A Bloody Business: the history of five Hawke’s Bay freezing works explores the effect the frozen meat processing industry had on the socio-economics of the Hawke’s Bay region using as illustration five significant meat works: Tomoana (1884), Hawke’s Bay & North British (1887), Thomas...
Date: Sunday 9 May to Sunday 7 November
Where: MTG Hawke's Bay, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Over a period of two years, eight artists working out of their comfort zone, using free, discarded or recycled materials, generated or added-to part of a sculptural form, and then posted it on to the next person to add more.
Each form was accompanied by a book created by the first artist and...
Date: Sunday 9 May to Thursday 13 May
Where: Creative Arts Napier, Community Arts Centre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
A major collection of work by Clare Plug.
Clare Plug has worked as a textile artist since completing a Craft Design Certificate at EIT in 1990. In the beginning this was primarily in the quilt medium. She printed and dyed most of her own fabric and these were assembled and quilted by...
Date: Sunday 9 May to Thursday 3 June
Where: Creative Arts Napier, Community Arts Centre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
The Hawke’s Bay Art Review is a selected exhibition showcasing art excellence in Hawke’s Bay, revived as a biennial competition by Creative Arts Napier in 2017.
Submissions are invited from local emerging and established artists in painting and drawing, printmaking, sculpture, photography,...
Date: Sunday 9 May to Friday 9 July
Where: Creative Arts Napier, Community Arts Centre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
World War Two exhibition, part 2 (1942 -45) with focus on Long Range Desert Group and the Maori Battalion with profiling soldiers from Central Hawkes Bay. Life in Central Hawkes Bay during war years remembered by locals. A war scene from the desert showcasing military vehicles and equipment.
Date: Sunday 9 May to Wednesday 12 May
Where: Central Hawke's Bay Settlers Museum, Waipawa, Central Hawke's Bay
Celebrate Mother's Day in style at The Urban Winery.
Enjoy a very special bottomless brunch on Sunday 9th of May with live music provided by the incredible Margot Pierard & Wil Sargisson. Spoil your mum or spoil your friends. We don't mind!
Ticket price includes:
- 1 item from the food menu...
Date: Sunday 9 May
Where: The Urban Winery, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Still Life with Moving Parts is an exhibition created by outsider artists. Outsider art is art by self-taught or naïve art makers. Typically, those labelled as outsider artists have little or no contact with the mainstream art world or art institutions. Outsider art illustrates different visual...
Date: Sunday 9 May
Where: Hastings City Art Gallery, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Flirting with form: Works by Toi Ako artists is an exhibition that explores the role of the arts and wellbeing in communities, and its effectiveness in supporting older people to age well.
Showcasing works by 13 emerging elder artists aged 56-91, developed over 2019-2020 as part of Connect the...
Date: Sunday 9 May to Sunday 23 May
Where: Hastings City Art Gallery, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Despite the title of his latest exhibition, Brian Campbell doesn't so much lift his head out of the water as he raises it above the parapet, building an imaginary world using satire, fantasy and humour to contemplate some serious, possibly even profound, questions.
From a self-described...
Date: Sunday 9 May to Sunday 8 August
Where: Hastings City Art Gallery, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Come and celebrate Mother’s Day with the Napier Tech Memorial Band. Tickets just $10 on the door.
Come and enjoy a modern rendition of Beethoven’s ‘Hymn of Joy’ and a foot-tapping Glenn Miller tribute; hum along to ‘Feed the Birds’ from Mary Poppins and ‘Sway’ to the beautiful...
Date: Sunday 9 May
Where: Napier Salvation Army Citadel, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Hastings Music Society Concerts, held every second Sunday of the month, March-November at St Matthew's Anglican Church, feature local vocal, instrumental and group musicians performing varied musical styles representing centuries of beautiful music.
Date: Sunday 9 May to Sunday 14 November
Where: St Matthew's Anglican Church, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Wellington trumpeter - and member of the RNZAF Band - Michael Costeloe presents a very special selection of music, as recorded by the Prince of Cool Jazz, Chet Baker. Tracking Chet's historic rise to fame in the 1950s, to his tragic death in 1988, and featuring some of Wellington's best jazz...
Date: Sunday 9 May
Where: Napier Sailing Club, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Hawkes Bay Comedy Open Mic Nights provide budding comedians with a safe place to strut their stuff and experienced comics a place to try new material. Come and see the best comics of the bay and visiting comics from around the world. If you want to have a go yourself, contact us through the Hawkes...
Date: Sunday 9 May to Sunday 12 December
Where: The Cabana, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Come along to a great night of rock n roll every Tuesday night for beginners and experienced dancers this is a social rock n roll club, we welcome those who want to learn rock n roll and we will assist you. Become a member of the rock n roll club for $10.00 a year which this financial year has only...
Date: Tuesday 11 May to Tuesday 3 August
Where: Napier RSA, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
James Roque’s smash-hit Boy Mestizo is on tour! A finalist for the Fred Award for Best NZ Show at the 2019 NZ International Comedy Festival, Roque brings his hour of "too real" laughs to the 'Stings for one night only.
James always thought his hang-ups about being brown came from when he...
Date: Wednesday 12 May
Where: The Common Room, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Sons of Henrik are an Originals Band who play Rock Music with a little more Heart and Soul. Power Ballads and Rock Anthems with lyrics that you feel and melodies that you remember. 2-5 piece. 3 hours of original songs.
Sons of Henrik are an Originals Band who play Rock Music with a little more...
Date: Thursday 13 May
Where: The Cabana, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
An exploration of ‘post-British empire’ life in Aotearoa.
Joseph Rowntree is an emerging artist from Hawke’s Bay who is fast gaining a reputation for his use of repurposed windows as an alternative canvas.
After winning the 2020 ‘CANdid-50’ People’s Choice Award, Joseph was...
Date: Friday 14 May to Thursday 3 June
Where: Creative Arts Napier, Community Arts Centre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Ethel & Bethel love nothing more than a few rounds of bingo with a bunch of good folk looking for a fun-filled night out!
After ten years of sell-out shows and leaving audiences in stitches across New Zealand, Ethel & Bethel are making their way to the Bay for the very first time.
Grab your...
Date: Friday 14 May
Where: The Cheval Room, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
It's time for GRUNGE! All the best from Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Nirvana, Alice in Chains, STPs etc etc etc! You know, good music! Live and loud from Hawkes Bays own Temple of the Grunge, a cast of awesome singers and a band which is truly a ball of Grunge rock energy.
