What's On

A Canterbury social highlight featuring high-class racing, fashion, food and entertainment across three magnificent days as the region celebrates all that is great about spring in Christchurch. Enjoy the New Zealand Cup Meeting at Riccarton Park Racecourse with excitement, glamour and outstanding racing each day. Ōtautahi, Christchurch is ON SHOW in Spring!

The IRT New Zealand Trotting Cup Day is a day of racing, fashion, entertainment, and celebration. Cup Day is one of the great events on the New Zealand sporting and social calendar. The race is held on the second Tuesday in November every year. Head along to Addington and enjoy Ōtautahi, Christchurch ON SHOW in Spring!

Multi-platinum rock band Crowded House bring their 2024 Australia and New Zealand Gravity Stairs Tour to Wolfbrook Arena right here in Otautahi, Christchurch Crowded House has sold over 15 million records worldwide, earning a Brit Award, 13 Australian ARIA Awards, 3 Aotearoa Music Awards, and an MTV VMA. The band has generated billions of streams, consistently sold-out tours on multiple continents, and captivated audiences worldwide.

Join us and show your support for The Christchurch Show 2024 this November! Operating Thursday, Friday and Saturday (14 - 16 Nov), we invite you to experience an event like no other! The Christchurch Show represents everything special Canterbury has to offer, including a range of exciting entertainment, trade and market vendors, livestock judging, amusement rides, family activities, animal showing and the largest range of food trucks in the South Island! Don’t miss out on The Show this year! Ōtautahi, Christchurch is ON SHOW in Spring!

Hozier is back for more! We can’t wait to see Hozier on his Unreal Unearth Tour 2024. An instantly recognizable voice and stirring songcraft solidified Irish troubadour Hozier as a Grammy-nominated, award-winning multi-platinum singer and songwriter. His success was driven by the thought-provoking quintuple-platinum anthem ‘Take Me To Church’. After a sold out show on the 22nd November don’t miss out on his second show on Saturday 23rd November at Wolfbrook Arena.

We are excited the Tall Blacks are heading to Ōtautahi Christchurch for a FIBA 2025 Asia Cup Qualifier at Wolfbrook Arena. After several strong performances during the FIBA 2023 Basketball World Cup, and in a year with the 2024 Olympics, the Tall Blacks will return home in November 2024 to continue their qualification journey for the FIBA 2025 Asia Cup.

Calling all sports fans, families or anyone looking for a fun night out... The BNZ Breakers have it all - it's New Zealand sport at it's finest, taking on our rivals across the ditch and unparalleled entertainment for everyone. In 2024 the BNZ Breakers are back and ready to put it all on the line. Can they go all the way and win a fifth championship trophy? Join the BNZ Breakers on the road to the championship. The Breakers Christchurch Season Membership (3 Games) is live now. The membership gives you first access to your preferred seat for all 3 games played at Wolfbrook Arena.

Ōtautahi Christchurch! New Year's Eve has never looked better! NYE24 will feature Queen Forever, the ultimate Australian Queen tribute band, with support from local acts Tattoo Voodoo and Castaway. To top things off, we'll wrap up the night and welcome in 2025 with an epic fireworks display. The best part... entry is free. Tues 31 December from 8pm - 12.15am at North Hagley Park

The ever-popular Hot Spring Spas T20 Black Clash in association with Wolfbrook is back at Hagley Oval, Christchurch in January 2025! Be there to catch all the action live as Team Cricket go head-to-head against Team Rugby in the greatest New Zealand cross-code rivalry of all time. Plus, Team Rugby’s international wildcard player is West Indies legend Chris Gayle, widely regarded as the most destructive batsman of all time, with over 1,000 sixes to his name and countless records across all forms of the game, will bring his rockstar persona to the match. Sign up for the waitlist for the chance to secure your tickets in the pre-sale on Wednesday 2 October.

Calling all sports fans, families or anyone looking for a fun night out... The BNZ Breakers have it all - it's New Zealand sport at it's finest, taking on our rivals across the ditch and unparalleled entertainment for everyone. In 2024 the BNZ Breakers are back and ready to put it all on the line. Can they go all the way and win a fifth championship trophy? Join the BNZ Breakers on the road to the championship. The Breakers Christchurch Season Membership (3 Games) is live now. The membership gives you first access to your preferred seat for all 3 games played at Wolfbrook Arena.