Downtown Days

12/04/2025 - 03/05/2025
10am - 7pm

PAST ACTIVITY
City Centre

Queens Wharf
Auckland 1010

Saturday 12th April | 10:00am - 3:00pm
Sunday 13th April | 10:00am - 3:00pm
Saturday 3rd May | 12:00pm - 3:00pm

Join us on Queens Wharf for Downtown Days - a vibrant series of events celebrating the future of Auckland’s downtown wharves!

Across three dates in April and May, experience a lively mix of live music, DJs, theatrical time-traveling walks, creative workshops, and hands-on fun for all ages. Enjoy FREE popcorn, craft activities for kids, and a giant egg that records your thoughts on the future!

Highlights include:

A stellar music lineup featuring DJs and live performances from luminaries Julia Deans, Anna Coddington, Love Square, Captain Festus McBoyle, Spellodies, and Rewind Fields.
Theatre innovators A Slightly Isolated Dog leading comedic tours of imagined (and maybe real?) waterfront futures
The Recreators hosting upcycling workshops and inviting you to sketch your vision for the wharves.
Barbarian Productions’ custom-built recording studio inside a giant egg, designed to capture your thoughts.
Alongside the fun and festivities, Downtown Days is also your chance to learn about exciting plans to open up Auckland’s central wharves - Queens, Captain Cook, Marsden, and Hobson Wharf Extension - for more public use.

Be part of the conversation and help shape the future of our waterfront while soaking up music, theatre, creativity, and community spirit. Totally free and fun for all ages!

Saturday 12th April | 10:00am - 3:00pm:
Julia Deans (solo)
Rewind Fields (solo)
DJs
Tours of the Future
Draw the Future with The Recreators
Share your thoughts on the downtown wharves inside the Egg mobile recording studio

Sunday 13th April - Whānau Day | 10:00am - 3:00pm:
Captain Festus McBoyle (live)
Spellodies (live)
Chris Sanders with performers from the musical Hana (live)
Finn Trelease (bFM kids show)
Tours of the Future
Draw the Future with The Recreators
Share your thoughts on the downtown wharves inside the Egg mobile recording studio

Saturday 3rd May | 12:00pm - 3:00pm:
Love Square (live)
Anna Coddington (live)
DJs
Puppet Theatre
Tours of the Future
Draw the Future with The Recreators