Artists include Scribe (right), Savage, Oscar Kightley, Teuila Blakeley, Ladi 6 & Parks, Shayne Carter, MC Beau, Koile, Max Dad E, Boogiemen, Soul Deep and Left or Right.
Doors open at 6pm, show at 7pm. Tickets from Ticketek and on the door.
Spring fever
It's "Art in the Garden" from 12.30pm-4.30pm on Sunday at Glenfalloch Woodland Garden, 430 Portobello Rd, as artists and sculptors work among the spring flowers. All art is for sale.
Last chance to see . . .
The Really Authentic Gilbert and Sullivan Company's production of The Yeomen of the Guard. It's on at the Mayfair until Saturday.
Gigs
Alibi, the Octagon.
Fridays, from 10.30pm: Hemi and Bede.
Chicks Hotel, Port Chalmers.
Tomorrow: Radio Futura, 8pm.
Saturday: Thought Creature, Kittentank, Brains, 9pm.
Sunday: Joshuah McGettigan 8pm.
Circadian Rhythm Cafe, 72 St Andrew St.
Fridays, 5.30pm: Philtre Jazz Trio.
Dunedin Musicians Club, 12 Manse St.
Thursdays, 5pm: open mike night.
Isis Lounge, 68 Princes St.
Every Wednesday, 8pm: I Jazz.
Every Thursday: Oxo Cubans jam night, from 8pm.
Every Friday, 8pm: Oxo Cubans, party night.
Pequeno, the Savoy.
Thursdays: Mojaz, lounge music from 8pm.
Ra Cafe and Bar, 21 the Octagon.
Today: Sea Beast, from 9pm.
Tomorrow: DJ Dal Boy, from 10pm.
Saturday, DJ James, from 11pm.
Refuel, Otago University.
Tuesdays, 8pm: Jazz in the Pocket.
Saturday, 8pm: "Powder - Queero Uno"Robbie Burns Pub, 374 George St.
Thursdays: Calder Prescott Jazz Quartet, 8.30pm.
Rosie's Bar, Victoria Hotel.
Thursdays, 9pm: open mike night. Gear provided.
Sammy's, 65 Crawford St.
Tonight: Open mike night and Solidarity fundraising auction.
Tomorrow: Dimmer w/ Mountaineater & Brains Swell, St Clair, Esplanade.
Friday, 6.30pm: Calder Prescott.
Saturday, 6.30pm: Trevor Coleman.
Terrace Bar, the Octagon.
Friday, 9.30pm: Jo & Amanda.
Saturday, 10pm: Rock Steady.
Family fun
Blueskin Bay Library.
Until October 31: Kiwiana wordsearch and crossword.
Dunedin City Library, 230 Moray Pl.
Until October 31: Kiwiana wordsearch and crossword.
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon.
Until October 31: The Big Draw - Get a free sketch diary from reception and aim to draw something every day in October.
Glenfalloch Woodland Garden,
Sunday, 12.30pm: Art in the Garden.
Knox Church, 449 George St.
Friday, 1.30pm-2.30pm: Pre-school music for children 0-5 and carers.
Mosgiel Library, Hartstonge Ave, Mosgiel.
Until October 31: Kiwiana wordsearch and crossword.
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
Explorer backpacks for 7-to-12-year-olds (free). Guided tours daily at 11.30am and 3.30pm. Meet at the information desk.
Weekends, 10.30am and 2pm, Atrium level 1: children's creative activities.
Today, 2.15pm, Atrium level 1: Extreme Space - Experience the extreme conditions of space as we celebrate the International Year of Astronomy.
Until October 23, 12.30pm: Master weaver Bobbo Ahiagble gives demonstrations as part of the "West Africa: Rhythm and Spirit" exhibition.
Monday, 11am & 4pm; Tuesday, 2pm, Hutton Theatre: Rajasthani Puppet Performance.
Otago Settlers Museum, 31 Queens Gardens.
Sunday, 1pm: Sea Legs. Dress up and become a passenger bound for New Zealand in the "Across the Ocean Waves" exhibition.
Port Chalmers Library.
Until October 31: Kiwiana wordsearch and crossword.
Visitor Information Centre, Octagon.
Daily, 11am: Walk Dunedin, inner-city walking tours. Meet at the Visitor Centre.
Music and performance
Circadian Rhythm Cafe, 72 St Andrew St.
Wednesday, 8pm: Poetry - Compere: Cy Mathews; Poet: Michael Harlow.
Dunedin City Library, 230 Moray Pl.
Tuesday, 5.30pm: Dr Glam performs a selection of songs, and reads from his latest book: Glory Days: from Gumboots to Platforms. Knox Church, 449 George St.
Today, 12.15pm: Organ Impressionism: Organ Music with Impressionist connections.
Karen Knudson & Peter Stockwell, organists.
Sunday, 2pm: The Dunedin Star Singers annual Variety Concert. Conductor Carole Randall, with The Star Singers, the Tahuna Intermediate School Choir and the Gipsy Band.
