01 Mar to 20 Dec
Come along every Tuesday to a free movie screening of award winners or classics at Greerton Library.
11 Apr to 14 Aug
This collection-focused exhibition provides an overview of our holdings of Robin White’s work, from her early regionalist style screenprints to works influenced by Robin Whites Pacific travels.
19 May to 18 Aug
This class is geared up to get you bookbinding in no time. Everything is provided for you in a handy kit, so all you need to do is turn up to get making!
02 Jun to 25 Aug
Grab your blankets and head down for amazing food, great company and relaxing atmosphere
04 Jun to 17 Sep
Shop from local artisan stallholders, enjoy live music treat yourself to delicious gourmet street food.
05 Jun to 28 Aug
Enjoy fresh produce and hand made products at our market every Sunday, right in the heart of the Mount Mainstreet.
22 Jun to 31 Jul
'Midnight Sun, 2022' is a spectacular, immersive artwork by New Zealand artist Sara Hughes which will bring new life to Tauranga’s Willow Street bus shelter from June 2022.
16 Jul to 14 Aug
National Embroidery Conference including several exhibitions, shopping at merchants' stalls, raffles and sales tables.
16 Jul to 14 Aug
Stitch-a-Plenty is the 2022 National Embroidery Exhibition for ANZEG (The Association of New Zealand Embroiderer's Guild Inc), and is being held in conjunction with ANZEG's Biennial Conference and National Embroiderers' School
10 Aug
Try making your own fizz bath bomb at He Puna Manawa Tauranga Library
11 Aug
Fuse Drumming is proud to presents its first showcase. Performing at this event will be a selection of their junior, senior and advanced Fuse teams from around the Bay of Plenty.
11 Aug to 15 Sep
Whether it be a family outing, date night or catch-up with mates – join our friends at the Mount Hot pools for their Soak & Cinema!
12 Aug
The Royal Family Dance Crew presents ERA ‘Jukebox of Time’. An escape through time, pop culture, live music and dance exploring the world and art that inspired human life across the eras.
12 Aug
Hybrid Neo Soul Hip Hop Alternative Music
12 Aug to 13 Aug
Fierce, funny, fulfilling poetry. Carrie Rudzinski and Olivia Hall will leave you feeling empowered and alive.
13 Aug
Premiering brand new songs written especially for New Zealand audiences, with stunning string arrangements by Victoria Kelly, Kingmaker is a high octane mix of Tami Neilson’s own original songs and tributes to iconic women in country music.
13 Aug
Join Jo Jago for a relaxed watercolour painting workshop where stress-free fun is the main aim. Create several greeting cards for you to take home & you'll be surprised at what you can achieve after just one workshop. ?
14 Aug
Learn the magical art of Kintsugi with Artist Ema Frost in this new Workshop. You can bring along a piece of your own pottery to restore in this beautiful style. (I'll also have a few as back up if you don't have your own piece) (All Levels)
14 Aug
It's called kintsugi, or kintsukuroi. Literally, golden (“kin”) and repair (“tsugi”).
16 Aug
Make a 15cm Gnome
16 Aug
Come and make a 15cm gnome
19 Aug
High energy pop rock band. Expect Loud guitar music and dancing.
20 Aug to 21 Aug
Welcome to the magical world of the Hundred Acre Wood. A tale of Winnie the Pooh and his friends. Their adventures are told by 240 local dancers. A family friendly showcase of talent. Not to be missed!
20 Aug
In this workshop participants will have the opportunity to develop both watercolour pencil and portrait drawing techniques to encapsulate both the subjects and their own unique characteristics.
20 Aug
In this workshop you will learn how to make balm for your first aid kit and family care with native plants. Learn karakia and tikanga around harvesting. Learn about simple methods and tools for infusing medicinal plants with oil and their benefits.
24 Aug
Access to Justice - "We Need More Than Lawyers"
27 Aug
THE BOSS is a full production, kick-ass compliment of eight passionate musicians bringing alive the timeless music of Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band. A 2-and-a-half-hour, world-class show featuring all of The Boss's greatest hits and more!
27 Aug
Take in the best of Mount Maunganui with a weekend full of entertaining options and highlights of the region.
27 Aug to 26 Nov
These monthly workshops will be held on the last Saturday of every month. The first being...
