Join Richard O’Brien and Hamilton Mayor Tim Macinoe as they re-unveil the Riff Raff Statue in
the rebooted Embassy Park, on the evening of Valentines Day, Saturday 14 February.
ALSO CELEBRATING 21 YEARS OF THE RIFF RAFF STATUE AND 50 YEARS OF THE ROCKY HORROR
PICTURE SHOW!
When: 7.30pm-11.00pm, Valentines Day, Saturday 14 February 2026.
▪ 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 with Mayor Tim Macindoe re-unveils the Riff Raff
Statue, and we all DO THE TIME WARP AGAIN!
▪ 9.00pm The Rocky Horror Picture Show screens, with performance by the Hot and
Flustered shadow cast.
Where: Embassy Park, now the plaza for the new BNZ Theatre, south end of Victoria Street, The
Tron-Kirikiriroa-Hamilton.
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 (now the BNZ Theatre). He was outside the Waikato Museum from
March 2022 to July 2024, but has been in hiding since then.
Riff Raff was uncovered and returned to the public space last week, in time for the opening of the Theatre
- it was not possible to keep him under cover from then until our celebration, but we all knows what he
looks like anyway.
Return of Riff event hosted by The Riff Raff Public Art Trust with the support of Love the Centre, Trek N
Travel and Hamilton City Council.
Riff Raff Cam and new website hosted by The Riff Raff Public Art Trust and supported by BluTui, Central
Communications, Divoli and Foster Group.
Embassy Park 3.0 rebuild designed and built by Hamilton City Council, Jasmax, Foster Group, and the
Embassy Park Working Group of The Riff Raff Public Art Trust.
Riff Raff Cam will be re-activated in time for the event, for the first time since Embassy Park closed in 2021,
keep an eye on www.riffraffstatue.org.
Contact: Mark Servian, The Riff Raff Public Art Trust, mark@mcgillicuddy.org.nz, 021 888 469.
