Popular Gibbston Valley Summer Concert moves from Queenstown to Wānaka
The new venue in the Three Parks area will be open in time to host the gig over summer, concert organisers Greenstone Entertainment said.
This year's Summer Concert Tour in Gibbston Valley, which
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Otago Daily Times
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- Otago Daily Times
New Gibbston music fest on the way
Gibbston's The Church Cellar Door and Cafe will host new music festival The Valley early next year. PHOTO: SUPPLIED While Gibbston may have lost the annual Summer Concert Tour, a new music festival's stepping into the breach. The Valley, billed as a new music and lifestyle festival, will debut on January 24 at Gibbston's The Church Cellar Door and Cafe. The event, to run from noon till 8pm, is being produced by the Ripe Events team, best known for Wānaka's Ripe Festival, which started in 2021. Festival director Nathan White says The Valley's been over a year in the planning and will bring together the best of what Gibbston has to offer; "music, flavour, scenery and atmosphere". "This isn't just another summer gig. It's an elevated experience in one of the most iconic spots in the country. "I've been wanting to bring something to Queenstown for many years, but have been waiting for the perfect venue and time, really." Along with world-class wines, courtesy of Mount Edward, craft brews from Queenstown's Canyon Brewing and a host of food options, there's also a "monster" lineup of top-flight Kiwi musos confirmed, though White's keeping their identities under wraps, for now. Capacity for The Valley is 5000. White also notes there's improved site access, meaning they'll be able to operate a one-way system, "so there should be no traffic holdups at all". Tickets, priced around $100, will go on sale on September 1.
Otago Daily Times
17-07-2025
- Otago Daily Times
Summer concert move to Wānaka confirmed
Simple Minds performs during the Gibbston Valley Winery Summer Concert in 2024. Plans are afoot to shift the concert over the hill to Wānaka. PHOTO: SUPPLIED Greenstone Entertainment has confirmed plans to move the annual Summer Concert Tour over the hill and to attract almost double the number of concert-goers. The concert has been held for more than 15 years at Gibbston Valley Station, and Greenstone announced on the eve of this year's concert it was on the move. Initially rumoured to be looking at Robrosa Station, between Queenstown and Wānaka — the site of the annual Rhythm & Alps gig — the organisers this morning confirmed it was relocating to the 60ha Three Parks Outdoor Arena in Wānaka. The move was driven by Gibbston's development plans. It is hoping to get fast-track approval for about 900 new homes, a commercial area and potentially a school on its land, meaning areas, including for carparking, may not be available in future years for concerts of that scale. Under the existing consent, up to 18,000 are permitted at the site. About 14,000 people attended this year's concert in January, featuring Everclear, Bic Runga, Icehouse and Cold Chisel. In a statement his morning Greenstone Entertainment CEO Amanda Calvert said they were "absolutely delighted to have secured Three Parks Outdoor Arena as our new home for the next five years". "The expansion into Wānaka marks an exciting new chapter for us, and we're confident it will become a highlight of the South Island summer calendar." The Three Parks Outdoor Arena in Wānaka. Photo: Greenstone Entertainment Greenstone's application sought land use consent to hold up to three one-day events a year for the next five years, with a maximum of 30,000 attending. According to the application, "future development of the Gibbston Valley Winery site has meant that this location is no longer suitable due to restricted carparking and bus drop-off options". "The Three Parks Outdoor Arena site in Wānaka provides the ideal site for the Summer Concert event and ensures that the event can continue in the Queenstown Lakes district [and] will result in a direct benefit to the economy of Wānaka and the wider area and create employment." The 2026 event is pegged to employ more than 200 locals. Buses will be provided from Queenstown, Arrowtown and Cromwell to reduce traffic disruption and volume on the roads. According to the application, the proposal will result in a "less than minor effect on the surrounding roading network". Greenstone, which used to be part-owned by Gibbston Valley Wines, has long wanted to hold more than one event at the concert venue a year — in 2020 it applied to the Queenstown Lakes District Council for a variation of its Gibbston consent to hold up to five events a year. Full dates for the 2026 Greenstone Summer Concert tour will be announced very soon, with the full artist line-up to be confirmed shortly after.
NZ Herald
17-07-2025
- NZ Herald
Popular Gibbston Valley Summer Concert moves from Queenstown to Wānaka
The popular Gibbston Valley Summer Concert will move from Queenstown to a purpose-built outdoor arena in Wānaka. The new venue in the Three Parks area will be open in time to host the gig over summer, concert organisers Greenstone Entertainment said. This year's Summer Concert Tour in Gibbston Valley, which
