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WHAT WE'VE FUNDED

2025 Events

Event Name

Event Date

Funding
Granted

Tauranga Sikh Parade

12 January

$15,000

Mount Festival of Multisport

18 January 

$20,000

LGBTQIA+ Friendly Winter Ball

18 January

$1,500

Katikati A&P Show

2 February

$10,000

Waitangi Day

6 February

$10,000

Waitangi Day Festival 2025

6 February

$30,000

Romeo + Juliet

6 - 16 February

$3,000

Te Puke 119th A&P Lifestyle Show

8 February

$8,000

2nd Asian Food Festival 2025

15 February

$10,000

Tauranga A&P 141st Lifestyle Show

15 February

$5,000

Calley Homes Womens Triathlon

16 February

$8,000

Central North Island Pipe Band Contest

22 February

$2,000

The Elixer of Love - A One Act Opera

22 February - 2 March

$4,500

Beach Run

1 March

$7,000

Holi Colour Splash

8 March

$15,000

Marra Sprint Triathlon

9 March

$8,000

Whai NBL Home Game

14 March

$5,000

The Welcome Bay Lions Kids Fun Day

15 March

$1,600

26th Tauranga Multicultural Festival

22 March

$35,000

Trio Madeleine, Tauranga Musica

30 March 

$2,000

Jazz Street Party in Katikati

12 April

$8,000

Echo Walking Festival

1 - 20 April

$10,000

Katikati Festival of Cultures 2025

5 April

$15,000

Welcome Bay Family Fun Day

16 April

$3,000

Te Puke Easter Trail

19 April

$9,000

Aramex Kiwi Walk and Run Series - McLaren Falls Trial

26 April

$7,000

King & Queen of the Mount

27 April

$5,000

Asia's Harmony Festival

3 May

$7,500

Tauranga Junior Tough Guy and Gal Challenge

9 May

$12,000

Festival of Disability Sport 2025

10 - 11 May

$30,000

Beethovens Violin, Bay of Plenty Symphonia

11 May 

$6,125

Party Time! A Children's Orchestral Event

18 - 24 May

$8,000

YouthFest 2025

24 May

$15,000

Smokefree Rockquest & Tangata Beats - Heats

25 May

$6,000

Smokefree Rockquest & Tangata Beats - Final

3 June

$6,000

Jammin' June

6 June

$5,000

Tuhourangi Ahurei

8 June

$10,000

Youth Philharmonic June Concert

14 June

$2,800

Merivale Matariki

16 - 19 June

$2,000

Matariki ki Katikati

19 June

$15,000

Te Kete Matariki 2025

20 June

$15,000

Philippine Independence Basketball Tournament 2025

22 June

$10,000

Te Ara a Matariki Light Trail 2025

21-22 June

$15,000

Welcome Bay Community Event

22 June

$3,000

Showquest Tauranga 2025

26 June

$10,000

Katikati HUME 5km/10km Fun Run/Walk

5 July

$5,000

ANZ Premiership game - WBOP Magic v Central Pulse

12 July

$10,000

NVABOPA Vanuatu Independence Day Celebration

27 July

$4,000

Te Tangi a Te Tūī

6-7 August

$5,900

RSE Sports & Cultural Festival

23 August 

$6,000

Tauranga Primary Schools' Music Festival

25-29 August

$10,000

2025 Zespri AIMS Games

30 August - 5 September

$10,000

Katikati 150th Anniversary

12-14 September

$9,000

September Concert

20 September

$2,800

Tauranga STEM Festival (STEMFest)

28 September

$40,000

Tauranga Diwali Festival 2025

11 October

$22,000

Trans Pride 2025

22 November

$3,500

The Mount Monster

28-30 November

$10,000

Katikati Christmas in the Park

6 December 

$10,000

Western Bay of Plenty District Council and Tauranga City Council have informative event pages showcasing what is on around the Tauranga and Western Bay area.

For more details on the events the Tauranga Western Bay Community Event Fund supports, click on either image below.

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