Chamber music festival in the Southern Alps
QUEENSTOWN LAKES
3–16 OCTOBER 2026
AWE 2026 Festival Artist Performance Dates
Sat 3 Oct, Rippon, Wānaka
Sun 4 Oct, Rippon, Wānaka
Mon 5 Oct, Te Atamira, Queenstown
Thur 8 Oct, Cloudy Bay Shed, Cromwell
Fri 9 Oct, Te Atamira, Queenstown
Sat 10 Oct, Coronation Hall, Bannockburn
Sun 11 Oct, Te Atamira, Queenstown
AWE+ in Schools
12-16 Oct, Central Otago and Queenstown lakes
Full Programme and Festival Artists to be announced 1 May 2026
Until then…
AWE Festival
LONDON 2026
20-24 April
Memories in Sound, our first AWE Festival London, tracees a journey towards Anzac day in the heart of London, exploring the core values of Anzac spirit; Courage, Sacrifice, Service, Comradeship or Mateship, Remembrance and Endurance.
Performances will feature previous international AWE Festival artists from New Zealand, Poland, Hungary and the USA, in addition to an AWE Scholar currently studying in London.
AWE London 2026 is presented by At the Worlds Edge UK Music Foundation, a registered UK charitable trust launched in 2025.
AWE+ IN THE COMMUNITY
Our community threads into the very fabric of the AWE Festival. We believe everyone should have the chance to experience classical music in New Zealand, to be woven into the adventure and to experience the most intimate moments of music for themselves.
Through AWE+, a range of free curated performances and events are open to the public, showcasing local and international talent so that one and all can experience a part of the AWE Chamber Music Festival in New Zealand.
WHAT IS CHAMBER MUSIC?
Offering a new level of intimacy to live performance, chamber music is an interaction between individual voices. Written specifically for small groups of musicians, chamber music is designed to be performed, heard, and experienced in a close-knit, intimate setting, with the audience just as much a shared and active part of the experience as the musicians themselves.
