The Kimbolton Sculpture Festival 2023

Enjoy a special outdoor art and sculpture exhibition. Accompanied youth free. All-day entertainment. Country food, coffee, free family fun, laid-back music, lots of give-it-a-go things to do.

Suitable for all ages.

Sculpture from off the farm, about and of the land on display and for sale.

Country food with a big variety of stalls, coffee and food trucks.

All day live music.

Gates open Saturday 9am and the fun continues till 4pm. It’s a big action-filled day.

You get a say with the People’s Choice Rural Sculpture. Which one do you love?

Buy or commission a sculpture for your home, farm or business. Take part in the live sculpture auctions

See a large number of artists from our region in an exhibition called ‘Spirit’. There will be a wide range of mediums and works in progress happening on the day. The work will be for sale.

Shop and browse market stalls for goods that have been made, baked, grown or bred in northern Manawatu.

Take part in creative activities and challenges.

Interactive, free children's 'have a go activities', miniature sculpture creation, imaginative playground, the famous mystery wool dig, give it a go digger challenge, trailer rides, crazy Joe's hay slide, sculpture target challenge, miniature hot rods and pedal tractors.

Watch demonstrations of live sculpture creation using up-cycled metals, farm materials, wood carving, stone carving, chainsaw carving, plastic drum challenge.

Be there to see the winners of the New Zealand Rural Sculpture Awards presentations.

Entry fee: Pre event online ticket sales $10 + credit card fees; Cash /Eftpos on the day Adults $15, schoolchildren free
Ticketing will be available online from 1st January 2023.

Please note: No dogs allowed at the venue. No cash out facilities