April is the middle month of autumn, but you’ll find nothing middling about the event calendar. It’s a mega month for sporting fixtures and music. The cricketers’ season ends with a bang, and they hand the baton on to rugby league, basketball, and marathon athletes. The music menu includes EDM, collabs between classical and pop musicians, brass bands, and folk-punk. Open your diary and book in some live entertainment.
More than 1000 competitors from 40 brass bands blow into Wellington to take part in one of the oldest music competitions in the world. Running from 8 to 12 April, the highlight is a gala performance on 12 April featuring top musicians from competing bands plus guest soloists.
With six different races between 25 and 26 April, Faultline Ultra provides the ultimate endurance challenge for athletes of all abilities. The Wellington landscape supplies 6km to 161km courses - competitors choose the one that suits them best.
It’s a one-day festival, it spans four stages and will attract 20,000 people. The ULTRA Music Festival is one of the most recognisable brands in electronic dance music. Its exclusive visit to New Zealand will hit Wellington’s waterfront on 10 April.
It’s the ultimate high-energy concert experience. On 13 April, K-Pop Live will bring you the music and dance of the biggest K-pop hits. hits from Gangnam Style through to Golden and Soda Pop by Demon Hunters.
Make your ANZAC long weekend a winner by cheering on the One New Zealand Warriors as they face the Queensland-based Dolphins at Hnry Stadium. It’s only the fourth time the team has staged the prestigious ANZAC Day game in Aotearoa.
The city’s professional basketball fans have a busy April ahead. The Wellington Saints have three matches booked against Manawatu Jets, Auckland Tuatara, and Taranaki Airs. They won the championship in 2025, so they are defending the title.
It’s been 35 years since The Pogues were in New Zealand and 40 since the release of their most famous album. The iconic folk-punk music from Rum, Sodomy & the Lash, plus other favs, will fill the auditorium at the St James on 8 April.
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