Late Night Christmas Shop the City!Shop local, eat well, and celebrate the season – Downtown Tauranga style
When: 4pm - 8pm, Thursday, December 18th
Where: Across the city centre (Elizabeth Street to Harrington St, Cameron Rd to Devonport Rd/The Strand)
This Christmas, skip the mall and head Downtown! Join us for Christmas Shop the City – a one-night-only late-night shopping celebration that brings festive cheer, great deals, and the best of Tauranga’s local shopping and dining together in one fun evening out for the whole family.
Discover thoughtful gifts from our favourite Downtown stores – from luxe and local to cheap and cheerful, treats for teens and goodies for grandma. Stroll through twinkling streets, enjoy live entertainment, and refuel with delicious food and drinks from our amazing city centre eateries. Rediscover the joy of shopping local and celebrate the people, places, and flavours that make Tauranga unique.
What to expect:
- Extended shopping hours and festive fun from 4–8pm
- Local gift ideas and exclusive Christmas deals
- Music, performances, and plenty of festive spirit
- Kiwi Christmas window displays (vote for your favourite in the People’s Choice award)
Bring your friends, your family, and your holiday shopping list — and we’ll light up Downtown Tauranga with the magic of a local Christmas!
Here are some of the awesome businesses who will be open for Late Night Shopping:
Barbershop Co. * Beauty of Plenty * Bohemian Tattoo Arts * The Boho Store * But First Dessert * Carters Photographics * Chicken Fryday * Chidori Japanese Noodle Restaurant * Classic Couture * Hammon Diamond Jewellers * Keen On Piercing * Klassic Kutz * The Knife Shop * Luxe Cinemas * Molyneux Jewellers * Kindred Coffee * Musicworks * Nood Furniture * Shane's Shoe Repairs * Straight Hair Co * Subway * Thai Touch Massage * The Collection * The Pilates Loft * The Pilates Fix * The Pottery Studio * The Shoe Lounge * Twisted Cycles Etc * Christmas Heirloom Company * Tauranga Art Gallery * Abrakebabra * Adzano Fashion * Animates * Asian Supermarket * Banana Blossom * Barbershop Co. * Barrio Brothers * Baywatch on Time (open until 5pm) * Breathe Salon & Spa * Budget Mobiles & Computers * Busters Tattoo & Barbershop * Caci Clinic * Care 2 Phone * Caroline Eve * Carve Barber Shop * CBK Tauranga * City Sports Bar * Clarence Hotel & Restaurant * Café on The Strand * Colonial Antiques * Cote Bleu Home * The Crown & Badger * Dam Da * Dumpling Delight * Eastern Ocean Chinese Restaurant * Envy Salon * Escada Hair * Event Cinemas * Florence Bistro * Food to Go * Gengy’s Mongolian BBQ Buffet * Golden Rice Thai Cuisine * Green Apples Italian Fashion * H20 Gaming & Sports Bar * Harbourside Restaurant * Havana Bohemian Nightclub & Eatery * Hello Sushi * Honeycomb House of Hair * Idol Nail & Beauty Salon * Katsuya Japanese Cuisine * KBB Music * Lanna Classic Thai Massage * Liquorland * Lonestar * Macau * Macpac (open until 5.30pm) * Marty’s Pool Bar * Miss Gee’s Bar & Eatery * Farmers (open until 7pm) * Number One Shoes & Hannahs (open until 5.30pm) * Oscar & Otto * Pho Vina * Picknika * Pluto Juice & Salad Bar * Pro Supplements Tauranga * Purple Patch * Punjabi Rosi * Rusty’s Bar & Restaurant * Sachi Japanese Restaurant * Satori Japanese Restaurant * Sichuan Style Restaurant * Spice Mountain * Square Roots Hair Design * Status Clothing * Stassano Deli * Sugo Restaurant * Sunnymart * Tauranga Massage Collective * Thai Thani 2 * The Barrell Room * The Clover * The Hop House * The Phoenix * Tranquillo Beauty Clinic * Turkish to Go * Xplosive Supplements * Zozo Asian Street Food * Taking Shape * Whitcoulls (open until 7pm) * Little Long Espresso
Event Venue
Downtown Tauranga, 45 Grey St, Tauranga 3110, New Zealand, Tauranga
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