Arts, creative and cultural events in Tauranga and the Western Bay of Plenty.
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Show on Saturday 13th April
OPPORTUNITY: Wearable Extravaganza: Futuristic! - Call-out for Entries NOW!
Close 1 May 2019
OPPORTUNITY: Sculpture Competition - Katikati - Close 1 May 2019
Closes 3 June 2019
OPPORTUNITY: Mural Competition - Katikati - Close 3 June 2019
13th & 14th April
OPPORTUNITIES: Caravan Live Painting - Calling Out For Entries!
Installation date - Sunday 23rd June
OPPORTUNITY: Yarn-Bombing 2019: Artist Call-Out
Third Sunday of every month
Ninja Knits Sunday hook up - third Sunday of every month
First Sunday of the month
Katikati Folk Blackboard sessions, Open Mic - First Sunday of the month
Third Friday of every month
Artist Feedback Lab (The Artery) - third Friday of every month
Third Sunday of the month
Katikati Folk Club Jam sessions - Third Sunday of the month
26th January - 24th March
Tauranga Art Gallery: Remembering Rodin - 26th January - 24th March 2019
23rd February - 9th June
Tauranga Art Gallery: ANTI-HEROES / The Art Of Conscious Comic Book Heroes - 23rd February - 9th June 2019
Exhibition opens Monday 4th February
Exhibition: Rae Waterhouse (Carlton Gallery) - opens Monday 4th February
Launches 20th January 2019
Before I Die Wall (Tauranga) - launches 20th January 2019
8th March - 4th April
Tamzin Blair: 'Her Colours' Exhibition - 8th March - 4th April 2019
Mondays starting 21 Jan
Te Roopu Raranga group meetings - Mondays starting 21 Jan
15th March - 30th March
Exhibition: We met at Art School - 15th March-30th March 2019
16th March - 18th April
Exhibition: Elizabeth Thomson - 16th March to 18th April 2019
Tuesday 19th March
Leaving Jackson - The Johnny Cash and June Carter Show - 19th March 2019
Thursday 21st March
David Shanhun with Matt Glass & The Loose Cannons - 21st March 2019
Thursday 21st March
Alien Weaponry | Totara Street, Tauranga - 21st March 2019
First Wednesday of every month
Ninja Knits Wednesday hook up - first Wednesday of every month
Friday 22nd March
The Chasing Summer Tour: Stretch with guest Paula Sugden - 22nd March 2019
Friday 22nd March
Hot Potato Band - Totara Street, Tauranga - 22nd March 2019
Friday 22nd March
The Chasing Summer Tour - Tauranga - 22nd March 2019
Saturday 23rd March
Tunes in the Park (Tye Park, Welcome Bay) - 23rd March 2019
Saturday 23rd March
Curator Talk: Rodin Remembered (TGA Art Gallery) - 23rd March 2019
Saturday 23rd March
Isaiah B Brunt Trio NZ Tour Tauranga - 23rd March 2019
Saturday 23rd March
The Packhouse Experience - Live at the Jam Factory - 23rd March 2019
23 - 24 March 2019
Audition - Tarnished Frocks & Divas 2019 Show - 23 - 24 March 2019
Tuesday 26th March
March Poetry Club - Read Between The Wines - 26th March 2019
Event
Blue Child Collective - Live at the Jam Factory - 28th March 2019
29 March - 13 April 2019
Ladies Day - 29 March 13 April 2019
Friday 29th March
Runtingz, Mt Maunganui 2019 - 29th March 2019
Saturday 30th March
Kiwi Vinyl Party - 30th March 2019
Saturday 30th March
Aro 'Manu' album release tour - 30th March 2019
3 April 2019
Paint & Wine Night - The Mount - 3 April 2019
Friday 5th April
Sumo Jazz In Concert - 5th April 2019
Friday 5th April
Michael Dunstan @ Jam Factory - 5th April 2019
5 - 6 April 2019
42nd National Youth Jazz Competition - Big Band - 5 - 6 April 2019
12th - 14th April
Indigenous space: Tattoo & Art Extravaganza - 12th - 14th April 2019
13th - 14th April
Creative Village @ Tattoo & Art Extravaganza - 13th - 14th April 2019
13th & 14th April
Tattoo & Art Extravaganza - 13th & 14th April 2019
Sunday 14th April
Autumn Quarryfest (Te Puna Quarry Park) - 14th April 2019
Sunday 14th April
Opera Chorus Extravaganza - 14th April 2019
14 April 2019
MauaoPAC Term 1 Student Concert - 14 April 2019
Tuesday 16th April
The Bull Lyre of Ur - Te puru - 16th April 2019
Wednesday 17th April
Artist Interview with Sarah Ablisser (The Art Lounge) - 17th April 2019
Thursday 18th April
Secret Island Sextet - 18th April 2019
Friday 19th April
Allana Goldsmith –Tribute to Ella Fitzgerald & Sarah Vaughan - 19th April 2019
19th & 20th April
Jazz In the Clipper Lounge - 19th & 20th April 2019
19 - 21 April 2019
Jazz Sunset Cruise - 19 - 21 April 2019
Saturday 20th April
Hurricane Party: Swing into Soul - 20th April 2019
Saturday 20th April
Bella Kalolo - A Tribute to Aretha: Queen of Soul - 20th April 2019
20 April 2019
Duelling Pianos - 20 April 2019
20th - 21st April
Downtown Tauranga Carnival - Easter Weekend (20th - 21st April 2019)
21 April 2019
Kim Paterson Quintet - 21 April 2019
24th April - 14th May
Exhibition: Doreen McNeill - 24th April - 14th May
26 April - 11 May 2019
Spring Awakening - 26 April - 11 May 2019
Saturday 27th April
Fire Maidens of Outer Space (Jam Factory) - 27th April 2019
Tuesday 30th April
April Poetry Club - Read Between The Wines - 30th April 2019
Sunday 21st April
Hollie Smith: A Special Night of Jazz - 21st April 2019
30 April & 1 May 2019
CATS - The Musical [Tauranga] - 30 & 1 May April 2019
Friday 3rd May
Swallow the Rat / Grown Downz / WWRF - 3rd May 2019
4 May 2019
The Road That Wasn't There - 4 May 2019
2 May 2019
The Rhythms of Ireland - 2 May 2019
18 May 2019
Ed Byrne - Live in Tauranga - 18 May 2019
22 May 2019
Love Eternal - NZSO - 22 May 2019
Saturday 15th - Sunday 16th June
Royal NZ Ballet: Black Swan, White Swan - 15th - 16th June 2019
22 October 2019
Te Māpouriki - 22 October 2019