Getting Here & Home

If you have a large group (50+) you will be issued temporary vehicle access for 4 members of your group to bring in gear and set up at 6pm on Thursday night. They will then need to get their festival wristbands early Friday morning as soon as registration opens up. Email groups@festival.one before the 7th of November 2025 to arrange early access.

Arrival details to hartford farm

Coming from the North (Auckland etc) and West (Hamilton, Cambridge, Te Kuiti, New Plymouth etc)

Follow your standard GPS instructions.

• Progress along the Waikato Expressway (SH1) and its extension.
• Turn left carefully into Karapiro Road.
• Take the first left in Whitehall Road
• Rise up over the brow of the hill. As you descend begin to anticipate the Festival entrance and slow down.
• The entrance is clearly marked with banners, signs and road marking.
• Alternatively, use the google maps link here.

Coming from the East (Tauranga and BOP)

Please ensure you are not turning right at the SH1/Karapiro Road intersection (the Mobil Station)

• Come across Kaimai’s.
• Follow SH29 until turning right into Taotaoroa Road/Karapiro Road
• Turn right into Whitehall Road
• Rise up over the brow of the hill. As you descend begin to anticipate the Festival entrance and slow down.
• The entrance is clearly marked with banners, signs and road marking.
• Alternatively, use the google maps link here.

Coming from the South (Rotorua, Tokoroa, Taupo etc)

Please make a small detour to ensure you are not turning right into Karapiro Road from SH1 at the Mobil station.

• After passing through Tirau and Piarere, turn right into SH29.
• Turn left into Taotaoroa Road/Karapiro Road
• Turn right into Whitehall Road
• Rise up over the brow of the hill. As you descend begin to anticipate the Festival entrance and slow down.
• The entrance is clearly marked with banners, signs and road marking.
• Alternatively, use the google maps link here.

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DEPARTURE details FRoM hartford farm

Departures for Festival One are “left turns”. We want to avoid any Festival One traffic turning right at the Mobil Station onto SH1 in particular. We will be directing all north and west bound traffic to take a left turn onto Whitehall Road and to follow temporary signage to the outskirts of Cambridge. This avoids adding pressure to an already tricky intersection. South and Eastbound traffic can use the routes as laid out below.

Returning to the North and West (Auckland, Hamilton etc)

• We will be directing you to a left turn as you leave the Festival Site.
• Turn left into French Pass Road
• Follow the signage through Cambridge to Victoria Road and access to the Victoria Road interchange. Choose the appropriate route for Hamilton, Auckland etc.

Returning to the East, Tauranga, Matamata etc.

• We will be directing you to turn right leaving the Festival site.
• Turn left into Karapiro Road and on to Taotaoroa Road. Follow through to SH29 and your required destination.

Returning to the South, Rotorua, Palmerston North etc.

• We will be directing you to turn right.
• At the end of Whitehall Road turn right onto Karapiro Road
• Turn left onto SH1 with great care.