Celebrate the Return of Riff Raff!
Join RICHARD O'BRIEN as he re-unveils the Riff Raff Statue in the new Embassy Park, on the evening of Valentines Day, Saturday 14 February.
Come along in Rocky Horror costume and be ready to jump to the left and step to the right!
ALSO CELEBRATING…
50 YEARS OF THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW!
21 YEARS OF THE RIFF RAFF STATUE!
FREE EVENT! LET’S DO THE TIME WARP AGAIN!
7.30pm-11.00pm, Saturday 14 February 2026.
Embassy Park, now the plaza for the new Waikato Regional Theatre, south end of Victoria Street, Kirikiriroa-Hamilton.
7.30pm One Man Hit Squad plays a few tunes to warm us up.
8.00pm Sambatron brings the carnival.
8.30pm RICHARD O’BRIEN arrives and re-unveils the Riff Raff Statue, and we all DO THE TIME WARP AGAIN!
9.00pm The Rocky Horror Picture Show screens, with Hot and Flustered shadow cast.
All welcome, though event may not be suitable for children.
WHY IS RIFF RAFF RETURNING, WHERE HAS HE BEEN?
The Riff Raff Statue left Embassy Park when it closed in October 2021 to allow the building of the new Waikato Regional Theatre next door. He was outside the Waikato Museum from March 2022 to July 2024, but has been in hiding since then.
Riff Raff will be re-installed in December and the Park will re-open in time for the opening of the new Theatre on 19 January 2026 (it is not possible to keep him under cover from then until this celebration, but we all know what he looks like anyway).
The statue will be positioned further back from the street than previously, will now be left of centre at the back of the upper square.
Riff Raff Cam will be re-activated at the event, for the first time since Embassy Park closed in 2021.
