Winter festivals and experiences in New Zealand

New Delhi, July 20 Winter in New Zealand is also the best time to visit if you're enthusiastic about attending festivals in the open. With a light dusting of snow, the country is transformed into a winter wonderland. From music festivals and dance parties, to vintage fashion and craft beers, here are eight experiences in New Zealand that Kiwis will be enjoying this year.

Don't forget to add these to your bucket list of activities for when international travel resumes, and New Zealand welcomes Indian visitors with open arms to the country!

Taupo Winter Festival

July 9 July 25

The sixth annual Taupo Winter Festival offers an action-packed program over two weeks. You'll have the choice of hitting a lakeside ice rink, jumping in a giant inflatable snow globe, attending a mountain-themed film festival, catching live circus acts, and downing free hot chocolates. What's more, most of the events are free to attend.

https://www.taupowinterfestival.co.nz/

Greytown Festival of Christmas Wairarapa

Entire Month July 2021

This Festival has all the hallmarks of a cosy Northern Hemisphere winter escape with spectacular lighting displays right along the Main Street, interactive family activities, Night Markets, Christmas parties, celebrations and more. There are over 30 events and 40 workshops to choose from, not to mention free family activities taking place every day where attendees will be spoilt for choice.

https://www.greytownvillage.com/

Winter Deco Napier

July 16 18

Get out your coats, hats and fur wraps and get cosy with the sophisticated and stylish, Winter Deco Weekend. The whole region steps back in time to experience what life was like between 1920 and 1940 as part of the festivities.

Whether it's glitzy soirees, vintage cocktail evenings, cool jazz performances, delectable dining experiences at the finest Art Deco restaurants, fabulous fashion, classic films, vintage car displays or taking in Napier's incredible Art Deco heritage, there is a lot to savour at Winter Deco Weekend.

https://www.artdeconapier.com/Events.html

Beervana Wellington

August 1314

Beervana is New Zealand's biggest and most popular beer festival. Held at Sky Stadium over two days Beervana is most certainly a thirst quencher and with the amount of a visual and interactive activity happening all over the concourse, it's also a feast for the eyes. From outrageous brewery displays to silent discos, colourful beer cocktails to cheeseburger spring rolls it's Willy Wonka Factory for beer lovers. Many beers a brewed especially for the festival and are unlikely to be poured elsewhere ever again.

Beervana also includes an annual homebrewers' competition in which homebrewers are challenged to recreate specific beers from breweries then the brewer has to pick their own beer out of the homebrewers' line up