Mayfair Theatre, King Edward St.
Until Saturday, 8pm: The Yeomen of the Guard (Gilbert and Sullivan). The Really Authentic Gilbert and Sullivan Performance Trust with the Southern Sinfonia. Guest artists: Stephen Brown (UK), Derek Miller (Wellington), Emma Fraser (Dunedin). Director: Hilary Norris; Musical director: Michael Andrewes
Oamaru Opera House
8pm, Thursday October 15. The Imperial Russian Ballet Company presents Swan Lake.
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
Lunchtime music every Friday and Saturday, noon.
Friday: Keren Oey and Kristin Harray; Saturday: Gail Quayle and Kevin McLoughlin.
Sunday, 10am: Sudhir Duppati.
In the Hutton Theatre: Monday, October 19, 7.30 pm, Society of Women Musicians October recital meeting, featuring classical song and brass music, plus a retrospective on the world of opera by Honor McKellar. All welcome. Guests $5.
Temple Gallery, 29 Moray Pl.
Saturday, 7.30pm: Javanese Gamelan Group.
Plays
Allen Hall Theatre, cnr Union and Leith Sts,
today and tomorrow, 1pm: Voyager V
Fortune Theatre, Stuart St.
Until October 24: The Day my Bum went Psycho! by Andy Griffiths, adapted and directed by Laura Cooney.
Talks and films
Dunedin City Library, 230 Moray Pl.
Saturday, 1pm: Martin Crump: An Afternoon With A Good Keen Man.
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon.
Wednesday October 21, 10.30am: Dunedin Public Art Gallery Society coffee morning. Ross Grimmett will speak on "A Full House with Three Kings - Christmas Art". Friends and public welcome. No charge.
Saturday, 3pm: Film screening: Conceptual Paradise: There is a place for Sophistication. A Stefan Römer film which features some of the most interesting artists and art theorists alive today including Vito Acconci, John Baldessari, Victor Burgin, Yoko Ono.
Sunday, 3pm: forum: Close Encounters. Friends and colleagues of Tom Kreisler including Ian Athfield (architect), Don Peebles (painter/teacher) and Dr Anna Wirz-Justice (scientist) talk about this artist and his years in New Zealand.
Wednesday, 10.30am: Coffee morning: Ross Grimmett will speak on "A Full House with Three Kings - Christmas Art".
Mosgiel Library.
Tuesday, 10am: Chicks Coffee & Cookies: Vanda Symon and Ella West share their experiences as authors.
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
Free daily talks, 2pm. Topics in October: Monday, "Kiwi"; Tuesday, "The Asmat", Wednesday, TSS Port Chalmers; Thursday, "Flamingo", Friday, "Tu-hawaiki"; Saturday, "Siebe-Gorman Diving Suit"; Sunday, "Itchy, Itchy Sandflies".
Otago Settlers Museum, 31 Queens Gardens.
Friday, 5.30pm: The Green Man Brewery's Enrico Gritzner talks about his experiences.
Sunday, 2pm: Curator Seán Brosnahan will discuss the experiences of Otago's forebears as they made the long journey by sea from Britain.
Exhibitions
Anchorage Gallery, 19 George St, Port Chalmers.
Until October 30: "The Sentient" by Tina Watt.
From Saturday until November 1: Trust Aoraki Art Awards. Art Station , Dunedin Railway Station.
Until October 23: Julian Duncan.
Art Upstairs, cnr Ardmore and Helwick Sts, Wanaka.
New works by Jon Thom.
The Artist's Room, 2 Dowling St.
Room One: "Trilogy", new works by Patricia Murdoch, W. F. Moore & Brian Strong.
Room Two: Works including those of Donna Demente, Helen Back, Olav Nielsen, Matt Gauldie, Sam Foley, Olav Nielsen, Greg Lewis, Sam Bennett, Geoff Williams & others.
Blue Oyster Gallery, basement, Moray Chambers, 30 Moray Pl.
Heather Straka, "Do Not Resuscitate" and Hannah Riley, "Still Occupants". Open Tuesday-Friday 11am-5pm, Saturday noon-3pm.
Brett McDowell Gallery, 5 Dowling St.
From October 10: Patrick Hartigan: "The Village is Quiet".
Central Stories Museum and Art Gallery, 21 Centennial Ave, Alexandra.
Open 10am-4pm.
Until November 13: "The Extraordinary Art of Alan Waters".
Until November 13: "Unique Central", photographs by John Douglas.
Dunedin Community Gallery, Princes St.
Until November 1: "Airbrush Expo", works by students from Aoraki Polytech.
Dunedin City Library, 230 Moray Pl, Reed Gallery, third floor.
Until November 1: "Samuel Johnson 1709-2009: Life and Afterlife".
From Tuesday until October 31: Kiwiana colouring competition exhibition.
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon.
Until November 8: Joanna Langford, "The Landless".
Until October 25: "Frances Hodgkins: femme du monde" and "Frances Hodgkins: family and friends".
