National Secondary Schools Choral Festival at NCMA….

See what’s happening here and around the motu… https://www.eventfinda.co.nz/tours-festivals/2026/nz-music-month-te-marama-puoro-aotearoa?utm_medium=email&utm_source=ef_news&utm_campaign=2618&utm_content=content

As part of Hands Up for Hospice Month, we invite you to join a small Care and Connect gathering — a gentle space to slow down, share tea and kai, and connect with the women of Global Stitch Up. This relaxed session offers a chance to pamper yourself while learning from talented wahine in our community: meet Fernanda, who will share her nail care expertise, JingJing, who will offer a soothing hand massage using traditional Chinese tools and her own handmade balm, and Shakeela, who will introduce you to the beauty of Mendhi (henna), its designs, and their cultural origins. Come for the care, stay for the connection, and help support our local Hospice

For more details and to RSVP visit: https://www.culturalconversations.co.nz/event-details/hands-up-for-care-and-connection

Nelson-raised soprano Jasmine Jessen returns home for a special concert at the NCMA, joined by pianist Sarah Watkins. The programme offers a rich journey through art song and opera, from the lush romanticism of Rachmaninoff to Benjamin Britten’s song cycle On This Island. Audiences will also be treated to a selection of beloved operatic arias by Mozart, Bellini, Donizetti, Puccini, and Verdi. Book tickets here: https://ncma.nz/event/jasmine-jessen/

Fabric-a-brac is a fun fabric and sewing supplies market where you can shop for vintage and modern sewing and upholstery fabric, patterns, haberdashery and more. It brings the sewing community together to share stashes, stories and delight in our mutual love of textiles.

Fabric-a-brac is volunteer-run, and is a fundraiser for hospice – in Nelson this is Nelson Tasman Hospice. All profits from this event are donated to their work.

If you have a stash you’d like to sell, you can come and take a stall. You pay a stallholder fee (which goes to Hospice) but anything you make on the day is yours to keep.

If you have fabric, haberdashery or patterns you’d like to move on, but don’t want to have a table, you can donate items. This will all go onto the hospice table on the day, and all profits will go to their wonderful work. You can donate to any Nelson Tasman Hospice shop.

More here: https://fabricabrac.com/nelson/

All welcome

Full details here: https://www.eventfinda.co.nz/2026/viami-mice-at-the-playhouse/nelson?utm_medium=email&utm_source=ef_news&utm_campaign=2614&utm_content=events

Free Family Friendly Event

Full details here

This is a collection of fine NZ musicians. The Quintet features violinist Andrew Beer (Concertmaster, Auckland Philharmonia), pianist Somi Kim (NZTrio), bassist Gordon Hill (Principal Bass, Auckland Philharmonia), jazz guitarist Sam Swindells, and world champion accordion Grayson Masefield. Lorelle McNaughton will be substituting for Somi Kim for this performance.

The quintet will captivate you with a riveting performance of tango and world music!

To Those Whose Shoulders We Stand On invites you on a journey through Aotearoa’s rich queer/rainbow history. Join out-and-proud trans woman Joanne Neilson and trans fella Ari Edgecombe for a visual montage paired with inspiring conversation and queer life narratives. Marking the 40th anniversary of the Homosexual Law Reform Act (1986), this event celebrates some of our trailblazers, with invitation to weave personal stories into shared and courageous history. Together we honour queer/rainbow legacy, reflect on how far we’ve come, and look forward — proudly and collectively — to the future.

Part of Whakatū Pride Festival and TUKU 26

Register Here..

Celebrate the space with us…….

Fatima’s story of how she found strength from her hijab.

Fatima Khan Mohammed was born in Ghazni, Afghanistan. Moving to Nelson was one of the most challenging steps of her life.

Feeling a lack of safety in other ways, her hijab became her refuge. Wearing it she felt at home. Come and hear more of Fatima’s story and be part of this cultural exchange, how to wear a hijab and what it represents. We will also go on a walk so you can experience how people react to this 3000 BC hair veiling.
Suggested Donation $5-20 (includes cardamom tea)