Gigs
The Bog Irish Bar, George St.
•Tomorrow and Saturday, 9.30pm: Livewire featuring Katie Mason.
Bullock Bar, 71 Ardmore St, Wanaka.
•Saturday, 9pm: My Baby.
Crown Hotel, Rattray St.
•Today, 8pm: Darryl Baser, Petite Selfie EP release show, support from Tristan Dingemans.
•Saturday, 9pm: Wolf Skull, Ratt Face and guests.
Golden Gate Lodge, Cromwell.
•Tomorrow, 9pm: Warped Vinyl.
•Saturday, 9pm: Geminic City Disco.
•Wednesday, 8pm: Middlearth.
Robbie Burns Pub, 374 George St.
•Sunday, 4pm: My Baby.
Sports Central Brewhouse, Oamaru.
•Thursdays, 7.30pm: JBE Karaoke.
•Sundays, 2pm: JBE open mike/jam session.
Family fun
Alexandra Community House, Centennial Ave, Alexandra.
•Tomorrow, 2pm-4pm and Saturday, 1pm-3pm: ''Santa`s Grotto'', gifts, treats, photo opportunities.
Blueskin Bay Library, 26 Harvey St, Waitati.
•Saturday, 11.35am: Christmas storytime with Kat Anna Fiddle.
Cromwell Public Library, 43 The Mall, Cromwell.
•Today, 2pm: Holiday programme, make a Christmas star or wreath. Bookings essential.
Dunedin Botanic Garden, Lower Garden Information Centre.
•Saturdays and Sundays, 11am-2.45pm: 15min tractor-train rides around the lower Botanic Garden (weather dependent).
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon.
•Till Wednesday, 10am-4.30pm: Make your own Christmas cards and decorations using the materials provided.
•Daily from Saturday, 10am-4.30pm: ''Holiday Hunt'' gallery game activity sheet, with chocolate prizes for all participants.
Lowburn Hall, Lowburn Valley Rd, Cromwell.
•Sunday, 5pm: Lowburn community Christmas party and carol singing. BYO drinks and a plate to share. All welcome.
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
•Daily until Wednesday, 11am-4pm: ''Santa's Grotto'' in the Animal Attic; Santa, Christmas crafts, face painting. Story time 3pm daily.
•Today and tomorrow, 1pm-2pm: ''Postcards from the Past'', decorate a replica Victorian Christmas postcard.
•Saturday and Sunday, 1pm-2pm: Make a German straw star for your Christmas tree.
•Daily from Saturday, 11.30am and 3pm: ''Jurassic Bugs'', Discovery World science show. Free with Discovery World admission. No show Christmas day.
•Daily from Saturday: ''Dung Beetle Derby'', gallery trail. Pick up any time from Discovery Desk.
•Monday-Wednesday, 1pm-2pm: Make a traditional holly button Christmas ornament.
•Daily: Discovery backpacks. Pick up from Discovery desk. Daily, 10.30am: ''First-flight butterfly release''. Free with Tropical Forest admission.
Pioneer Park, Kenmare St, Alexandra.
•Saturday, 9am: Kids' market day; free sites for kids under 16 to sell unwanted toys and games, sports gear, clothes, etc. Site bookings: 021-879-849.
Port Chalmers Library, 20 Beach St.
•Today, 6.30pm: Christmas storytime with Kat Anna Fiddle.
University Book Shop, 378 Great King St.
•Fridays, Saturdays, 10.30am: story time.
Visitor Information Centre, 26 Princes St.
•Daily, 10am: Walk Dunedin, inner-city walking tours. Meet at visitor centre.
Waikouaiti Library, Main Road, Waikouaiti.
•Saturday, 10.30am: Christmas storytime with Kat Anna Fiddle.
Music and performance
Alexandra Baptist Church, Gregg St.
•Sunday, 7pm: Alexandra community Christmas carol service.
Anglican Church, cnr Blyth St and Donegal St, Cromwell.
•Sunday, 5pm: ''Carols for the Community'' in the church grounds. Indoors if wet.
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon.
•Tomorrow, 12.15pm: ''Music for young voices'', Knox Church Kids' Choir concert.
Embers Function Centre, 2 Manor Pl.
•Tomorrow and Saturday: ''A Very Rocky Christmas'' dinner theatre show. Bookings essential.
Knox Church, 449 George St.
•Today, 12.15pm: Organ recital of Christmas music by Nicholas Haslam and Peter Stockwell.
•Tomorrow, 7.30pm: ''Gloria! A Baroque Christmas'', City Choir Dunedin concert.
St Paul's Cathedral, Dunedin.
•Tuesday, 12.50pm: George Chittenden plays organ works taken from Olivier Messiaen's ''La Nativite''.
Talks and films
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon.
•Sunday, 3pm: Early Renaissance Painting 1250-1450, art documentary screening.
Fletcher House, 727 Portobello Rd, Broad Bay.
•Open daily 11am-4pm: guided tours.
Olveston, 42 Royal Tce, Dunedin.
•Thursdays, 4.30pm: Theomin art collection tours. Bookings essential.
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
•Daily, 2pm: ''Highlights of the Museum'' guided tour, meet at information desk.
Exhibitions
Acorn Gallery, 72 Albany St.
•Ongoing: Angela Burns paintings. Open weekdays 8am-5pm or weekends by appointment.
Archives New Zealand Dunedin Regional Office, 556 George St.
•Till Wednesday: ''Readiness and Sacrifice'', an exhibition of World War 1 archives.
Arrowtown Gallery, 8 Berkshire St.
•Works by various artists.
Artica, 26B George St, Port Chalmers.
•Ongoing: decorative artworks by Kirsten Andreae, paintings by James Cordery.
