Wellington Waterfront · 15 to 17 January 2027 · Inaugural Edition
NZ Pie Fest brings the city's best bakeries together, each with one signature pie in a $7.50 tasting size, for three summer days of eating, drinking, live music and crowning Wellington's best. One city. Every pie worth trying. Get your tickets and taste your way around.
The city's best bakeries, each bringing one signature pie in a tasting size. Drinks, crowds and a new favourite around every corner, the kind of summer day Wellington talks about for weeks.
Every bakery brings ONE signature pie in a $7.50 tasting size. Best-pie bragging rights drive the bakers, and you get to try them all in one afternoon.
A licensed bar pouring local beer, wine and soft drinks, plus coffee and sweet treats, and live music into the evening across all three nights. Settle in and make a real day of it.
Cast your vote for Wellington's best pie. The People's Pie crown is decided by you, and the winning bakery takes the bragging rights home.
One ticket gets you in the door. Inside, the festival sells $7.50 tasting tokens, one token, one signature pie, so you can taste your way around the city's best bakeries. Tickets and tokens are on sale now.
All prices are in New Zealand dollars and include GST. A small card service fee is shown before you pay.
The inaugural NZ Pie Fest runs across the weekend of 15 to 17 January 2027 on Wellington's waterfront. Tickets are on sale now; the exact site and daily times are announced to every ticket holder closer to the date.
Entry for the day, one courtesy drink at the bar (an alcoholic option if you are 18 or over with ID, a soft drink otherwise), and a vote for the People's Pie. Inside, the festival sells $7.50 tasting tokens, one token gets you one bakery's signature pie, so you can taste as many as you like.
Card payments finish on Stripe's secure payment page, then you land straight back on your tickets. Each ticket and token has its own QR code, shown on screen right away and emailed to you from tickets@rimuandharbour.com. Day tickets scan once at the gate, tokens scan at the stalls.
Absolutely, it's built to be a relaxed summer weekend out. Children under 5 enter free, they just need their own free ticket so we can count everyone safely. Everyone 5 and over needs a paid ticket. Kids don't need their own tasting tokens, share yours at the stall.
Entry tickets are cheapest online in advance ($19.90); tickets on the door are $21, subject to capacity. Pies are bought with $7.50 tasting tokens, redeemed at the bakery stalls. Bring a card or a little cash for extra tokens and drinks; cash is accepted only at the festival office on site.
We don't refund for a change of mind, but you can transfer your ticket to someone else at no charge. If we cancel the festival, everything you bought, tickets, tokens and fees, is refunded in full. Your rights under New Zealand consumer law always apply. Full details in the festival policies.
This is an outdoor summer festival and it goes ahead rain or shine. January is Wellington's sunniest, driest stretch of the year. If we ever cancel a day for safety, that day is refunded under the cancellation policy.
Please leave pets at home. The site is packed with food stalls, hot ovens and big crowds, so for food safety and everyone's comfort no pets are allowed. Certified assistance dogs are always welcome by law, and our crew will help you find the best route around the site.
Yes. The festival is on flat waterfront parkland with step-free routes, accessible toilets and an accessible viewing area. If you need a hand with anything on the day, any crew member or the info point will sort you out.
We'd love to have you. Head to Get Involved below, or email office@rimuandharbour.com. Confirmed vendors get a stall, the deal sheet and a login to manage their stall on the day.
Questions, ideas, suggestions, requests, they all land with the festival team. If it needs a reply, leave your email.
NZ Pie Fest is built with its community, not at it. Whether you bake, pour, sponsor or create, there's a place for you in the inaugural edition.
Bring your signature pie to thousands of hungry locals. Confirmed vendors get a stall and a login to track what they sell on the day.
Put your brand in front of a real, engaged, in-person Wellington audience. Main-sponsor and activation partnerships available.
Free access, ticket-code revenue share and co-marketing. Help launch the event and grow with it as it goes nationwide.
NZ Pie Fest is built by Rimu & Harbour, a New Zealand company based in Wellington, and launches with Welly Pie Fest on the waterfront in January 2027.
The festival is led on the ground in New Zealand and built to grow city by city, New Zealand first, then further afield.
Be part of the first one
Tickets, vendor spots, sponsorship and creator partnerships, we'd love to hear from you.