18-28 OCT 2019
Welcome to the Festival
The 2019 Festival - the 25th Nelson Arts Festival - sees shows coming all the way from such far-flung places as Germany, Scotland, the USA and even Nelson!
Explore the site to find everything you want from circus to choirs, from theatre to talks, from music to mask, and from dance to disco!
Our thanks to everybody who helped put this Festival together, our partners, our funders, our sponsors, our supporters, our crew, and of course you, our audience.
MASK PARADE RESULTS
Best School Group
- 2nd: Upper Moutere School
- 1st: Hope School
Best Non-School Group
- 2nd: Sambassadors
- 1st: Colombian Community
Best Individual
- 2nd: Faye Wulff
- 1st: Shanine Raggett
Best Pre-School
- 2nd: Learning Land
- 1st: Hardy Kids
Nuttiest Costume: Upper Moutere School
Kim Merry Supreme Award: Hope School
Congratulations everyone!
Featured Events
- free
PIC’S PIKI MAI
UPPER TRAFALGAR STREET & CHURCH STEPS
Fri 18 – Mon 28 Oct, dusk to midnight
- nz
THE WONDERWOMBS
AOTEAROATHEATRE ROYAL NELSON
Fri 25 & Sat 26 Oct, 8pm
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