Festival News - Mānuka Phuel Synthony Festival is officially sold out!
Presented by: Mānuka Phuel & Duco Touring
Duco Touring has today announced that Mānuka Phuel SYNTHONY Festival, has sold out!
“We are excited to announce today that the 2025 Mānuka Phuel SYNTHONY Festival has sold out,” said Duco Touring Founder David Higgins. "In just three years the festival has become the country’s biggest one-day music festival, and we are very proud of this."
Nick Hill, CE Tātaki Auckland Unlimited adds: “To see the 2025 Mānuka Phuel SYNTHONY Festival sell-out is testament to the quality and popularity of this world-class event. Auckland is a UNESCO City of Music and we’re delighted to again support this festival which celebrates local and international music and brings people together from the wider Auckland region and from around the motu.”
With 40,000 tickets sold, the 2025 Mānuka Phuel SYNTHONY Festival is set to be the biggest yet—topping last year’s crowd of over 35,000. Returning to Pukekawa, Auckland Domain, the unmissable event takes place this weekend, on Saturday, 29 March 2025.
What does it take to make Mānuka Phuel SYNTHONY Festival the biggest one-day music festival in New Zealand?
40,000 fans attending
10km of fencing brought in
45 tonnes of production equipment
75,000 litres of water brought in to keep attendees hydrated
12 days to pack in / pack out
2,000 working personnel including 170 production crew, 200 site crew and contractors, 900 food and beverage staff, 400 security guards
50+ food trucks
20+ sponsor activations
600 toilets / 150 luxury toilets
$1.8 million dollar production
Gigantic 475 sq/m of LED screens
Double the amount of pyro and special effects from the previous year’s event
29 track SYNTHONY set with special guests
350 lights
14 giant laser lights
183 artists / performers
58 orchestra members
30 choir members
16 dancers
21 roving entertainers including drag queens and kings, and LED stickmen, dancers and ballerinas
8 samba dancers
5 bespoke large light sculpture installations by Angus Muir
Important notice to attendees and Auckland Domain residents:
There will be a number of road closures in place around the Auckland Domain as a result of the festival, from 21 March until 2 April, please make sure you consult the AT website if travelling nearby and plan travel accordingly. The Auckland Domain will also be subject to a 24-hour liquor ban beginning from 7am, Saturday 29 March through to 7am, Sunday 30 March.
MĀNUKA PHUEL PRESENTS:
SYNTHONY FESTIVAL
Pukekawa, Auckland Domain - Saturday 29 March 2025
FEATURING
SYNTHONY no. 6*
BASEMENT JAXX (DJ SET)
DARUDE
CYRIL
EXAMPLE
KORA
LADI6
TH’ DUDES
DICK JOHNSON
SYNTHONY No.6 (NEW SHOW)
Auckland Philharmonia, conducted by Sarah-Grace Williams
*Artists performing as part of SYNTHONY
KINGS*
P DIGSSS*
TIKI TAANE*
EMILY WILLIAMS*
NATE DOUSAND*
MASHA MNJOYAN*
LEWIS MCCALLUM*
SAM ALLEN*
NYREE HUYSER*
PEPSI DJ STAGE
PIXIE LANE X KAZI FLIP
DAN AUX
LEWIS MCCALLUM
JORDAN ESKRA
RUBY LEE
MURRY SWEETPANTS
Mānuka Phuel SYNTHONY Festival
Tickets are now SOLD OUT
To purchase official resale tickets you can find them here
To register for updates, or for more information, go to: SYNTHONY.COM
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