Picks of the week March 22-28

Today 7pm: Singer-pianist-trumpet player Alastair Monteath entertains live in the Friday Jazz Club in Les Alpes. Free.

 9.30pm: The Hard Yards, also known as David Baker and Dean Ashby, of Gore, play rock, pop, soul and funk covers from the 1960s to the present day in SkyCity Queenstown Casino. Free.

Tomorrow

8.30am to 1pm: Remarkables Market returns to the Red Barn, Hawthorne Dr, Frankton, and features the Chef Final from 10am to noon.

Finalists Lucy Thompson and Jayne McCanny will vie for glory and the top prize package of a handmade knife by Peter Lorimer, Waitiri Creek wine, Parioli Olive Oil, and Mediterranean Market cooking class vouchers, pinot noir glasses from H&J Smith and a $200 voucher to spend at market stalls. The runner-up wins a $50 voucher for the market.

The final will be judged by Ben Batterbury, award-winning executive chef at The Rees, and the mentor chef will be Jenny Stewart, a private chef.

Special guest will be Nici Wickes, of Auckland, chef and host of TV3 series World Kitchen, who will be on hand to comment and offer tips. The last Remarkables Market for the season will be held on March 30.

Sunday

10am to noon: The Bacchus Sessions welcome Glenn Colquhoun: Poetry Workshop, at Maude Wines, Wanaka. Entry $35. Colquhoun gives a poetry reading at 4pm to 6pm. Entry $25 on the door, $20 pre-sales.4pm: The Cadillac Club presents ''Hip Hop in ya Flip Flops'', with tunes selected by DJ Hudge, of George FM, plus DJ Doolittle and DJ Vee from the United Kingdom. Auckland hip hop recording artist King Kapisi performs live about 7pm. Entry to the club on Church Lane costs $10.

Thursday

10am: Icebreaker, Merinomink, Snowy Peak, Caroline Moore, UGG, Earth Sea Sky, Royal Merino, Knights of New Zealand and many more clothes brands will be available from the Wool Press Arrowtown, IKON and Wallace & Gibbs when they set up shop in the Arrowtown Athenaeum Hall until Monday.