The Big Sheep Trail
Get ready to find the flock as Ōtautahi-Christchurch’s most baa-rilliant art adventure comes to town. For 10 weeks from mid-January 2027, Shaun the Sheep sculptures will transform our streets, parks, and public spaces into a vibrant, free, open-air gallery.
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By becoming one of our sponsors, your organisation becomes part of this extremely popular city-wide experience. It offers high-profile brand visibility, a unique opportunity to connect with new audiences, as well as supporting local creativity and showing your commitment to community.
Welcome to the Big Sheep Trail
Get ready to find the flock as Ōtautahi-Christchurch’s most baa-rilliant art adventure comes to town. For 10 weeks from mid-January 2027, Shaun the Sheep sculptures will transform our streets, parks, and public spaces into a vibrant, free, open-air gallery.
Each big Shaun will be ewe-niquely brought to life by talented local artists and sponsored by local businesses, and Little Shauns will decorated by our city’s schoolchildren and community groups, bringing creativity, colour, and a little mischief to the city. Gather your whānau, friends and colleagues and set out on an un-baa-lievable trail of discovery, exploring the city in a whole new way connecting art with heart.
But this trail is more than just woolly good fun – once the trail is done, each big Shaun will be auctioned off with proceeds going to charity.
The Big Sheep Trail proudly supports Big Brothers Big Sisters of Christchurch, helping raise awareness and funds to create life-changing mentoring ‘friendsheep’ for local tamariki and rangatahi.
At a glance
Dates: 16 January – 29 March 2027
Sculptures: 30 Big and 30+ Little Shaun the Sheep
Cost: Free!
Location: Christchurch city centre and key locations across the city
Get involved & support Big brothers Big Sisters
By bringing together artists, businesses, schools and the wider community, this woolly awesome event will help raise the funds needed to grow our mentoring programme.
Join the conversation #bigsheeptrail
Welcome to another baa-rilliant Big Sheep Trail Sponsor Spotlight!
We’re thrilled to have @resenecolour joining the Flock as one of our Associate Partners.
With 80 years in the business, Resene are New Zealand’s leading painting and decorating specialists, helping homes, businesses and creative projects look their very best with paint, wallpaper, stains, curtains and plenty more.
And when it comes to Wild in Art sculpture trails, Resene are no lambs in the paddock. Their paints have helped bring previous trails to life, giving artists the colours, quality and expert support needed to transform sculptures into show-stopping works of art.
With a woolly impressive track record like this, we’re extremely happy to have Resene joining us; our artists will be in very good hands, and their sculptures in very good coats!
To explore the Resene colour range or get expert advice, head to www.resene.co.nz
Great to have you as part of the flock Resene!
Welcome to another Baa-rilliant Sponsor Spotlight of The Big Sheep Trail.
Today we welcome @tempero.creative to the flock as one of our Associate Partners.
Tempero Creative are a local Christchurch company specialising in all things creative. From video and film, web and app design, music and audio, Tempero Creative have an impressive and extensive portfolio.
We have partnered with Joel and his team to bring to life all things photography and videography related when it comes to The Big Sheep Trail. We are excited to have them onboard to design the trail app too! We`re very much looking forward to working alongside them on this creative adventure.
You can view their portfolio online here at https://tempero.nz/
Great to have you as part of the flock Tempero Creative!
Don’t sheep on it! 🐑
The Big Sheep Trail is shaping up to be one of Ōtautahi Christchurch’s most joyful, visible and talked-about events, and there are still a few sponsorship spots left.
This is your BIG chance to put your business in front of hundreds of thousands, rally your team around something feel-good, and show your support for local tamariki and rangatahi.
You don’t need to think of it as purely sponsorship or charity. Many are seeing it as a smart investment that fits naturally within their marketing, HR, community or social impact budget, while creating something with a much bigger ripple effect.
Don’t be the business that wishes they’d got involved.
Get in touch today to sponsor one of the Big Shauns – email shaun@bbbs.nz
#BigSheepTrail #ShaunTheSheep #ChristchurchEvents #Sponsorasheep
Today our Sponsor Spotlight is on @onlinedistributionnz as one of our baa-rilliant Associate Partners.
Online Distribution is one of New Zealand`s leading 3PL provider, offering warehousing, fulfillment and distribution around the country.
Founded in 1987 by Ben Evans, Online Distribution is a family-owned business that focuses on improving the lives of their clients when it comes to making sure their warehousing and distribution needs. You can find out more about the company here at www.onlinedistribution.co.nz/
We couldn`t store our Shaun`s safely without the support of Online Distribution. They`re also generously hosting our artists as they bring the Big Shauns to life in the communal studio space. And just quietly, they`re the fantastic landlords for our charity @bbbs_chch too!
Great to have you as part of the Flock Online Distribution.
A quick reminder for artists, creatives and designers! 🐑🎨
There are just 3 weeks to go until submissions close for the chance to design one of the 30 ewe-nique Shaun the Sheep sculptures that will make up the Big Sheep Trail.
This is your opportunity to be part of something big, bold and brilliantly creative, all while supporting Big Brothers Big Sisters and life-changing mentoring for tamariki and rangatahi.
Submissions close midnight, Sunday 28 June.
Get your design in before the deadline and help bring Shaun to life across the trail!
https://thebigsheeptrail.nz/artists/
#BigSheepTrail #ShaunTheSheep #BigBrothersBigSisters #ChristchurchArtists #PublicArt #ArtistReminder #EweNiqueDesigns
Welcome to our first in the Sponsor Spotlight series, highlighting the baa-rilliant supporters of The Big Sheep Trail.
Today we welcome @gomedia_nz to the Flock as one of our Associate Partners.
Go Media are a kiwi based and run media solutions company with a strong focus on billboards and transport advertisement. Not only do they offer traditional billboards, but digital billboards as well, which you have no doubt seen across the city on your travels.
Their support is providing us with the opportunity to get the word out there about the trail loud and proud! We know we`ll be reaching thousands of Christchurch locals and visitors through their digital signage, keeping you all in the know about Shaun the Sheep adventures about town.
Get in contact with Go Media on 09-555-3816 or visit www.gomedia.co.nz for your advertising needs.
Great to have you as part of the Flock Go Media!
Don`t Miss Issue 2 of The Wool Street Journal! Discover exciting news and updates from The Big Sheep Trail.
🐑 Don’t be sheepish, get in quick! 🐑
Registrations of Interest for the Big Sheep Trail Schools Programme close this Friday, and we’d hate for your kura or community group to miss out.
This is your chance to join Shaun the Sheep for a baa-rilliant creative adventure, bringing tamariki and rangatahi together through art, imagination, and a good dose of woolly mischief.
⏰ ROI closes this Friday
🐑 Don’t be the black sheep who leaves it too late
🎨 Get your kura or community group in the running now
Register your interest via the the website today and join the Flock!
www.thebigsheeptrail.nz/schools
Stay in the know
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Sponsor a shaun the sheep sculpture!
By becoming one of our sponsors, your organisation becomes part of this extremely popular city-wide experience. It offers high-profile brand visibility, a unique opportunity to connect with new audiences, as well as supporting local creativity and showing your commitment to community.
