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Find out what performing arts events are on in Hastings, Napier, Central Hawke's Bay and Wairoa through this link to Eventfinda. To find out how to list your event see Eventfinda.
Flaxmere Book Chat Group meets at Flaxmere Library every second Tuesday, 10.30 - 11.30am. All welcome!
You can also check out our Readers' Blog to read some reviews of books enjoyed by the group.
We may take photos or video recording during events and programmes which may be used in Council...
Date: Tuesday 18 February to Tuesday 9 December
Where: Flaxmere Library, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Baby Bounce
When: Tuesdays, 10am Where: Taradale Library
When: Fridays, 10am Where: Napier Library
Baby Bounce is a half-hour programme of songs, rhymes and noisy, wiggly, bouncy, fun. Suitable for children aged 0-2 years and their parents/caregivers.
Date: Tuesday 4 February to Tuesday 1 April
Where: Taradale Library, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Storytime
When: Tuesdays, 11am Where: Taradale Library
Storytime is a half-hour - forty-five-minute programme of songs and various picture books from our collection being read. Some of our Storytimes are themed and either a craft or an activity accompanies them. Suitable for preschoolers and...
Date: Tuesday 4 February to Tuesday 8 April
Where: Taradale Library, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Drama Playground is a fun and engaging programme for 8-12's that inspires kids to be creative, spontaneous, and silly. Through improv games and exercises, children can explore their imagination and, along the way, learn important life skills like communication, resilience and teamwork.
The...
Date: Tuesday 25 February to Tuesday 15 April
Where: Co-Lab Taradale , Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Creative Improv for TEENS is for all teens wishing to learn more about performance.
You may have graduated from our Drama Playground (8-12's) or just be ready to try something new and make some friends.
We offer an engaging programme for 13-17's s that inspires you to be creative, spontaneous,...
Date: Tuesday 25 February to Tuesday 15 April
Where: Co-Lab Taradale , Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Join Us for Thrive 25 – A Night to Celebrate, Support, and donate to Nevertheless to ensure we thrive in 2025!
Be part of an unforgettable evening as we come together to support 25 powerful initiatives delivered by Nevertheless in 2025. $25 from every ticket goes directly towards these...
Date: Tuesday 25 February
Where: Toitoi - Hawke's Bay Arts & Events Centre, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Fancy Trying Something New?
Need more fun and laughter in your life?
Then improv is for you.
No experience is necessary.
Our Improv for Adult courses are open to anyone 18 years or over.
This is also the entry-level for those who want to join our performance troupe. Once paid there are no...
Date: Thursday 27 February to Thursday 3 April
Where: Co-Lab Taradale , Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Join Trinity Ice as she plays with her balls!
Enjoy three competitive rounds of bingo, a drag show and lots of laughs over an hour and half!
Doors 7pm
Balls drop 8pm - approx 9/9:30pm
Please note that customers will be sat at shared tables.
Date: Thursday 27 February
Where: The Cabana, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Baby Bounce When: Tuesdays, 10am Where: Taradale Library When: Fridays, 10am Where: Napier Library Baby Bounce is a half-hour programme of songs, rhymes and noisy, wiggly, bouncy, fun. Suitable for children aged 0-2 years and their parents/caregivers.
Date: Friday 14 February to Friday 11 April
Where: Napier Library, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Australian, London-based pianist Piers Lane returns to New Zealand to perform the complete cycle of Frédéric Chopin's beloved 'nocturnes'.
The 21 'nocturnes' are among Chopin's most intimate compositions, suggestive of a myriad nighttime atmospheres and emotions. Of twilight, dusk and into the...
Date: Monday 3 March
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Flaxmere Book Chat Group meets at Flaxmere Library every second Tuesday, 10.30 - 11.30am. All welcome!
You can also check out our Readers' Blog to read some reviews of books enjoyed by the group.
We may take photos or video recording during events and programmes which may be used in Council...
