NZ Fringe 2027
The dates, the rooms, and your whole night planned around the show.
12 February – 6 March 2027 · Wellington
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The short answer
NZ Fringe (2027 festival) runs 12 February – 6 March 2027 in Wellington, New Zealand. Wellington's open-access arts festival each February and March, billed as 'the birthplace of brilliance', where comedians and other artists register their own shows; it ends with the Wellington Airport Fringe Awards.
The next edition
- 12 February – 6 March 2027 2027 festival
- 13 August 2026 – 9 October 2026 Artist registrations for NZ Fringe 2027 · how to enter ↗
Submission deadlines: the festival and contest calls open now, closing first →
Plan the night
Pick the room, and D.O.C.'s planner builds the night around the show: when to leave, getting there and back, parking, dinner nearby and somewhere still open after, for 12 February 2027. Change the date on the plan for another night of the run.
NZ Fringe hasn't named its rooms for this edition on its own site yet; when it does, they'll be here with their addresses. Until then the planner builds the night around Wellington, New Zealand.
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Questions
When is NZ Fringe 2027?
12 February – 6 March 2027 (2027 festival), in Wellington, New Zealand.
Where is NZ Fringe held?
In Wellington, New Zealand. The rooms for this edition aren't named on its own site yet.
How do I get tickets for NZ Fringe?
From its own site, fringe.co.nz. D.O.C. sells no tickets.
How do I enter NZ Fringe?
Artist registrations for NZ Fringe 2027: closes 9 October 2026, on fringe.co.nz.
How do I plan a night out at NZ Fringe?
D.O.C.'s planner builds the night around the show in Wellington, New Zealand: when to leave, getting there and back, parking, dinner nearby and somewhere still open after. It's free — Komic Bacon's Six Degrees at the top of this page, or “Plan the night”.
Sources
Updated 8 October 2026 · NZ Fringe's facts from its own site, read 6 October 2026. Dates, rooms and tickets can change; its own site has the last word.
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