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Ellerslie Santa Parade

The Ellerslie Santa Parade is an iconic Christmas event. Now in its 23rd year it is a fantastic community event with over 300 participants and approximately 50 floats and walking groups. A great way to connect with your local community and get into the Christmas spirit. The Parade kicks off at 11am from the cnr of Cawley Street and Main Highway, the parade proceeds along Main Highway until Ladies Mile, then through the Robert Street Carpark, where it loops around and heads back down Main Highway...

Ellerslie Fairy Festival & Pirate Party

The Ellerslie Fairy Festival and Pirate Party is a free, fun community event held every year to celebrate the start of MAGICAL SEPTEMBER in Ellerslie The Festival held on Ellerslie's closed off  Main street brings the enchanted kingdom of fairies and pirates to life with more than 30 fairies and pirates, shows, stories, face painting, songs and more. This runs from 10.30am - 12.30pm on Sunday 8th September for 2019. Due to the popularity of the Fairy Festival & Pirate Party we have extended...

Magical September

The Fairy Festival & Pirate Party may be over, but our fairies and pirates are here until the last weekend in September so be sure to come back, as the magic isn't over just yet.   Enjoy the rest of Magical September in Ellerslie, check out all that we have going on.   Fairy Door Trail & Lego Pirate Treasure HuntFairy & Pirate Morning TeaFairy Mail BoxColouring Competition We will be adding lots more Magical September events, so make sure you Follow us on Facebook f...

The Festival Of One Act Plays 2019

Love + Hate ... Revenge + Redemption ... Destruction + Salvation.. You might find all these genres in this seventh season of the Ellerslie One Act Play Festival.  This biennial festival has become a highly-coveted event for playwrights to submit original works and as a mentoring event for new directors. Six plays, including five premieres, have been selected from a number of submissions with three plays being performed at each show. The one-acts contain multiple themes, each accomplishing i...

Pop-up Globe Winter Festival

The Pop-up Globe will be open for business in Auckland this winter for the very first time, with a new festival of performance through July and August.  The 2019 Winter Festival starts on 8 July and features a line-up of six shows including a brand new full-scale production of the hilarious comedy Twelfth Night.Pop-up Globe will pop down. Enjoy it while it’s up.  Click here for more information and tickets ...

ARTerslie 2019

This year we've had some great new additions to the ARTerslie line-up including a sold out Margaritas & Masterpieces at Mexico, a kids art class with HeART Minds Art Club, and our public participation artwork 'Incomplete' in collaboration with international art collective Illegal Art. Plus some of our old favourites like Chalk It Up, the School's Art Expo and Bartizans' Exhibition, plus our Community Art Competition....

Magical September

Magical September was a big success in Ellerslie.  Check out some of the highlights from the Fairy Festival and all the other amazing events we had on:  Fairy Festival & Pirate PartyFairy Door Trail & Pirate Treasure HuntFairy & Pirate Morning TeaFairy Mail BoxColouring CompetitionKids CraftsLittle Pirate Kids Zone @ Union Post  Please note date for 2019 Ellerslie Fairy Festival and Pirate Party is Sunday 8th September...