Event Day Timings
12.00pm: Car park opens
12.00pm: Box office opens for ticket sales and enquiries
5.00pm: Gates open
5.30pm: Dick Move
6.10pm: The Breeders
7.30pm: Foo Fighters
*Note: Timings are subject to change without notice
Foo Fighters are finally bringing their electrifying tour to Sky Stadium! This will be Foo Fighters' first headline tour in New Zealand since 2018 and we are anticipating a large crowd for the Wellington show. We recommend that fans arrive at least two hours before Foo Fighters are set to take the stage, so you have enough time to make your way to your seats in time for their first song.
Check out our detailed event guide below and the event page for everything you need to know. Please keep referring to these pages over the next week as we finalise the last details ahead of the concert!
Please be patient throughout the afternoon and evening. Queuing is expected as we process fans through the gates and at merchandise and food and beverage outlets around the venue. We are here to help you and want you to have a great day with us!
There are no pass outs for the show.
Sky Stadium is now a cashless venue. All food and beverage outlets and merchandise stands accept EFTPOS and credit card.
For any assistance on the night, please speak with a member of our security team or text Sky Stadium on 5454 with your location.
View an indicative seat map here.
Important ticket information
- This event is an “In-App” ticket event. Once your ticket barcode is unlocked, your tickets will be available via the Ticketek New Zealand app. No physical tickets will be available.
- To access your tickets, all ticket purchasers will need to download the Ticketek app. This can be done through the App Store or Google Play.
- Please read the full FAQ ticketing document relating to the Foo Fighters tour here.
- On arrival at the gates, please ensure your ticket is ready on the Ticketek App or saved to the wallet on your mobile phone, and that your screen brightness is turned up.
- We strongly advise against purchasing tickets from any unauthorised ticket resellers such as Viagogo, The Ticket Merchant or Tixel as the tickets will not be genuine or may be cancelled by the event organiser. Ticketek is the only authorised sales channel for the Foo Fighters concert in Wellington.
- Think you might have bought the wrong ticket? Check this guide for assistance.
Getting to and from Sky Stadium
- We strongly recommend using public transport for this event.
- Buses and trains are running for this event. Extra train services with additional capacity will be in operation after the concert. Click here for more information.
- Traffic restrictions will be in place before and after the show with road closures at Bunny St, Stout St, Thorndon Quay and Featherston St. Click here for a full list of road closures.
- The Stadium car park will open at 12.00pm. Park up early and enjoy the afternoon in Wellington!
- Taxi, rideshare and personal drop offs are permitted at the Stadium up until 5.00pm only. After 5.00pm all drop offs must use Bunny Street, Stout Street or Thorndon Quay.
- Pick-ups following the show are not available at the Stadium; please use Bunny Street, Stout Street or Thorndon Quay.
Please check your transport routes in advance and leave plenty of time for your travel to Sky Stadium so you can kick back and enjoy the show.
Parking at Sky Stadium
The car park has now SOLD OUT.
Limited mobility car parking is still available to purchase by contacting our main reception on 04 473 3881. At this late stage, if you need to purchase a Mobility car park pass, it will need to be collected from the Stadium prior to show day. This is non-refundable.
Entry to the car park will be permitted from 12.00pm for valid car park ticket holders only.
If you have pre-purchased a car park, please remember to print out your ezy-ticket and have ready to show on your arrival to the carpark. Once parked, please leave visibly on your dashboard.
Please be patient when exiting the Stadium car park after the show as delays are expected. There will be a large number of vehicles and patrons leaving at the same time, and the safety of everyone is paramount. Please follow the directions of Stadium staff when exiting.
At the gates
- Please make note of where you are sitting for the show in advance and enter through the gate that matches your ticket.
- There will be signage in place to enter through the correct bank of turnstiles, so get in the correct line early!
- If you’re planning to arrive early in the day to get a good position on the field when gates open, please be responsible and bring water, hat and sunscreen. There will be two portaloos on the Fran Wilde Walkway.
