What's on in Wānaka?
74 upcoming events
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Events in Wānaka
Tue6
Today
Tue 6 · 7 PM
❓Quiz
Trivia at Ground Up Brewing
Ground Up Brewing
TodayNZ$789
🗺️Guided tour🌳Outdoors
Milford Sound Glacier Flight & Cruise from Wanaka
12 Lloyd Dunn Avenue
TodayNZ$85–159
🗺️Guided tour🌳Outdoors
Small Group Jet Boat Adventure on the Clutha River from Wanaka
261 Lake Hawea-Albert Town Road, 9382
TodayNZ$205
🗺️Guided tour🌳Outdoors
Level 1 Waterfall Climb from Wanaka (3 hours return)
Wildwire Wānaka
TodayNZ$0–32.50
🗺️Guided tour🌳Outdoors
COMBO Admission: Puzzling World, Wanaka
Puzzling World
TodayNZ$0–69
🗺️Guided tour🌳Outdoors
Lake Wanaka 1-Hour Cruise Including Wine and Cheese Board
Lake Wanaka Cruises
TodayNZ$130–170
🗺️Guided tour🚶Walk
Bike the Wanaka and Hawea Trails
103 Ardmore Street, 9305
TodayNZ$389
🏊Water sports🌳Outdoors
Half-Day Level 2 Waterfall Climbing from Wanaka
Twin Falls Waterfall, 83301
At 9 AM
✂️Workshop
School Holiday Class - Skateboard Collage
Wānaka Community Workshop
Wed7
Tomorrow
Thu8
Thursday 8 October
Tomorrow · 5:30 PMFree
🧘Wellness
Mental Health Awareness Month - A Wellbeing Session
Wānaka Library
Tomorrow · 6 PMFree
🧘Wellness
Transformational Breathwork Journey for Mental Health Awareness Month
Wanaka Community Hub
Tomorrow · 6 PMNZ$60
🗣️Talk
Leadership, Purpose & Business with Lisa Thompson
Wilson & Dorset Wānaka
Fri9
Friday 9 October
Sat10
Saturday 10 October
Mon12
Monday 12 October
Later
Tue 13 · 5:30 PMFree
🗣️Talk💼Career
Wanaka Property Market - Unlocked!
Wanaka Golf Club
Wed 14 · 9:30 AMNZ$22.20
💼Career♀️Feminism
Wanaka - Empower Her Networking - Confident Content Creation
Edgewater Hotel - Lake Wanaka, New Zealand
Wed 14 · 6:30 PMNZ$65
♀️Feminism
Vinka on Tour - Wanaka Community Hub
Wanaka Community Hub
Wed 14 · 7 PMNZ$20
🗣️Talk🧘Wellness
3 Tools to Help Turn Chaos into Calm for Parents & Caregivers of Children with ADHD
Wānaka Primary School Hall
Thu 15 · 10 AMFree
🗣️Talk👗Fashion & Design
Dulux Colour Forecast Launch Central Otago
2A Frederick Street
Thu 15 · 5 PMFree
🗺️Guided tour🌳Outdoors
Botanical walk - Part of Mental Health Awareness month
Wanaka Community Hub
Thu 15 · 5:30 PMNZ$160–1,500
🎪Street party💼Career
Food For Love Charity Gala & Auction
Lake Wanaka Centre - Armstrong Room
Thu 15 · 5:30 PMFree
✂️Workshop
Belonging Begins With You: What Lights You Up?
