Pasifika Festival Performances

Pasifika Festival brings the sounds, rhythms and stories of the Pacific to life. Experience vibrant performances across the festival’s cultural villages as Pacific communities celebrate identity, culture and creativity.

Featured Pasifika Artists

Discover some of the headline performers appearing across the festival stages during Pasifika Festival. 

  • Mr Tee - Live at Pasifika Festival

    Mr Tee - Live at Pasifika Festival

    📍 Samoan Stage
    🗓️ Sat 14 March, 2:50pm

    Samoan artist Mr Tee brings his signature island sound to Pasifika Festival. Known for popular tracks like Pitonu'u Solosolo, Beautiful Samoa, and Baby Nofo Mai. Expect smooth rhythms, crowd energy and a feel-good set celebrating Pacific music and culture. Don’t miss this lively Saturday performance.

  • Jordyn w a Why - Live at Pasifika Festival

    Jordyn w a Why - Live at Pasifika Festival

    📍 Aotearoa Stage
    🗓️ Sat 14 March, 2:10pm

    Don’t miss Jordyn with a Why live at Pasifika Festival. The Māori–Samoan neo-soul artist is known for rich vocals and heartfelt songwriting, blending R&B and soul with bilingual storytelling in tracks like Brown Melodies and Te Ao Mārama.

  • Mohi – Live at Pasifika Festival

    Mohi – Live at Pasifika Festival

    📍 Aotearoa Stage
    🗓️ Sat 14 March, 1:00pm

    Catch Mohi live at Pasifika Festival, bringing smooth neo-soul and soulful waiata to the stage. The West Auckland artist blends contemporary soul with te reo Māori storytelling, with standout tracks including Me Pēhea Rā and Te Aroha Mauroa.

  • Aro – Live Performance

    Aro – Live Performance

    📍 Aotearoa Stage
    🗓️ Date & time TBC

    Experience Aro, the Pukekohe-based husband and wife duo Charles and Emily Looker. Known for blending Emily’s honey-voiced jazz with Charles’ percussive, haka-inspired sound, their music weaves together folk, soul and bilingual waiata that explore kaitiakitanga, manaakitanga and connection to the natural world.

Pasifika Village Stages


Performances take place across the festival’s cultural villages, each representing Pacific nations including Samoa, Tonga, Fiji and the Cook Islands. Each village stage hosts traditional and contemporary performances throughout the day.

What to Expect

Pasifika Festival performances celebrate the diversity of Pacific cultures and traditions. Visitors can experience traditional dance, live Pacific music, storytelling and contemporary performances across the festival stages.

Pasifika Festival performances

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Plan Your Visit

Plan your day at Pasifika Festival by exploring the festival map, programme and transport information.

Festival Information