Riverside Park & Unison Amphitheatre, Redoubt Street, Taupo, Lake Taupo

The Taupo Market - every Saturday* - morning, rain or shine, ever-changing – with lots of regular favorites.

‘Volcanic’ coffee, pies and fries, pastries and juice, fresh fruit and veggies, free range eggs and micro greens, plants, trees and seedlings, wood carvings, wind chimes, crazy pots and painted garden panels, jewellery, necklaces, bracelets and tattoos, greeting cards, paintings and photography, knitting and sewing for all ages and the family pet - more, more, more.

The Taupo Wellbeing Market 2021 is the biggest & best free weekend event about health, wellbeing, natural therapies, organics, stress-free living and mind-body-spirit wellbeing.

- Over 40+ stalls for you to explore and enjoy
- Free health checks, free treatment, free advice & support!
- On-site Practitioners offering treatments for free upwards (average treatments just $20!)
- Organic Fairtrade products: beauty, skin, vegan friendly, body, baby & animal care.
- Back pain, Asthma, Eczema & Diabetes Natural Health advice & support.
- Amazing crystals, eco-friendly jewellery, gifts & products
- Readings, yoga, pet health, Herbal remedies, Rongoa and much more!

Plus... free talks and workshops both days!

Steven Clarke is a self-taught Taupo artist and member of the Active Arts, Tuesday Painters group. Steven’s acrylic paintings are exceptional in their photographic technical detail. “Sometimes I use a photograph as reference, sometimes a postcard. But sometimes I just have an image in my head and I go to the canvas and paint. Sometimes those images come to me in my dreams."

Fall into the ring of fire in this unforgettable music concert dedicated to the music, love and lives of Johnny Cash and June Carter.

For more than 40 years Johnny Cash and June Carter enthralled audiences around the world with their songs of life, love and heartache. A love story played out through some of the greatest songs ever written.

Now Jeff Carter together with Brooke McMullen bring to life a captivating and unforgettable musical concert. These two talented performers share a very special onstage rapport, perfectly recreating the dynamic Johnny and June shared.

This 2 hour live concert event “Leaving Jackson” The Johnny Cash & June Carter show will have you singing, laughing and crying for more.

Prepare to be inspired!

The Big Bike Film Night is on a mission sharing the best cycling short films from around the world with you!

Showcasing our 2021 collection that has everything a cycle-centric audience could want - action, drama, humour, and plenty of inspiration; the evening is unashamedly and utterly, utterly, utterly designed and devised for the two-wheel devotee!

This year’s treasure chest of films includes an incredible story of a transformative bikepacking journey through the Canadian Rockies, an unusual Victorian pastime taking place in modern London, a rider who has a burden of blindness and its vulnerabilities to contend with while undertaking a gruelling self-supported fat bike race in the Arctic, the humble story of a BMX Club and their dream of becoming the number one Club in the UK, a young female rider who goes back in time to carry the stories of the past into the future, a tale with a twist of a man on a mission, four adventurers bikerafting and packing across one of New Zealand’s most remote National Parks; and a unique bike builder who builds off-road cycles that helps change people’s lives; ALL in the mix!!

These short films are a great reminder of why we love to ride our bike; with stories that captivate us, stories that make us think, and most importantly of all- stories that inspire us to get out and ride. Tales of character, resilience, challenge, courage, triumphs over adversity and much much more.

So, listen to the voice inside you; it’s telling you to go. Grab your mates, grab your tickets, go on, grab your bike and come along for the ride!

All bikes. All terrains. All good!

The New Zealand National Rodeo Final is coming to Taupo for the 20/21 season.

For a Easter weekend of pure entertainment join us and watch the top 8 competitors in New Zealand battle it out in their respective events for the 20/21 Championship title.
Our competitors Ride Bulls, Buck Out Broncs, Throw Steers, Run Barrels and Catch with a Rope, They Drive the Night, Fly the Skies, and Cross the Strait in the pursuit of prize money, trophies and national titles.
This pursuit will take them from Kaitaia to Bluff, from New Plymouth to Hastings and many places between throughout our summer months and it will all end here in Taupo.

This is the end of the road for our competitors, the last chance to take out the title and be the champion. The stakes will be high and so will the energy!

Join the craziness of Uncle Tics, Judah, Nixon, Uncle Jack and JP as they travel across Aotearoa putting on shows in almost every town.

Featuring skits, music, competitions, meet and greets and all the silliness that you're used to seeing them do every day... but now it's live.

The tour is sure to sell out so get your tickets now. 

Rating PG: Although there is no age limit, please be aware that language may offend (content is similar to the that which is released online by the Tiktokers so use this as your guide).