Wanaka Community Hub
Fri 16 · 6 PMNZ$10–30
✂️Workshop🧘Wellness
The ultimate gut reset – how to transform your mental and physical health through your microbiome (Wanaka)
Snow Sports
Fri 16 · 6 PMNZ$10
🪕Folk / Acoustic🎫Concert
Acoustic Sessions
Wanaka Community Hub
Sat 17 · 8 AMFree
🏃Running⛰️Trail & ultra
Salomon GRVL run Wanaka with Racers Edge
Racers Edge: Clothing & Footwear
Sat 17 · 9 AMFree
🪑Flea market🌳Outdoors
Wastebusters Summer Fair 2026
Wastebusters in Wanaka
Sat 17 · 1 PMFree
✂️Workshop🌱Ecology
Herbal Culture Medicinal Plant Workshop & Fundraiser
Grow Wanaka Community Garden
Sat 17 · 7 PM
💜Soul / Funk🪕Folk / Acoustic
Louis Baker | Wanaka
Rhyme X Reason Brewery
Sat 17 · 7 PMNZ$20
🎤Karaoke🤝Volunteering
Verve x 47 Frocks Karaoke supporting Frocktober
Verve
Sun 18NZ$439
⛴️Boat trip🌳Outdoors
Packraft Wanaka
99 Ardmore Street
Mon 19 · 10:30 AMFree
🧘Wellness
Tune Up Your Nervous System
Wanaka Community Hub
Mon 19 · 6 PMFree
✂️Workshop🌱Ecology
Dr Compost Workshop - Spring Planting
St John Wanaka Ambulance Station - training room
Mon 19 · 6:30 PMNZ$15–20
🗣️Talk♀️Feminism
Fuelling Women Through Midlife - Wanaka
Lake Wanaka Centre - Armstrong Room
Wed 21 · 6 PMFree
🗣️Talk🧘Wellness
Discussion Panel - 'Why Movement Matters' for Mental Health Awareness Month
Wanaka Community Hub
Thu 22 · 5 PMNZ$25–30
🥂Opening🖼️Exhibition
Opening Night Gala | Wānaka Arts Labour Weekend Exhibition 2026
Lake Wanaka Centre - Armstrong Room
Thu 22 · 5:30 PMFree
✂️Workshop🌱Ecology
Bike Basics DIY 101
b.social - Wānaka Taproom & Eatery
Thu 22 · 6 PMFree
🧘Wellness
Somatic Embodiment and Kundalini Activation Event for Mental Health Awareness Month
Wanaka Community Hub
Tue 27 · 6:30 PMNZ$20
✂️Workshop
Collage & a Pint
Rhyme X Reason Brewery
Wed 28 · 5:30 PMFree
🏷️Other
Finding Your Fit: Creating the Conditions for Belonging
Wanaka Community Hub
Thu 29 · 12 PMFree
💼Career
Lunch & Learn with The Learning Space: "Promotion & Storytelling" (Wānaka)
Wanaka Community Hub
Thu 29 · 7 PMNZ$40–50
✨Cabaret👑Drag show
Oblivion Westwood's Cabaret of Curiosity
TBC
Fri 30 · 5:30 PMNZ$80
🍽️Food🗣️Talk
An Evening with the Two Raw Sisters
Wānaka Primary School Hall
Fri 30 · 6:45 PMNZ$32
🎬Cinema
Rocky Horror Picture Show
71 Brownston Street
Sat 31 · 9 AMFree
🧘Wellness
Belonging Begins Within
Wanaka Community Hub
Sat 31 · 7:30 PMNZ$25–35
🎻Classical🎫Concert
CORO Presents: Ascent!