Atelier Jeux d'esprit, 2nd floor, 109 Princes St.
•Till Sunday: Handmade and vintage Christmas decorations.
•Open Wednesday-Friday 11am-6.30pm, Saturday and Sunday 11am-4pm.
Brett McDowell Gallery, 5 Dowling St.
•Till Wednesday: ''Blessed are the Sick'', Jason Greig.
Carrick Winery, 247 Cairnmuir Rd.
•''Icons at Carrick'', various artists.
Central Stories Museum and Art Gallery, 21 Centennial Ave, Alexandra.
•Till January 18: ''Southernness'', landscape paintings by Jane Whitaker.
•Till January 18: ''A window of Nature'', photographic drawings by Annemarie Hope-Cross.
Cloakroom Gallery, cnr Ballarat and Stanley Sts, Queenstown.
•''Local artists mixed exhibition''.
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon.
•Till March 1: ''The Crystal Line'', Peter Trevelyan.
•Till March 1: ''His Own Steam'', ceramics by Barry Brickell.
•Till March 15: ''Dogwood Days'', Erica Van Zon. Till March 15: ''Visible Structures'', Gabriella Mangano and Silvana Mangano.
•Till March 15: ''Floating Studio'', Fiona Connor and Alicia Frankovich.
•Till March 31: ''Belonging'', works from the gallery.
•Till April 12: ''Parallel Play'', works by Frances Hodgkins and her European contemporaries.
•Ongoing: ''Mythos'', curated by Aaron Kreisler.
Eastern Southland Gallery, 14 Hokonui Dr, Gore.
•Till February 15: ''New Urban Realists'', Ruth Cleland, Gary McMillan and David Woodings.
The Fix, Frederick St.
•December and January: ''Yellow Ochre'', by Anna Reid.
Forrester Gallery, Thames St, Oamaru.
•''The Wreck of Hope'', sculpture by Michele Beevors; ''Ben Ohau'', paintings by Belinda Weir; ''Look Again'' featuring works by Colin Wheeler.
Gallery De Novo, 101 Stuart St, Dunedin.
•''A Circular Christmas'', various artists.
Gallery on Blueskin, 1 Harvey St, Waitati.
•Throughout December: Work by Charles Barrington, Liz Abbott and Rudie Verhoef.
Green Island Gallery, 194 Main South Rd, Green Island.
•Works by John White.
Hocken Collections, University of Otago.
•Till February 7: ''Whakapono: faith and foundations'', exhibition celebrating the Marsden Bicentennial 1814-2014.
Hullabaloo Art Space, Melmore Tce, Old Cromwell Historic Precinct.
•Till January 3: ''A Round Christmas'', various artists.
Inge Doesburg Studio and Gallery, 6 Castle St.
•Till January 10: Christmas show featuring various artists.
•Gallery open Thursday-Saturday noon-2pm and by appointment.
Mint Gallery, 32 Moray Pl.
•''Feedback Loops'', by Becky Cameron.
•Gallery open Tuesday-Friday 10am-5.30pm, Saturday 10am-4pm.
Moray Gallery, 55 Princes St.
•Till Wednesday: ''Flowers'', paintings by Nicola Hansby.
•Hours: Monday-Friday, 10am-4.30pm; Saturday, 11am-2pm.
Nadene Milne Gallery, 16 Buckingham St, Arrowtown.
•''In the Name of ...'', by Heather Straka.
Old Creamery Gallery, 230 Harington Point Rd, Lower Portobello.
•Oil and acrylic landscapes by Douglas Williams, Henry Lowen-Smith and Geoff Williams.
Otago Art Society, Dunedin Railway Station.
•Till January 31: ''Affordable Art''. Open daily 10am-4pm.
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
•From Saturday until May 10: ''Bugs: The Mega World of Minibeasts'', in the Special Exhibitions gallery.
•Till March 1: ''Ice Lab: New Architecture and Science in Antarctica''.
•Ongoing: ''Sir Edmund Hillary: New Zealander''. Stairwell display.
Owaka Museum Community Gallery, 10 Campbell St, Owaka.
•Till February 14: ''The Summer Show'', works by Bob Wyber, Jane Downes and Bob Steiner.
Reed Gallery, Dunedin City Library.
•Till January 11: ''European Treasure'', letters in French and Italian from the Reed Autograph Letters Collection.
South Seas Gallery, 1088 Brighton Rd, Brighton.
•Till March 14: ''A Room of St Clairs'', by Lindsay Crooks.
•Open 1pm-5pm, Friday-Sunday.
Steampunk HQ, 1 Itchen St, Oamaru.
•''Mythos'', works by Donald Paterson and Kano.
Stuart St Potters Co-operative, 14 Lower Stuart St.
•Until January 17: Summer exhibition.
Taieri Gallery, 123 Gordon Rd, Mosgiel.
•Till January 7: works by photographer Murray Crawford.
Toi O Tahuna Fine Art Gallery, 29 Rees St, Queenstown.
•''The Remarkables'', by Simon Lardelli and Drew Hill.
Toitu Otago Settlers Museum, Queens Gardens.
•Ongoing: ''Dunedin's Great War 1914-1918'', World War 1 commemorative exhibition.
Tony Williams Goldsmith Workshop and Gallery, Carnegie Centre, 110 Moray Pl.
•Till Wednesday: spring exhibition.
Waikouaiti Old Post Office Gallery, 152 Main Rd, Waikouaiti.
•Open 1pm-5pm, Wednesday-Friday and Sunday: paintings by Laura Gregory. Pottery and paintings by Peter Gregory.
Warbirds and Wheels, Wanaka Airport.
