Grey Lynn Festival

Bring a blanket, bring a brolly. Buy an artwork and a folly. Have some laughs, hear some songs, ‘Tis the place to get along.
A good afternoon with a community feel.

Checked this festival out for the first time this year, it wasn’t as hard to get a park as I was expecting, but just be prepared to walk a wee while.
Loved the large array of art for sale in one spot on the lead up to Christmas, and they hosted some great retailers, including one of my favourite’s — Trade Aid.
There wasn’t an abundance of food choices, and some had sold out by the time we had queued up, but thorougly enjoyed my morrocan wrap by the time I finally got it!
We sat down on the wide, spacious grass area and ate, whilst soaking up the atmosphere and listened to the bands on stage. There was a lot of people doing the same thing, buit with with kids, picnic blankets and chilly bins!
Great way to spend a summer weekend afternoon!

Occurring every year, Grey Lynn Festival pops up just as summer begins to poke its head up, so it’s pure luck if the weather is going to be nice to you. It is held at Grey Lynn Park, which is quite large, so there is a lot of space for plenty of people, and there are always plenty of people.
There’s stalls, bands, rides, food; everything you’d expect from a good festival. And they bring it every year, no worries. It’s in Grey Lynn, so it is packed with hipsters and dub music, but just ignore all that and get a good feed, buy something hippy-​ish and lay about with your friends for the day. It’s definitely a fantastic festival you have to go at least once, and if you haven’t been yet, make this year your first year.

My favourite of all the festivals. Grey Lynn Park is massive, and this is good because there are lots of people. Plus all the stalls, plus all the bands, plus the kids’ rides and the guy who makes little steam-​powered toys who seems to be there every year. It’s a whole big thing.
This is Grey Lynn, so the music is mostly in the sort of dub/​funk/​reggae spectrum (I think the first time I came Fat Freddy’s Drop played a mid-​afternoon slot), although I have seen some more rockier bands here. They generally have a couple of stages going, so you can wander round and see what suits you. Or ignore the music entirely and get some food or a cane basket or something. Because of the November timing the weather is not always accommodating. Sometimes it turns into a bit of a mudfest, and it’s even had to be cancelled at least once. But if the weather plays along this is a great introduction to you cliché Kiwi summer.

The Grey Lynn Festival is a wonderful display of art, music, food, and products that reflect our multi cultural society here in Auckland.
Held annually towards the end of November, I am always eager to visit the festival, listen to some fantastic local music, eat exotic ethnic delights, and shop to my heart’s content at the many clothes, and arty craft stalls.
The crowds seem to get larger every year, last year 2012 the Grey Lynn Festival was sadly cancelled due to terrible weather.
I have in the past purchased neat hand crafted woollen pillows for the love seat at home, and natural fibre baby clothing made by Nature Baby.
There is always enough space to throw a blanket down and enjoy the sun and awesome music.
This festival has a vibe set at peace and unity and keeps the crowd sweet as bro.