Ellerslie
Ecstatic Dance with DJ Lady Fem
by Manawa
“No alcohol, no shoes, no phones, and no talking on the dance floor.”
$28$23 community cardGet tickets
Phone-free events · Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
Phones down.
Auckland up.
Feel Good Auckland is where you find the phone-free events happening around the city. We list them, we send a fortnightly email, and you book with whoever is running them.
A directory and a newsletter. We do not sell tickets.
Ellerslie
Ecstatic Dance with DJ Blase
by Manawa
“No alcohol, no shoes, no phones, and no talking on the dance floor.”
$28$23 community cardGet tickets
Ellerslie
Ecstatic Dance with DJ Gabriella Gonzalez
by Manawa
“No alcohol, no shoes, no phones, and no talking on the dance floor.”
$28$23 community cardGet tickets
Every phone-free hangout in Auckland, in one place.
Cafés, reading hours, beach walks and dinners where the phones go in a box at the door. Different organisers, one list, no scrolling to find them.
Find one near you
These are the neighbourhoods with events on the list so far. The rest fill up as organisers add theirs.
- EllerslieEvents listed
- Mt EdenEvents listed
- PonsonbyNone yet
- Grey LynnNone yet
- KingslandNone yet
- TakapunaNone yet
- DevonportNone yet
- TitirangiNone yet
Nothing near you yet?
Get The Slow Post and you will hear the moment something lands in your part of town. If you run one yourself, put it on the list.
Why people go to phone-free events
A phone-free event is a couple of hours with no feed, no pings and no phone, in good company. People go for three reasons:
To talk properly
Conversations with people who came to connect, not to scroll.
To read, draw or write
Relaxed alone-time, surrounded by others doing the same.
To give their attention a rest
A break from screens and social media, so focus and ideas come back.
How Feel Good Auckland works
- 1
Organisers send us their events
Anyone running a phone-free event in Auckland can add it to the list, at no cost.
- 2
We check and list it
We look for a real date, a real venue in Auckland and an actual phone-free format.
- 3
You browse or read the email
Everything on the list is here, and the highlights go out fortnightly in The Slow Post.
- 4
You book with the organiser
Get tickets takes you to their page. They set the price and take the booking, not us.
- 5
You turn up and put your phone away
The rest is between you and the room.
What people say
- Sample
“I had no idea this many phone-free things were happening. I booked one on a Tuesday and drew for two hours.”
Aroha · Grey Lynn, likes sketching
- Sample
“The email is the only one I open. Two minutes, a few things worth doing, no noise.”
Tom · Takapuna, teacher, likes crosswords
- Sample
“I listed my reading hour and it filled for the first time. People found it without an ad budget.”
Priya · Mt Eden, runs a reading night
Retreats
Longer stretches offline
Weekends and multi-day retreats where the phones stay in the box the whole time, out on Waiheke, out west and further afield. Listed here as organisers add them.
For organisers
Put your event in front of people who want it
Listing is free. Send us the date, the venue and your booking link, and it goes on the list and into the next Slow Post.
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Run a phone-free event? Get it on the list.
Step 1
Send the details
Date, venue, price and the link where people book. Two minutes on the form.
Step 2
We check it
Real date, Auckland venue, genuinely phone-free. We come back within two working days.
Step 3
It goes live
On the list, and in the next Slow Post. Free, and you keep every booking.
Questions people ask first
What is Feel Good Auckland?
Feel Good Auckland is a free directory and fortnightly newsletter for phone-free events around Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland: cafés, reading hours, beach walks and dinners where everyone puts their phone away for a couple of hours.
Do you run the events?
No. Independent organisers run them. We list what is on and send the newsletter, and you deal with the organiser from the moment you click through.
How do I book?
Every listing has a Get tickets button that goes to the organiser's own page. You book and pay there. Feel Good Auckland never takes a payment and never sells a ticket.
What does an event cost?
The organiser sets the price, so it ranges from free to koha to a set ticket price. Whatever a listing shows is what the organiser told us, and their page is the source of truth.
What if I need to cancel?
Cancellations and refunds are between you and the organiser you booked with, under their terms. We hold no money and cannot refund a ticket.
Does it cost anything to list an event?
No. Listing is free, you keep every booking, and there is no commission. Use the form on the list your event page.
What counts as a phone-free event?
Phones go away for the length of the event, usually into a box or a pouch at the door, and the format gives people something to do instead: reading, drawing, walking, eating or talking.