27 Aug to 28 Aug
Over 150 delicious exhibitors with everything from chocolate, cheese and chutney to tea, truffles and tabasco. Live Cooking Kitchen featuring demonstrations from Chefs around the Bay, and local gourmet street food flavours for lunch.
27 Aug to 28 Aug
Photography in its rawest form is simply the capture of light. Throughout the weekend, in a studio setting and on location in the Historic Village, your tutor, Nic Clegg, will provide a greater understanding of how light works.
27 Aug
David Lynch Double at The Village Cinema!
28 Aug
A century since NZ-born soprano Rosina Buckman undertook an epic 110 concert homecoming tour, well-known soprano Rowena Simpson joins Hammers & Horsehair duo Douglas Mews and Robert Ibell to present a vivid reimagining of the 1922 tour.
28 Aug
The Harmonic Resonators are joining with the Boobops, a dragon boating team of breast cancer survivors, to bring their unique mix of country, Waiata Māori, and party tunes to Baycourt Theatre.
28 Aug
In this workshop Emma will guide you through a range of experimental processes using a range of materials including oil pastel, ink and acrylics. Exploring mark making, composition, colour relationships and abstract forms.
28 Aug
Dominique is our resident artist at The Pot House and fellow admirer of the weird and wonderful, and she’s here to help you bring your wildest mug dreams to life.
30 Aug to 02 Sep
The 66th Tauranga Primary Schools' Music Festival brings together choirs from local Primary and Intermediate Schools for five days of performances.
02 Sep
Order your daily cuppa in te reo
03 Sep
Make A Lidded Animal Pot
03 Sep to 09 Sep
Zespri AIMS Games is back, 3 - 9 September 2022.
04 Sep
Join the Bay’s community orchestra in a fun-filled, FREE family concert featuring the famous musical adventures of Peter and the Wolf.
06 Sep
Make a Tealight
08 Sep to 24 Sep
Agatha Christie's most loved and world record breaking murder mystery!
11 Sep
Learn to make and bake rewena bread with Karin Egan, step by step, beginning with the mixture (bug). Take your bug home to ferment and let it rise over 7 days.
14 Sep to 01 Oct
Tauranga Musical Theatre is proudly bringing the worldwide smash hit musical written by Queen and Ben Elton, We Will Rock You to Tauranga, in 2022!
23 Sep to 24 Sep
Massed display of flowers, orchids and growing gear for sale, free parking
23 Sep to 25 Sep
"Unique experiences, enriched culturally authentic interactions and exposure to new knowledge"
24 Sep to 25 Sep
Discover all you need to know for you, your pregnancy or young child.
24 Sep
Make a House Tealight
29 Sep to 02 Oct
Inaugural Cape to Cape 2022 Ceramic/Pottery Exhibition
02 Oct to 05 Oct
Witness the best young talent in New Zealand competing for national badminton titles across four days of exciting competition.
02 Oct
A festival designed to engage and inspire a new generation of scientists, technologists, engineers & mathematicians
03 Oct
The outrageously funny KEVIN BLOODY WILSON returns with another dose of his fair-dinkum Aussie humour. F.U.P.C spotlights Political Correctness for what it is and how Kev sees it – a big giggle crafted in song. Supported by Jenny Talia. R18.
07 Oct
Demi Lee Moore & Band Live in Aotearoa! Supported by Wildlanes
09 Oct to 10 Oct
Postmodern Jukebox makes its grand return! The famed time-twisting musical collective that puts pop music in a time-machine will bring The Grand Reopening Tour to Tauranga in October 2022.
12 Oct
Comedy and circus sensation Thom Monckton will astound you in The Artist: an incredible feat of physical strength, skilled theatrics, and comedic storytelling.
14 Oct
Motif Poetry is proud to present the second annual Wham Bam Tauranga Poetry Slam. It's alive. It's energetic. It explodes from the mic and flies around the room! Get ready for three rounds of audience-judged, original work from local performers.
14 Oct
Pīpī Paopao is a performance for tamariki aged 3-5 year olds - and their adults - which adopts the unique characteristics of our Manu Rangatira (noble birdlife) through waiata and play.
