UNMISSABLE WELLINGTON EVENTS
TOAST MARTINBOROUGH
21 NOVEMBER 2021
Toast Martinborough is a celebration for lovers of fine wine, gourmet food, and talented music artists. This is a premium event that, since it first began in 1992, has showcased a unique boutique wine village with many talented Martinborough vineyards in the heart of the Classic New Zealand Wine Trail – just over an hour’s drive from Wellington City. The annual event is truly enjoyed, talked about, and continually sought out from near and far, leaving people dancing and singing, laughing and remembering.
BEERVANA
13–14 AUGUST 2021
New Zealand’s premier celebration of good beer is back again this August. With a range of fantastic immersive brewery displays, plenty of outrageous entertainment on tap, festival brews, and of course, tasty bites and morsels from some of Wellington’s finest eateries, it’s a wonderland for beer-lovers and the beer-curious among us all. There are four Beervana sessions held over the two days at Sky Stadium, so you can revel in craft beer and still take a leisurely walk back to your hotel. You’ll be in Beervana.
WORLD OF WEARABLEART AWARDS SHOW
30 SEPTEMBER – 17 OCTOBER 2021
The World of WearableArt Awards Show is back in 2021. As one of the city’s most anticipated annual events, don’t miss your opportunity to come together with family and friends and escape to another world full of mind-blowing creativity. See incredible works of wearable art come to life on the TSB Arena stage in New Zealand’s single largest theatrical production and a not-to-be-missed event.
2018 World of WearableArt Awards Show, Spirit Bone, Guo Xiaotong, China; Studio Tromp. Couple with their Heads in the Clouds, © Salvador Dalí, Fundació Gala- Salvador Dali/VEGAP. Copyright Agency, 2020; The Ten Largest, 1907. Photo courtesy of Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden.
SURREALIST ART | HE TOI POHEWA
12 JUNE – 31 OCTOBER 2021
See a world-famous collection of Surrealist masterpieces from Rotterdam’s Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen. Surrealist Art | He Toi Pohewa features 180 iconic works by 50 artists, including Salvador Dalí, Man Ray, Leonora Carrington, René Magritte, and Marcel Duchamp. This unmissable collection is coming to Aotearoa New Zealand direct from Europe for the first time ever.
VISA WELLINGTON ON A PLATE
1–31 AUGUST 2021
Join in on a tasty adventure as New Zealand’s largest culinary festival returns to the month of August. Celebrating the best that the Wellington region has to offer, this year’s innovative programming serves up hundreds of festival events, dishes, cocktails, and burgers that are truly out of this world. There’s never been a better time to #EatCurious!
HILMA AF KLINT: THE SECRET PAINTINGS
4 DECEMBER 2021 – 27 MARCH 2022
Don’t miss your chance to see radically abstract paintings from Swedish artist Hilma af Klint at City Gallery Wellington in this New Zealand-exclusive exhibition that has broken attendance records worldwide. See more than 100 captivating paintings, including The Ten Largest towering at three metres tall, from the female artist who has re-written art history.