It’s not all doom and gloom on the Aotearoa New Zealand live music front: Tora Bombora is returning in 2027.
Organisers of the boutique music festival today confirmed its return after a four-year hiatus.
Tora Bombora will make its long-awaited comeback next year, bringing “live music, community, and conscious connection” back to the coastline of Tora, Wairarapa.
The festival is also returning bigger than ever next year, expanding its capacity to 2,000 attendees “while remaining firmly committed to the intimate community-led spirit” that made it so popular in the first place.
“After four years away, bringing Tora Bombora back feels incredibly special. The world — and our little corner of Aotearoa — has changed a lot since we last gathered on the coast,” says festival founder Louis Murphy-Harris.
“The pause gave me time to travel, learn, grow, and fall back in love with the things that made Tora special in the first place. Now feels like the right time to reconnect through music, nature, and community.
“There is a whakataukī that feels particularly fitting: ‘Anō ko te marama kua ngaro, kua ara anō’ — ‘like the moon that disappears and rises again.’ Some things aren’t gone forever. Sometimes they simply wait for the right season to return,” he adds.
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In a 2020 interview with the NZ Herald, Harris talked about the festival’s commitment to sustainability.
According to a press release, the Tora Bombora 2027 lineup will be unveiled very soon.
Tickets to the festival will go on sale on August 10th. Sign up for updates and pre-sales here. You can also follow the festival on Instagram here.
