General Info

Festival One is multi-day, Christian Festival on Auckland & Waikato Anniversary Weekend, 24 - 27 Jan 2025. Located at Hartford, 209 Whitehall Road, Karapiro.

Festival One is in its eleventh year and has a broad range of fantastic artists, lots of opportunities for the creative arts and a few other surprises. Our goal is to create community in the church through music, art and culture, centred on Jesus Christ. Festival One is an all ages, drug and alcohol free event, with one-site camping over the 4 days, 3 nights. 50+ bands and over 100 performances plus incredible seminars and workshops, all set in one of the most iconic and beautiful locations.

Most guests stay on-site. Parking and tent camping is free and is on a first come first served basis. Caravans, motorhomes, rooftop tents and vehicle camping need to be pre-booked into pre-allocated spaces. If you are part of a group make use to use your group code when booking - this helps us allocate enough space to your group.

The gates for Festival One 2025 will open at 9:30am, Friday 24th of Jan and Festival programming ends at 12pm, Monday 27th of Jan. You are welcome to come in and out of the festival gates throughout the weekend. Just make sure you keep your wristband on and you'll have no issues with security.

For specific inquiries, please email the relevant contact in each section. For all other questions and comments, us the button below or email us at info@festival.one, and we’ll get back to you as soon as possible.

We've been busy in the background creating some of our most iconic Festival merch yet! All will be available at the Town Hall over the weekend. Keep an eye out on our socials to see when Merch for 2025 will be released! 

Revised COVID-19 Response Policy for Festival One:
In accordance with New Zealand Government guidelines, all COVID-19 requirements have been lifted. Nevertheless, it is advisable to self-isolate for 5 days. Given the nature of this event and as an ongoing consideration for others, Festival One kindly requests that if you become aware of having COVID-19 while at the festival, you please leave the site and adhere to the recommended government guidelines for isolation.

WE WOULD LOVE YOU TO:

• Put others first, be kind, and spark the community spirit.

• Live life outside the bubble! Converse and collaborate with others.

• Wear your wristband at all times.

• Drive safely to, from, and during Festival.

• Dress respectfully, being considerate of others.

• Respect the need for sleep, especially in the quiet zones between 12am and 7am. We

don’t want anyone burning out!

• Support our environmental efforts and leave your site clean and clear of rubbish.

• Conserve water.

• Feel free to use cookers and BBQs (gas only!), or even throw your meat on our

amazing Argentinian BBQs! Our fire grill crew would be thrilled to cook it for you.

• Make sure your motor home, house-bus, or any other vehicle on-site is legally legit.

• Listen carefully to the advice of the Festival stewards – they have your best interest in

mind!

• Parents, please be responsible of your children – especially those under the age of

eight.

• Make dad-jokes wherever possible.

... AND ALSO:

• If you are unwell, please think about the safety of others and stay home.

• Please don’t bring any alcohol, party pills, or other illegal substances, as your removal

from site will be swift. We are a drug and alcohol-free Festival.

• Everyone loves a party, but, if it endangers others, it ain’t cool.

• We are building a community, so unless you want squatters inside your tent, we

suggest you don’t bring one larger than 30 square metres.

• Sharing a tent with someone of the opposite gender if you’re not married is a no-no.

This is a family-friendly event.

• If you want to stay together, organise a ‘group’ beforehand. Saving tent space for your

20 or more mates is also a no-no. Email groups@festival.one to enquire!

• Don’t record any audio or video material of the artists. This is intellectual theft and the

artist’s livelihood, so please respect their work.

• All of your non-human friends have to stay at home. Sorry, no pets.

• Unless it’s been sanctioned, handing out promotional or other advertising material is not allowed.

• Swimming pools, fireworks, laser pointers, amplified sound after 12am, bikes,

scooters, or any other motorised vehicles might seem like a good idea, but they’re also

dangerous and strictly prohibited.

• Speaking of things on wheels, please bring your skateboards! But please keep the

skating in the skate park only!

• This is a Festival with music, so by all means whip out your sweet gat and we can all

join in on the singing. Busking, however, is not allowed. Unless you accept warm

fuzzies and a strong sense of community as payment.

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