Date: Friday 14 May
Where: Paisley Stage, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Nadia Reid & Her Band - Opera House & Theatre Tour with special guest Anthonie Tonnon
Event timings are listed as when doors open. Show begins 30 minutes after doors
Nadia Reid has praised the world over for her intimate, complex songwriting. She is described by The Guardian as ‘an...
Date: Friday 14 May
Where: Toitoi - Hawke's Bay Arts & Events Centre, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Exciting and inspiring originals and a wide variety of covers by artists such as John Mayer, SRV, Robben Ford, Black Keys, Hendrix, The Cure, Queens of the Stone Age, The Cult, Gov’t Mule, The Beatles, Cream and many more.
Come and marinate in a night of rock, blues, funk while enjoying the...
Date: Friday 14 May
Where: The Cabana, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Exciting and inspiring originals and a wide variety of covers by artists such as John Mayer, SRV, Robben Ford, Black Keys, Hendrix, The Cure, Queens of the Stone Age, The Cult, Gov't Mule, The Beatles, Cream and many more.
Come and marinate in a night of rock, blues, funk while enjoying the...
Date: Friday 14 May
Where: The Cabana, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Dali Susanto was born in the art capital of Indonesia, Yogyakarta and was brought up surrounded by artists. His mother and father owned and still run a batik gallery and studio where they teach local and international tourists the skills in batik work. Named after Salvador Dali, his parents hoped...
Date: Saturday 15 May to Sunday 25 July
Where: Hastings City Art Gallery, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Octavius is Hawke's Bay's premier Chamber Choir. This 10-member group sings music of almost every style, usually in intricate 8-part harmonies. Octavius is a small Napier-based Choir which loves to sing all sorts of music, usually in 8-part harmonies. The group is directed by Anthony Tattersall,...
Date: Saturday 15 May
Where: St Luke's Anglican Church, Havelock North, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Come enjoy the birth of Lanterns at Peak House, Saturday 15th May. This event will kick off from 5pm, starting with the likes of local talents - Nick Herbison, and Brad Sanson.
Perfect atmosphere for dinner and some drinks. As the plates get cleared, and the room fills up, the stage will invite...
Date: Saturday 15 May
Where: Peak House, Havelock North, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Turning Dust into Gold like the iconic star herself – Rachel Williams joins forces with Greg White in celebrating the music of Stevie Nicks & Tom Petty.
Gold Dust Woman will take you on a journey of Stevie classics including Landslide, Edge of Seventeen, Rhiannon, Dreams and Stand Back....
Date: Saturday 15 May
Where: Napier Municipal Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Mic Productions Presents Sid Diamond & more.
Date: Saturday 15 May
Where: The Cabana, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Octavius is a small Napier-based Choir which loves to sing all sorts of music, usually in 8-part harmonies. The group is directed by Anthony Tattersall, who also directs the adult and children’s choirs of the Waiapu Cathedral.
Octavius gave its first concert in 2017 at All Saints, Taradale,...
Date: Sunday 16 May
Where: Waiapu Cathedral of St John the Evangelist, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
The Hawke’s Bay Orchestra (HBO) is back to present a Sunday afternoon concert featuring works by Beethoven, Juan Crisóstomo de Arriaga and Mozart.
The Mozart Sinfonia Concertante is a ‘double’ concerto, featuring viola and violin soloists. Performing with the HBO are two of New...
Date: Sunday 16 May
Where: Blyth Performing Arts Centre, Havelock North, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Hawkes Bay Comedy Open Mic Nights provide budding comedians with a safe place to strut their stuff, and experienced comics a place to try new material. Come and see the best comics from Hawkes Bay and visiting from around the world. If you want to have a go, please contact us through the Hawkes Bay...
Date: Tuesday 18 May to Tuesday 21 December
Where: The Common Room, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Join old mates writer Owen Marshall, artist Grahame Sydney and poet Brian Turner in the beautiful Municipal Theatre, Waipawa, as they share stories, reminisce and talk of their deep connection to the wide plains and vast skies of Central Otago.
We are beyond delighted to have this talented team...
Date: Thursday 20 May
Where: Central Hawke's Bay Municipal Theatre, Waipawa, Central Hawke's Bay
Ghazaleh Golbakhsh is an Iranian-New Zealand writer, filmmaker and Fulbright scholar.
She has written various short films that have screened internationally including the recent documentary This is Us which centred on Muslim New Zealanders for RNZ and NZ on Air.
She is currently developing...
Date: Friday 21 May
Where: Langton House, Pukehou, Central Hawke's Bay
Join us for bubbles and laughter and an afternoon with much loved kiwi author and gardener Lynda Hallinan.
Former NZ Gardener editor, author, broadcaster, amateur home-brewer, pickler, preserver, part-time farmer, occasional farmers’ market stallholder and mad-keen gardener, Lynda Hallinan has...
Date: Friday 21 May
Where: Nola Cafe, Waipawa, Central Hawke's Bay
A prolific and successful playwright, Roger Hall QNZM QSO has consistently written for the stage, alongside scriptwriting for film and television. Hall’s writing is known for its comedy, political and social purpose, and underlying pathos. His plays have toured widely and have been performed at...
Date: Friday 21 May
Where: Langton House, Pukehou, Central Hawke's Bay
Mini Simmons are celebrating New Zealand Music Month and the release of their next single Push and Pull by embarking on a 6 date tour of Aotearoa.
Over the past two years, the band have established themselves firmly as one of the premier live acts in the NZ music scene, gracing the stages of...
Date: Friday 21 May
Where: The Common Room, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
The idea of a book as an art object evolved in the mid-20th Century when artists began experimenting with the book format as a means to express their ideas.
This touring exhibition from the Print Council of Aotearoa New Zealand (PCANZ) sees printmakers from throughout Aotearoa, including eight...
Date: Saturday 22 May to Sunday 1 August
Where: Hastings City Art Gallery, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
A Qantas Media Award winning columnist, Mary writes a Q&A personal finance column in the Weekend Herald. She is interviewed on money issues every second Thursday on National Radio, and presents highly praised seminars. She is a director of Financial Services Complaints Ltd (FSCL), and frequently...
Date: Saturday 22 May
Where: Wallingford Homestead, Waipukurau, Central Hawke's Bay
Rose Carlyle considers herself to be an ordinary person who wrote a book, but her novel The Girl in the Mirror is not ordinary in the slightest.