Ongoing: "Poseur". Portraits from the gallery's collection.
Until December 6: "Kind of Blue: new acquisitions and loans".
Until February 2010: Bill Culbert and Ralph Hotere: "P. R. O. P".
Until February 2010: "Tom Kreisler" - works spanning a 30-year period.
Until January 2010: David Clegg: "Rerecordings 2006-2009." Showcases recordings this artist made in Dunedin this year alongside previous recordings, assembled here for the first time, which were made in Chile in 2006.
Until January 2010: "Miguel Angel Rios".
Works by New York and Mexico City-based artist Miguel Angel Rios. Forrester Gallery, 9 Thames St, Oamaru.
Until December 6: "The Oamaru Male", photographs by Anthony McKee taken in 1993.
Until November 29: "Off The Page", a touring exhibition of New Zealand children's book illustrators from the Tai Tamariki Trust.
Gallery at Glenfalloch, Glenfalloch Gardens.
Contemporary works by six peninsula artists.
Gallery De Novo, 101 Stuart St.
From tomorrow until October 21: New work by Fleur Yorston.
The Gateway Gallery, 27 Ross Pl, Lawrence.
Arty Collection: Robert Wyber, Ron Esplin, James Stewart, Marjorie Millhon Hay, Rosemary McQueen, Judy Ringland Stewart, Ernest Papps, Gilbert van Reenen, Murray Ayson, Anne Smart, Gay Webb, Ray Ansin, Peta Dowle, Angela Meecham, Mags Meechang, Hilda Thomson, Ben Woollcombe, Margaret Palmer, Liz Abbot, Janet de Wagt, Blue Hall, Sally Jorys. Open Thursday-Monday.
Harris Smith Art, 86-88 Bond St.
Paintings by Jeffrey Harris, sculptures by Nicole Page-Smith.
Open Monday-Saturday, 1pm-2pm, or by appointment.
Hullabaloo Art Space, Melmore Tce, Old Cromwell historic precinct.
Hours 10am-4pm Tue-Sun.
Until October 25: "New Paintings in Oil" by Jillian Porteous.
Inge Doesburg Studio and Gallery, 6 Castle St.
Until November 7: Ryoko Tabuchi, "Drawings".
Lakes District Museum, Arrowtown.
Until October 26: "Speaking of Change - Memories of the Wakatipu 1900-1980".
Little Sisters of the Poor auditorium, Brockville Rd.
Saturday, 4pm-7pm: Affordable Art Sale.
Milford Galleries, Dunedin, 18 Dowling St.
From Saturday until November 11: Callum Arnold: "Simulations". Hannah Kidd: "Antarctica and Other Adventures".
Milford Galleries, Queenstown, 9a Earl St.
Until October 21: Tim Main: "The Spring Vine". Sculptural artworks.
Moray Gallery, 55 Princes St.
Until October 23: New works by Rachel Hirabayashi.
Until November 13: "Winter on the Clutha" by Nigel Wilson.
Mosgiel Library, Downes Room,
October 15 to 18: Taieri Art Group Exhibition 2009, with guest artist and judge Jane McLeod. Free.
Nadene Milne Gallery, 16 Buckingham St, Arrowtown.
From Sunday until November 1: Tony Lane: "Light & Shade". Otago Art Society, in the OAS gallery at Dunedin Railway Station, 1st floor, open daily 10am-4pm.
Until October 18: "Art in Process".
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
Until May 16, 2010: "Charles Darwin: Evolutionary Thinking", Nature Galleries, level 3, free.
Special exhibitions gallery: "West Africa: Rhythm + Spirit". Free.
Until November 29: Otago Wildlife Photography Exhibition. Otago Settlers Museum, 31 Queens Gardens.
Ongoing: "Across the Ocean Waves", Otago immigration in the age of sail.
Until June 2010: "Willkommen to Dunedin: A History of German-speaking People in Otago".
Owaka Museum, 10 Campbell St, Owaka.
"Growing Home - Catlins Gardens: Photographs of then and now".
Quadrant Gallery, Bracken Court, 480 Moray Pl.
From Monday until October 31: Annabel Menzies-Joyce: "The Great White South", an exhibition of cast glass.
Queenstown Airport,
until October 25: Deidre Copeland: "Face Forward".
Rocda Gallery, 73 Princes St.
October 19-31: "A Treasury of Stitches". Lamis Mawafi.
Stuart St Potters Co-operative, 14 Lower Stuart St.
Until October 17: Marion Familton & Rosemary McQueen.
Taieri Gallery, 123 Gordon Rd, Mosgiel.
Until October 30: Oils by Justin Morshuis.
Tangente Cafe, Moray Place.
Until October 16: Jackie Lindsay, "Back Into Living".
Temple Gallery, 29 Moray Pl, Dunedin.
Ends today: South Island artists.
Toi O Tahuna Fine Art Gallery, Church Lane, Queenstown.
Until October 21: new works by Fleur Yorston.
