Wellington Dragonboat Festival
Each year there is a Dragonboat Festival held in Wellington. Teams from all over Australasia come to compete making it a full-on, fun and super exciting day.
Harbour Fun Day: Saturday, 15 February 2025
Festival Heats: 28 February 2025
Festival Race Day: 1 March 2025
More information can be found on the Festival website.
What to bring
Make sure you check the weather forecast before and on the morning of race day. We all know Wellington can change its mind like a coin toss and the clothes that you bring will have a big impact on your enjoyment of the day.
Always bring
- Sunblock
- Hat
- Change(s) of clothing
- Wind jacket
- Sunglasses
- Towel
- Lunch
- Water
Good weather race day
- Jandals
- Extra Water
- Extra Sunblock
- Something to give you shade
Bad weather race day
- Warm socks
- Proly props
- More proly props
- Beanie or woollen hat
- Warm jacket
- Spare clothes for between races
- Extra shoes – it can get very muddly
