Locations
See here for a map of the Festival site. This is a copy of the 2024 road closure map. Some of the details may be different in 2025 but it shows all the streets that are part of the Festival site.
This detailed Site Map shows the 2024 stall sites and stages and other activities..
Applying for a stall site
When you apply for a stall you can tell us about your preferred stall site location. Use “Preferred Locations, Site Requirements & Comments” to tell us which street or precinct you would like, and explain why your preference is important. Tell us everything we might need to know about your set up and also give us other location options – second and third choices, in case your selected spot isn’t available. See below for details of potential stall locations.
Stall Site Allocation
Our stalls team looks in detail at what you tell us you are selling or are providing information on. They care about how our Festival works for everyone on the day and try very hard to find a good spot for every stall. However some sites are in high demand and the sooner you pay for your stall the more likely you are to get the place you want.
Local businesses have first priority (outside their premises), as do returning stall holders requesting their 2024 site who book and pay before October 31st 2024.
Stall allocations are made early in 2025, and site packs sent to stallholders in February.
Stall Locations street by street – Trading Hours and Precincts
FOOD STALL PRECINCTS – If you sell takeaway food look for a site in a food precinct. Please note that we don’t have takeaway food stalls in Riddiford apart from local businesses and we don’t supply power in Riddiford St. Food precincts are in Emmett St, Rintoul St, Constable St, Newtown Ave and Donald McLean St. There are some foodstalls associated with the Gordon Place Stage and with “Little Poland” in Arney St. See below for more details.
CRAFT STALLS – Green St and Normanby St specialise in craft stalls, along with some information stalls. Other streets are either food precincts or quite mixed, with some craft stalls in Riddiford St and Constable St.
MAIN STREETS: Constable St is where stallholders enter the site in the morning and exit in the evening. South Riddiford (at the roundabout) and Rintoul Streets are morning exits and evening entrances for stallholders’ vehicles. Stalls in these streets need to stop trading promptly at 5pm.
Riddiford St – stalls stop trading at 5pm except for the first block at the north end with the Tangata Whenua Stage which trades until 6pm. Riddiford St can be divided into North Riddiford, from Hall St-Mein St to Green St, Mid Riddiford from Green St to Newtown Ave, and South Riddiford from Newtown Ave to Arney St. These sites are in high demand, particularly mid Riddiford. Only local retailers, returning applicants and the earliest of new applicants are likely to get a mid Riddiford St spot. We don’t have takeaway food stalls in Riddiford apart from local businesses and we don’t supply power. There are stages at each end of the street and at the intersection with Constable St : the Tangata Whenua Stage in the north, Community stage in the middle and South Stage by the Rhodes St/Russell Tce roundabout.
Rintoul St – stalls stop trading at 5pm. This street is a food stall precinct and a mix of stalls along the western side, including some selling pre-packaged foodstuffs such as honey, spices or sauces. There is a stage at the south end of Rintoul St and a stage with a licensed precinct in Colombo St.
Constable St – stalls stop trading at 5pm. This street has a food stall precinct on the north side between Riddiford St and Newtown Library and another on both sides of the street near the intersection with Daniell St. The rest of the street is a mix of stalls including some local businesses. There is a stage at the Daniell St end.
SIDE STREETS:
Emmett St – stalls can trade until 6.30pm. This is a food stall precinct. The Emmett St stage is at the end of this street, the Circus Stage and the Pasifika Stage are just beyond Emmett St in Saint Anne’s. There are also free games, rides and activities for tamariki in the Saint Anne’s School and Church grounds and some stalls associated with the Filipino and Pasifika communities.
Green St – stalls trade until 5pm. Green St is a premium spot for craft stalls, and also hosts some information stalls. This and Normanby St are the only two streets without a stage.
Wilson St – stalls trade until 8.30pm. This is home to the Wilson St stage and associated outdoor café/bar. There are only a few stalls, on the south side of the street near the Riddiford St corner and one or two in the car park.
Newtown Avenue – stalls trade until 7.30pm. This is a food stall precinct. There is a wash against waste station supplying reusable serve wear to stall customers. The Laundry Bar and stage is at the Daniell St end of the row of stalls.
Normanby St – stalls trade until 5pm. Another premium spot for craft stalls and info stalls, with no stage. The entrance to the Salvation Army is in Normanby St and they host a time out space for people needing a break from the crowds, with activities for small children and baby changing facilities
Donald McLean St and Ferguson St – stalls trade until 6.30pm. The stalls are a mix of food stalls and other goods. Further along we host the Eastern Sounds Stage.
Arney St – stalls trade until 7pm. This street hosts “Little Poland” with its street cafe and bar and has stalls associated with the Polish community.
Gordon Place – stalls trade until 8pm. This street hosts Duncan’s craft beer lounge and a selection of foodstalls supporting the Duncan’s Gordon Place Stage.
Colombo St – stalls trade until 7pm. The Colombo St Stage with the Garage Project Craft Beer lounge and foodcourt.
Stall bookings will CLOSE on the 1st February 2025 – unless the site is full before then!
If you have any questions, please contact us
