PB Festival 2026
Two days of movement, community, and the brands that back everyday Kiwis who want to move better, feel better and live better.
Get Your TicketsWhat you get
Your day pass gets you the exhibitor floor, Les Mills classes, the Radix Recovery Zone, the food village, and drop-in speaker sessions on the floor. A couple of experiences cost a little extra: contrast therapy, massage, and The Lab talks and workshops. The first 1,500 through the door also get a free can of Celsius.
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Discover
60+ fitness, wellness, nutrition and lifestyle brands all under one roof.
Two full days of face-to-face time with 60+ brands across fitness, wellness, nutrition and lifestyle. Try things, talk to the people who make them, find something new.
Drop-in speaker sessions
Short sessions on the exhibitor floor from expert speakers across the weekend. No booking required. Timetable published closer to the time.
The Exercise NZ Meeting Hub
Come and meet a local, qualified REPs-registered personal trainer at the Meeting Hub. Each hour, four tables are hosted by PTs giving you the chance to choose who you would like to chat with. You will also get to meet Waikato REPs Ambassador Brooke Shepherd-Wright. Ask about anything from getting started, reaching your goals, or finding an approach to exercise that works for you.
Unichem Care and Advice Health Hub
Unichem Pharmacy is an official Festival Partner, bringing their Care and Advice Health Hub to the festival floor. With 270+ pharmacies across New Zealand, Unichem will have pharmacists on-site offering health checks, consultations and more. Real professional healthcare, right in the middle of two days built for everyday New Zealanders who want to move better, feel better and live better.
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Learn
Expert talks and workshops across both days.
The Lab runs across both days with ticketed workshops from some of New Zealand's most respected voices in health, performance and wellbeing.
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Recover
Cold plunge. Sauna. Massage. The Radix Recovery Bar.
The Radix Recovery Zone is outdoors at Claudelands. A dedicated space to reset properly before heading back to the floor, powered by some of New Zealand's best recovery brands.
Vitalize Sports Recovery
Vitalize is a proudly Kiwi-made recovery brand with three purpose-built creams: Preheat Active, Chill Restore and KnotAway, designed to support your body before, during and after exercise. Come and check out the range, have a chat with the team, and see why athletes, weekend warriors and everyday movers are making Vitalize part of their recovery routine.
Peak State
Peak State brings professional mobile recovery to the festival floor. Compression boots, ice bath experiences, hydration, mobility tools and more, designed to help you recover faster, reduce fatigue and feel your best.
Pause Hamilton
Reset, recover, and find strength in calm. Pause brings their custom-built mobile sauna and ice plunge experience to PB Festival for 25-minute guided contrast therapy sessions every half hour. Saturday from 12:00pm, Sunday from 11:00am. Up to 10 people per session. Capacity is limited so book your spot early through Flicket. $20 per session
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Move
Group fitness, live workouts and classes all weekend.
Les Mills is bringing a pop-up studio to Claudelands. More than 5 million people move with them every week worldwide. At PB Festival, two classes run across both days, both free with your day pass. Spots are limited so book yours when you get your ticket.
Rise and Vibe with YogaTribe
A joyful hour of movement and music outdoors with DJ Morpho and a live saxophonist before the festival floor opens. Free with a Saturday day pass. Register in advance.
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Refuel
The Fuel. PB Festival's food village.
A curated lineup of food trucks running across both days. Eat well, stay longer.
Saturday 9:00am to 4:00pm. Sunday 9:00am to 3:00pm.
Good George Bar
Hamilton's favourite craft brewery is coming to PB. Good George brews beer and cider that's fresh, flavourful, and anything but boring. At PB Festival they're pouring Cheeky Ultra Low-Carb Lager (98% fewer carbs than a regular lager, full flavour, zero heaviness) and Virtual Reality Non-Alcoholic Pale Ale. Every PB deserves a beer.
Bar operated by: Montana Food and Events.
The Day
14 & 15 November 2026, Claudelands Events Centre, Hamilton
Get Your TicketsView full scheduleDay pass $20. Weekend pass $30. Kids 12 and under free with a paying adult.