Greenstone Entertainment has confirmed the Wānaka leg of its 2026 Summer Concert Tour will take place on Saturday January 31, 2026 while its application for a resource consent with Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) remains under review.

Should resource consent be granted Wānaka’s Three Parks Outdoor Arena will host the long-running Gibbston Valley event for the first time after organisers confirmed plans to move the event here in July this year.

Organiser Dean Calvert told the Wānaka App that the resource consent application is a process and “we're now just going through the conditions”.

“We're just ticking off the conditions to make sure that whatever conditions are in there, we can meet,” he said.

Dean said Greenstone Entertainment is experienced at presenting events in an urban environment, citing the 15 years the Summer Concert has performed in Taupo.

“In Taupo we're in the middle of town and we're also in the middle of a residential area,” Dean said.

“ The whole community gets behind it and it's great.”

The large-scale concert has attracted more than 15,000 people to Gibbston Valley each year for the past 15 years, featuring major acts such as Cold Chisel, Crowded House, Alanis Morissette and ZZ Top, and contributes around $12M to the region’s economy annually.

“We're gonna be using all local suppliers,” Dean said. 

“We've had everyone contact us, which has been great, and we've had a whole lot of volunteers looking for money. It's great for the town.”

Dean said the artist lineup for the Summer Concerts will be announced on Thursday October 16.

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