The beloved St Jerome’s Laneway Festival is finally returning to Auckland after a four-year hiatus.
Last year saw the iconic music festival cancelled due to the Auckland Anniversary floods, which plunged the city into a state of emergency and forced concertgoers to evacuate from Elton John’s Farewell Yellow Brick Road show at Mt Smart Stadium (now Go Media Stadium Mt Smart).
Organisers were forced to make the “heartbreaking decision” to cancel the festival, which was set to be headlined by Phoebe Bridgers, Haim and Joji, but promised to return in 2024.
“We were so excited to deliver this show to our biggest crowd ever in New Zealand, our team has been working around the clock to do everything they can to salvage the site, but the damage and disruption caused by the weather has meant that it is no longer safe to proceed,” they said at the time.
But after four long years, organisers have announced today that the festival will take place on Waitangi Day on Tuesday, February 6 next year - meaning music fans from all over the country will get the chance to go along on the public holiday.
