Hawke’s Bay is a year-round events destination offering something for everyone.
Come celebrate the best of Art Deco, Food & Wine, Music and Sports events, to name a few. Use the event finder below to find what events are on during your visit.
Featured Events
Hawke's Bay hosts a number of key annual events. Want to join us? See what takes your fancy and check out the events below.
The concept is simple - take a brush in one hand, a drink in the other and let’s paint a masterpiece!
Join us for a creative night of drinking and painting in Napier! No previous painting experience necessary! Get your creative juices flowing and your brush strokes going!
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Drinks: Does not include a complimentary drink but available for purchase throughout the event
Four of Central Hawke’s Bay’s beautiful historic homesteads are opening their doors for another year, for our highly anticipated Spring Fling Homestead Trail weekend
Ever wondered what it would be like to dine with New Zealand’s first ever Master Sommelier?
Well wonder no more because here is your chance to take part in an intimate evening with Cameron Douglas at the award-winning Bistronomy
The Hawke’s Bay Farmers’ Market is celebrating 20-years by giving foodies exclusive insight into the goings on for five of their most popular artisan producers
An event for young and young at heart alike, this is your chance to learn to draw like a published artist, all while devouring the delicious delights of Pipi’s Pizza
Paintings like Van Dyck’s “Still Life with Cheese” to Cézanne’s “basket of Apples” have inspired generations of artists to create their own Still Life”
The Hawke’s Bay Farmers’ Market is celebrating 20-years by giving foodies exclusive insight into the goings on for five of their most popular artisan producers
We have raided Warren Gibson's cellar and you get to reap the rewards!
Renowned Hawke's Bay wine producers Lorraine Leheny and Warren Gibson of Bilancia (be-larn-cha) are sharing exclusive vintages of their Syrah, La Collina to taste alongside the inspiration behind the wine – the internationally revered Jarnet Cote-Rotie
Remember when we used to travel to wildly fabulous overseas destinations? Well you still can with this event described by culinary and travel queen Nici Wickes as “The ultimate eating escape
Since man first discovered the magic of fermentation, food lovers have recognise that the combination of wine, cheese and bread is the perfect trinity> The French even have a mantra du, pain, du vin, du boursin [a very creamy cheese with garlic] they learn to chant from the cradle
Join Bistronomy's award winning bar manager Andrea Marseglia, most recently behind the success of Auckland's best bar Madame George (Metro Magazine 2020) as he creates a stunning five-piece cocktail menu based on botanicals that he has foraged locally
F.A.W.C! Hawke's Bay BMW presents Driving Exceptional Taste
In the pursuit of the absolute extraordinary, Hawke's Bay BMW presents a collaboration like no other, bringing together two exceptional chefs at ever-splendid The Farm at Cape Kidnappers
To really understand how time influences the texture, strength and complexity of a cheese you need to do a vertical tasting –tasting the same cheese at 3 different ages
Get settled in for a wine evening at its finest: world-class wine in hand (plus popcorn!), and a wine-focused film screening in this intimate studio setting
Join Tony Bish, New Zealand's golden boy of Chardonnay, and Yvonne Lorkin, Hawkes Bay's leading wine writer, as they explore and taste trendy, cutting edge and innovative chardonnays from around the world
Who doesn’t love a car boot party, especially when those boots are jam packed with Hawke’s Bay wine! More than 35 Hawke’s Bay wineries will roll into the Waikoko Gardens, ready to park up and pour you an amazing selection of this region’s finest wines
Excellent wine is the perfect partner to outstanding cheeses – so when Oak Estate and Nieuwenhuis Cheese team up to deliver a four-course tasting menu, you know something special is in the works
What if Alice went to Wonderland and found herself in Napier?
Join the Emporium for all the grandeur and excitement you would expect from a tea party laid on by The Mad Hatter, with an adult twist! You’ll enjoy food prepared to challenge and excite your senses, our mixologists will be pushing the limits with experimental and exciting cocktails straight from the teapot, all topped off with fun, games and over the top extravagance
It's no secret that the French create seriously delicious pastry and cheese; and this year, since you can’t cross international borders to taste it, why not make it for yourself at Farmhouse Kitchen
F.A.W.C! Taste of Caribbean with Tropical Downbeat Orchestra
Delicious food, superb beverages and the smooth tunes of boogie-dub specialists Tropical Downbeat Orchestra are what’s on offer at Abbey Winery & Brewery’s Taste of the Caribbean
Be transported to a Tuscan farmhouse and dine as Italians do, savouring simple cuisine that heroes the natural flavours of fresh, high-quality Hawke’s Bay ingredients
Join us in our relaxed neighbourhood environment for a set five-course chefs tasting menu with each course matched to a deliciously local Hopesgrove Wine
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Fri 25 Sep - Sun 27 Sep