After she sent her manuscript to a publisher, it was quickly sent on to Australia and within weeks she received an email from one of the big five...
Date: Saturday 22 May
Where: St Hildas, Otane, Central Hawke's Bay
The timeless wisdom of Maori proverbs explained by respected Maori psychiatrist Dr Hinemoa Elder, showing us how we can live better lives, in harmony with the planet.
Ki te kotahi te kakaho ka whati, ki te kapuia, e kore e whati
When we stand alone we are vulnerable but together we are...
Date: Saturday 22 May
Where: Te Aute College, Otane, Central Hawke's Bay
Takapau 1st & 2nd rock n roll birthday hop with a country Hoedown theme, with great music from Gerry Lee the one-man stage show come dance the night away with New Zealand's Premier Rock n Roll Pianist, great door prizes and raffles on the night $12 entry doors open 7 pm.
Bar available No BYO...
Date: Saturday 22 May
Where: Takapau Town Hall, Takapau, Central Hawke's Bay
Romantic, mystical and lyrical, the Royal New Zealand Ballet’s Giselle is a timeless production of one of ballet’s great stories.
Former RNZB Artistic Director Ethan Stiefel and celebrated principal dancer, choreographer and director Johan Kobborg’s acclaimed production of Giselle first...
Date: Saturday 22 May to Sunday 23 May
Where: Napier Municipal Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
The boyz are very excited to be invited back to Napier and look forward to seeing you all there in May.
Early-bird tickets on sale now until 10 May. Limited door sales if not sold out prior.
Call Joe to book yours now: 027-582-9925
Son de Cuba* is who they are and what they play.
Son...
Date: Saturday 22 May
Where: Hawkes Bay Latin Dance Club, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Come To Dolly…the kings of industrial rock are back with a blinding new set. Joined by the Hollows and more.
Date: Saturday 22 May
Where: The Cabana, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Drum and Bass fans rejoice, as WILKINSON has been approved to tour the country in May 2021, taking his high energy show and back catalogue of bangers to Wellington, Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin and the Hawkes Bay.
Over the past 10 years, Wilkinson has cemented himself as one of the most...
Date: Saturday 22 May
Where: Exhibition Hall, Whangarei, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
The boys are back!
NZDC are New Zealand’s premier AC/DC Experience. School-boy suit and all, they offer mind-blowing resemblance to the legendary AC/DC. Performing songs from both the Bon Scott and Brian Johnson era, you'll be seeing one of the most authentic experience shows on the...
Date: Saturday 22 May
Where: Paisley Stage, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Please join us for this fun free event at the Central Hawkes Bay Museum - a celebration to close the second Between the Lines Festival.
The session features poet and musician Tim Saunders with his band The Rousies from Manawatu.
We will also enjoy talks and readings from local authors Jeremy...
Date: Sunday 23 May
Where: Central Hawke's Bay Settlers Museum, Waipawa, Central Hawke's Bay
Our tenors delight with the greatest melodies and songs ever written, delivered with their signature charm and cheekiness.
Starring the amazing artists Bonaventure Allan-Moetaua, Amanda Atlas, Derek Hill, Kalauni Pouvalu and on piano Paul Carnegie-Jones.
Date: Wednesday 26 May
Where: Equippers Church, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Our tenors delight with the greatest melodies and songs ever written, delivered with their signature charm and cheekiness.
Starring the amazing artists Bonaventure Allan-Moetaua, Amanda Atlas, Derek Hill, Kalauni Pouvalu and on piano Paul Carnegie-Jones.
Date: Thursday 27 May
Where: Equippers Church, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
BEN ELTON announced last year that he would tour New Zealand in 2020 with a brand-new stand-up show, Ben Elton Live. But we all know what happened next.
Ben is now newly confirmed to arrive in New Zealand to quarantine in April, to then hit the stage in May 2021, with fourteen new dates added...
Date: Friday 28 May
Where: Napier Municipal Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Open Call 2 @ Cabana
Come along and watch some local Hawkes Bay people brave the bright lights and share their talents with you! With acts from all different areas of performance; comedy, dancing, and singing, just to name a few. A fun night for both performer and patron awaits. Each show will...
Date: Friday 28 May
Where: The Cabana, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Hastings Bird Club Invites you to come and look at an amazing array of birds from breeders all around NZ.
Breeders will be exhibiting their birds! Budgies, lovebirds and much more.
Public are welcome to come and look, learn and talk to our amazing breeders.
Sales Table available, are you...
Date: Saturday 29 May to Sunday 30 May
Where: Ebbett Park School, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
After two postponements, due to covid-19, the Hastings Choral Society with the Gisborne Choral Society will be performing selections from Mendelssohn's Elijah and Mozart's Requiem. A combined choir of over 70 will be conducted by Gavin MacLean, accompanied by Organist John Wells, and soloists...
Date: Saturday 29 May
Where: St Matthew's Anglican Church, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Join us for a One Night Only celebration of the incredible legacy of Bob Dylan...a host of local artists will cover their favourite Dylan songs at the legendary Cabana, NZ's oldest pure live music venue. An all-star line-up, including The Guv himself and your host Kitty Day, with local band...
Date: Saturday 29 May
Where: The Cabana, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
A special evening of world class classical crossover entertainment with internationally successful Kiwi artists
Geoff Sewell and BRAVO AMICI postponed their 2020 New Zealand concert tour due to the Coronavirus pandemic. The Tour was rescheduled to tour in May 2021, but after working for many...
Date: Sunday 30 May
Where: Napier Municipal Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
A Bloody Business: the history of five Hawke’s Bay freezing works explores the effect the frozen meat processing industry had on the socio-economics of the Hawke’s Bay region using as illustration five significant meat works: Tomoana (1884), Hawke’s Bay & North British (1887), Thomas...
Date: Sunday 9 May to Sunday 7 November
Where: MTG Hawke's Bay, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
A major collection of work by Clare Plug.
Clare Plug has worked as a textile artist since completing a Craft Design Certificate at EIT in 1990. In the beginning this was primarily in the quilt medium. She printed and dyed most of her own fabric and these were assembled and quilted by...
Date: Sunday 9 May to Thursday 3 June
Where: Creative Arts Napier, Community Arts Centre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
The Hawke’s Bay Art Review is a selected exhibition showcasing art excellence in Hawke’s Bay, revived as a biennial competition by Creative Arts Napier in 2017.