- Have your mobile ticket ready to scan at the entry turnstiles.
- If you've purchased tickets for others, forward tickets on to others through the Ticketek app BEFORE arriving at the gates.
- For mobile tickets, have your screen brightness turned up and the ticket barcode ready.
- Metal wanding will be in place at the gates, so give yourself plenty of time to get inside the venue and leave any non-essentials at home.
- We strongly recommend patrons do not bring bags. At the request of the tour, bags must be no bigger than A4 in size (30cm x 21cm x 10cm). Bag searches will be conducted at the gates.
- There is no bag check available at this event.
- You can bring in an empty clear plastic water bottle (max.1 litre). Bottle caps must be removed on entry at the request of Artist Management. Once inside, bottles can be filled from water coolers around the concourse and field perimeter. Please leave stainless steel bottles at home.
- At the request of the Tour, professional cameras or audio recording devices are not permitted, including selfie sticks, GoPros, tablets or drones. Mobile phones are permitted.
We thank you in advance for your patience as we process everyone entering the Stadium.
If you have purchased a GA-1 or GA-2 ticket on the field:
- All field ticket holders will be wrist banded on entry. No wristband, no field access. You must be in the correct entry lane in order to receive the correct wristband.
- Once inside the venue, please follow the colour coded signage that matches your field area: GA1 (green lane, left of entry gates) or GA2 (blue lane, right of entry gates).
- Keep your ticket details open on your phone as tickets will be checked again before your reach your seat.
- Your closest bar is at the southern end of the field in the GA-2 section, and can be accessed by all field ticket holders. Alternative food and beverage outlets are on the concourse nearest to the aisle where you access the field.
- Patrons with GA-1 tickets on the field must decant all beverages at the self-service stations around the concourse before accessing or returning to the field.
- Your closest toilets will be on the concourse nearest to your aisle, but you may find shorter queues if you walk a little further around the concourse.
- Patrons with on field tickets will need to show their wristband on entry to the field to access the correct area.
- Please follow the signage and instructions of staff members to help find your way.
- High heels are not permitted on the field area so please wear flat shoes.
- Wellington Free Ambulance will be based at Aisle 19, and at the south-eastern tunnel on the field, under Aisle 22. If you need urgent medical assistance, please text 5454 with your location and the team will come to you.
If you have purchased a Reserved ticket in the stands (bowl seats):
- At the main gates, please enter through the yellow bank of turnstiles that matches your ticket. Patrons sitting in the stands do not require a wristband to access their seats.
- Once inside the venue, please look for your aisle number to enter the seating bowl – head toward the left for Aisles 7-18 and to the right for Aisles 19-30.
- Keep your ticket details open on your phone as tickets will be checked again before your reach your seat to make sure you are in the right place.
- Bowl seating is in use from Aisles 7 around to Aisles 30. Aisles 1-6 and Aisles 31-36 are not open and will be cordoned off for access.
- Your closest toilets, food and beverage outlets will be on the concourse nearest to your aisle, but you may find shorter queues if you walk a little further around the concourse.
Food and drink
- View our catering map to see what's on offer here.
- All food and beverage outlets between Aisles 4 and 31 will be open, plus additional temporary facilities around the concourse, on the Inner Plaza, and at the southern end of the field.
- The Pavilion Bar (entry opposite Aisle 16) and the Mezz Bar (entry up the escalators opposite Aisle 27) are open with a range of options available, and seating.
- Small amounts of food for personal consumption are allowed to be brought into the venue. Commercially produced food e.g. McDonalds, Subway etc is not permitted to be brought in.
- Water stations - providing free filtered water for drink bottles and water fountains – are located at Aisles 2, 6, 9, 11, 24, 28 and 32 and in four locations around the field perimeter. Free water is also available at all bars around the venue.
- You can bring in an empty clear plastic water bottle (max. 1 litre) but the cap will be removed at entry as required by artist management. Please leave metal drink bottles at home.
- Serving limits for alcoholic drinks per person will apply.
