What's On in Tauranga / Mount Maunganui
WHAT WE'VE FUNDED
2024 Events:
Event Name | Event Date | Funding Granted |
|---|---|---|
Tauranga Sikh Parade (Nagar Kirtan) | 14 January | $15,000 |
Volleyball NZ Beach Series | 16 January - 18 February | $24,000 |
STEM Wana Robotic / AI Festival | 19 January | $4,000 |
Mount Festival of Multisport | 20 January | $20,000 |
Eastern Region Championships and Oceans | 26 January - 25 February | $25,000 |
The Great Waihi Beach Scavenger Hunt | 27 - 28 January | $2,000 |
Ultimate Beach Run | 3 February | $7,000 |
Katikati A&P Show | 3 - 4 February | $8,000 |
Frocks on Bikes | 4 February | $2,000 |
Waitangi Day Festival | 6 February | $30,000 |
Maori Pasifika Water Polo Tournament | 9 - 11 February | $4,000 |
Te Puke 118th A&P Lifestyle Show | 10 February | $8,000 |
Tauranga Asian Food Show - Chinese New Year Festival | 17 - 18 February | $10,000 |
140th Anniversary Tauranga A&P Lifestyle Show | 17 - 18 February | $10,000 |
Calley Homes Womens Triathlon | 18 February | $7,500 |
BOP Senior Secondary School Championships | 25 February - 10 March | $2,500 |
Pride Picnic Day | 2 March | $20,000 |
Holi Colour Splash | 2 March | $12,000 |
DayBreak Festival of Innovation | 4 - 10 March | $10,600 |
Third Culture Film Festival | 8 - 10 March | $10,000 |
The Welcome Bay Lions Kids Fun Day | 9 March | $1,500 |
New Zealand Surf Life Saving Championships | 14 - 17 March | $45,000 |
Vaisakhi Mela | 23 March | $10,000 |
Tauranga Multicultural Festival | 23 March | $15,000 |
Jazz Street Party | 23 March | $8,000 |
La Sportiva National Speed Championship | 24 March | $2,000 |
Marra Sprint Triathlon | 24 March | $7,500 |
Kabaddi Tournament Papamoa | 31 March | $7,500 |
Echo Walking Festival | 8 - 21 April | $3,000 |
Tauranga Shakespeare Festival | 19 - 21 April | $7,500 |
Aramex Kiwi Walk & Run Series | 27 April | $7,500 |
Festival of Disability Sport | 27 - 28 April | $30,000 |
Smokefreerockquest & Smokefree Tangata Beats | 11 May - 21 June | $8,463 |
Matthias Balzat: Cello Mastery | 24 - 26 May | $8,000 |
Mai Te Uira | 31 May | $4,000 |
Project Youth Hip Hop Dance Competition | 31 May - 2 June | $35,000 |
Showquest | 10 June | $8,500 |
Cats the Musical | 15 - 22 June | $7,500 |
Te Kete Matariki | 28 June | $15,000 |
Katikati Matariki Series | 28 June | $12,000 |
Bay of Plenty Symphonia Concert | 29 June | $5,000 |
Philippine Independence Basketball Tournament | 29 - 30 June | $10,000 |
Tauranga Junior Tough Guy and Gal Challenge | 3 July | $10,000 |
Hume 5km & 10km Fun Run/Walk | 6 July | $5,000 |
Whai NBL Home Game | 9 July | $5,000 |
Waihi Beach Matariki Dawn Viewing & Breakfast | 12 July | $4,100 |
Karohirohi | 16 - 26 July | $10,000 |
North Island School Cyclocross Champs and Summerhill CX | 21 July | $5,000 |
Vanuatu Independence Day Celebration | 30 July | $7,500 |
Whānau Mārama New Zealand International Film Festival | 15 - 28 August | $5,000 |
RSE Sports Festival | 22 - 24 August | $5,000 |
Tauranga Primary Schools Music Festival | 26 - 30 August | $10,000 |
The Mount Pickleball Classic | 30 August - 1 September | $4,000 |
2024 Zespri AIMS Games | 7 - 13 September | $11,000 |
The Chilean Independence Day | 14 September | $2,500 |
Youth Philharmonic Tauranga September Concert | 14 September | $2,800 |
Climate Action Festival | 14 - 20 September | $11,068 |
Spring Clean and Pizza Party | 20 September | $4,000 |
Te Puke Sikh Parade | 21 September | $15,000 |
Fiji Language Week and Fiji Independence Sports Day | 2 - 12 October | $7,500 |
Live Well Waihi Beach | 4 October - 3 November | $3,400 |
Whai Tauhini Home Game | 5 October | $5,000 |
Whai Tauhini Home Game | 11 October | $5,000 |
Carnival of the Animals: Kiwi's Musical Journey | 12 October | $8,000 |
Tauranga Kabaddi Cup 2024 | 12 October | $10,000 |
