The FAQs.

• Your Paywave card, phone or watch for payments

• Tickets and ID: Bring your event tickets and valid identification for entry.

• Backpacks or Bags: Small bags for personal essentials.

• Sunscreen: Protect yourself from the sun.

• Chairs: Small folding chairs are allowed, please take them home with you. 

• Hats and Sunglasses: Protect yourself from the sun.

• Blankets: For comfortable seating during the event.

• Dress for the whole day: We advise attendees to check the weather forecast and prepare accordingly.

• Empty drink bottles only - (No Glass) There will be filling stations inside the Festival.

• Earplugs: Protect your hearing during loud performances.

• An appetite: Most important of all, you won't go hungry!

• Illegal Substances: This includes drugs and drug paraphernalia.

• Weapons: Any form of weapon or dangerous item is typically prohibited.

• Glass Containers: To prevent accidents and injuries.

• Umbrellas: To prevent accidents and injuries.

• Laser Pointers: Can be disruptive and pose safety risks.

• Selfie Sticks: Can obstruct views and become a hazard.

• Professional Cameras/Recording Equipment

• Food or Drink: Please support our vendors.

• No Alcohol: We have an amazing range for you.

• Large Backpacks or Bags.

• Pets: With the exception of service animals.

• Drones: For safety and privacy reasons.

• Stickers or Flyers: Distributing without permission is prohibited.

• Fireworks: A safety concern in crowded environments.

• Spray Paint: Generally not allowed for obvious reasons.

• That Grumpy Mate: Just leave him at home.

Gates for the event open at 14:00 on Saturday 16th December 2023. The festival site is located in the Entertainment Triangle (next to Lake Victoria) with the closest Hagley Park entrance to the festival entry point being the gates at the end of Armagh Street. The entry point for the festival can be accessed however, from all of Hagley Park entrances.

No pass outs.

Last drink will be served at 9:30pm. Otautahi Smoke finishes at 10pm and we ask that you leave the festival with the neighboring residents in mind. Your festival cup must be empty when you leave the festival.

No pass outs.

Whilst for some, covid is a distant memory, it is still within our communities so if you are feeling unwell or showing any symptoms, please stay at home – we will see you next year!

Just about everything! Whilst we’ve got a wide range of beer offerings, there’s something for everyone. Cider, wine, gin and more. And then non-alcoholic options of course. For a little more info about our brews, click here.

On the day, we’re using paywave to make sure payment runs smoothly and quickly – no need to worry about mucking around with Grandma’s loose change! If you don’t have paywave we can still process payments using your card.

There’s one way to be sure to be there – pre-purchase your tickets! Once we’re sold out, we’re sold out… There will only be door sales available if there tickets left over. We’d recommend getting in early.

We will be keeping an eye on the weather on the lead up to the event and will let you know what the weather is likely to be like (hot and festival perfect obviously…). Please dress for the weather, no one wants to be too hot or too cold but better to be safe than sorry! Bring along hats, sunnies and prepare for a good time!

Smoke is strictly 18+. So that means no little ones, no grouchy teens, no buggies – just BBQ, brews and bands. All festival long.

A General Admission ticket covers our live music, access to the event grounds, vendors and demos. Food and drink are extra.

The main ticket buyer can resell tickets via Ticket Fairy - please visit your Ticket Fairy account.

Ticket Fairy is the only place you can buy Ōtautahi Smoke tickets - we do not recommend buying tickets from unauthorised resellers, on facebook trade me or viagogo - there are a lot of scammers out there.