- Sky Stadium is a cashless venue. All food and beverage outlets accept EFTPOS and credit card.
Entry Conditions
For full entry conditions about what you can and can’t bring into the venue, please click here.
Accessibility information
- If you are in a wheelchair, please check your ticket. There are no wheelchairs on the field for this concert. If you think you have purchased a ticket on the field, and are in a wheelchair, please contact Ticketek directly on 0800 686 677 to double check and arrange a relocate if necessary.
- Patrons in a vehicle with a valid mobility pass can be dropped off to the Stadium drop off lane - ground level of car park - at any time. There are no taxi drop offs after 5.00pm.
- If you have mobility requirements, it is recommended you arrive early and allow yourself enough time to make your way to your seats.
- People movers will operate from the top of the Thorndon Spiral to the front gates before the show and once the show ends. Please note these services will operate when it is safe to do so.
- If you have purchased a mobility car park, follow the directions of Stadium car parking staff on where to park. This will in the ground floor area of the car park. Visibly display your mobility car parking ticket on your dashboard before you leave your vehicle. People movers will be operating to assist you from the car park up to the Outer Plaza on the Fran Wilde Walkway.
- There will be rest areas along the Fran Wilde Walkway for those who need a rest while walking to the gates.
- A Wellington Combined Taxi mobility van will be running a regular shuttle service from Platform 10 at Wellington Railway Station from 4.00pm – 8.00pm prior to the concert. This will take patrons with mobility requirements – as an example but not limited to: wheelchair users, those unable to walk long distances, those on crutches, pregnant women – from Platform 10 and up to the entry gates, as long as it is safe to do so. If the van cannot get up to the entry gates level, it will drop patrons off to the ground level of the Stadium car park. Patrons can then take a people mover up to the Outer Plaza or walk the shorter distance to the entry gates.
- At the end of the concert, a waiting area will be set up on the inner plaza to transport patrons back back along the Fran Wilde Walkway and to the public car park using our people movers. Please note there will be at least a half an hour wait for this service to commence, while most patrons exit the venue. There is no return transfer option to Platform 10 after the show.
Stadium Facilities
- All male, female and accessible bathrooms on the concourse will be open for this event. If there are queues closest to your seats, walk a little further to find alternative options.
- All lost property (either found or lost) can be reported to the Information Desk at Aisle 19.
- Wellington Free Ambulance will be based at Aisle 19, and at the south-eastern tunnel on the field, under Aisle 22. If you need urgent medical assistance, please text 5454 with your location and the team will come to you.
- General event and venue information booths are located at Aisles 1, 12, 18 and 25.
- Sky Stadium is a smoke- and vape-free venue. Smoking areas are located at the inner plaza along the fence lines after you’ve entered through gates.
Merchandise
Merchandise will be available at the following locations on show day:
- Fran Wilde Walkway (before entry gates), western side (adjacent to pedestrian ramp). Open at 1.00pm on show day.
- Inner Plaza (after entry gates), eastern side
- Inner Plaza (after entry gates), western side
- Aisle 13
There will be a chance for fans to purchase merchandise the day before the show, on Friday 26 January between 12.00pm – 6.00pm, from the merchandise outlet on the Fran Wilde Walkway, western side.
Sky Stadium is a cashless venue. All merchandise outlets accept EFTPOS and credit card. External merchandise tents will be open after the show. Opening times to be confirmed.
Exiting the venue
It will take some time for all patrons to exit the venue. When the concert ends, please be patient and follow directions of staff and big screen messages for instructions on exiting.
If you require mobility assistance to transfer you to the ground level of the car park or along the Fran Wilde Walkway (with one of our people movers) please take your time and make your way to the waiting area in front of the yellow booth on the Inner Plaza. There could be a wait of at least 30 minutes before these services commence after the concert, while most patrons leave the venue.
Please be patient when exiting the Stadium car park after the concert as delays are expected. There will be a large number of vehicles and patrons leaving at the same time, and the safety of everyone is paramount. Please follow the directions of Stadium staff when exiting.