Toi Kiri World Indigenous Festival | 14 - 24 October | $30,000 |
Escape Festival 2024 | 18 - 19 October | $15,000 |
Tauranga Whetu Star Awards | 25 - 27 October | $5,000 |
Nga Hau E Wha National Maori Squash Tournament | 25 - 28 October | $6,693 |
Te Puke Treat Trail | 31 October | $7,500 |
Te Puke Diwali Festival | 1 November | $10,000 |
Pasifika Festival in the Bay | 2 November | $23,000 |
TEDx Omokoroa | 2 November | $2,500 |
Whai Tauhini Home Game | 7 November | $5,000 |
Annual Migrant Powhiri | 9 November | $10,000 |
2024 Bay of Plenty Garden & Art Festival | 14 - 17 November | $10,000 |
Trans Pride 2024 | 16 November | $3,000 |
Te Kuia me te Pūngāwerewere | 18 - 19 November | $5,000 |
Te Waka Pererua | 22 November | $8,000 |
Nell Gwynn | 22 November - 7 December | $4,000 |
Waihi Beach Summer Kick Off Festival | 23 November | $10,000 |
Whai Tauhini Home Game | 23 November | $5,000 |
Tauranga Diwali Festival 2024 | 23 November | $22,500 |
Katikati Christmas Series | 23 November - 30 December | $15,000 |
GENX / Marra Tinman Triathlon | 24 November | $12,000 |
Kabaddi Sports Tournament | 24 November | $7,500 |
National Secondary School Sevens Tournament | 28 November - 1 December | $35,000 |
Te Puke Christmas Parade | 30 November | $9,000 |
NZ Beach 5's Rugby Festival | 1 December | $15,000 |
Tauranga Christmas in the Park 2024 | 7 December | $15,000 |
Omokoroa Carols in the Park | 7 December | $10,000 |
Merivale Christmas Festival | 8 December | $9,175 |
The Mount Monster | 12 - 14 December | $10,000 |
Katikati Community Christmas Lunch | 14 December | $3,500 |
Christmas in The Park | 14 December | $10,000 |
A Night Before Christmas | 14 December | $40,000 |
Waihi Beach Christmas Festival | 20 - 21 December | $7,000 |
Eves Surfbreaker Triathlon | 27 December | $8,000 |
2025 Events
Event Name | Event Date | Funding |
|---|---|---|
Tauranga Sikh Parade | 12 January | $15,000 |
Mount Festival of Multisport | 18 January | $20,000 |
LGBTQIA+ Friendly Winter Ball | 18 January | $1,500 |
Katikati A&P Show | 2 February | $10,000 |
Waitangi Day | 6 February | $10,000 |
Waitangi Day Festival 2025 | 6 February | $30,000 |
Romeo + Juliet | 6 - 16 February | $3,000 |
2nd Asian Food Festival 2025 | 15 February | $10,000 |
Tauranga A&P 141st Lifestyle Show | 15 February | $5,000 |
Calley Homes Womens Triathlon | 16 February | $8,000 |
Central North Island Pipe Band Contest | 22 February | $2,000 |
The Elixer of Love - A One Act Opera | 22 February - 2 March | $4,500 |
Beach Run | 1 March | $7,000 |
Holi Colour Splash | 8 March | $15,000 |
Marra Sprint Triathlon | 9 March | $8,000 |
Whai NBL Home Game | 14 March | $5,000 |
The Welcome Bay Lions Kids Fun Day | 15 March | $1,600 |
26th Tauranga Multicultural Festival | 22 March | $35,000 |
Jazz Street Party in Katikati | 12 April | $8,000 |
Echo Walking Festival | 1 - 20 April | $10,000 |
Katikati Festival of Cultures 2025 | 5 April | $15,000 |
Te Puke Easter Trail | 19 April | $9,000 |
Aramex Kiwi Walk and Run Series - McLaren Falls Trial | 26 April | $7,000 |
King & Queen of the Mount | 27 April | $5,000 |
Asia's Harmony Festival | 3 May | $7,500 |
Festival of Disability Sport 2025 | 10 - 11 May | $30,000 |
Party Time! A Children's Orchestral Event | 18 - 24 May | $8,000 |
YouthFest 2025 | 24 May | $15,000 |
Merivale Matariki | 16 - 19 June | $2,000 |
Te Kete Matariki 2025 | 20 June | $15,000 |
Philippine Independence Basketball Tournament 2025 | 22 June | $10,000 |
Western Bay of Plenty District Council and Tauranga City Council have informative event pages showcasing what is on around the Tauranga and Western Bay area.
For more details on the events the Tauranga Western Bay Community Event Fund supports, click on either image below.
Funding Partners:
Contact details:
Phone: 07 578 5094
Email: info@communityeventfund.nz