Date: Tuesday 18 February to Tuesday 9 December
Where: Flaxmere Library, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Baby Bounce
When: Tuesdays, 10am Where: Taradale Library
When: Fridays, 10am Where: Napier Library
Baby Bounce is a half-hour programme of songs, rhymes and noisy, wiggly, bouncy, fun. Suitable for children aged 0-2 years and their parents/caregivers.
Date: Tuesday 4 February to Tuesday 1 April
Where: Taradale Library, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Storytime
When: Tuesdays, 11am Where: Taradale Library
Storytime is a half-hour - forty-five-minute programme of songs and various picture books from our collection being read. Some of our Storytimes are themed and either a craft or an activity accompanies them. Suitable for preschoolers and...
Date: Tuesday 4 February to Tuesday 8 April
Where: Taradale Library, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
True crime fun-facts, realising you joined a cult and boldly announcing your intrusive thoughts. Yeah - we sing about these things.
THERAPY is making its way to Aubyn Live Theatre hot off the back of sold-out seasons in Dunedin and Christchurch and following its debut at BATS for the 2025 New...
Date: Wednesday 5 March to Thursday 6 March
Where: Aubyn Live Theatre, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
THERAPY: A Musical Comedy
Presented by Aubyn Live Theatre and Good for Her Productions
True crime fun-facts, realising you joined a cult and boldly announcing your intrusive thoughts. Yeah - we sing about these things.
THERAPY is making its way to Aubyn Live Theatre hot off the back of...
Date: Wednesday 5 March to Thursday 6 March
Where: Aubyn Live Theatre, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Handel Overture and Symphonia from Occasional Oratorio
Locke The Tempest Suite
Handel Alcina Suite
Telemann Concerto for 3 Trumpets and Timpani in D Major, TWV54.D3
Handel’s mastery in blending celebratory and contemplative elements into his music has stood the test of time like few others....
Date: Wednesday 12 March
Where: Napier Municipal Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Baby Bounce When: Tuesdays, 10am Where: Taradale Library When: Fridays, 10am Where: Napier Library Baby Bounce is a half-hour programme of songs, rhymes and noisy, wiggly, bouncy, fun. Suitable for children aged 0-2 years and their parents/caregivers.
Date: Friday 14 February to Friday 11 April
Where: Napier Library, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Join the hilarious Anita Wigl'it (from 'RuPaul's Drag Race', 'Have You Been Paying Attention' and other TV shows) as she plays with her balls!
Enjoy three competitive rounds of Bingo, a drag show and lots of laughs over an hour and a half!
Doors 7pm.
Balls drop 7:30pm - approx 8:30/9pm.
...
Date: Friday 14 March
Where: Good George Napier Taphouse, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
A traveller arrives at a border with a stack of battered cases. From within them, whole worlds will emerge…
Suitcase Show is an eclectic box set of short stories. Dark, spiky, and comic, each one is told out of a suitcase. The staging is inventive, from lo-fi shadowplay to wireless projection,...
Date: Wednesday 19 March to Thursday 20 March
Where: Toitoi - Opera House, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Flaxmere Book Chat Group meets at Flaxmere Library every second Tuesday, 10.30 - 11.30am. All welcome!
You can also check out our Readers' Blog to read some reviews of books enjoyed by the group.
We may take photos or video recording during events and programmes which may be used in Council...
Date: Tuesday 18 February to Tuesday 9 December
Where: Flaxmere Library, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Baby Bounce
When: Tuesdays, 10am Where: Taradale Library
When: Fridays, 10am Where: Napier Library
Baby Bounce is a half-hour programme of songs, rhymes and noisy, wiggly, bouncy, fun. Suitable for children aged 0-2 years and their parents/caregivers.
Date: Tuesday 4 February to Tuesday 1 April
Where: Taradale Library, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Storytime
When: Tuesdays, 11am Where: Taradale Library
Storytime is a half-hour - forty-five-minute programme of songs and various picture books from our collection being read. Some of our Storytimes are themed and either a craft or an activity accompanies them. Suitable for preschoolers and...
Date: Tuesday 4 February to Tuesday 8 April
Where: Taradale Library, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Beginners Ballroom & Latin 8-week course (April/May)
Learn the basics of partner dancing, Waltz, social-foxtrot, Cha-cha-cha & Jive.
