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 Madness (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