KiwiPan Festival 2025

Welcome wonderful humans!

KiwiPan Festival is a gathering where Handpan players and enthusiasts all over New Zealand can come and experience the magic that this 'world's youngest instrument' has to offer and indeed be a part of the history of the Handpan. Come experience beautiful music, attend Handpan workshops that draw on years of experience, nourish yourself with wholesome, energising, vibrant food and engage in conversation for your soul at this event.

2025 Event Dates:
Start: Thursday 8th, May
End: Sunday 11th, May
Auckland, New Zealand

Tickets options all include catering:
Early Bird $490/ Full $550 – Accommodation provided
Early Bird $425/ Full $475 – BYO tent or camper van
$210 - Saturday Day Pass (includes food, no accommodation)
$280 - Saturday Day/Night Pass (includes food and BYO camping for 1 night)
$30 - Handpan Rental During the Festival
$40 Discount for Celestial Sound Handpan Family ($20 for 1 Day Pass)

Early Bird tickets are open until the days end of 28th February, 2025.

This includes:

• Nourishing catering for 3 meals per day, accommodating your dietary needs if required
• Accommodation, either a bed or camping (pending your ticket option)
• Workshops and tuition catering to a range of abilities including first touch, to beginners to intermediate handpan players
• Workshops by highly experienced Handpan educators Baran Yildiz (Aus), as well as Two Hands Tapping - Christian Bianco (Aus), Tim Tom (Aus) and Chewy Wilson (NZ)
• Live performances by world renowned Handpan artists like Baran Yildiz, Two Hands Tapping, Taylor Sol, Artful Steel, and Gareth Killip
• Opportunity to have your Handpan retuned by Celestial Sound (extra costs associated)
• Opportunity to purchase a Handpan of your own (extra costs associated)
• Play an array of Handpans of various makes and scales
• An introduction into New Zealands growing Handpan community
• Chance to participate in a unique equine therapy experience
• Opportunity to seek 1:1 tuition from any of the headline artists (extra costs associated)
• Intimate time in a relaxing and secluded natural setting to ground and rediscover yourself 

After an incredibly successful festival in 2024, we are excited to be back for KiwiPan Festival 2025. At the same exciting venue of Dune Lakes Lodge, with one of Auckland's most acclaimed caterers, Lotties Soul Food Depot. We have an internationally recognised educator coming from Australia, as well local educators and performers. Celestial Sound Handpan maker will be attending and offering retunes. There will be instruments to share and try out and also the opportunity to go home with a new instrument!
For those of you that already own your own Handpan, this will be your best opportunity to have your instruments retuned or serviced by Australasia’s most reputable maker. If you don't own a Handpan then you may rent one from us for the weekend for $30 in order to participate on your own instrument.
Celestial Sound Handpan owners can use their serial number in the discount code section to receive their $40 discount. The Serial Number of each Celestial Sound Handpan is located on the inside of the top shell (look through the bottom port with a flashlight).

This year's venue is the sanctuary space of Dunes Lakes Lodge, a place where both human and equine coexist in an educational and mutually respectful and beneficial environment. We will be sharing our instruments not only with each other but with the animals with whom we share this space. Dunes Lakes Lodge has all the facilities to make the weekend relaxing and comfortable. Located 1 hour outside of Auckland, there is limited beds available and plenty of camping.

Heart warming and nourishing food will be lovingly prepared by Lottie's Soul Food Depot, a plant based vegetarian menu. Most dietary requirements can be catered for.

Expect to meet Baran Yildiz, Christian Bianco from Two Hands Tapping, Chewy Wilson from Alive Metal Handpan, Tim Tom from Celestial Sound Handpans, and locals Taylor Sol, Gareth Killip and Jimi Dale. All are welcome, no experience playing the instrument necessary. Beginner, intermediate and advanced players will all have something to learn.

Looking forward to seeing you there.