Events
Love Actually
This Christmas season, fill your cup at Love Actually in Concert, where you can catch the timeless classic on the big screen at Michael Fowler Centre accompanied by a live orchestra on the 20th of December.
Star-studded skirmish
Following three heats of jaw-dropping outfits and show-stopping spectacles, the Rising Star finale at Ivy Bar & Cabaret on the 29th of November guarantees fierce competition for the crown.
Do you like piña coladas?
Make genuine face-to-face connections at Sapphic Speed Dating Dinner Party and enjoy a four-course meal while Pōneke performer Ginger Velour jumps on the mic.
All things bird
Come one, come all to Explore Omnibirding with Giselle Clarkson, where the author and illustrator will guide readers through the inner workings of her new book and the wonders of the avian world at Tawa Library on the 3rd of October.
Embrace the chaos
Eyegum Music Collective’s multi-venue music and arts festival Great Sounds Great will take over Cuba Street Precinct on the 6th of September. We get the sneak peek from co-curator Ben Jones.
Hard hills and high fives
Brad Coleman created the Tip Track Marathon in 2017 as a joke that is still going even though no one is laughing. The ninth edition of ‘Wellington’s least favourite trail running event’ takes place on the 6th of September.
Bookmark this!
The inaugural Bookmark Kāpiti – an exciting and diverse festival of 25 events celebrating local people, stories, and places – will be held up and down the spine of the coast on the 9th and 10th of August.
Hear ye, hear ye
Huzzah, fellow reveller! Joust and jest at Sweet Axe Throwing Co’s Medieval Fight Night on the 26th of June, where trained warriors clad in gleaming medieval armour unleash flying axes and clashing swords.
A touch of OMG
Hitch up your fishnets and fasten your corsets: The Great DIY BurlesKiwi is back! On the 7th of June, The Fringe Bar will shimmer, sparkle, and shine as 17 performers battle it out to prove that you don’t need a million bucks to look like it.
Celebrate, elevate, amplify
AMPLIFY: PŌNEKE will celebrate women in alternative creative spaces through music, movement, tattoo art, and beers in an upcoming one-night-only event at Underworld Tavern on the 24th of May.
Euphoric energy
Six women DJs from Pōneke and Tāmaki Makaurau are cooking up something sizzling on the decks for Girls on Cue at Heartbreaker Bar & Restaurant on the 5th of April.
Knocking it out the park
Get amongst the legendary Kiwi music festival Jim Beam Homegrown as it bids farewell to the capital on the 14th and 15th of March.