The highly popular ‘Illuminate Light and Sound show’ will join the Great Kiwi Summer Festival line up to be held at the Mighty River Domain, Lake Karapiro on 9th – 10th November.

Held for the first time in 2023, the light and sound show resonated strongly with the community and will be one of the highlights of the 2024 festival programme.   With the support of local business Shaw’s, who have stepped up as a naming partner and Waipa Networks who continue their support, the event will once again provide a fun night for all the family at one of the regions most iconic venues, Lake Karapiro.

The Great Kiwi Summer Festival Event Manager, Janette Douglas, is excited to welcome Illuminate to the festivals programme,

“Illuminate will most certainly be a draw card for our festival.  We are working with our other events to provide special experiences throughout Saturday afternoon that will keep those attending engaged and entertained through to Sunset when the Illuminate event will commence. We are especially grateful to Shaws and Waipa Networks who have committed their support early to ensure this event can continue to offer this experience to the community”

Last years organisers of Illuminate, the Cambridge Chamber of Commerce are delighted the event will continue through its inclusion in the Great Kiwi Summer Festival.

“We are excited to have Illuminate continue to build on its success from 2023.  We are very much looking forward to seeing it continue to grow and integrate into the Great Kiwi Summer Festival family of events” said Kelly Bouzaid, CEO Chamber of Commerce.

In addition to Illuminate, The Great Kiwi Summer festival, will once again host the Outdoor Expo (featuring camping, boating and cycling exhibitors), Armistice in Cambridge (the largest Armistice celebration of its kind in New Zealand), BMX Big Air Championships, Waterworld and plenty of on water demonstrations over the weekend.   

The Festival, supported by the Thermal Explorer Fund and GL Events, provides the venue and overarching organisation to bring these separate events together to provide two-days of nonstop entertainment and activities that will attract a wide range of people from across the country to one of the country’s most premier event venues.    

Ticketing details for the Great Kiwi Summer Festival (including Illuminate Light and Sound Show) will be released in August.