Events

Euphoric energy

Six women DJs from Pōneke and Tāmaki Makaurau are cooking up something sizzling on the decks for Girls on Cue at Heartbreaker Bar & Restaurant on the 5^th of April.

Knocking it out the park

Get amongst the legendary Kiwi music festival Jim Beam Homegrown as it bids farewell to the capital on the 14^th and 15^th of March.

A synthesis of sun, sea, and sound

This Is Living returns to McEwan Park in Lower Hutt on the 1^st of March, serving up a synthesis of sun, sea, and sound courtesy of Breaking Beats.

Just awful

Brace yourself, dear reader / For the worst poem you’re ever gonna read-a / In celebration of the / Anti-Slam
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Till death do us part

The most macabre matrimony is set to take place at Old St Paul’s this 28^th of September. Witness the union of two of Wellington’s most lascivious lovers in Wedlock: A Drag Affair.

Building blocks

Imagination incarnate, LEGO® are the building blocks of creativity. Come play at the Wellington Brick Show in Lower Hutt’s Walter Nash Stadium from the 14^th to the 15^th of September.

Drawing the world

Illustrations leap off the page and come to life at the Picture Me Festival. Catch workshops, events, talks, and exhibitions across Wellington between the 11^th and 19^th of September.

The lioness of literature

We caught up with Katherine Mansfield House and Garden director Cherie Jacobson about Lioness of Literature: Talking Books with Emily Perkins, a fundraising event for the iconic Category 1 Historic Place and writer’s museum.

Poetic brush strokes

For Phantom Billstickers National Poetry Day on the 24^th of August, four of Wellington’s queer poets converge at Te Auaha to present some of their work and chat about their love of letters.

Murderous mayhem

On a dark and stormy night, something is afoot in the town of Ravenswood Bluff. Solve the mystery before the town devolves into madness with a round of the bluffing game Blood on the Clocktower on the 29^th of June at Thistle Hall.

A musical rite of passage

Come and cheer on the young musicians shredding it at the Smokefreerockquest Wellington Regional Final on the 8^th of June at Sacred Heart College from 7pm.

DIY supremacy

Hold your breath and head to The Fringe Bar on the 1^st of June to see who will be crowned the 10^th Great DIY BurlesKiwi.