Around the Festival hub roving performers Freelunch will be making mischief and mayhem! You might even meet Mr Tree, a walking, talking flute-playing tree spreading joy and music around the festival.

Bar and food trucks will be onsite.

It’s all in the spirit of celebrating our beautiful city and kicking things off in style!

Free for everyone.