The Wellington Folk Festival is held every Labour Weekend at Brookfield Outdoor Education Centre – a beautiful site owned by the Scouts at 562 Moores Valley Road, Wainuiomata, Lower Hutt, New Zealand.

The 2025 festival was a wonderful celebration of 60 years of folk music festivals in Wellington. Now it’s time to start preparing for the 7th decade!

The fourth Monday in October is Labour Day and a public holiday in New Zealand. Every year, the Festival runs over Labour Weekend, starting on the Friday before and culminating on Labour Day. In 2026, the Festival will run from 23rd to the 26th of October. The Festival gate is open from 3pm on the Friday, with events running over Friday evening, all day Saturday through to Sunday evening. The festival concludes on Monday morning with packing up the campsite and saying final farewells. You can come for the weekend, for a day, half day or an evening.

Weekend passes entitle the holders to camp onsite and there are a limited number of bunks available for sale as well.

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