Kids' Entertainment
Kids are a HUGE part of the festival... I mean they don't usually get to go to things like this so we've made sure their first experience is THE BEST!
Not only are kids 14 and under free, we also have an awesome lineup for them!
Suzy Cato
Hello, g'day, Suzy's back - Hooray!
The friend of multiple generations of Kiwi kids, Suzy Cato, continues to entertain and enthral and is looking forward to re-joining the line up at this year’s Port Chalmers Seafood Festival.
Suzy loves Ōtepoti and fondly remembers the years spent in Green Island recording the award winning Preschool Programme You & Me.
She’ll be performing a variety of songs – brand new and old favourites.
Join her and sing along (don’t forget the kids 😃)
Kids' Fishing Competition
Bring your own fishing rod!
An absolute favourite of every kid who gives it a go, our Kids Fishing Competition gets the kids reeling in fish and they might even win a prize!
So kids, get ready to try something new and give yourself the chance to catch (and release) as you get to be one of the few people who get to fish right off the wharf!
Please bring your own fishing rod if you can as we are very limited with spares.
Face painting
90% chance of animals...
99% of kids will want to have their face painted when they get the opportunity.
Get your kids imaginations running as they make their choice of so many creatures they can become!
Supervised Aquarium
Get up close
Our local experts are out there every day finding our local sealife, and on the day of the festival they bring a few of their sea friends along to meet the kids of the festival.
See our local sealife up close and learn about their place and lives in our ocean.
Rainbow Rosalind
Live show!
Rainbow Rosalind the Fairy is a multi-award winning children’s singer/songwriter from Dunedin.
As seen on TVNZ 2 in the mornings, Rainbow Rosalind stars in her own TV show ‘Code Fun’ with her robot sidekick Digi. Some career highlights include winning the APRA Best Children’s Music Video of the year, Global Children’s Artist of the Decade, and performing with The Wiggles.
Rainbow Rosalind writes songs that capture the imagination and instill values of self-love & kindness, and along the way she likes to awaken and inspire the inner-child in her grown-up listeners, too!
Rainbow Rosalind is excited to take flight to the Port Chalmers Seafood Festival to spread fairy magic in an all-singing, all-dancing live show, filled with your favourite RR hits and more! Stick around for a meet & greet after the show.
Melody the Mermaid
Live show!
Melody the Mermaid hails from the deep blue sea, where she loves to sing, swim and dance with all of her sea creature friends!
Today she is very excited to grow some feet to perform at the Port Chalmers Seafood Festival!
Join Melody the Mermaid for a magical show for the kids, where you'll be sure to be singing along to Melody's sea songs and dancing through the bubbles!
Fun and magic guaranteed!