Booking Information

Bookings for ANIMAL are now open. Book online via the BUY TICKETS button, top right corner of this page.

Bookings for the full Wānaka Festival of Colour programme open on 31 Jan 2025.

For all ticketing queries please email support@iticket.co.nz or phone iTICKET (0508 484 253).

Priority bookings

Benefactors, Patrons and Sponsors can book online from 7pm on Monday 27 January to 5pm Thursday 30 January 2025.

General ticket sales begin on Friday 31 January 2025

Festival Box Office - Tickets can be purchased in-person from Wānaka iSite, open daily from 9am-5pm. The Festival box office in the Lake Wānaka Centre will be open daily from from 2pm Saturday 29 March through to the end of the Festival for any remaining sales.

The Festival Pass - TBA

Tickets to individual sessions are allocated seating in the Lake Wānaka Centre auditorium. All other venues are general admission.

Student tickets require a valid Student Identification Card on entry to the session.

Door Sales allocations are available for shows not already sold out; these tickets will be on sale at the venue 30 minutes prior to sessions/performances.

Booking Terms and Conditions—IMPORTANT INFORMATION

The Southern Lakes Arts Festival Trust and Aspiring Conversations reserves the right to alter without notice the advertised schedule of artists, performances or programmes. Tickets are subject to availability and issued according to the best available.

Tickets are non-transferable between performances.

Ticket prices include GST. A $2 ticket booking/service fee (capped at $10 per order) and credit card fees applies to all ticket purchases.

Tickets purchased over the phone via iTICKET incur a $10 fee.

Your tickets will be emailed to you to download to your mobile device for scanning at the venue.

Performances at the Lake Wānaka Centre are allocated seating. All other performances are general admission.

The use of mobile telephones or other similar devices is not permitted during shows. The use of cameras or other recording devices is strictly prohibited.

We reserve the right to admit latecomers only at a suitable point in the performance.

If a show is cancelled, the ticket price will be refunded. Transaction fees are non-refundable.

View full booking terms and conditions online and via the iTicket site.

Ticket Exchange

While we do not offer refunds, if you find you are unable to attend a show, we have a ticket exchange board for buying and selling tickets situated in the Lake Wānaka Centre from 29 March 2025. Please note the Wānaka Festival of Colour is not responsible for any exchanges made between third parties.

Privacy, respect and disruption

We take privacy and respect for others very seriously. With the exception of our festival team, the use of recording devices including mobile telephones, cameras, microphones and digital dictaphones is strictly prohibited at all Festival of Colour and Aspiring Conversations venues during shows. This restriction also applies at our venues (including outside) both before and after shows. Anyone breaking this rule may be asked to leave immediately. 

Only media representatives or journalists who have been pre-accredited for each event, and the Festival Team, may record or film the event, or conduct interviews on event premises. Accreditation will be in writing and will be confirmed via email from one of the festival directors.

The Festival is committed to providing a safe space for everyone. We have a zero tolerance for bullying and discriminatory behaviours.

Anyone who tries to disrupt our event, for whatever reason, will also be asked to leave. Whilst we encourage open and respectful dialogue, attempts to interrupt speakers, disrupt the event or to silence or intimidate others will not be tolerated.

If someone is removed from any of our events, further festival tickets will be forfeited with no eligibility for refund.

Health & Safety

The festival is required to comply with the latest Government health advice at the time of the event.

We are committed to the safety and wellbeing of our community first and foremost. If a guest speaker gets sick and can no longer travel or participate, events may be postponed or cancelled. We will offer exchanges or refunds to our ticket holders in this instance.