Arrowtown Autumn Festival
Held since 1985 in one of New Zealand's best-preserved gold-rush villages, this community-run festival fills Arrowtown's tree-lined streets with parade, market, food and wine, comedy and art against a backdrop of spectacular autumn colour.
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"Billed as New Zealand's longest-running festival, this 68th edition of the Central Otago spring celebration fills Alexandra's streets with a Friday Mardi Gras, a grand Saturday parade and party in the park, and a Sunday garden tour as the orchards burst into blossom."
Alexandra Blossom Festival
"A genuine small-town A&P show in the West Otago village of Tapanui, gathering the farming families of the Clutha district for a full day of rural competitions, livestock and country community spirit."
West Otago A&P Show
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Oamaru Victorian Fete
"One of the South Island's most enduring agricultural gatherings, celebrating its 160th anniversary in 2026 with livestock parades, equestrian competitions, a historic Show Queen contest and coal-shovelling at Balclutha Showgrounds."
South Otago A&P Show
"Set on the shores of Lake Wanaka at Glendhu Bay, this annual Central Otago wine and food celebration gathers world-class regional producers and live entertainment against a backdrop of high-country mountains and glacial lake scenery."
Ripe - The Wanaka Wine and Food Festival
"Held each Easter Sunday in the schist-stone historic precinct of gold-rush-era Clyde, this harvest festival pours wines from the world's most southerly vineyards along the picturesque main street of one of Central Otago's most atmospheric small towns."
Clyde Wine and Food Festival