Newtown Festival 2025 Lineup & Programme Announced

A mega-stacked capstone to a sunny summer, the official lineup for Te Whanganui-a-Tara's free all-ages community extravaganza Newtown Festival has been announced for Sunday 2nd March 2025. Starring more than 130 local acts performing across 16 stages dotted throughout Newtown's bustling streets, the whopping bill is an inclusive celebration of musical diversity in Aotearoa — featuring (and by no means limited to) bass-booming dub-reggae grooves, body-moving club beats, resplendent alt-folk, infectious hyper-pop, booty-shaking hip-hop, fuzzy indie-rock, rowdy hardcore punk, scorching synth-punk, carnivalesque performance, and that's just the tip of the sonic iceberg. Head along, discover your new favourite band / DJ, enjoy the delish food / refreshing beverages on offer and sample a humongous 420 stalls. Check out the Newtown Festival 2025 website HERE for more info and explore the full lineup, plus handy playlist of acts below...

"We’re super proud to bring to you the lineup for Newtown Festival on Sunday 2 March 2025 (the best event in Te Whanganui-a-Tara). It will be the 31st Newtown Festival, and the 29th in the streets. Thank you to our superb collaborators for their mahi. The local community and creative community have woven together another stunning as well as extreme lineup. A gazillion incredible artists from across the motu will grace the streets of Newtown bringing their genius alongside a massive amount of original music. In reverse alphabetical order this time, a huge mihi to the below artists:"

Newtown Festival 2025
Waiata - Kai - Ahurea - Mahi Toi / Music - Food - Culture - Craft
Sunday 2nd March - Newtown, Wellington / Te Whanganui-a-Tara (free, all-ages)

Zumba with Latu To'omaga, Zach Mandeville, Yadana Saw, XRVR, William Jackman, Wet Denim, Wellington Youth Circus, Wellington Batucada, Weka, WCSCC Dragon & Lion Troupe, Wayno, Warm Regards, Uncle Silverback, The Wellington Thai Community, The Temple, The Side Characters, The Good Taste Selector, The Footnotes, The Flow Collective, The Dangerous Darlings, Te Kapa o Ngā Puna Waiora, Tawaz, Tarrant Dancers, Taotua Dance Academy, Takas, Taikoza Wellington, Swampshack Crew, Sujai, Subtle Grape, stefrose, Star time!, Ssendam Rawkustra, South Wellington Intermediate Poly Group, Solid Gold Dance Crew, Sol Fide, So&So, Side Eye, Sheeps, Seraph, Seaside Sloths, Scorpios Nest Soundsystem, Saphikuna Peru Dance Company, Rodney Fisher, Ringlets, RadioActive.FM DJs, Perpetual Motion Machina, Paul Klaass, Pahū, Pati Taii, OTC, Orzeł Dance Ensemble, Orlęta Dance Ensemble, ODA Dance Studio, NOVA, No L, Nam Chucks, Naakz, Mystori, Mr Fungus, Move It Danceworks, mauri aura, Manisah, LUX, Lurk, Louisa Nicklin, Louis Gradwell, Lord Woo, Lorazepam, Lesa MacLeod-Whiting, Legacy Taekwon-Do, Lee Stuart, Laura Oakley, Kolya, Klezmer Rebs, Kingston High All Stars, Kennedy, Kedron Parker, KB the DJ, KaSeki, JOLA BURNS, Jen Kyle, J Swizzle, Iwi, Iris Little, Hawaiian Dance Wellington, Half/Angel, Groove Council, Greta O'Leary, Grains, Goodnight My Darling, George Young, Fun & Funner, Fruit Loops, French for Rabbits, Fog, Emily de Vegt, Eigenface, Dream Chambers, Dos-Ovni, Don Mackay, DJ XJ, Dj KERB , DJ Desi, Dj Coleoz, Dj Belleville, Dj Anansi, Des Mallon Blues and the Melody Makers, DEATHRO, Death Without a Priest, Dead Queens, David Harris, Danica Bryant, Cumbia Blazera, Cruelly, Crash Bandihoot, Cordelia's, Circus Hub Trainers, Circus Hub Students, Colossal, Casual Healing, Capoeira Angola, C-26 Salsa band, Byte Size, Burnt Indigo, Bulgarian Ensemble Horo, buffcat, Brainwave, Body Beat Ritual, BIlly Lyrical, Big Girls with REACT, Benthamism, Benjamin Bunny, Battle-Ska Galactica, BANANA JOLIE, Bad Taste, Baby Zionov, Averie, Athena, AOG Berhampore Gospel Band, Alda Rezende, AFTERPARTY, A Sen

More festival info available at www.newtownfestival.org.nz
For info on the artists head along to www.newtownfestival.org.nz/performers

Explore the specially curated playlist for Newtown Festival 2025...