RIPE - The Wānaka Wine & Food Festival

25/09/2026

Somethings brewing for 2027..... Hopefully March 20 is locked in your calendar 🔐 Now keep an eye out in October for the lineup announcement 😉

ripe 2027 The Wanaka w**e and food festival Saturday 20th march glendhu station, wanaka central otago’s finest w**e and food producers w**e central otago’s top w**eries food the regions best producers Music Art, Fashion, masterclass Quartz Reef W**e Lounge Returning to Ripe for another year, In ...

04/07/2026

We need your help and it will only take a second! ↓↓↓↓

The voting is now open for NZ's favourite event and it all depends on our supporters getting involved.

Please take a second to cast your vote if you had a great time at Ripe 2026 ❤️

https://www.eventfinda.co.nz/news/2026/06/who-will-be-named-new-zealands-favourite-event3

Much love from the Ripe team 🙏🏽

24/06/2026

We think these happy folk would agree with this humbling acknowledgment from the NZ Event Association.....announcing us as a finalist for the Event Awards in the category of Food, Beverage or Lifestyle Event of the Year 2026 🥳

Thanks to the team behind the scenes bringing the smiles and making the magical day we all know and love and can't wait to bring again in 2027!

Congrats also to our sister festival The Valley - W**e, Food, Music, Gibbston for being a finalist in the sustainability category 👏🏼

05/05/2026

📸 We have finally had time to recover and load up some photos to our web gallery!

Here are 10 of the 132(!!!) Adding that many may jam the website but there are just way too many goodies in there, we had to share most of them 😍

Go find your friends and check yourself out www.ripewanaka.nz/gallery - If you find a friend tag them here ↓

All these stunners taken by our longtime camera legend Andy Woods 🙌🏽

28/04/2026

Don't we just have the best vendors 😍

They are the reason we gather in this beautiful location on this stunning day each year.

Can't wait to do it all again next year!

Great shots by Andy Woods 📸

21/04/2026

Did you make it up front to get closest view of those epic bands?!

That crowd was the best 🤘🏽 Now to plan who we want up on the stage to match the Ripe vibe 2027 🤔

20/04/2026

We provided you the backdrop, you made the shots yours ❤️

These ones were taken by the 📸 legend that is Andy Woods

Save the date: March 20, 2027

16/04/2026

Ok so we have finally gone through and sorted all our epic shots from Andy Woods, but before we start posting and reminiscing with you all.... can we first give a shout out to The Unicorn!

We love seeing the dress ups, and this lovely Unicorn took it to the next level....so cheers to you!

We're thinking this deserves a free ticket to Ripe Festival 2027....what do you think? 😁

02/04/2026

A popular addition to Ripe Festival 2026 - The Festival Fashion Competition 🎉

Our friends at Corner Store scoped the crowd and sent finalists to the stage inbetween music sets. The crowd played judge and the lucky winners received a bottle of akitu Pinot Noir, a cornerstore voucher and tickets to Ripe 2027! (March 20)

Thanks to all you great people for showing up in style, thanks to the crowd for showing your support and thanks to our generous prize contributors.

We will be doing it again next year so start planning your outfits now 💃🕺🏽