About us

Splore 08 is a biennial outdoor festival devoted to art, culture and community.

Staged at the stunning Tapapakanga Regional Park, the venue offers safe swimming on a pohutukawa fringed coast line, with fresh water lagoons, stunning vistas over to the Coromandel peninsula and a general idyllic place to chill and party. With main stage located right on the beach, festival attendees can dance or float to a plethora of world class local and international music. Splore creates the ultimate festival experience catering to a wide range of styles and tastes with a well designed festival programme. Splore offers its audience the opportunity to chill and relax or party all night – whatever you seek at Splore you’re bound to find it.

Splore presents contemporary live music, performance, visual arts, sculpture trails, film screenings and workshops and promotes the cream of New Zealand’s creative community and international practitioners.

Splore is committed to providing people with the opportunity to experience urban leisure pursuits alongside art, music and culture. The summer outdoor festival is for an audience of all ages, extending the Splore community.

The Splore ethos is to provide artists’ opportunities to collaborate; and to allow a high degree of participation from our audience. Splore has an impressive track record of promoting arts practitioners from a broad spectrum of disciplines. 

Splore is a truly multi-layered arts festival, successfully integrating music, arts and performance.

Splore reflects its definition as defined in the dictionary  – Merry making festivities, carousing and frolicking OR a good going session