23-05-2025
What's on this weekend in Auckland: Comedy festival, Africa Day, Darkfield and more
MOTAT is celebrating recent successes with a weekend of sports technology fun.
If you're looking for reasons to pry yourself from the clutches of your couch and explore Tāmaki Makaurau this weekend, you'll almost certainly find something to do on our list. Catch a show in the last weekend of the NZ International Comedy Festival, check out the General Collective Lifestyle & Design Market or the Auckland Home & Garden Show, or experience something completely different at Darkfield. Here's our top picks for things to do in Auckland this weekend and beyond.
1) Africa Day
Immerse yourself in the cultures of Africa this Saturday at Africa Day in Silo Park. The free whānau-friendly day of celebrations includes live music and dance performances, artists, fashion shows, market stalls, food vendors and good vibes. Among the performers there are the Burundian Drummers, Congolese Dance Group, Keshia, DJ Presto and more. The day celebrates the many and varied cultures of Africa and is an opportunity for the growing community of Aotearoa's African diaspora to come together and share their unique cultures with each other and the wider Auckland public.
When: May 24, 10am-6pm.