Lake Wanaka Centre - Armstrong Room
Wed 4 · 4:30 PMFree
✂️Workshop🌳Outdoors
Edible weeds workshop
Grow Wanaka Community Garden
Wed 4 · 6 PMNZ$20
🗣️Talk
In My Father's Footsteps
Wanaka Community Hub
Thu 5 Nov · 5:30 PMFree
🧘Wellness🌳Outdoors
Fifteen Minutes to Change Your Life
Wanaka Community Hub
Thu 5 Nov · 6 PMNZ$20
🎬Cinema
Hut Keepers film evening
Wanaka Community Hub
Sat 7 Nov · 1 PMFree
Edible weeds workshop
Grow Wanaka Community Garden
Sun 8 NovNZ$329
🗺️Guided tour🌳Outdoors
Wanaka 4x4 Explorer The Ultimate Lake and Mountain Adventure
Wanaka Marina, 9305
Thu 12 Nov · 5:45 PMFree
🗣️Talk
Understanding AI: A Series
Wānaka Library
Fri 13 Nov · 12 PMNZ$200–1,478
TABLE FOR TOMORROW
Edgewater Resort
Tue 17 Nov · 9 AMNZ$100
✂️Workshop🧘Wellness
Wānaka - Youth Mental Health First Aid (2 Day Course)
Wanaka Community Hub
Tue 17 Nov · 11 AMFree
The Profitability Matrix Workshop
Edgewater Resort
Sun 22 Nov · 10 AM
✂️Workshop🌱Ecology
Wastebusters Repair Revolution
Wānaka Community Workshop
Sat 28 Nov · 8 AM
🧺Market
WASTEBUSTER CHRISTMAS MARKET
Wānaka Community Workshop
Sat 28 Nov · 9 AMFree
🧺Market🌳Outdoors
Wastebusters Christmas Market
Wastebusters in Wanaka
Sat 5 Dec
🎪Street party🍽️Food
Wānaka Beerfest
Wānaka A&P Showgrounds
Sat 5 Dec · 10 AMNZ$11.43–43.73
🪕Folk / Acoustic🍽️Food
Volume One Wanaka
Paetara Aspiring Central
Sat 5 Dec · 12 PMNZ$55–65
🎪Street party🌳Outdoors
Wanaka Beer Fest 2026 - 10 Years of Beers!
A&P Showgrounds
Sat 12 Dec · 6 AM
🏃Running⛰️Trail & ultra
UM New Zealand 2026
Wanaka - Mount Aspiring Road
Thu 31 Dec
Rhythm And Alps 2026
Robrosa Station
Fri 8 Jan · 6 PMNZ$50–80
Craigs Aspiring Art Prize 2027
Holy Family Catholic School
Sat 30 Jan · 10:30 AM
🎫Concert
Wānaka Summer Concert 2027
Three Parks Outdoor Arena
Sun 31 Jan · 10 AM
Wastebusters Repair Revolution
Wānaka Community Workshop
Sat 6 Mar
🏃Running🤾Sports & fitness
Motatapu Rab Ultra
Motatapu Rab Ultra
Fri 19 Mar · 12 PM
🍽️Food
Ripe, The Wānaka Wine and Food Festival
Glendhu Station
Sun 4 Apr · 10 AM
Wastebusters Repair Revolution
Wānaka Community Workshop
Sun 27 Jun · 10 AM
Wastebusters Repair Revolution
Wānaka Community Workshop
See also in Wānaka
Sun 1 · 10 AMFree
🚶Walk🗺️Guided tour
Foraging walk
Harris Place, Luggate
TomorrowNZ$359
🗺️Guided tour🌳Outdoors
Cardrona Valley Mountain Quad Experience from Wanaka
2125 Cardrona Valley Road, 9382, Queenstown
Thu 15NZ$140
🗺️Guided tour🌳Outdoors
Electric Cherries Experience
Forest Lodge Orchard - 90 Rush Lane, Mount Pisa
TomorrowNZ$549
🗺️Guided tour🌳Outdoors
Small-Group Gold Discovery Horse Riding in Cardrona Valley
2125 Cardrona Valley Road, 9382, Queenstown
TomorrowNZ$699
🚶Walk🌳Outdoors
Cardrona High Country Pub Trail Horse Riding Trek (adventurous)
2125 Cardrona Valley Road, 9382, Queenstown
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Venues in Wānaka
Wānaka Primary School Hall
2 events
Paetara Aspiring Central
2 events
103 Ardmore Street, 9305
1 event
Lake Wanaka Centre - Armstrong Room
4 events
Wānaka Library
3 events
Wanaka Community Hub
17 events
Grow Wanaka Community Garden
3 events
Wānaka Community Workshop
6 events
Rhyme X Reason Brewery
3 events
Wastebusters in Wanaka
2 events
261 Lake Hawea-Albert Town Road, 9382
1 event
12 Lloyd Dunn Avenue
1 event