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This Year's Events

Join us in Hawke's Bay for a fantastic celebration of Summer F.A.W.C! from 14-23 March 2025. With visiting national and international talent, award-winning winemakers, chefs, producers, hospo heroes and artisans roll out the red carpet as they show off incredible talent in New Zealand's Food and Wine Country.

Scroll through the events below. Or check out our stunning new Summer F.A.W.C! flipbook.

General tickets are on sale from Wednesday 29 January - or for 24 hours' headstart, make sure you're signed up to the F.A.W.C! database and you'll receive an exclusive access code to start securing your tickets at 9am Tuesday 28 January.

Bridge Pa Sculpture Trail

Paritua Vineyards

$15

Experience fine art and fine wine in the vineyards of Paritua Winery

Hastings Meatball Festival

Hastings CBD

FREE

Roll up and have a ball (literally) at the delicious Hastings Meatball Festival

Unlikely Companions - A Cocktail Party

Elephant Hill Winery

$150

A collaboration between chef Ben Cruse and HB's newest spirits brand

Captain and Commander

Craggy Range

$275

A kitchen switch-up in Cuisine's winery restaurant of the year

The Laden Table workshop with Ashia Ismail-Singer

Farmhouse Kitchen Cooking School

$155

Workshop a gently-spiced Indian-inspired feast with Ashia

Church Road Chardonnay Experience

Church Road Winery

$190

Join Church Road’s winemaking team on a very special journey

Grand Long Lunch

Secret Location

$295

Be wowed by a new secret location, new chefs and new wines!

The Coastal Cocktail Trail

Napier CBD

FREE

Explore the finest bars in a self-guided tour through Napier CBD & Ahuriri

Love Me Tender

The Hawke's Bay Club

$150

What could be more quintessentially Kiwi than a barbeque on the lawn?

Knight of the Long Table

Bareknuckle BBQ

$125

An immersive medieval-style banquet featuring the finest local meat

Moonlight at the Mission

Mission Estate Winery

$175

Napier’s iconic Mission Estate is transformed into a moonlit wonderland

Sea, Earth + Stone: An Elemental Lunch

Elephant Hill Winery

$150

A lunch sourced, prepared and cooked with consideration to the elements

The Constant Gardener-A Celebration of Local Flora

St Georges Restaurant

$110

Unearth the treasures of St Georges’ garden during a three-course lunch

BLENDED Havelock North

The Courtyard Village Exchange

FREE

A collaborative event showcasing the best of the local art and wine scene

High Jinks

Mister D

$135

A high tea event that’s one part refined, several parts rock 'n roll

Decorum and Mischief

Clearview Estate Winery

$135

Immerse yourself in vintage vibes at Clearview Estate's long lunch

Tour NZ’s Great Wine Capital

Rosina Eatery

$195

A guided tour with winemaker Gordon Russell as your companion

San Telmo Fire

Millar Road

$160

Buenos Aires' neighbourhood of San Telmo is lined with steak houses

Salt and Smoke

Mangapapa Hotel

$190

Celebrate the 140-year old heritage building, its grounds and its legacy

Kompatible

K Kitchen and Bar

$90

Napier's K Kitchen teams up with local favourite Askerne Wines

Flame, Ice, Vine

Mister D

$185

A beach-style barbeque smack bang in the city

Experience Winemaking with Trinity Hill

Trinity Hill Winery

$150

A wine-blending experience at Trinity Hill’s iconic Gimblett Gravels winery

La Vie en Pask

Pask Winery

$150

A world of French elegance at Pask Winery's stunning new venue

An Ocean Odyssey

St Georges Restaurant

$150

An extraordinary dining experience that celebrates the flavours of the sea

FIG Classic with Annabelle White

The Figgery Cafe & Shop

$120

Join lifelong fig enthusiast and cooking personality Annabelle White

Great Wine Capitals: Mendoza Showcase

Black Barn Vineyards

$150

Be transported to Argentina at the Black Barn Olive Shed

Tacoteca Takeover 2.0

Daily Telegraph Building

FREE

After last year’s roaring success, Tacoteca is back for a re-up!

Taittinger Oyster & Whitebait Street Bar

Advintage Wines

FREE

The world-famous in Havelock North Advintage car park bar is back!

Let's Get High Tea with DJs Frank Booker and Vee

Ahuriri Neighbourhood Food Market

$140

Bubbles, beats and treats - high tea, but not as you know it

Three Rivers Regional Supper

The Hawke's Bay Club

$150

Celebrate the finest flavours from our bountiful province

To Nonna with Love

Cellar 495

$250

Michael Dearth transforms the 495 kitchen into a bustling cucina

The Cooks Station

Wallingford Homestead

$230

A foraging, cooking and eating adventure in Central Hawke's Bay

A French Country Lunch

Black Barn Bistro

$130

Enjoy a French farmhouse-style lunch and while away the afternoon

Double Barrel

Radburnd Cellars

$140

A winery tour and harvest lunch at the historic Ngatarawa Stables

La Comida

Clearview Estate Winery

$135

A long-table lunch celebrating all things Latino

Hawke's Bay BMW
Air New Zealand
Cuisine
Hastings District Council
Napier City Council
Hawke's Bay Tourism