Oceania Festivals

Big Day Out Music Festival

16th January. Auckland, New Zealand

18th - 1st February. Various cities, Australia

World Buskers Festival

January 15th - 25th January. Christchurch, New Zealand

NZ Organic River Festival

January 17th - 20th January. Wellington, New Zealand

Waitangi Day

6th February. Waitangi, New Zealand

Adelaide Festival & Fringe

February - March. Adelaide, Australia

Madi Gras Parade & Party

6th March. Sydney, Australia

Dragon Boat Festival

22nd - 23rd March. Wellington, New Zealand

Blues & Roots Music Festival

April (dates to be confirmed). Byron Bay, Australia

Bluff Oyster & Southland Food Festival

16th - 17th April. Bluff, Southland, New Zealand

Anzac Day

25th April. Australia, New Zealand, Cook Islands, Tonga, and Western Samoa

International Laugh Festival

1st May - 22nd May. Auckland & Wellington, New Zealand

Heilala Festival

23rd June - 6th July. Various villages, Tonga

Bula Festival

15th - 20th July. Nadi, Fiji

Festival of Pacific Arts

22nd - 31st July. Palau, Micronesia

International Film Festivals

11th July - 5th November. Various cities, New Zealand

Hibiscus Festival

1st - 7th August. Suva, Fiji

Tufi Cultural Festival

13th - 15th August. Kofure Village, Papua New Guinea

Mt Hagen Festival

16th - 17th August. Various towns, Papua New Guinea

Charleville Camel, Donkey, & Yabbie Festival

25th - 31st August. Charleville, Australia

Goroka Festival

15th - 16th September. Various towns, Papua New Guinea

Diwali Festival

20th October - 5th November. Various towns, Fiji

Savaii Palolo Rise

31st October - 1st November. Savaii Island, Fiji

Stone Fishing Ceremony

1st November - 14th November. Various islands, Tahiti

World Gumboot Throwing Festival

3rd - 5th November. Taihape, New Zealand

Coromandel Pohutukawa Festival

November 28, 2003 - 7th December. Thames, New Zealand

Wellington Summer City

December 31, 2003 - 25 February, 2004.Wellington, New Zealand