Martinborough Music Festival
Friday 19th - Sunday 21st September 2025
Some of New Zealand’s (and the world’s) very best chamber musicians come to the village of Martinborough in September each year for a series of exceptional quality concerts over three days.
Time: 2.00pm or 7.30pm
Price: Tickets range from $15.00 (students) to $70.00 (adults) - click here to purchase tickets
Where: Martinborough Town Hall, Texas Street, Martinborough
Website: www.martinboroughmusicfestival,co.nz
Saturday Laughs with Lesa MacLeod-Whiting and El Jaguar
Saturday 20th September 2025
Saturday Laughs at the Royal Hotel brings top comedy talent to the heart of Featherston.
This month's show features -
El Jaguar
Canadian comedy act El Jaguar is coming to wrestle his way into hilarity. From Canada, to New Zealand, and throughout Australia, El Jaguar is making a name for himself on the comedy scene using only his fast wits and tight lycra. From the dusty streets of central America, rising triumphant as the luchador everyone wanted to be in the World Wrestling Federation circa 1990, then into obscurity: El Jaguar is making a comeback… and it’s going to be hilarious.
And MC Lesa Macleod-Whiting - 2025 Billy T Award nominee
Lesa is a Wellington-based writer, improviser and comedian. She has been a regular on the Wellington improv scene since 2016 and began doing stand-up in July 2020, going on to nab the Runner Up spot at the Wellington Raw Comedy Quest. She has a penchant for characters, accents and fast-paced silliness.
Winner – Best Newcomer – 2020 Wellington Comedy Awards Nominated – Best Newcomer (Lower North Island) – 2020 NZ Comedy Guild Awards
Time: 7.30pm - 9.00pm
Price: $32.00 per person (plus fees) - click here to purchase tickets
Where: The Royal Hotel, 22 Revans Street, Featherston
Website: www.theroyalhotel,co.nz
Quiz Night at Brac & Bow
Friday 26th September 2025
Quiz night fundraising for a charity held on the last Friday of the month! There is a different charity each month.
To register a team email: bracandbow@theroyalhotel.co.nz
Teams 2-6 people, $10.00 per person
If you wish to dine in before the quiz, please make a booking by calling 06 308 8567
Beverages and snacks are available throughout the Quiz.
Time: 7.00pm
Where: The Royal Hotel, 22 Revans Street, Featherston
Website: www.theroyalhotel.co.nz
The Distinguished Gentleman's Drive
Sunday 28th September 2025
Classic car enthusiasts across Wairarapa will polish their chrome, don their finest attire (whatever that means for you!), and take to Wairarapa's beautiful roads – all to raise funds for prostate cancer research and men’s mental health with Movember. This isn’t just any Sunday drive. It’s style with purpose, camaraderie with class, and motors with meaning.
Time: 9.30pm - 3.00pm
Fundraising Drive: This is a fundraising drive supporting prostate cancer research so a suggested minimum donation of $50 per car is requested upon registration. Click here to register and for further information.
Where: The White Swan Country Hotel, 109 Main Street, Greytown
Website: www.gentlemansdrive.com
Stallkeepers Greytown Market - Shades at Grays
Saturday 27th & Sunday 28th September 2025
Shades at Grays offers beautiful lampshades and stunning wood lamps – inspirational lighting that isn’t available in retail stores. You can find their handcrafted products twice a month at the local Stallkeepers Greytown Market, held in the old town hall at 89 Main Street.
The market is a carefully curated boutique market, with a wide selection of high-quality homeware, clothing, jewellery and more.
You can buy Sue’s ready-made lampshades off the stall or order one from a wide range of fabrics and lampshade sizes to perfectly fit your home. Update a floor stand, brush off your favourite lamp base or add an eye-catching ceiling shade. Life’s too short for boring lampshades!
JB’s wood lamps are stunning, crafted from timber that resonates with New Zealand’s past. Each lamp is unique and each has a journey that begins more than 100 years ago, and which is described in an individual story that accompanies each piece. The finish is so gorgeous you won’t be able to resist touching them!
Visit the market or shop our lampshades and lamps online at shadesatgrays.co.nz
Time: 9.30am - 3.00pm
Price: Free Admission
Where: Greytown Town Hall, 89 Main Street, Greytown - click here for future market dates
Website: www.shadesatgrays.co.nz
Wairarapa Art Trail
Saturday 27th & Sunday 28th September 2025
With almost 40 artists, the Wairarapa Art Trail is a vibrant celebration of creativity, showcasing the diverse talents of artists across the region. Over the weekend, visitors are invited to explore open studios and meet painters, potters, photographers, sculptors, printmakers, textile artists, and more in their creative spaces. This self-guided trail offers a unique opportunity to see art in action, hear the stories behind the work, and purchase original pieces directly from the makers. It’s a fun, inspiring experience for art lovers of all ages and a fantastic way to explore the Wairarapa’s rich artistic landscape.
Click here to view the Art Trail Map
Time: 10.00am - 4.00pm
Price: Free Admission
Where: Various Destinations
Website: www.greytownarttown.com
10 Days of Tulips Festival
27th September - 5 October 2025
Bold, majestic tulips are the heroes each Spring at the Longbush Cottage 10 Days of Tulip Festival. Over the past seven years, Luke Gardner has planted thousands of tulips throughout Longbush Cottage garden, a Garden of National Significance, 15 mins from Martinborough and Carterton. Many varieties have also naturalised returning year after year, ensuring the festival is a riot of spring colour. You can stroll through the different garden rooms, enjoying colour-themed displays and an extensive collection of pots around the garden.
Come rain or shine, it will be a floral experience perfect for families, photographers, plant lovers and springtime wanderers.
Tulips for sale on the day, along with tea, coffee and homemade cakes available to purchase.
Time: 10.00am - 4.00pm
Price: $15 entry (Children under 14 free with an adult)
Where: Longbush Cottage, 1023 Longbush Road, Longbush
Website: www.longbushcottage.co.nz
Music at the Museum
Sunday 28th September 2025
A very full afternoon programme of:
12.30pm - 1.00pm - The Greytown Songsters - our local community choir will charm us with a programme of well loved favourites.
1.00pm - 2.00pm: The Troubador Singers - from Masterton a community choir led by well known Wairarapa musician Stefan Browne.
2.00pm - 3.00pm - Cool Brew - a newly formed duo of well known faces playing our favourite jazz standards.
Time: 12.30am - 3.00pm
Price: Free Admission (but gold coin donation appreciated)
Where: Cobblestones Museum, 169 Main Street, Greytown
Website: www.cobblestonesmuseum.org.nz
Greytown Country Market
Sunday 19th October 2025
Market set in a beautiful Park. Stalls offering coffee, BBQ sausages, artisan products, plants, art, crafts, upcycled, recycled, vintage and so much more. All proceeds raised from running the Market go to the Greytown Trails Trust for the maintenance of and future projects on the Greytown Trails
Time: 10.00am - 2.00pm
Price: Free Admission
Where: Stella Bull Park, Main Street Greytown