Submissions are invited from local emerging and established artists in painting and drawing, printmaking, sculpture, photography,...
Date: Sunday 9 May to Friday 9 July
Where: Creative Arts Napier, Community Arts Centre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
An exploration of ‘post-British empire’ life in Aotearoa.
Joseph Rowntree is an emerging artist from Hawke’s Bay who is fast gaining a reputation for his use of repurposed windows as an alternative canvas.
After winning the 2020 ‘CANdid-50’ People’s Choice Award, Joseph was...
Date: Friday 14 May to Thursday 3 June
Where: Creative Arts Napier, Community Arts Centre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Despite the title of his latest exhibition, Brian Campbell doesn't so much lift his head out of the water as he raises it above the parapet, building an imaginary world using satire, fantasy and humour to contemplate some serious, possibly even profound, questions.
From a self-described...
Date: Sunday 9 May to Sunday 8 August
Where: Hastings City Art Gallery, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Dali Susanto was born in the art capital of Indonesia, Yogyakarta and was brought up surrounded by artists. His mother and father owned and still run a batik gallery and studio where they teach local and international tourists the skills in batik work. Named after Salvador Dali, his parents hoped...
Date: Saturday 15 May to Sunday 25 July
Where: Hastings City Art Gallery, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
The idea of a book as an art object evolved in the mid-20th Century when artists began experimenting with the book format as a means to express their ideas.
This touring exhibition from the Print Council of Aotearoa New Zealand (PCANZ) sees printmakers from throughout Aotearoa, including eight...
Date: Saturday 22 May to Sunday 1 August
Where: Hastings City Art Gallery, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Come along to a great night of rock n roll every Tuesday night for beginners and experienced dancers this is a social rock n roll club, we welcome those who want to learn rock n roll and we will assist you. Become a member of the rock n roll club for $10.00 a year which this financial year has only...
Date: Tuesday 11 May to Tuesday 3 August
Where: Napier RSA, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
The Pink Floyd Experience have almost become a household name in New Zealand and Australia after 22 years of regular touring and consistently delivering a world-class show.
With nearly 20 albums of Pink Floyd music to choose from, the Experience have had plenty of material to draw inspiration...
Date: Tuesday 1 June
Where: Napier Municipal Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
7pm - 8.45pm with 15min interval
Join us at The Movement for an antidote to apathy and inaction! The Movement is a quadruple bill of brand-new dance work from Footnote New Zealand Dance that amplifies important conversations about our world. The rising tide, the future of biotech, an...
Date: Wednesday 2 June
Where: Blyth Performing Arts Centre, Havelock North, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
One of New Zealand’s most compelling voices of modern soul TEEKS (Te Karehana Gardiner-Toi) shares his long-awaited debut album ‘Something To Feel’.
To mark this special milestone, TEEKS is proud to announce a very special, six date album tour, seeing the celebrated Māori artist perform...
Date: Friday 4 June
Where: Napier Municipal Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Guns Of Brixton ( Clash Tribute ) with Yes Yes No.
A night of great extreme Rock and Roll... another cork a gig!
If you love the Clash and you should… you’ll love Guns of Brixton.
Yes Yes No play a mixture of high energy originals and covers that will have you shaking ya ass.
Date: Friday 4 June
Where: The Cabana, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Celebrating the May 21 release of their Split LP with NYC's Clone, Auckland post-punks Swallow the Rat hit the road again on a five-date NZ tour.
May 1 - Hamilton, Nivara Lounge
May 7 - Auckland, Whammy
May 22 - Tauranga, Hop House
June 4 - Palmerston North, Snails
June 5 - Hastings, Common...
Date: Saturday 5 June
Where: The Common Room, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Hawke’s Bay’s premier wedding and event expo is back for 2021!
With a great selection of exhibitors, we have every aspect of your big day covered. Talk directly to the suppliers as you plan every detail of your special day.
The lunchtime fashion show will inspire you with ideas for your...
Date: Sunday 6 June
Where: Napier War Memorial Centre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Simply Ballroom is held every first Sunday of the month come along and enjoy a mixture of all types of the ballroom with DJ's Bertie & Ansie. Two hours of non-stop music - Waltz, Foxtrot, Cha Cha, Rumba or any requests for other ballroom dances. A good night of social ballroom dancing. All dancers...
Date: Sunday 6 June to Sunday 1 August
Where: Napier RSA, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Come along and be a part of the wonderful, vibrant poetry group, where you can share your own work and hear poems by other members of Hawke’s Bay’s community. If you want to just listen, that is fine too. Napier Live Poets is tremendously supportive of all writers. The poets sit in a...
Date: Monday 7 June to Monday 6 December
Where: Creative Arts Napier, Community Arts Centre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Neil Diamond - the consummate American singer-songwriter whose deep, resounding voice and timeless tunes have made him one of the world’s most loved and lauded artists, earning him numerous Top Ten hits, Grammy awards and induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Now comes The Sweet...
Date: Friday 11 June
Where: Toitoi - Hawke's Bay Arts & Events Centre, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
te MOKO
on our face / in your face | Main Gallery
The te MOKO exhibition showcases “the face of Māori Art today”.
A specifically designed installation of contemporary artwork by 40 Iwitoi Kahungunu artists of Heretaunga engaging in reprising cultural values beyond the Marae.
Of...
Date: Saturday 12 June to Sunday 15 August
Where: Hastings City Art Gallery, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
NZ musical legends DEVILSKIN and KORA band together to Co-Headline a nine-date winter tour across the country, kicking off in Palmerston North this June. This winter tour will see an epic accumulation of songs that put these bands on the map, tracks like Kora’s infamous Pop Your Bubble, Drop Dead...
Date: Saturday 12 June
Where: Showgrounds Hawke's Bay Tomoana, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Hastings Music Society Concerts, held every second Sunday of the month, March-November at St Matthew's Anglican Church, feature local vocal, instrumental and group musicians performing varied musical styles representing centuries of beautiful music.
Date: Sunday 9 May to Sunday 14 November
Where: St Matthew's Anglican Church, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Hawkes Bay Comedy Open Mic Nights provide budding comedians with a safe place to strut their stuff and experienced comics a place to try new material. Come and see the best comics of the bay and visiting comics from around the world. If you want to have a go yourself, contact us through the Hawkes...