We recommend having a partner however it is not essential as we have helpers to assist, just come along and have a fantastic time meeting new people and learn to...
Date: Tuesday 1 April to Tuesday 20 May
Where: Munro Dance Studio, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Beginners SALSA & BACHATA starts
Wednesday 2nd April 2025
8 week course (April/May)
Join the fun of salsa & Bachata dancing, we recommend having a partner however it is not essential as we have helpers to assist, just come along and have a fantastic time meeting new people and learn to dance.
...
Date: Wednesday 2 April to Wednesday 21 May
Where: Munro Dance Studio, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Welcome to "Hope I Made You Proud." – the hilarious, wild, and deeply personal stand-up show from New Zealand’s comedy sensation, Joe Daymond. In this uproarious tour, Joe takes you through his incredible journey from scraping by, living in his car, and cleaning caravans to becoming a household...
Date: Wednesday 2 April
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Kia ora kiddos! Come spend a night with your ole Dad. We'll share memories, chew the fat and if you're really good ya might even get a bed-time story. See u there. lotsaluv, Dad.
From the creator of Magnus Steele (Nominated- Most Promising Emerging Artist, NZ Fringe 2020) and Ungartered...
Date: Friday 4 April to Saturday 5 April
Where: Common Room, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Jennifer Ward-Lealand and Michael Hurst star in the award-winning two-hander, “In Other Words.”
Starring the acclaimed real-life couple Jennifer Ward-Lealand and Michael Hurst, this is a rare opportunity to see two of New Zealand’s finest actors share the stage in a two-hander for the...
Date: Friday 4 April
Where: Toitoi - Opera House, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Baby Bounce When: Tuesdays, 10am Where: Taradale Library When: Fridays, 10am Where: Napier Library Baby Bounce is a half-hour programme of songs, rhymes and noisy, wiggly, bouncy, fun. Suitable for children aged 0-2 years and their parents/caregivers.
Date: Friday 14 February to Friday 11 April
Where: Napier Library, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Meet The Cobblestones, just an ordinary Stone Age family of cave folk living on Stoney Street, Rock Bottom! But when cave boy inventor Bobby Cobblestone hatches his very first good idea, he's whisked off to work for none other than the beautiful celebrity Lady Lava! Unfortunately, BC is soon up to...
Date: Friday 11 April to Sunday 20 April
Where: Aubyn Live Theatre, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Notorious* proudly presents
DAI HENWOOD in
DAI HARD
Yippee kai-yay, it’s time for Dai to bring his highly acclaimed show Dai Hard to Hawke’s Bay! Joined by his best pal Justine Smith, this is a 90min comedy spectacular. You might have heard, there’s been a whole lot of things...
Date: Friday 11 April
Where: Toitoi - Opera House, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Birdlife Productions are back with a new puppet and music show using exquisite puppetry, live music, lots of giant caterpillar fun!
'Aya and the Butterfly' is a heart-warming, joyful story about a little girl who finds happiness through her experience of the metamorphosis of the Monarch...
Date: Saturday 26 April
Where: Central Hawke's Bay Municipal Theatre, Waipawa, Central Hawke's Bay
A Show Not to Be Missed!
The Boss’ Bruce Springsteen Experience Is an International Level Show Honouring the Timeless Music of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band.
With a Full Nine-piece Line-up, the Boss Presents Bruce’s Music at a Captivating Level of Visual and Audio Excitement....
Date: Saturday 3 May
Where: Napier Municipal Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Flaxmere Book Chat Group meets at Flaxmere Library every second Tuesday, 10.30 - 11.30am. All welcome!
You can also check out our Readers' Blog to read some reviews of books enjoyed by the group.
We may take photos or video recording during events and programmes which may be used in Council...
Date: Tuesday 18 February to Tuesday 9 December
Where: Flaxmere Library, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
As seen on 7 Days
The year is 2030. Humanity is all but wiped out, and there is only one man who can save us from the Softcockalypse.
