Mardi Gras 2026

Mardi Gras turns 30 in 2026. Thirty years of Drum & Bass, great costumes, and the kind of winters you actually look forward to.

Mardi Gras takes over an entire town. Ohakune on Saturday 4 July - 8,000 people flooding into one of the smallest towns in New Zealand, dressed up, ready to go, with a free $165 Turoa ski pass included with every ticket. The streets become the venue. Every bar, every stage, every corner of town is part of it. Then Queenstown on Saturday 11 July over the Matariki Long Weekend - same energy, different mountain with people coming from across the country specifically for this experience.

This is a crowd that plans their weekend around Mardi Gras. They book accommodation months out, coordinate group costumes, and talk about it long after the last set ends. They're 18–35, highly social, and they remember every brand that was part of their night.

Your brand. Two cities. One of the best weekends of the NZ winter calendar.

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