ArtSplash

Wellington's primary and intermediate school arts festival.

ArtSplash 2025 was a roaring success! Across the week, we had over 5600 students from 92 schools who participated in the concerts and the ArtSplash Day Out.

A massive thank you to all of the teachers, families and crew who helped make the week possible. And of course, a huge congratulations to all the tamariki who performed in our concerts. We'd also like to thank our ArtSplash Day Out partners. Without our partners, the ArtSplash Day Out would not have been possible.

ArtSplash 2025

ArtSplash 2025 happened on 25–28 August. The next ArtSplash will be in 2027. Check out our promo video below.

About ArtSplash

ArtSplash is a week-long festival held every two years that celebrates tāmariki and rangatahi on the big stage. Young people aged 5-13 can experience performing in world-class venues in dance and choir concerts, as well as wearable arts showcases and visual art projects. This page contains information for schools, families and ArtSplash Day Out partners.

ArtSplash has four main components (more may be added in 2027, so watch this space):

Choir concerts
Dance concerts
Wearable arts showcases
The ArtSplash Day Out

ArtSplash Day Out

In 2025, we partnered with 12 amazing organisations to deliver everything from theatre tours, to drama workshops, music composition workshops, educational concerts and more. All of the ArtSplash Day Out experiences are free for schools to attend. You book your experiences, our team creates an itinerary, and one of our school hosts will guide you on the day.

We’d like to thank our partners:

Barbarian Productions
Circa Theatre
Experience Wellington (in particular, Nōku Te Ao Capital E, The Space Place and Wellington Museum)
The Wellington Cable Car
New Zealand Portrait Gallery
New Zealand Sympony Orchestra
New Zealand String Quartet
PAYPA (Performing Arts and Young People Aotearoa)
The Circus Hub
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Government House
The Hannah Playhouse