Please note the events listed below are subject to change, for up-to-date information see our current event listings.

January

  • Canterbury Rodeo
  • Wheels with Wings
  • Muscle Car MadnessĀ (always last weekend in January)

February

  • Waitangi Day Celebrations in Kaiapoi

March

  • Swannanoa Country Fair (first weekend in March)
  • Kaiapoi Children’s Day (first weekend in March)
  • Rakahuri Rage
  • Kaiapoi Fun Run

April

  • Oxford A & P Show (always Easter Saturday)
  • Good Friday Easter Market (Ohoka Farmers Market)

May

  • North Canterbury Musical Society Show (usually runs for approx. 2 weeks from mid-May)

June

  • Oxford Observatory Opens
  • Bridge to Bridge (North) Ultra Marathon
  • The Charles Upham Big Splash

July

  • Kaiapoi Art Expo (mid-July – ties in with Fire & Ice)
  • Fire & Ice Night Market (mid July)
  • Kids Fest (school holidays in July)
  • Waimakariri Winter Festival (mid-end July. Ties in with Kaiapoi events also)
  • Matariki in Kaiapoi

August

  • The Oxford Great Garage Sale Trail (first weekend)

September

  • Muddy Good Run Rangiora
  • Rangiora Light Festival
  • North Canterbury Wearable Arts
  • Loburn 68 Road Relay
  • Pegasus Bay Art Show

October

  • Spring into Oxford (second week in Oct)
  • Northern A & P Show Rangiora (Sat – Labour weekend)
  • Woodford Glen Speedway Fireworks Extravaganza
  • Sefton Tug Of War
  • Spooktacular

November

  • The North Course
  • Ohoka Garden Tour & Fete (biennial)
  • USA Day Canterbury (first weekend)
  • Oxman
  • Ohoka Farmers Market Show Day Market
  • Oxford’s Big Family Fun Day Out

 


December

  • Kaiapoi Carnival & Santa Parade (first sat in Dec)
  • Rangiora Santa Parade & Party in the Park (second Sun in Dec)
  • Oxford Christmas Parade and Picnic (third Sun in Dec)
  • Rangiora Christmas Celebration Night
  • Strawberry Fair
  • Christmas Wonderland Oxford
  • Mandeville Craft Festival (first weekend in Dec)
  • Sefton Harvest Market (Christmas Eve)
  • Canterbury Half Marathon

 

Please note the events listed below are subject to change, for up-to-date information see ourĀ current event listings.