OK, OK. So 2021 had its tough moments. So did 2020.

Cityscape traditionally starts each year with a bold and positive prediction of how things are going to play out, and now we’ve been burned a couple of times. But hear us out… 2022 is really going to be a great year. You just can’t stop us loving Ōtautahi Christchurch and all she’s got to offer!

It’s summer, and Cityscape is all about the summer events. Now we’ve moved to the traffic light system and a largely vaccinated population, we’ve got the certainty we need to throw some massive parties. New Year’s Eve is going to be the opening gambit of a year defined by the things we can do, not those we can’t.

Christchurch is picking up the festy game with Electric Avenue and Nostalgia Festival. What’s coming next? Well, we’ve got our fingers crossed for a whole lot of cooped-up Kiwi artists hitting the road through the year, followed closely by some massive international acts (we see you, The Killers and Snoop Dogg).

The international floodgates may or may not open right up this coming year, but it doesn’t really matter because if there’s one thing we’ve learned from the 2020s it’s that Aotearoa has got the goods.

For a look at what's coming up in Ōtautahi, check out the latest issue of Cityscape magazine online or at a business or magazine stand near you.