

Nambassa Festival
In the summer of 1979, on a farm near Waihī, 60,000 hippies gathered at the annual Nambassa Music and Alternative Lifestyles Festival for three days of peace, love, spiritual growth, and of course music. Nambassa Festival captures the huge event in all its hazy, countercultural glory, featuring live performances and demonstrations by many artists including Split Enz, Golden Harvest, Schtung, Steve Tulloch, Cockroach, Acorn’s Puppets, Swami Satchidananda, Chapman and White, John Hore-Grenell, Serendipity, Dragon Dance, the Plague, Neville Purvis, Mahana, Rick Steel and the Hot Biscuit Band, Tribrations, Living Force and Limbs Dance Company. Nambassa Festival was edited from 36 hours of raw footage by English concert film director Phillip Howe, and premiered at the Auckland International Film Festival on July 20, 1980.
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- Released
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- Language
- EN
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Release dates
New ZealandNZ
- Theatrical1 Jan 1979
- TheatricalNew Zealand International Film Festival2 Aug 2026
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- When was Nambassa Festival released?
- Nambassa Festival was released on 1 January 1979.
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- Who directed Nambassa Festival?
- Nambassa Festival (1979) was directed by Philip Howe.
- How long is Nambassa Festival?
- Nambassa Festival runs for 1h 40m.













