What's on

Festivals, races, and cultural moments worth planning a trip around, by month. Dates read confirmed where the organizer has published them, and expected where we've projected the recurrence. Always verify before booking.

6 events upcoming for Witness / Attend in Oceania.

August 2026

Aug 14–16ConfirmedMount Hagen Show 2026

Mount Hagen Cultural Show

Mount Hagen · Papua New Guinea

Witness / Attend

Held on a weekend in mid-August each year, usually the third weekend, at Queen's Park in Mount Hagen.

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September 2026

Sep 18–20ConfirmedGoroka Show 2026

Goroka Show

Goroka · Papua New Guinea

Witness / Attend

Held over a weekend in mid-September each year, timed to the Independence Day weekend around 16 September, at the National Sports Institute grounds in Goroka.

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October 2026

Oct 29–31ConfirmedHawaiki Nui Va'a 2026 (33rd edition)

Hawaiki Nui Va'a

Bora Bora · French Polynesia

Witness / Attend

Held over three consecutive days in late October or early November each year, run by the Comite Organisateur Hawaiki Nui Va'a for the Federation Tahitienne de Va'a, which owns the race. Six-person outrigger crews paddle an 80-mile open-ocean course from Huahine to Raiatea, on to Tahaa, and finishing in the Bora Bora lagoon on the final day. Upcoming: 33rd edition, 29 to 31 October 2026 (Bora Bora finish 31 October); 2027 dates fall in late October or early November and are confirmed by the organiser nearer the time.

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May 2027

May 28 – Jun 19Confirmed

Witness / Attend in Sydney

Sydney · Australia

Witness / Attend

Annual, roughly three and a half weeks from late May into the June long weekend.

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August 2027

Aug 20–22ExpectedMount Hagen Show 2027

Mount Hagen Cultural Show

Mount Hagen · Papua New Guinea

Witness / Attend

Held on a weekend in mid-August each year, usually the third weekend, at Queen's Park in Mount Hagen.

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September 2027

Sep 17–19ExpectedGoroka Show 2027

Goroka Show

Goroka · Papua New Guinea

Witness / Attend

Held over a weekend in mid-September each year, timed to the Independence Day weekend around 16 September, at the National Sports Institute grounds in Goroka.

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