Rise Fest

20/08/2026

🌿 RISE FEST 2027 — IT’S OFFICIAL! 🌿

Something NEW is rising in Motueka! ☀️🌿🎶

We’re incredibly excited to officially launch RISE FEST — Music, Wellness & Kai Festival, happening 29th – 31st January 2027 at Marchwood Park, Motueka.

Three days of MUSIC, WELLNESS, KAI, CAMPING and COMMUNITY.

Bringing people together to dance, connect, relax, enjoy great kai, experience wellness, support local makers and create memories together 💛

🎶 Live bands & DJs
🌿 Wellness, Yoga & Healing
🍽️ Kai, Local & Sustainable
🏕️ Family-Friendly Camping
🛍️ Market Stalls & Local Creators
👨‍👩‍👧 Family Fun
🤝 Community, Connection & Good Times

This is just the beginning and we’d love YOU to be part of the very first Rise Fest! 🙌

🌅 SAVE THE DATE
📅 29th – 31st January 2027
📍 Marchwood Park, Motueka

🎤 We have an EPIC Music Lineup To Announce so stay tuned!

🎟️ Early Bird Tickets will be available soon!

👉 SHARE this post with your friends, whānau and anyone who needs a weekend of music, wellness, kai and connection.

RISE • CONNECT • INSPIRE ✨

16/08/2026

☀️ NEW YEAR - NEW FESTIVAL - COMING TO MOTUEKA ☀️

✨ Rise Fest
✨ 29th - 31st January 2027 - Nelson Anniversary Weekend
✨ 3 Days, 5 Zones + Camping

23/07/2026

29th-31st January 2027 - whos keen ?

17/07/2026

Who's Keen on a new 3 day Festival at a new venue in Motueka? book it in 29th -31st of January 2027 more info to come- Rise Fest

Send a message to learn more

03/03/2026

Thank you Arlo Radford from Tui Media for putting together this awesome video of our Motueka Kai Fest Foodies Event, you're a STAR ✨

Thanks again to our amazing sponsors, we appreciate you 💜✨

🤩 Mitre 10 Motueka
🤩 Tasman District Council - Te Kaunihera o te tai o Aorere
🤩 NBS
🤩 Safe Hire Ltd
🤩 Whakarewa Te Whānau o Motueka
🤩 New Zealand Community Trust (NZCT)
🤩 Motueka TOP 10 Holiday Park
🤩 Transform Your Life Within
🤩 Creative New Zealand

BRING on the next one!!

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23/02/2026

WE LOVED reliving the vibe of our Kai Fest Foodies Festival 💛 Such an awesome day filled with so much joy and happiness ✨🙌

Thanks again to our amazing sponsors, we appreciate you 💜✨

🤩 Mitre 10 Motueka
🤩 Tasman District Council - Te Kaunihera o te tai o Aorere
🤩 NBS
🤩 Safe Hire Ltd
🤩 Whakarewa Te Whānau o Motueka
🤩 New Zealand Community Trust (NZCT)
🤩 Motueka TOP 10 Holiday Park
🤩 Transform Your Life Within
🤩 Creative New Zealand

BRING on the next one!!

🍔🌭🥞🍕🥗🌮🌯🥡🍜🍧🍩🧁🍭

17/02/2026

WE LOVED reliving the vibe of our Kai Fest Foodies Festival 💛 Such an awesome day filled with so much joy and happiness ✨🙌

We're super grateful for Arlo Radford from Tui Media for being our photographer for the day ☀️

We would highly recommend Arlo for capturing all your special moments 📷 Arlo is easy to work with, super patient and very talented for such a young man!! Thank you Arlo 🙏🙏

🤩 Motueka High School
🤩 Parklands School
🤩 Chrome
🤩 EJ ZUMBA
🤩 Dust & Gold
🤩 Lucy Summerfield
🤩 Matiu Te Huki
🤩 Shoney

That's a wrap for 2026!! We're already super excited for the next one✨💜🎉💛

🍔🌭🥞🍕🥗🌮🌯🥡🍜🍧🍩🧁🍭

03/02/2026

Thank You Motueka 💛💜

What an amazing day we shared ☀️

For those of you that joined us thank you so much for bringing your smiles and beautiful energy to our Festival 🙏

Keep your eyes 👀 peeled on our page for all the awesome photos and videos we captured on the day 📷 and if you have any you would like to share please send them through to us at [email protected] as we would LOVE to see them!!

To our beautiful entertainers, thank you so much for your incredible talent 🎤🎶💃

🤩 Motueka High School
🤩 Parklands School
🤩 Chrome
🤩 EJ ZUMBA
🤩 Dust & Gold
🤩 Lucy Summerfield
🤩 Matiu Te Huki
🤩 Shoney

That's a wrap for 2026!! We're already super excited for the next one✨💜🎉💛

🍔🌭🥞🍕🥗🌮🌯🥡🍜🍧🍩🧁🍭

02/02/2026

Thank You Motueka 💛💜

What an amazing day we shared ☀️

For those of you that joined us thank you so much for bringing your smiles and beautiful energy to our Festival 🙏

Keep your eyes 👀 peeled on our page for all the awesome photos and videos we captured on the day 📷 and if you have any you would like to share please send them through to us at [email protected] as we would LOVE to see them!!

Another massive thank you to our amazing sponsors who helped us make this Festival a success ✨

🤩 New Zealand Community Trust (NZCT)
🤩 Tasman District Council - Te Kaunihera o te tai o Aorere
🤩 Creative New Zealand
🤩 Whakarewa Te Whānau o Motueka
🤩 Mitre 10 Motueka
🤩 NBS
🤩 Safe Hire Ltd
🤩 Motueka TOP 10 Holiday Park
🤩 Transform Your Life Within

To all of our amazing volunteer's thank you so much for giving up your time and energy, we appreciate you 🙏🙏

That's a wrap for 2026!! We're already super excited for the next one✨💜🎉💛

🍔🌭🥞🍕🥗🌮🌯🥡🍜🍧🍩🧁🍭

02/02/2026

A BIG THANK YOU to Safe Hire Ltd for sponsoring the Motueka Kai Fest Foodies Festival on Saturday 31st January ✨✨

Community events like ours just don't happen without the support of local Businesses and Safe Hire was more than happy to jump on board and support us 🙏🙏

For all your fencing hire needs make sure you get in touch with Safe Hire 😃

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