For too long, we thought that things like 'gentle parenting', 'love languages' and 'paper straws’ were a good idea until self-diagnosing whingers and 37...
Date: Thursday 15 May
Where: Toitoi - Opera House, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Flaxmere Book Chat Group meets at Flaxmere Library every second Tuesday, 10.30 - 11.30am. All welcome!
You can also check out our Readers' Blog to read some reviews of books enjoyed by the group.
We may take photos or video recording during events and programmes which may be used in Council...
Date: Tuesday 18 February to Tuesday 9 December
Where: Flaxmere Library, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Flaxmere Book Chat Group meets at Flaxmere Library every second Tuesday, 10.30 - 11.30am. All welcome!
You can also check out our Readers' Blog to read some reviews of books enjoyed by the group.
We may take photos or video recording during events and programmes which may be used in Council...
Date: Tuesday 18 February to Tuesday 9 December
Where: Flaxmere Library, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
We’re coming back to the CENTRAL HAWKE'S BAY MUNICIPAL THEATRE in 2025!!
Worldwide sensation - the MAGIC MEN AUSTRALIA are coming your way!
Australia’s most anticipated men are heating up the town Magic Men’s “FEEL THE MAGIC” showcases it’s most talented men in a heart-stopping live...
Date: Thursday 24 July
Where: Central Hawke's Bay Municipal Theatre, Waipawa, Central Hawke's Bay
Described as a “national treasure” and “New Zealand’s most indispensable ensemble”, NZTrio He Taonga Wairere is renowned for its eclectic repertoire, outstanding talent and warm kiwi stage presence. Bringing together three incredibly accomplished artists: Amalia Hall (violin), Callum Hall...
Date: Saturday 2 August
Where: St Pauls Church, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Flaxmere Book Chat Group meets at Flaxmere Library every second Tuesday, 10.30 - 11.30am. All welcome!
You can also check out our Readers' Blog to read some reviews of books enjoyed by the group.
We may take photos or video recording during events and programmes which may be used in Council...
Date: Tuesday 18 February to Tuesday 9 December
Where: Flaxmere Library, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Ghost Trio was founded mid-2019 by Monique Lapins (violin), Ken Ichinose (cello), and Gabriela Glapska (piano). The close-knit ensemble is passionate about exploring a new approach towards the greatest classics written for piano trio, the discovery of lesser-known contemporary treasures, as well as...
Date: Thursday 14 August
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Flaxmere Book Chat Group meets at Flaxmere Library every second Tuesday, 10.30 - 11.30am. All welcome!
You can also check out our Readers' Blog to read some reviews of books enjoyed by the group.
We may take photos or video recording during events and programmes which may be used in Council...
Date: Tuesday 18 February to Tuesday 9 December
Where: Flaxmere Library, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Composed in the year before his passing, the 'Four Last Songs' are held by many to be Richard Strauss’ most beautiful, sensuous, and moving composition. They are songs of farewell and of gentle heartbreak. The words of the final song, 'Im Abendrot', speak of an elderly couple walking hand in...
Date: Thursday 9 October
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Flaxmere Book Chat Group meets at Flaxmere Library every second Tuesday, 10.30 - 11.30am. All welcome!
You can also check out our Readers' Blog to read some reviews of books enjoyed by the group.
We may take photos or video recording during events and programmes which may be used in Council...
Date: Tuesday 18 February to Tuesday 9 December
Where: Flaxmere Library, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Flaxmere Book Chat Group meets at Flaxmere Library every second Tuesday, 10.30 - 11.30am. All welcome!
You can also check out our Readers' Blog to read some reviews of books enjoyed by the group.
We may take photos or video recording during events and programmes which may be used in Council...
Date: Tuesday 18 February to Tuesday 9 December
Where: Flaxmere Library, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Flaxmere Book Chat Group meets at Flaxmere Library every second Tuesday, 10.30 - 11.30am. All welcome!
You can also check out our Readers' Blog to read some reviews of books enjoyed by the group.
We may take photos or video recording during events and programmes which may be used in Council...
Date: Tuesday 18 February to Tuesday 9 December
Where: Flaxmere Library, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
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