Date: Sunday 9 May to Sunday 12 December
Where: The Cabana, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Hawkes Bay Comedy Open Mic Nights provide budding comedians with a safe place to strut their stuff, and experienced comics a place to try new material. Come and see the best comics from Hawkes Bay and visiting from around the world. If you want to have a go, please contact us through the Hawkes Bay...
Date: Tuesday 18 May to Tuesday 21 December
Where: The Common Room, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
CHB Needleworkers is celebrating 30 Years as a member guild of ANZEG.
Our lovely group has 19 members and meets on the third Monday of the month at the Bridge Club in Waipukurau. We also have a stitch and chat day on the first Monday of the month at the Bridge Club.
There are 58 Guilds...
Date: Friday 18 June to Sunday 20 June
Where: Capital Training, Waipukurau, Central Hawke's Bay
Banished Music & Under the Radar Presents: KITA Album Release Tour
Following hot on the heels of their recently released single Private Lives, Wellington-based KITA are delighted to announce a tour around Aotearoa in support of their debut self-titled album, visiting 8 centres this June....
Date: Friday 18 June
Where: Paisley Stage, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Stevie Ray Vaughan Tribute Show
Talk about sticking your neck out.
The moment you decide as a band to pay tribute to any artist you are opening yourself up to instant comparisons and worse ridicule. One thing for sure no matter who the artist you had better be able to carry it off or be...
Date: Saturday 26 June
Where: The Cabana, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Hawke’s Bay favourite reggae band The Rude Boyz bringing the reggae vibes back to the Common Room Hastings.
The Rude Boyz at the Common Room is always a great night of fun, music, dancing and partying to a full live band jamming classic reggae and local NZ reggae favourites.
You won’t be...
Date: Saturday 26 June
Where: The Common Room, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
A Bloody Business: the history of five Hawke’s Bay freezing works explores the effect the frozen meat processing industry had on the socio-economics of the Hawke’s Bay region using as illustration five significant meat works: Tomoana (1884), Hawke’s Bay & North British (1887), Thomas...
Date: Sunday 9 May to Sunday 7 November
Where: MTG Hawke's Bay, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
The Hawke’s Bay Art Review is a selected exhibition showcasing art excellence in Hawke’s Bay, revived as a biennial competition by Creative Arts Napier in 2017.
Submissions are invited from local emerging and established artists in painting and drawing, printmaking, sculpture, photography,...
Date: Sunday 9 May to Friday 9 July
Where: Creative Arts Napier, Community Arts Centre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Despite the title of his latest exhibition, Brian Campbell doesn't so much lift his head out of the water as he raises it above the parapet, building an imaginary world using satire, fantasy and humour to contemplate some serious, possibly even profound, questions.
From a self-described...
Date: Sunday 9 May to Sunday 8 August
Where: Hastings City Art Gallery, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Dali Susanto was born in the art capital of Indonesia, Yogyakarta and was brought up surrounded by artists. His mother and father owned and still run a batik gallery and studio where they teach local and international tourists the skills in batik work. Named after Salvador Dali, his parents hoped...
Date: Saturday 15 May to Sunday 25 July
Where: Hastings City Art Gallery, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
The idea of a book as an art object evolved in the mid-20th Century when artists began experimenting with the book format as a means to express their ideas.
This touring exhibition from the Print Council of Aotearoa New Zealand (PCANZ) sees printmakers from throughout Aotearoa, including eight...
Date: Saturday 22 May to Sunday 1 August
Where: Hastings City Art Gallery, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
te MOKO
on our face / in your face | Main Gallery
The te MOKO exhibition showcases “the face of Māori Art today”.
A specifically designed installation of contemporary artwork by 40 Iwitoi Kahungunu artists of Heretaunga engaging in reprising cultural values beyond the Marae.
Of...
Date: Saturday 12 June to Sunday 15 August
Where: Hastings City Art Gallery, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Greg Johnson returns home for a much-anticipated New Zealand tour, after a year-long LA lockdown.
With special guest Dianne Swann.
Look forward to Greg and band performing hits like Isabelle, Don't Wait Another Day, Liberty, Save Yourself - and fantastic songs from upcoming new album Tilt...
Date: Saturday 3 July
Where: The Common Room, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Simply Ballroom is held every first Sunday of the month come along and enjoy a mixture of all types of the ballroom with DJ's Bertie & Ansie. Two hours of non-stop music - Waltz, Foxtrot, Cha Cha, Rumba or any requests for other ballroom dances. A good night of social ballroom dancing. All dancers...
Date: Sunday 6 June to Sunday 1 August
Where: Napier RSA, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Come along and be a part of the wonderful, vibrant poetry group, where you can share your own work and hear poems by other members of Hawke’s Bay’s community. If you want to just listen, that is fine too. Napier Live Poets is tremendously supportive of all writers. The poets sit in a...
Date: Monday 7 June to Monday 6 December
Where: Creative Arts Napier, Community Arts Centre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Come along to a great night of rock n roll every Tuesday night for beginners and experienced dancers this is a social rock n roll club, we welcome those who want to learn rock n roll and we will assist you. Become a member of the rock n roll club for $10.00 a year which this financial year has only...
Date: Tuesday 11 May to Tuesday 3 August
Where: Napier RSA, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Courtney Barnett announces she will be undertaking a solo tour around Aotearoa this July, in her first live shows in over 12 months. Tickets go on sale this Friday. Having been grounded in 2020 care of the global pandemic, Barnett made the best of a bad situation and wrote and recorded a new...
Date: Thursday 8 July
Where: The Cabana, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Heath Franklin's Chopper
As seen on 7 Days
'The Silencer' will not be silenced! And we're picking up where we left off.
Covid Safe and harder than ever, Chopper brings his hit show to NZ in March 2021
Panic, terror, stupidity; they can all form a queue and suck the wrinkles out of...
Date: Friday 9 July
Where: Toitoi - Hawke's Bay Arts & Events Centre, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Hastings Music Society Concerts, held every second Sunday of the month, March-November at St Matthew's Anglican Church, feature local vocal, instrumental and group musicians performing varied musical styles representing centuries of beautiful music.
Date: Sunday 9 May to Sunday 14 November
Where: St Matthew's Anglican Church, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Hawkes Bay Comedy Open Mic Nights provide budding comedians with a safe place to strut their stuff and experienced comics a place to try new material. Come and see the best comics of the bay and visiting comics from around the world. If you want to have a go yourself, contact us through the Hawkes...
