Duco Touring has today announced the date for New Zealand’s biggest one-day music event Mānuka Phuel SYNTHONY Festival, returning in 2026! The festival will take place on Saturday 21 March, 2026 and will return to Auckland Domain.
The 2025 event had record-breaking attendance, with the headline act SYNTHONY performing to an impressive sold-out crowd of 40,000. The $1.8 million dollar production featured 2000 working personnel plus 316 artists and performers.
Following a successful double-header event this weekend at Spark Arena, with 10,000 Kiwi’s attending Mānuka Phuel FULL METAL ORCHESTRA and SYNTHONY ORIGINS, Duco Touring are excited to continue to bring high-quality experiences to New Zealanders year-round.
Duco Touring Founder David Higgins commented: “After a massive turnout in 2025, and an incredible atmosphere across this weekend’s events, we knew we had to bring SYNTHONY Festival back to the Domain. In 2026, we’re planning to scale up every aspect, from the stage production to the artist line-up. SYNTHONY Festival will continue to be a destination event for fans nationwide.”
Described as “an enduring success” and “enjoyable for everyone” (NZ Herald) and “a magical farewell to summer” (RNZ) following Mānuka Phuel SYNTHONY Festival 2025, punters can expect the same unparalleled festival experience, local and international artists, world-class immersive visuals, and some of the biggest dance tracks of all time reimagined.
“Following the roaring success of last year, we’re proud to once again come on board as the headline sponsor for Mānuka Phuel SYNTHONY Festival 2026,” said Alex McDonald, Co-Creator of Mānuka Phuel. “Our partnership with SYNTHONY across multiple events in 2025 has proved to be the perfect collision of energy, sound, and culture — and embodies everything Mānuka Phuel stands for.
We’re proud to return in 2025 to phuel what we believe is one of the most powerful and unmissable live music experiences Auckland has to offer.”
Mānuka Phuel SYNTHONY Festival 2025, Auckland Domain
Tātaki Auckland Unlimited’s CE Nick Hill says: “We’re proud to support the return of Mānuka Phuel SYNTHONY Festival in 2026. Last year’s event was a phenomenal success, drawing a record-breaking crowd and creating an unforgettable experience in the heart of Auckland. It’s exactly the kind of world-class, homegrown event that showcases our region’s energy, creativity and love of music. We’re thrilled to invest in its future on behalf of Auckland Council and can’t wait to see it light up the Domain once again.”
The first, stellar line-up will be revealed in early August. Presale registration is open now, with presale and general on-sale mid-August.