15 Oct
This is the news. We have our eyes on the city and our fingers on the pulse. In frightening times we are here to reassure you, a voice you can trust. Coming live and uninterrupted from Baycourt to an audience of potentially billions.
15 Oct
Happy, prosperous Diwali! A fantastic event for the whole family!
20 Oct to 21 Oct
A carefully curated programme of works, from beloved classical favourites to recent works that have claimed a rightful place on the international stage.
22 Oct
Get the electrifying Tina Turner experience with this full stage production brimming with hits from the 60s-90s. Featuring the powerful and thrilling Caroline Borole complete with band, brass section, backing vocalists and dancers.
29 Oct
This is a show about keeping your cards close to your chest but walking around naked. Can we have it all? Yes, but also bloody no but also it’s none of your business because IT’S PERSONAL.
04 Nov
From the “ching ching!” of Christmas sleigh bells in the first movement, to the beatified soprano entrance in the finale, Mahler’s Fourth is a picture of the perfect childhood. Featuring Hawkes Bay soprano Madeleine Pierard.
05 Nov
This special concert combines the power of the NZSO, the precision of renowned conductor Miguel Harth-Bedoya, and the passion of Ria Hall who'll perform tracks from her 2017 album 'Rules of Engagement'.
06 Nov
Join the NZSO if you dare as their narrator leads you through a mysterious tale while the NZSO performs some of the most magical, spooky, creepy, or just outright monstrous music ever written. A fun-filled family concert.
08 Nov
Take a step back in time to when country music told a true story of life, love and heartache. LEAVING JACKSON The Johnny Cash & June Carter Show will have you singing, laughing and crying for more.
09 Nov to 10 Nov
Dancing Queen: A Tribute To ABBA is a full-scale concert production featuring more than 2 hours of fun, energetic musical performances with a live backing band, replica costumes, theatrical lighting and effects.
11 Nov
The young Australian virtuoso recently described as ‘the finest guitar player of this generation’ returns to New Zealand playing an intimate Tauranga show at The Baycourt X Space!
12 Nov
Aotearoa's first Hooman + Doggo Festival ?? ??
18 Nov
Classical Guitar fans, Audiences wanting a rather intimate experience, Those wanting to experience both traditional classical music and Eastern European/world music sounds
19 Nov
Get ready for a drag production full of incredible lip sync performances, stunts and tricks that’ll blow your wig right off! This is a one night drag experience you do not want to miss!
19 Nov to 20 Nov
New Zealand’s Largest Green Living & Sustainable Lifestyle Show!
20 Nov
The Tinman Triathlon is proudly bought to you by GENX Homes & Marra Construction. The race has a distance for everyone.
21 Nov
World of Musicals brings the very best, colourful, inspiring and memorable musical classics to life, all performed by an internationally star-studded cast presenting the audience with nightly entertainment at the highest level.
25 Nov
Nitro Circus will return to Tauranga’s Trustpower Stadium Baypark for the first time in three years with an action-packed night on Friday 25 November, 2022
26 Nov
Polo in the Bay is more than just a new event, it’s a whole new Mount Maunganui tradition.
26 Nov
Oempa Festival 2022 is back and bigger then ever
16 Dec
Watch two star-crossed lovers twirl beneath the mistletoe as award-winning Irish musicians complement the world’s best Irish Dancers to deliver an exciting mix of traditional tunes, heartfelt ballads, carols and red-hot rhythms.
27 Dec
Set against the beautiful backdrop of mount Maunganui & the surf beach of the mount, the iconic EVES Surf Breaker Triathlon returns for the 38th year.
19 Feb
The Generation Homes Women’s Triathlon is an entry level Women’s only event that encourages participation of Women from 11 years of age & at any level of fitness and ability.
12 Mar
Set against the beautiful backdrop of Mount Maunganui, the Marra Sprint Triathlon returns for the 36th year
22 Jun
Meet Little Kiwi, a tiny bird who will leave a huge impression. He is an unusual bright white kiwi, and he’s very round. What else is white, bright, and round?! Te Marama of course! And there she is in the sky, shining down through the trees.
02 Sep
ROCKARIA - The ELO EXPERIENCE is a show that delivers a captivating live concert recreating the unforgettable sound of Jeff Lynne’s The Electric Light Orchestra.