{"id":399771,"date":"2026-04-27T11:01:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T11:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/399771\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T11:01:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T11:01:10","slug":"homegrown-announces-date-for-2027-hamilton-festival-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/399771\/","title":{"rendered":"Homegrown announces date for 2027 Hamilton festival return"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"npuzLaxKHxgCDhG\" style=\"display:none\">Organisers said the 2026 event <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/waikato-news\/news\/homegrown-hamilton-debut-draws-thousands-for-epic-festival-day\/WDGNOJEUPVFMRPAHTWMQMGFR5M\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/waikato-news\/news\/homegrown-hamilton-debut-draws-thousands-for-epic-festival-day\/WDGNOJEUPVFMRPAHTWMQMGFR5M\/\">drew around 25,000 people to Kirikiriroa<\/a> and delivered a strong boost to the local economy. Tuck highlights that scale as motivating the move away from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/topic\/wellington\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/topic\/wellington\/\" target=\"_blank\">Wellington<\/a> after 18 years. <\/p>\n<p class=\"npuzLaxKHxgCDhG\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cHamilton gives us the room to go bigger,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"npuzLaxKHxgCDhG\" style=\"display:none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/the-return-of-homegrown-crowds-of-thousands-to-flock-into-wellington-for-festival\/LYINYRNUEFEURGM2FZRVA2WQZY\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/the-return-of-homegrown-crowds-of-thousands-to-flock-into-wellington-for-festival\/LYINYRNUEFEURGM2FZRVA2WQZY\/\" target=\"_blank\">Homegrown had taken place on Wellington\u2019s waterfront since it started in 2008<\/a>, growing from a crowd of 10,000 to 23,000.<\/p>\n<p class=\"npuzLaxKHxgCDhG\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cWhat we delivered last year was just the beginning. The space, the layout, and the support from the city allowed us to take Homegrown to another level. We\u2019ve got bigger plans for 2027.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"npuzLaxKHxgCDhG\" style=\"display:none\">The festival will once again bring together multiple stages, a genre-spanning line-up, and a full-scale festival experience.<\/p>\n<p class=\"npuzLaxKHxgCDhG\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cHomegrown has always been about more than just music,\u201d Tuck said. \u201c<\/p>\n<p class=\"npuzLaxKHxgCDhG\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cIt\u2019s about bringing people together. You show up with your crew, and by the end of the day, you\u2019ve got a few more. That\u2019s what makes it special.\u201d <\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"Six60 ay Jim Beam Homegrown. Photo \/ Supplied\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>Six60 ay Jim Beam Homegrown. Photo \/ Supplied<\/p>\n<p class=\"npuzLaxKHxgCDhG\" style=\"display:none\">Loyal fan ticket registrations open at 7pm tonight, April 27, providing exclusive first access to limited loyal fan tickets which go on sale at 8am on Tuesday May 5 in celebration of New Zealand Music Month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"npuzLaxKHxgCDhG\" style=\"display:none\">The festival showcases a wide array of music genres including rock, reggae and hip-hop, and has hosted iconic local acts including Sir Dave Dobbyn, Shihad, Six60, Shapeshifter and Opshop.<\/p>\n<p class=\"npuzLaxKHxgCDhG\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cAs we head into our 19th year, backing Kiwi music is still at the heart of everything we do,\u201d Tuck said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"npuzLaxKHxgCDhG\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cReleasing our first loyal fan tickets during New Zealand Music Month is a chance to celebrate the industry we\u2019re part of and the people who\u2019ve supported us along the way.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Organisers said the 2026 event drew around 25,000 people to Kirikiriroa and delivered a strong boost to the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":399772,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[18516,694,26376,29804,156,5131,2082,6288,1345,50246,111,139,69,86269,206437,1527,165,1524],"class_list":{"0":"post-399771","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-18516","9":"tag-announces","10":"tag-beam","11":"tag-date","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-festival","14":"tag-for","15":"tag-hamilton","16":"tag-home","17":"tag-homegrown","18":"tag-new-zealand","19":"tag-newzealand","20":"tag-nz","21":"tag-organisers","22":"tag-recommitting","23":"tag-return","24":"tag-their","25":"tag-waikato"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=399771"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399771\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/399772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=399771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=399771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=399771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}