Score A VIP Flyaway To Lakes 2026

George FM is pumped for the return of Lakes Festival!

It’s going down Monday 28th December at Hagley Park Christchurch with a stacked lineup for 2026.

Lakes Festival returns for its sixth edition this December, bringing another huge summer celebration to Christchurch's iconic Hagley Park. Escape the ordinary and embrace the extraordinary as Lakes Festival transforms the city into New Zealand's ultimate destination for electronic music.

Across three stages, Lakes Festival will showcase a stacked selection of quality talent. Following an incredible debut in 2025, the Racket Club also returns to the tennis courts with another curated showcase of underground electronic music. The stage celebrates the depth and diversity of Christchurch's thriving local scene. 

LINEUP:

ARMAND VAN HELDEN

NETSKY

MALL GRAB

 X CLUB

OPPIDAN

BREAK

DJ ZINC

LENS

ROVA

DEAN TURNLEY

LADI6

SIN & BROOK 

(A-Z)

ANTZ

CLOVA

CHOLE B2B JORDUN

DONS

EMILLIE

GRELLA

HUNTER

KEEPSAKES

RYDR

SUEDE

THE RAT

YANCEY 

EUROFREQ

HANG THE SAINTS

HAVEN

DATES:

Monday 28th December 2026

Hagley Park, Christchurch

TICKETS:

Lakes Festival - TICKETS HERE

WIN:

Across two weeks we’ll have the Ticket Telephone in the George FM studio giving you the chance to win a VIP Flyaway to Lakes Festival! Each day at 5pm we’ll give away a daily clue, you’ll have to use all the clues provided to crack the mystery number of the Ticket Telephone, and be the first to call the phone in studio (between 5pm-6pm), and score the Lakes Festival VIP Flyaway.

TICKET TELEPHONE CLUES:

First Clue Drops 5pm Monday

CLUE 1: Number of times Armand Van Helden has played Lakes Festival

CLUE 2: How many people make up George show and Lakes Festival Artist ‘Sin & Brook’

CLUE 3: _38 Trek

CLUE 4: “New stadium who dis”

CLUE 5:

HERE

CLUE 6: How many years Sin & Brook have been doing the Drive show on George.

CLUE 7:

CLUE 8:

HERE

CLUE 9: Time is not much

CLUE 10: Lake Te Anau