Robyn Kahukiwa - Tohunga Mahi Toi
Powerful artworks celebrating Māori identity, strength, and storytelling through mātauranga and intergenerational narratives.
Resonance - Music-making and community in Motueka
An exhibition celebrating Motueka’s instruments and clubs
Richmond Comedy Club
First Wednesday of the month - Open mic and featured comedians - new comedians welcomed.
Come to watch, come to perform or both…. Free entry. Contact: comedychris@outlook.co.nz or follow on FB here
Poetry? - at WAA!
For biffins and beginners, amateurs and poetry curious..
All welcome every first Saturday of the month.
7 Perspectives Exhibition
Works by -Paul Deacon, Roz Speirs, Barry Driver, Nicole Russell, Gary Gibbens and Peter Gibbs.
Aotango Quintet
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!
International Art Award
See full details here: https://event.esunbank.com.tw/mkt/drawesun/esunbank_en.html
Art Workshops with Larisse Hall
See full details here: https://www.larissehallartist.com/art-/-painting-classes
Nelson Civic Choir - Choral Kaleidoscope
A landmark concert experience from the Nelson Civic Choir under the direction of Music and Artistic Director Jason Balla. Presented in an enhanced digital and multimedia format, this innovative production will transform the traditional choral concert into a richly immersive event, combining powerful live performance with visual and digital storytelling. Details and bookings here: https://nz.patronbase.com/_NelsonCentreOfMusicalArts/Productions/CHKL/Performances
Fabic a Brac Nelson
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/
Hands up for Care & Connection
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
Make it Nelson
80 workshops over four weekends…..
Full programme here: https://makeitnelson.co.nz/
Changing Threads is back in 2026
Changing Threads is back for 2026!
This Contemporary Fibre & Textile Art Awards and Exhibition will take place between 6th June - 18th July 2026. Submissions are now open to all artists living in Aotearoa.
Submissions close on Thursday 23rd April 2026.
See ful details and how to apply here: https://www.acn.org.nz/changing-threads
Ordinary Wonders 2026
Call for Artists and Storytellers for a community collaborative exhibition
To Those Whose Shoulders We Stand On
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
Kids Jewellery Holiday Classes
Three great Jewellery classes for children 9 years + at The Bench.
Check actual times on site: https://www.thebench.nz/thebenchcourses
The Armarie Room Workshops
See full details here https://www.thearmarieroom.com/printmaking-workshops-nz
Business For Sale
Tremendous growth potential marketing/managing online bookings for creative hands-on workshops.
NZ Textile Experiences is a lifestyle business offering day-to-day flexibility. It can easily be run part-time by a sole owner operator, anytime and anywhere that has access to WiFI/mobile data.
Arts on Tour present - Prima Facie
Live at the Playhouse Cafe and Theatre.
https://playhousecafe.co.nz/calendar/month/2026-03/
Planted - Suter Fundraiser
The first event in the series, ARATOI: Planted, brings together artists Nikau Hindin and Jae Hoon Lee with Dr Kyla Mackenzie, curator of the exhibition Planted, for a live panel discussion moderated by Craig Potton MNZM. Together they will explore the role of plant life in art, culture and contemporary practice.
The evening begins with live music in the foyer from O & the Mo, followed by the panel discussion in the Pastorius Waller Theatre.
5:30pm — Live music in the foyer (O & the Mo), 6:15pm — Panel discussion (approx. 1 hour), Plant-based refreshments available | Bar open. Full details here.
Hot Chips - creatives gathering...
BYO liquid refreshment and chat - chips supplied…..
See you there!
Sarajevo Photography Festival
Overseas Photography Prize see details here: https://patronage.nz/opportunities/c174a9e5-e399-4561-9fe2-8bfaf1415b51
Mana Toi Mana Tāngata
Presented by Āwhio Toi
This exhibition brings together Toi Māori artists from across Te Tauihu whose work reflects both traditional foundations and contemporary expression. Here, ancestral knowledge and modern practice sit alongside one another — a living conversation between past, present, and future.
Each work carries its own story. Some speak through form and movement, others through colour, texture, and emotion. Together they create an experience grounded in whakapapa, connection, and wairua.
Āwhio is a collective. The strength of this exhibition lies not in any single work, but in the many voices it holds — artists creating within community, supporting one another, and sharing their practice as a collective expression of Toi Māori.
E hara taku toa i te toa takitahi, engari he toa takitini. Our success is not of one, but of many.
Indian Woodblock Printing Workshop
Indian Block Printing Workshop - Presented by Experience India
Learn the arts origin, growth, techniques and its uniqueness!
Mapua Community Hall. Sunday 15 February. Two sessions to choose from.
Jazz Bossa Soul
March 12, 7 pm and March 15, 6 pm
Nelson’s own Tom Rainey is returning home in March to play two concerts with fellow international jazz musicians and Grammy Award Nominees Maggie Gould and Nanny Assis….
MOTUEKA MUSIC GROUP March Concert
‘Korimako’ Chanel Arts Centre Wednesday March 11th 7.30pm
A new piano trio of familiar friends, with a name, inspired by the unique beauty and purity of the song of the Korimako/Bellbird. Helene Pohl - violin; Rolf Gjelsten - cello and Michael Endres - piano.
Local Art Funding round closing soon...
Grants available for projects planned between mid-April - mid-August 2026….
Conte Drawing Workshop
At The Suter Gallery, Bridge Street. Contact for details and registration: art2die4@brycegallery.co.nz
Strange Botanicals
Nelson City Framers photographic exhibition by Glenn Cormier Opening 5pm on March 6th. Exhibition closing date tbc.
Fill a bag - Billie Culy
Opening event at 5pm on March 5th. End of exhibition date tbc.
Nelson Fringe Festival 2026
OMG - are you excited or wot! Check out the programme and get your tickets quick…
Firebird
Dramalab presents Firebird, immersive theatre + more.
Please confirm start times via site: https://humanitix.com/nz/search/nz--pohara--7183/firebird
Chasing Possibilities – Exhibition by Dana Rose & Jacqueline Morren
Exhibition opening March 4th 5.30 - 7pm. Suter Art Society 's Mckee Gallery. Located within The Suter Art Gallery Te Aratoi o Whakatu, 208 Bridge St – Nelson
Te Tauihu on Screen - Fundraising showings
Fundraiser to help our local film makers get to Melbourne to attend the Women in Film Festival. Two sessions: 6pm and 8pm. Full details here….