Wellington Folk Festival 2022

The Wellington Folk Festival is normally held every Labour Weekend (including the fourth Monday in October) at Brookfield Outdoor Education Centre – a beautiful site owned by the Scouts at 562 Moores Valley Road, Wainuiomata, Lower Hutt, New Zealand. The location is a nature reserve, so please no pets!

The Festival gate is open from 3 pm on Friday, with the programme running over Friday evening, all day Saturday through to Sunday evening. You can come for the whole weekend, a full day and evening, a part day or just an evening.

Weekend passes entitle the holders to camp onsite and there are a limited number of bunks available for sale as well.

To read our latest news click here, or check out our Facebook page here www.facebook.com/Wellyfest/.
Full detail of guests, workshops and dance events can be found from the website links above. Don't forget that the festival is not just about listening to great music. There are loads of opportunities for everyone - musicians, singers and dancers at all levels of skill - to perform, jam, participate in workshops and meet the guest artists.

As of now, all these guests - all from the 2021 plans - have confirmed their availability for the upcoming 2022 festival. We’re excited about the mix brought by this varied lineup of local Kiwi talent and are looking forward to a festival every bit as good as the 2020 event. There is a mix of real tradition with contemporary writers and interpreters of several strands of our indigenous and imported folk traditions.

More info about each of these guests is on our website. We'll post some detailed info over the coming months (and most have websites or Facebook pages that are linked here).

Andrew London Duo - Otaki
Bill Hickman Band - Wellington
Butter Wouldn't Melt - Waikanae
Celtic Ferret - Auckland
Cotton Daisy Backstep - Wellington
Fiddlesticks Band - West Coast
Julian McKean & Chris Priestley - Around NZ
Nigel Parry and friends - Wellington
The Penmans - Hamilton
The Shicka Chickas - Wellington
WAI.TAI - Around NZ
You, Me, Everybody - Around NZ

Then there are the workshop, youth and dance programmes - these are still WIP but planning is well advanced.

And there's more to come. Get your breath before the next instalment! Early bird tickets are on sale now!

If you would like to be added to our email list, contact us at info@wellingtonfolkfestival.org.nz

IMPORTANT: Please supply all requested Information about each attendee:
Please make sure you fill in the attendee information with your booking. We use this information to prepare your entry packs, bunks, etc.

Please ensure you give the names of each attendee. Email address for attendees is optional and will be used only (a) to send out urgent updates if we need to do so and (b) to forward information about the Wellington Regional Folk Foundation that organises the festival to those who request membership. Information collected is only used for the purposes stated here.

If you or someone you are registering for is under 18, on a teen or child ticket, you MUST nominate a responsible adult. This person must be on site at the festival before the registered teen or child will be allowed on the festival site.