We’re polishing up our dance moves and sharpening up our taste buds in preparation for an outrageous summer of festival fun. Check out our best of the fests. Highlights of the culinary calendar include Gincredible, the Wellington Wine & Food Festival and The Great Kiwi Beer Festival.
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Synthony Review
It’s the biggest, most epic dance club you’ve ever been to, and more. A thrill of anticipation and excitement rippled through the packed floor of Auckland’s Spark Arena, as host General Lee welcomed the Auckland Symphony Orchestra and conductor Peter Thomas to the stage.
RNZB 2021
With The Sleeping Beauty arriving in Christchurch next week, we're amped on ballet and already looking forward to what next year will bring us. Luckily for Kiwi ballet lovers, RNZB has...
Auckland's Summernova festival
Hurl yourself into the speed, sunshine and spying antics of the 36th America’s Cup in Auckland with Summernova, an epic summer festival series based around the always-exciting sailing series.
Q&A: Daniel Weetman of The Black Seeds
Reggae summertime legends The Black Seeds are playing Christchurch into the new year at Hagley Park on December 31. Singer and percussionist Daniel Weetman tells What's Hot New...
Get amongst the Bread & Circus Backyard Buskers Festival in Christchurch
Bread & Circus World Backyard Buskers Festival kicks off this month in Christchurch, and we've got the inside word on some...
Auckland Arts Festival has unveiled its full programme and it is all-Kiwi awesome.
Packing over 70 shows into 18 days in March, the Auckland Arts Festival Te Ahurei Toi o Tāmaki is bringing a mixture of free and premium events featuring dance, theatre, live music, comedy,...
New Zealand Opera’s 2021 season announcement brings The Marriage of Figaro and more on the road
Appropriately themed ‘navigating love’, NZ Opera’s 2021 season is set to make us fall in love with opera all over again with a variety of operas in different sizes, styles and locations.
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Van Gogh's art is coming to New Zealand in a massive interactive event
After wowing punters on Wellington’s waterfront in August 2020, the wildly popular Van Gogh Alive exhibition is returning to Wellington, Auckland and Christchurch in 2021.
Six60
Start laying down your 2021 plans Kiwi music lovers, SIX60 have added a six-show Aotearoa-wide tour to the upcoming banging summer of Kiwi tunes.
Entertain me - Summer 2020/21
We round up great films, reads, shows to bingewatch, new albums to treat your ears to and a couple of decent podcasts to enlighten.
Events
New Zealand boasts a busy events calendar all year round, and you’ll never be far away in time or location from something worth getting to. Big name gigs join thrilling outdoor events, cultural and artistic festivals, professional theatre from local and overseas touring acts, huge sporting occasions, thought-provoking exhibitions, and a lot more besides. The country also offers plenty of uniquely kiwi events of the kind you won’t find anywhere else.
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