Date: Sunday 9 May to Sunday 12 December
Where: The Cabana, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
After the smash-hit successes of Promise and Promiscuity, Penny Ashton brings Dickensian-inspired orphaned hero Olive Copperbottom, and a squalid gaggle of hilarious Victorians, to crusty life.
A rollicking, romantic, musical journey through 15 gin-soaked characters told with song, dance and...
Date: Thursday 15 July
Where: Toitoi - Hawke's Bay Arts & Events Centre, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Hawkes Bay Comedy Open Mic Nights provide budding comedians with a safe place to strut their stuff, and experienced comics a place to try new material. Come and see the best comics from Hawkes Bay and visiting from around the world. If you want to have a go, please contact us through the Hawkes Bay...
Date: Tuesday 18 May to Tuesday 21 December
Where: The Common Room, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Frantic fiddling, breathtaking ballads, jigs and jollity, Irish jokes, you'll have Ireland in your heart to be sure, to be sure!
Starring the amazing artists Susan Boland, Alex Foster, Jessica Hindin, Paul Carnegie-Jones, Russell Dixon and Stuart Coats.
Date: Wednesday 21 July
Where: Equippers Church, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Frantic fiddling, breathtaking ballads, jigs and jollity, Irish jokes, you'll have Ireland in your heart to be sure, to be sure!
Starring the amazing artists Susan Boland, Alex Foster, Jessica Hindin, Paul Carnegie-Jones, Russell Dixon and Stuart Coats.
Date: Thursday 22 July
Where: Equippers Church, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
The first one was so successful we are going to keep doing them
Just bring your guitars... amps, etc. provided.
An opportunity for Muso's to get together and Jam with different people.
Great for solo artists, etc. All gear supplied: Amps, Keys and a Piano.
Date: Thursday 22 July
Where: The Cabana, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
The next instalment of Boombfunk shows is a must see! Music Icons is rightly named, because we’ll be bringing some iconic songs and artists to the stage. They’ll be slightly re-imagined in each performers own style while still holding on to the essence of the artist.
We’ll have all the...
Date: Saturday 24 July
Where: Paisley Stage, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Celebrating the upcoming release of their second record 'Cosmonaut', Pickle Darling is embarking on their first cosmic voyage through the country! Stopping off at 12 (!) cities and towns to play their unique brand of melodic bedroom pop to fans around the country, come see them for the first...
Date: Saturday 24 July
Where: Paisley Stage, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
The first of a monthly night ” DIVAS & A PIANO”, features the best of the Bays Diva’s singing original and Covers backed by just our Premier 5 Foot 1 Baby Grand.
This month’s DIVAS are: Ursula Alexander, Adrienne Toner, Jackie Gibson, Bobbi Rowe, Chrissy Atkinson, Kitty Day and Lynne...
Date: Friday 30 July
Where: The Cabana, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
A Bloody Business: the history of five Hawke’s Bay freezing works explores the effect the frozen meat processing industry had on the socio-economics of the Hawke’s Bay region using as illustration five significant meat works: Tomoana (1884), Hawke’s Bay & North British (1887), Thomas...
Date: Sunday 9 May to Sunday 7 November
Where: MTG Hawke's Bay, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Despite the title of his latest exhibition, Brian Campbell doesn't so much lift his head out of the water as he raises it above the parapet, building an imaginary world using satire, fantasy and humour to contemplate some serious, possibly even profound, questions.
From a self-described...
Date: Sunday 9 May to Sunday 8 August
Where: Hastings City Art Gallery, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
The idea of a book as an art object evolved in the mid-20th Century when artists began experimenting with the book format as a means to express their ideas.
This touring exhibition from the Print Council of Aotearoa New Zealand (PCANZ) sees printmakers from throughout Aotearoa, including eight...
Date: Saturday 22 May to Sunday 1 August
Where: Hastings City Art Gallery, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
te MOKO
on our face / in your face | Main Gallery
The te MOKO exhibition showcases “the face of Māori Art today”.
A specifically designed installation of contemporary artwork by 40 Iwitoi Kahungunu artists of Heretaunga engaging in reprising cultural values beyond the Marae.
Of...
Date: Saturday 12 June to Sunday 15 August
Where: Hastings City Art Gallery, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Simply Ballroom is held every first Sunday of the month come along and enjoy a mixture of all types of the ballroom with DJ's Bertie & Ansie. Two hours of non-stop music - Waltz, Foxtrot, Cha Cha, Rumba or any requests for other ballroom dances. A good night of social ballroom dancing. All dancers...
Date: Sunday 6 June to Sunday 1 August
Where: Napier RSA, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Come along and be a part of the wonderful, vibrant poetry group, where you can share your own work and hear poems by other members of Hawke’s Bay’s community. If you want to just listen, that is fine too. Napier Live Poets is tremendously supportive of all writers. The poets sit in a...
Date: Monday 7 June to Monday 6 December
Where: Creative Arts Napier, Community Arts Centre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Come along to a great night of rock n roll every Tuesday night for beginners and experienced dancers this is a social rock n roll club, we welcome those who want to learn rock n roll and we will assist you. Become a member of the rock n roll club for $10.00 a year which this financial year has only...
Date: Tuesday 11 May to Tuesday 3 August
Where: Napier RSA, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
We invite you to step into the night and join us on our Walk of Wonders.
An immersive light art, fire and audio experience for all ages. Walk of Wonders will be held at Black Barn Vineyards on nine nights, August 5-15th. Guests will be immersed in a dynamic visual experience coupled by a...
Date: Thursday 5 August to Sunday 15 August
Where: Black Barn Vineyards, Havelock North, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Following the triumph of his Hansel & Gretel in 2019, the Royal New Zealand Ballet is delighted to commission a new work by Choreographer in Residence Loughlan Prior for 2021.
The Firebird, first staged in Paris in 1910, changed the direction of ballet. The spine-tingling grandeur of...
Date: Friday 6 August to Saturday 7 August
Where: Napier Municipal Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Hastings Music Society Concerts, held every second Sunday of the month, March-November at St Matthew's Anglican Church, feature local vocal, instrumental and group musicians performing varied musical styles representing centuries of beautiful music.
Date: Sunday 9 May to Sunday 14 November
Where: St Matthew's Anglican Church, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Hawkes Bay Comedy Open Mic Nights provide budding comedians with a safe place to strut their stuff and experienced comics a place to try new material. Come and see the best comics of the bay and visiting comics from around the world. If you want to have a go yourself, contact us through the Hawkes...
