AUM Festival — festival guide

At a glance

Dates

30 Dec – 2 Jan 2027 (4 days)

Location

AUM Festival Grounds, Waihi, New Zealand

Sound

Electronic · Psytrance

Tickets

€84 · 1 tier tracked

Venue type

Farmland or countryside

Best nearby base

Parakai · 0 km · about 60 min

On-site camping

Camping and RV camping are allowed at the festival site.

The story

AUM Festival is a multi-day music and arts event taking place from December 30, 2026 to January 2, 2027 at Leighton's Farm in South Head, New Zealand. This festival features multiple music stages, visual and performance art, workshops, and themed nights. Established as one of New Zealand's longest-running locally owned festivals, it promotes Kiwi creativity, community engagement, environmental sustainability, and diversity among artists and attendees.

AUM Festival is a 4-day electronic, psytrance festival at AUM Festival Grounds in Waihi, New Zealand. The December 2026 edition runs 30 Dec – 2 Jan 2027.

Expect stages split between Electronic and Psytrance.

Everything happens at AUM Festival Grounds, in Waihi. Parakai · 0 km · about 60 min is the organiser's practical nearby base for accommodation and transfers to the festival site. Camping and RV camping are allowed at the festival site.

AUM Festival keeps the same calendar slot each year: December 2026 for this edition, opening on a Wednesday and closing on a Saturday. It is a winter date, so indoor stages and a warm place to sleep matter more than they would in July — and off-season travel is often cheaper. That slot matters for the budget — flights and rooms in Waihi are priced for the festival weekend, not the week around it, so shifting your arrival by a day often saves more than any ticket tier does.

• Multi-day music and arts event
• Held at Leighton's Farm
• One of New Zealand’s longest-running festivals
• Emphasizes community engagement and sustainability

Venue, camping & access

Venue type

Farmland or countryside

Best nearby base

Parakai · 0 km · about 60 min

Camping

Camping and RV camping are allowed at the festival site.

Getting to the gates

Visitors can reach the venue by car or taxi from nearby towns.

What the trip costs from Paris

Door to door from Paris, a trip to AUM Festival works out at roughly €2,742 per person on the cheapest combination we track — a higher-budget weekend, mostly because of the travel leg.

No ticket price is published for this edition yet, so the total below covers travel and a bed only. It updates automatically as soon as the organiser opens sales.

Cheapest travel we price is air · 29h 23m each way, at €2,170 return.

Planning the trip, step by step

1. 1Book the ticket first: tiers at AUM Festival are sold in waves and the cheapest wave is gone long before the line-up is complete.
2. 2Then price the travel from Paris — Cinderella compares train, bus, car and flight for the same dates, and the cheapest option is not always the obvious one.
3. 3Reserve 5 nights rather than 4: the last night of a festival almost always ends after the last train home.
4. 4Follow AUM Festival on Cinderella to be emailed when a ticket price drops or a new tier opens.

Full line-up

Ordered as the poster reads it — headliners first, then most booked to least. Each name opens that artist's festival dates.

Past editions

Dates are the event's recurring calendar slot, so treat them as approximate — the organiser keeps the official archive.

• 2025

  30 Dec – 2 Jan 2026 (approx.)

• 2024

  30 Dec – 2 Jan 2025 (approx.)

• 2023

  30 Dec – 2 Jan 2024 (approx.)

Travel tips from Paris

• The site itself is AUM Festival Grounds, in Waihi.
• Visitors can reach the venue by car or taxi from nearby towns.
• Book a bed in Parakai early — rooms around a festival sell out before the last ticket tier does.

• air29h 23m · €2,170