Kimbolton Sculpture Festival

Celebrate rural NZ at the Kimbolton Sculpture Festival on Saturday, April 5th 2025. Be at Kimbolton Domain between 9am until 4pm to see what’s been created in sheds around New Zealand in the last year.

Enjoy a special outdoor art and sculpture exhibition. Accompanied youth free. All-day entertainment. Country food, coffee, free family fun, laid-back music, lots of give-it-a-go things to do.

• Suitable for all ages.
• Sculpture from off the farm, about and of the land on display and for sale.
• Country food with a big variety of stalls, coffee and food trucks.
• All day live music.
• Gates open Saturday 9am and the fun continues till 4pm. It’s a big action-filled day.
• You get a say with the People’s Choice Rural Sculpture. Which one do you love?
• Buy or commission a sculpture for your home, farm or business. Take part in the live sculpture auctions
• See a large number of artists from our region in an exhibition called ‘Spirit of the land’. There will be a wide range of mediums and works in progress happening on the day. The work will be for sale.
• Shop and browse market stalls for goods that have been made, baked, grown or bred in northern Manawatu.
• Take part in creative activities and challenges.
• Interactive, free children's 'have a go activities', miniature sculpture creation, imaginative playground, the famous mystery wool dig, give it a go digger challenge, trailer rides, crazy Joe's hay slide, sculpture target challenge, miniature hot rods and pedal tractors.
• Watch demonstrations of heritage skills, live sculpture creation using up-cycled metals, farm materials, wood carving, stone carving.
• Be there to see the winners of the New Zealand Rural Sculpture Awards presentations. Ticketing will be available online from 1st January 2025.
• Please note: No dogs allowed at the venue. No cash out facilities.

Ticket Information

• Adult Admission: $15
• School aged children free
• For Online ticket sales CLICK HERE
• Or phone 0800 BUY TIX (289 849) – Ticket Outlets
• Gate sales will be available
• Camping and motorhome sites available close by at $5 per site.

Certified Self Contained Motorcaravan Parking

Parking will be available for $5 per site per night for Certified Self Contained Motorcaravans. Check back here closer to the date for details