The world's largest kapa haka festival, which was held in Hawke's Bay, has been tipped by Te Matatini organisers as the best one yet.

They came dressed in white - and left the colour of a rainbow.

Organisers have apologised for traffic delays and mud that plagued this weekend's Splore music festival in Auckland.

Drug overdoses at Melbourne's Electric Parade music festival have landed more than 20 revellers in hospital.

Rotorua will not host the Raggamuffin festival this year. The promoters of the show announced on Friday that the 10th festival, scheduled

Gay broadcaster and MC Steven Oates is hosting three events at this month's Auckland Pride Festival.

Festival goers in Melbourne's west were punched and kicked, and had phones, wallets and bags stolen, by a gang of 40 youths.

The Raggamuffin Music Festival, which was be held in Auckland next Saturday, has been postponed until November - and a new venue could be on the cards.

Auckland music fans have been given a pleasant summer surprise today with Underworld confirmed to headline a brand new music festival.

Lorde's in line to play Coachella and the Governor's Ball, so we crunched the numbers to see what it would cost Kiwis to go see her.

Next month's Raggamuffin music festival will be the last, promoters have confirmed.

Leila George looks at the best of the Kiwi festivals for 2017.

WATCH: A new year's resolution has ended up with one young Kiwi billed to perform in front of thousands of festival goers this weekend.

American hip hop artist Chance the Rapper wooed a capacity crowd on the first day of Rhythm and Vines, telling the crowd he would move to NZ.

You might want to curb your enthusiasm for Auckland City Limits because now you have to wait 'til 2018.

Soundsplash has your summer sorted, rounding off its festival lineup with Tiki Taane, Hollie Smith and a bunch more acts.

This summer's Rhythm and Vines just got a whole lot bigger and better.

As the old saying goes, you wait for one festival headliner to come along, and then three arrive all at once. That's what happened to Mitch Lowe.

The weather didn't ruin the first day of the Auckland Diwali Festival, but protesters had a go at spoiling a "joyous moment", an organiser says.

The Dixie Chicks are set to bring their multi-Grammy Award winning music to the Mission Estate Winery landscape next April.

With a massive lineup and a killer Bay of Plenty location, Bay Dreams is shaping up to be an amazing New Year's festival.

Auckland's inaugural month-long Korea festival gets under way tonight.

An accidental Auckland music festival is returning for its second year, and its organiser admits there are "probably too many acts" on the bill.

Despite last summer's somewhat disastrous festival season, our options are still looking pretty good.

Raglan-based music festival Soundsplash is returning in 2017 with the likes of Six60, Maala and Diaz Grimm ready to wow the crowds.

The area's creativity is on show, writes Sara Bunny.

On a cold Edinburgh night, it's like a slice of a Kiwi summer has come to theatre as Todd Emerson launches into a raucous version of Th' Dudes' Bliss.

Rhythm And Vines has just made its first lineup announcement for 2016, with Chance the Rapper and Rufus headlining the group.

Festival fans have cause to celebrate - Auckland's biggest music event is coming back for round two.

At a whopping $1.45 million a ticket, Iceland's Secret Solstice Festival has got to be the most expensive party ever.