Fundraiser for ‘Allies’ heading to world finals
Rasa School of Dance will present a fundraising showcase this weekend, to support their "Allies" team to travel to the 2025 World Hip-Hop Championships in Arizona, United States, later this month.
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Record-high number of entries
Record-high number of entries
Otago Art Society members responded with enthusiasm to the society’s 149th annual exhibition, submitting a record 180 entries to the showcase, including paintings, ceramics, fabric art and more.
Operatunity to celebrate male musical ensembles
Operatunity to celebrate male musical ensembles
Touring opera company Operatunity will celebrate iconic male musical ensembles in its latest show, It’s Raining Men, in Mosgiel on Tuesday.
Sisters to bring smooth grooves
Sisters to bring smooth grooves
Dunedin’s Caramel Groove will present a night of nostalgia and dance rhythms this weekend through their new show The Get Down.
Genre-spanning performance
Genre-spanning performance
The Dunedin Jazz Club continues its autumn concert series this weekend with a showcase of contemporary jazz.
Digital art and music combined
Digital art and music combined
Live music loops, improvisation, and taonga puoro combine with digital art in "Mai Te Uira", a unique collaborative performance, which comes to Dunedin next week.
Time for a singalong
Time for a singalong
Pub singalongs have become something of a global sensation over the past few years and local performers Harriet Moir and Arlie McCormick thought it was high time Dunedin got in on the trend.
McDonald guest speaker for Dame Dorothy Fraser lecture
McDonald guest speaker for Dame Dorothy Fraser lecture
Acclaimed actor, writer, director, satirist and political commentator Ginette McDonald will visit Dunedin this weekend as the 11th Dame Dorothy Fraser guest lecture speaker.
Talented cast put on spirited performance of ‘Chess’
Talented cast put on spirited performance of ‘Chess’
A large and committed cast put their all into a spirited and entertaining performance of Chess the Musical for Thursday’s opening of the show at a packed Mosgiel Coronation Hall.
Festival showcases young singers
Festival showcases young singers
Young singers from across Dunedin and Otago will test their skills on stage during three-day singing festival SongFest ’25.
Celebration of autumn and architecture
Celebration of autumn and architecture
Dunedin’s Cantores Choir will perform music spanning cultures, genres and centuries in its annual autumn concert next week.
Band launches new album
Band launches new album
Ōtepoti band MōtA will release their debut album, One, with a gig this Saturday, May 17.
Jazz club’s tribute to Quincy Jones
Jazz club’s tribute to Quincy Jones
Dunedin Jazz Club will pay tribute to the life of Quincy Jones with a concert this weekend showcasing the arrangements he wrote for Ella Fitzgerald and Count Basie.
Ballets demonstrate powerful storytelling
Ballets demonstrate powerful storytelling
The Royal New Zealand Ballet (RNZB) returns to Dunedin this month with two major ballets — the powerful The Firebird and the evocative My Brilliant Career, presented in...
Tales of rogues and renegades
Tales of rogues and renegades
Mysticism joins with gritty escapades of rogues and renegades in the first hometown show by theatrical dance-and-music duo The Amber Temple next weekend.
Rockers ready to have a ball for fundraiser
Rockers ready to have a ball for fundraiser
Dedicated rockers Bulletproof Convertible are pulling out all the stops for this weekend’s Dead Rockers Ball at Wingatui, a fundraiser for the Dunedin Fire Brigade Restoration Society.
Craft Lounge: week to immerse in textiles
Craft Lounge: week to immerse in textiles
A new celebration of textile artistry and community spirit is coming to Ōtepoti.
Memories, trauma set centre stage
Memories, trauma set centre stage
The Globe Theatre will begin its 2025 season next week with dark and experimental play Crunchy Silk, by Jess Sayer.
Printmakers on show at DPAG
Printmakers on show at DPAG
A focused group of prints made by teachers and students associated with the Grosvenor School of Modern Art is on display from this month at Dunedin Public Art Gallery (DPAG).
Jazz duo offer musical sessions for Easter
Jazz duo offer musical sessions for Easter
Jazz fans and keen singers staying in Dunedin over Easter will have the chance to experience two intimate musical offerings, courtesy of local jazz duo Reid+Wolken.