June

Sites

Venice Art Biennale Venice

Famous exhibition of contemporary art held in Venice every two years. 8 June to December 2012.

Brass Monkey Motorcycle Rally

One of the last great motorcycling adventures in New Zealand held over Queen's Birthday weekend at Oturehua in the heartland of Central Otago.

documenta (13)

German art exhibition. 9 June to 16 September 2012.

Documentary Edge Festival

Annual international documentary film festival which screens in some New Zealand cities.

Edinburgh Film Festival

International film festival run in association with the Edinburgh Festival.

Glastonbury Festival Of Contemporary Performing Arts

Worthy Farm, Pilton. Read the history of the festival, which started the day after Jimi Hendrix died in 1970.

Glyndebourne

Opera festival held in Sussex between May and August.

National Fieldays

Held over four days in June each year. The biggest agricultural trade show in the southern hemisphere. Mystery Creek Events Centre.

New Zealand Gold Guitar Awards Gore

Held in New Zealand's country music capital, Gore.

Queenstown Winter Festival

The Queenstown Winter Festival attracts some 60,000 people for a 10-day frenzy of concerts, balls, competitions, races, fireworks, bands, comedy, debates, food and wine.

Raglan Music Festival

Rally of New Zealand

SBS Christchurch Marathon

Annual marathon event held in June following the 1974 Commonwealth Games course.

Sydney Biennale

Biennale of Sydney. 27 June to 16 September 2012.

Sydney Film Festival

Tonys

The Tony Award is one of the theatre's most coveted awards and is annually bestowed on professionals for "distinguished achievement" in the theatre. 10 June 2012.

U.S. Open Championship

Held at the Olympic Club, San Francisco, California.

Volvo Round The World Ocean Race

The 2011-12 Volvo Ocean Race started in Alicante, Spain, in October 2011 and will finish in Galway, Ireland in July 2012. Auckland is a stopover port.

The Wimbledon Championships

Grand Slam Tennis. The tournament is held in the last week of June and first week of July each year. 25 June to 8 July 2012.

World Environment Day [WED]

Commemorated each year on 5 June to promote worldwide awareness of the environment. From the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).