Date: Sunday 9 May to Sunday 12 December
Where: The Cabana, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Wil Sargisson and Margot Pierard. JAZZ.
Two of the greatest Jazz artists from NZ and abroad join forces to offer a night of Classic Jazz. Tickets $19+fees ON EVENTFINDA $25 at the door.
Vocalist Margot Pierard and pianist Wil Sargisson first worked together in 2005, as members of the Hawkes Bay...
Date: Thursday 12 August
Where: The Cabana, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Hawkes Bay Comedy Open Mic Nights provide budding comedians with a safe place to strut their stuff, and experienced comics a place to try new material. Come and see the best comics from Hawkes Bay and visiting from around the world. If you want to have a go, please contact us through the Hawkes Bay...
Date: Tuesday 18 May to Tuesday 21 December
Where: The Common Room, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
New Zealand’s newest pop princess Venice today announces her debut national tour.
The tour, titled Queen of the Night after her latest single, will see the funky singer/songwriter take her high energy concert to nine cities over the next few months.
Venice performed Queen of the Night for...
Date: Friday 20 August
Where: Paisley Stage, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Motel California is New Zealand's premier tribute to the Eagles Band.
Playing all the best-loved Eagles hits, celebrating one of the great country-rock acts in music,
Recognised for their accomplished & highly skilled musicianship and vocals, this is not to be missed!!!
Selling out venues and...
Date: Saturday 21 August
Where: The Cabana, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
The GLOW SHOW team is back with WONDERLAND GLOW SHOW, a ‘kiwified’ interpretation of the classic ‘Alice in Wonderland' tale for tamariki, educators and whanau! Let your imagination soar as you're transported by the magic of giant scale glow-in-the-dark puppetry. The mega edu-taining...
Date: Monday 23 August
Where: Napier Municipal Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Bring your dancing shoes and get ready to boogie as we sing and dance the day away to your favourite hits of the 50s, 60s and 70s.
Starring the amazing artists Bonaventure Allan-Moetaua, Karl Perigo, Bruce French, Grant Winterburn, Ray Eade and Suzanne Lynch.
Date: Wednesday 25 August
Where: Equippers Church, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Bring your dancing shoes and get ready to boogie as we sing and dance the day away to your favourite hits of the 50s, 60s and 70s.
Starring the amazing artists Bonaventure Allan-Moetaua, Karl Perigo, Bruce French, Grant Winterburn, Ray Eade and Suzanne Lynch.
Date: Thursday 26 August
Where: Equippers Church, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
A Bloody Business: the history of five Hawke’s Bay freezing works explores the effect the frozen meat processing industry had on the socio-economics of the Hawke’s Bay region using as illustration five significant meat works: Tomoana (1884), Hawke’s Bay & North British (1887), Thomas...
Date: Sunday 9 May to Sunday 7 November
Where: MTG Hawke's Bay, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Join us on Friday 3 September for the Gala Opening of this year's Hawke's Bay Art Review. It will be a fabulous night with light, where our Guest Selector and Curator Tyson Campbell will award the Gordon Harris Premier Award of $1000 plus six Highly Commended Awards.
The Hawke’s Bay Art Review...
Date: Friday 3 September to Wednesday 29 September
Where: Creative Arts Napier, Community Arts Centre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Come along and be a part of the wonderful, vibrant poetry group, where you can share your own work and hear poems by other members of Hawke’s Bay’s community. If you want to just listen, that is fine too. Napier Live Poets is tremendously supportive of all writers. The poets sit in a...
Date: Monday 7 June to Monday 6 December
Where: Creative Arts Napier, Community Arts Centre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Hastings Music Society Concerts, held every second Sunday of the month, March-November at St Matthew's Anglican Church, feature local vocal, instrumental and group musicians performing varied musical styles representing centuries of beautiful music.
Date: Sunday 9 May to Sunday 14 November
Where: St Matthew's Anglican Church, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Hawkes Bay Comedy Open Mic Nights provide budding comedians with a safe place to strut their stuff and experienced comics a place to try new material. Come and see the best comics of the bay and visiting comics from around the world. If you want to have a go yourself, contact us through the Hawkes...
Date: Sunday 9 May to Sunday 12 December
Where: The Cabana, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Hawkes Bay Comedy Open Mic Nights provide budding comedians with a safe place to strut their stuff, and experienced comics a place to try new material. Come and see the best comics from Hawkes Bay and visiting from around the world. If you want to have a go, please contact us through the Hawkes Bay...
Date: Tuesday 18 May to Tuesday 21 December
Where: The Common Room, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
A Bloody Business: the history of five Hawke’s Bay freezing works explores the effect the frozen meat processing industry had on the socio-economics of the Hawke’s Bay region using as illustration five significant meat works: Tomoana (1884), Hawke’s Bay & North British (1887), Thomas...
Date: Sunday 9 May to Sunday 7 November
Where: MTG Hawke's Bay, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
The Hawke's Bay Arms & Militaria Show will have displays of Medals, Badges, Uniforms, Vehicles, Books, Toys, Models, Antique Military and Sporting Arms. There will also be Sales Tables.
Children 10 years and under, accompanied by an adult - free.
Enquiries:
Paul - 06 8447321 - 0211739018 -...
Date: Saturday 2 October
Where: Army Drill Hall, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Come along and be a part of the wonderful, vibrant poetry group, where you can share your own work and hear poems by other members of Hawke’s Bay’s community. If you want to just listen, that is fine too. Napier Live Poets is tremendously supportive of all writers. The poets sit in a...
Date: Monday 7 June to Monday 6 December
Where: Creative Arts Napier, Community Arts Centre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
There's No Business Like Show Business features Glitter, glamour and show tunes, prepare to be dazzled by our amazing musical spectacular!
Starring the musical talents from Susan Boland, Bonaventure Allan-Moetaua, Alex Milligan, Grant Winterburn, Kelly Lim Harris and Stuart Coats.
Date: Wednesday 6 October
Where: Equippers Church, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
There's No Business Like Show Business features Glitter, glamour and show tunes, prepare to be dazzled by our amazing musical spectacular!
Starring the musical talents from Susan Boland, Bonaventure Allan-Moetaua, Alex Milligan, Grant Winterburn, Kelly Lim Harris and Stuart Coats.
