{"id":642831,"date":"2026-10-27T13:52:16","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T13:52:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/642831\/"},"modified":"2026-10-27T13:52:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T13:52:16","slug":"electric-avenue-2027-ballot-opens-for-final-4000-tickets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/642831\/","title":{"rendered":"Electric Avenue 2027 ballot opens for final 4000 tickets"},"content":{"rendered":"

Entries are then selected through an automated random ballot, with a maximum of 4000 tickets available.<\/p>\n

Organisers will verify the identity and proof-of-address documents of those successful on the ballot. <\/p>\n

Ticketmaster will also check that applicants do not already hold tickets associated with their registered email addresses.<\/p>\n

Successful and verified ballot applicants will receive a unique purchase link and tickets must be purchased before the specified deadline.<\/p>\n

Local tickets are not eligible for resale, can\u2019t be transferred and are non-refundable.<\/p>\n

It comes after the festival\u2019s 2027 iteration sold out \u201calmost instantly\u201d in September, with tens of thousands of fans joining online queues as tickets went live.<\/p>\n

\"ElectricElectric Avenue organisers are exploring the idea of offering a campsite near Hagley Park. Photo \/ George Heard<\/p>\n

Organisers also confirmed last week they were exploring camping options<\/a> near the festival to reduce accommodation costs and travel congestion.<\/p>\n

A survey sent to festival attendees asked about travel plans and raised the idea of camping at the two-day festival.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf festival camping were available in the Christchurch area for a future Electric Avenue, would you consider using it?\u201d one survey question asked.<\/p>\n

There was also mention of what dedicated direct buses from selected areas might look like for 2027.<\/p>\n

The festival organisers said the two ideas were \u201cexploratory at this point\u201d, with nothing confirmed at this stage.<\/p>\n

Electric Avenue founder and managing director Callam Mitchell said at the time a small percentage of attendees already camped at camping grounds around the wider Christchurch area.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo we are looking at whether we can set up a larger temporary camping ground somewhere a little bit more central,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Mitchell said the camping wouldn\u2019t be in Hagley Park but within walking distance of the festival.<\/p>\n

He emphasised the idea was still hypothetical and declined to disclose one possible city site he had in mind.<\/p>\n

Event organisers have also been working with Environment Canterbury (ECan) over the past few months to understand how the city\u2019s transport network was affected by the event this year, particularly on Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe know peak arrival time can clash with after-work and after-school traffic\u201d, Mitchell said.<\/p>\n

In addition to ECan, Mitchell said he had been talking to Bentley Coachlines, the University of Canterbury and its students\u2019 association.<\/p>\n

He said he was assessing \u201clooking at other solutions, including buses from designated pick-up spots\u201d.<\/p>\n

\"CalvinCalvin Harris will be a major attraction at Electric Avenue 2027. Photo \/ Ollie Millington, Redferns<\/p>\n

Electric Avenue is at Hagley Park, Christchurch, on February 26 and 27.<\/p>\n

Multiplatinum rock band Kings of Leon will return to Christchurch for the first time in 19 years.<\/p>\n

Joining Kings of Leon at the top of the bill is Calvin Harris, one of the most globally successful electronic artists of his generation.<\/p>\n

Attendees at last year\u2019s event spent almost $14 million, according to an economic impact report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Entries are then selected through an automated random ballot, with a maximum of 4000 tickets available. Organisers will…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":642832,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[18516,36714,315234,50495,68589,53192,6326,14037,156,5131,5904,2082,157,111,139,69,1864,2680,4969],"class_list":["post-642831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-18516","tag-36714","tag-allocating","tag-australasias","tag-avenue","tag-ballot","tag-biggest","tag-electric","tag-entertainment","tag-festival","tag-final","tag-for","tag-music","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-opened","tag-opens","tag-tickets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642831","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=642831"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642831\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/642832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=642831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=642831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=642831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}