AWE-inspiring event line-up
Tickets are now on sale for a Southern Lakes chamber music festival that’s attracting internationally-acclaimed musicians as well as remarkable homegrown talent.
Music
Student-run gig ‘cool progression’
Student-run gig ‘cool progression’
A gig organised, managed and performed by Mount Aspiring College students will be rocking Rippon Hall next week.
A life of music
A life of music
To celebrate New Zealand Music Month, The Courier has caught up with some of South Canterbury’s musical maestros to talk about their journeys and experiences with music.
Comic play filled with Handel arias
Comic play filled with Handel arias
Rivalry between two great opera sopranos explored in this inaugural production.
Chopin’s Nocturnes safe in master pianist’s hands
Chopin’s Nocturnes safe in master pianist’s hands
Chopin's Nocturnes filled with glorious melodies.
NZ Music Month Extravaganza 2021
NZ Music Month Extravaganza 2021
Hopefully everyone in the community engaged and enjoyed some home grown music in the NZ music month of May. Exploring something new or relying on the known music that you love all supporting the...
The guide: What's on this week
The guide: What's on this week
Gigs and Dances 50Dundas, 50 Dundas St. •Sunday, 7.30pm: Dunedin Folk Club American Night.
The guide: What's on this week
The guide: What's on this week
Gigs Bland Park, Dunedin-Waitati Rd, Waitati. •Saturday, from 11am. Waitati Music and Arts Festival.
The guide: What's on this week
The guide: What's on this week
Gigs
New Edinburgh Folk Club, 52 Dundas St.
•Sunday, 7.30pm: Anna Bowen invitational, featuring a selection of local musicians.
Taste Merchants, 36 Stuart St.
The guide: What's on this week
The guide: What's on this week
Gigs
Cucina 1871, 1 Tees St, Oamaru.
•Tomorrow, 8pm: Anna Coddington and Lips.
Gin and Raspberry, 155 Ardmore St, Wanaka.
The guide: What's on this week
The guide: What's on this week
Gigs
New Edinburgh Folk Club, 50 Dundas St.
•Sunday, 7.30pm: Rebecca Wright and Donald McKay.
Opoho Church Hall, 59 Signal Hill Rd, Dunedin.
The guide: What's on this week
The guide: What's on this week
Gigs
The guide: What's on this week
The guide: What's on this week
Gigs
Inch Bar, 8 Bank St.
•Saturday, 8.30pm: Shakes, Ewan and Dooley.
New Edinburgh Folk Club, 50 Dundas St.
The guide: What's on this week
The guide: What's on this week
Gigs
Carey's Bay Historic Hotel, 17 Macandrew Rd, Port Chalmers.
•Saturday, 8pm: The Nukes ukulele trio.
•Sunday, 3.30pm: ''High Tea & Sunday Jazz'', featuring Trevor Coleman and Nick Cornish. Bookings essential.
The guide: What's on this week
The guide: What's on this week
Gigs 1876 Bar and Restaurant, 45 Ballarat St, Queenstown. •Sunday, 4pm: Sunday session with DJ Mikael Wills. The Bog, cnr London and George Sts. •Sunday, 2.30pm: Mid Winter party with Irish...
The guide: What's on this week
The guide: What's on this week
Gigs Chick's Hotel, 2 Mount St, Port Chalmers. •Tomorrow, 9pm: Dictaphone Blues with Kane Strang.
The guide: What's on this week
The guide: What's on this week
Gigs
Bullock Bar, 71 Ardmore St, Wanaka.
•Today, 8pm: The Feelers.
Carey's Bay Historic Hotel, 17 Macandrew Rd, Port Chalmers.
•Sunday, 3.30pm: ''Sunday Best and Jazz High Tea''. Bookings essential.
The guide: What's on this week
The guide: What's on this week
Gigs
Cromwell Memorial Hall, Melmore Tce.
•Saturday, 8pm: Central Otago Rock 'n' Roll public dance, with music from IMPAK. Tickets from Cromwell i-Site.
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon.
•Today, 5.30pm: Mallika, Madeleine Howard, 6Years.
The guide: What's on this week
The guide: What's on this week
Gigs
10 Bar, the Octagon.
•Today, 8.30pm: Trinity Roots, Citizen release tour.
Ancient Briton Hotel, 16 Leven St, Naseby.
•Saturday, 11am and 3pm; Sunday, 11am: The Maniototo Bards, Ballads and Bulldust Festival concerts.
The guide: What's on this week
The guide: What's on this week
Family fun
Dunedin Botanic Garden, Lower Garden Information Centre.
•Tuesday to Sunday, 11.30am-3pm: Tractor-train rides depart near duck pond.
Hayes Engineering and Homestead, Hayes Rd (off Ida Valley-Omakau Rd), Oturehua.