Date: Thursday 7 October
Where: Equippers Church, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
It’s time to check-in to Hotel California The Eagles Experience – the captivating live concert and stage show saluting the extraordinary talent and timeless catalogue of The Eagles.
With a stage full of show-stopping voices and musicians, relive the beautiful country harmonies, the rockin’...
Date: Saturday 9 October
Where: Toitoi - Hawke's Bay Arts & Events Centre, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Hastings Music Society Concerts, held every second Sunday of the month, March-November at St Matthew's Anglican Church, feature local vocal, instrumental and group musicians performing varied musical styles representing centuries of beautiful music.
Date: Sunday 9 May to Sunday 14 November
Where: St Matthew's Anglican Church, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Hawkes Bay Comedy Open Mic Nights provide budding comedians with a safe place to strut their stuff and experienced comics a place to try new material. Come and see the best comics of the bay and visiting comics from around the world. If you want to have a go yourself, contact us through the Hawkes...
Date: Sunday 9 May to Sunday 12 December
Where: The Cabana, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
HAWKE'S BAY! Are you ready to Drag up your Life?! Kelly Fornia is taking her drag lip-sync extravaganza all over the nation this 2021, and we are stepping foot in glamorous Hawke's Bay!
Drag up your Life features a fabulous selection of Wellington's finest Drag Queens & Kings as we bring you...
Date: Friday 15 October to Saturday 16 October
Where: Theatre Hawke's Bay, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Hawkes Bay Comedy Open Mic Nights provide budding comedians with a safe place to strut their stuff, and experienced comics a place to try new material. Come and see the best comics from Hawkes Bay and visiting from around the world. If you want to have a go, please contact us through the Hawkes Bay...
Date: Tuesday 18 May to Tuesday 21 December
Where: The Common Room, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
A Bloody Business: the history of five Hawke’s Bay freezing works explores the effect the frozen meat processing industry had on the socio-economics of the Hawke’s Bay region using as illustration five significant meat works: Tomoana (1884), Hawke’s Bay & North British (1887), Thomas...
Date: Sunday 9 May to Sunday 7 November
Where: MTG Hawke's Bay, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Come along and be a part of the wonderful, vibrant poetry group, where you can share your own work and hear poems by other members of Hawke’s Bay’s community. If you want to just listen, that is fine too. Napier Live Poets is tremendously supportive of all writers. The poets sit in a...
Date: Monday 7 June to Monday 6 December
Where: Creative Arts Napier, Community Arts Centre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
The Musical Gala with an International cast brings London’s West End and New York’s Broadway to New Zealand for the first time.
The World of Musicals brings the very best of Musical theatre to life.
This incredible production is a wonderful revue of all your favorite musical theatre...
Date: Wednesday 3 November
Where: Napier Municipal Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Let the Royal New Zealand Ballet transport you to a fantastical world of dazzling dance, music and enchantment. Following its hugely successful world premiere in 2015, the RNZB is thrilled to be bringing A Midsummer Night’s Dream back for Christmas 2021. Lovers, fairies, mischief and moonlight...
Date: Saturday 6 November to Sunday 7 November
Where: Napier Municipal Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Fall into the ring of fire in this unforgettable music concert dedicated to the music, love and lives of Johnny Cash and June Carter.
For more than 40 years Johnny Cash and June Carter enthralled audiences around the world with their songs of life, love and heartache. A love story played out...
Date: Thursday 11 November
Where: Napier Municipal Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Hastings Music Society Concerts, held every second Sunday of the month, March-November at St Matthew's Anglican Church, feature local vocal, instrumental and group musicians performing varied musical styles representing centuries of beautiful music.
Date: Sunday 9 May to Sunday 14 November
Where: St Matthew's Anglican Church, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Hawkes Bay Comedy Open Mic Nights provide budding comedians with a safe place to strut their stuff and experienced comics a place to try new material. Come and see the best comics of the bay and visiting comics from around the world. If you want to have a go yourself, contact us through the Hawkes...
Date: Sunday 9 May to Sunday 12 December
Where: The Cabana, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Please note due to the Covid-19 situation, the 2020 performance date has been postponed to 2021.
Following their sell-out 2019 performances of Swan Lake, the Imperial Russian Ballet Company return to New Zealand to perform a double bill, The Nutcracker & Don Quixote. Two sensational ballets, one...
Date: Sunday 14 November
Where: Napier Municipal Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Hawkes Bay Comedy Open Mic Nights provide budding comedians with a safe place to strut their stuff, and experienced comics a place to try new material. Come and see the best comics from Hawkes Bay and visiting from around the world. If you want to have a go, please contact us through the Hawkes Bay...
Date: Tuesday 18 May to Tuesday 21 December
Where: The Common Room, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Lose yourself in the splendour of Vienna as we capture the magic of Christmas, the wonder of the lights, the beautiful carols, the waltzes and great frocks! Starring, Bonaventure Allan-Moetaua, Karl Perigo, Alex Foster, Jessica Hindin, Kelly Lim Harris and Paul Carnegie-Jones on piano.
Date: Thursday 18 November
Where: Equippers Church, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Direct from Australia, Showtime invites you to dance your way into a time warp of 70’s disco dancefloor thrillers and timeless heartfelt rock ballads with The Bee Gees Night Fever!
Night Fever is jetting into town to recreate the Bee Gee’s 1997One Night Only Las Vegas concert experience in a...
Date: Saturday 20 November
Where: Toitoi - Hawke's Bay Arts & Events Centre, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Come along and be a part of the wonderful, vibrant poetry group, where you can share your own work and hear poems by other members of Hawke’s Bay’s community. If you want to just listen, that is fine too. Napier Live Poets is tremendously supportive of all writers. The poets sit in a...
Date: Monday 7 June to Monday 6 December
Where: Creative Arts Napier, Community Arts Centre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Hawkes Bay Comedy Open Mic Nights provide budding comedians with a safe place to strut their stuff and experienced comics a place to try new material. Come and see the best comics of the bay and visiting comics from around the world. If you want to have a go yourself, contact us through the Hawkes...
Date: Sunday 9 May to Sunday 12 December
Where: The Cabana, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Hawkes Bay Comedy Open Mic Nights provide budding comedians with a safe place to strut their stuff, and experienced comics a place to try new material. Come and see the best comics from Hawkes Bay and visiting from around the world. If you want to have a go, please contact us through the Hawkes Bay...
Date: Tuesday 18 May to Tuesday 21 December
Where: The Common Room, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
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