Where else can you watch 150 hand-picked amateur dancers, aged 10-75 and trained by a French-Canadian choreographer, bust a move in public?

Two major music festivals are expected to be basking in sun as Splore and Raggamuffin kick off the weekend's musical activities.

Continuing to add to the attractions of music, great food, and kids activities, Auckland City Limits has now announced its artwork programme for the festival on Saturday, March 19 at Western Springs.

Auckland City Limits announces a new facet to the festival today: Auckland Kiddie Limits.

He's known for going ballistic at his live shows, jumping around, over and on to his mixing desk. He'll often invite as many crowd members as will fit on stage to dance to his mashed-up medleys.

Auckland's Laneway Festival, with a near sellout crowd, graced Silo Park on the waterfront yesterday for what's rumoured to be the last time.

Follow all the action from today's Laneway music festival in Auckland with as many reviews as Chris Schulz, Rachel Bache and Amy Shanks can muster.

A Laneway act has pulled out of his performance just hours before the Auckland festival was due to begin.

Five artists worth checking out at this year's Laneway Festival.

It's the music that matters, says flamboyant artist.

It's got a star-studded guest list, exclusive parties and plenty of fine filmmaking: we wish we were at Sundance right now.

This festival is in Christchurch's Hagley Park this week. In Auckland it will be in locations around the waterfront.

Australian dance act Flume will be the final act to perform at this year's Laneway festival, today's timetable release confirms.

With so many great festivals around the world, it can hard to choose. We've picked out six of the best - so get planning.

Happy campers danced, flocked and shopped in Gisborne sunshine on the first day of the Rhythm and Vines music festival.

The Rhythm and Vines festival kicked off in Gisborne yesterday with major changes to alcohol policy after riots broke out last year.

Festival-goers are packing into the Rhythm and Vines site, getting ready for the rural New Year festival.

One of the failed Echo Festival's acts, Disclosure, is still coming to Auckland to play a DJ set.

The big day out for bogans is back, with a new look and its third new location in as many years.

The summer season's off to a bumpy start with the cancellation of two festivals. Lydia Jenkin investigates the state of the industry and what it takes to succeed.

Pasifika beats, arts, culture and talent will be seen and heard around Auckland over the next two weeks during the Urbanesia festival, which starts today.

A new music festival was on shakey ground but the director of Echo Festival says it can be just as good in Auckland. Paxon Talbot talks to Chris Schulz.

Splore has added its biggest name yet to the bill for its summer-friendly February festival.

Auckland City Limits has its own Austin music hero in the line-up with Shakey Graves heading to the festival. He talked to Russell Baillie backstage at Austin City Limits.

As headliners of next year's Auckland City Limits, The National might seem like unlikely summer festival fare but the US indie giants just keep gaining momentum and fans. Russell Baillie reports.

When Kendrick Lamar walks on to the Auckland City Limits stage, hip-hop fans will see an artist who has come a long way in a short space of time.

He might have Drake and Rihanna on speed dial and one of the year's best albums under his belt, but Jamie xx is a man of few words, Chris Schulz discovers.

The McLaren Valley Music & Arts Festival - renamed Echo Festival - recently announced it is moving to Auckland, but is this a good thing? Chris Schulz and Lydia Jenkin have their say.

Four more festivals have announced their line-up tonight, presenting a wide array of international and local acts who will be entertaining us during summer 2016.