22 Jun to 13 Oct
Leading pounamu artist, Lewis Tamihana Gardiner (Te Arawa, Ngāti Awa, Te Whānau-ā-Apanui, Ngāi Tahu), will be exhibiting at Tauranga Art Gallery this winter.
22 Jun to 06 Oct
An immersive video installation and ceramic display arising out of an international indigenous collaboration between Kahnyen’kehàka artist Santee Smith and Ngai Tahu video/dance artist Louise Potiki Bryant.
22 Jun to 13 Oct
'Mātiro' is a retrospective of black and white photography from the 1970s -1980s by Kapua Joy Bennett (Ngāti Ranginui, Te Whānau-ā-Apanui).
23 Aug to 19 Sep
A body of works that celebrates the journey of finding the way home life, discovering family, exploring culture and understanding identity.
04 Sep to 13 Nov
Our Library Law series is back for another year. We are very excited about the addition of Chinese language sessions for our local Chinese community. All seminars are free.
08 Sep to 29 Sep
Into all things God, love and relationships!
14 Sep to 28 Sep
Tauranga Musical Theatre presents Wicked, the Broadway sensation set in the Land of Oz.
14 Sep to 22 Sep
Catch the best men's and women's regional teams throughout the country battle it our for bragging rights as the nations best.
18 Sep
Join us for a creative night of drinking and painting in Tauranga! No previous painting experience necessary! Get your creative juices flowing and your brush strokes going!
19 Sep to 22 Sep
The only circus of its kind in New Zealand, has just embarked on their 10 year anniversary tour with its new show – Into the Future!
20 Sep
The Top Dog Film Festival is back and you'd be barking mad to miss it. After a sell-out first year, the Top Dog Film Festival returns with a carefully curated program of canine-themed films.
20 Sep
An annual open-source global event aimed at raising awareness of the important role public open space plays in improving the quality of our lives.
20 Sep to 10 Oct
“In a group exhibition 'Multicultural Connection' we are using the immense value and importance of arts to raise the awareness of multi-cultures in New Zealand.” - The Art Lounge NZ.
20 Sep
Join our keynote speakers, Lisa Dunshea (Auckland Council Design Review Manager) and Michael Nettleship (Auckland Council Design Review Panel Lead), at the opening event of the Festival of Architecture in Tauranga.
21 Sep
Come & play in the Bay!
21 Sep
Come along to Tauranga Farmers Market, held every Saturday. You'll find delicious coffee, great entertainment and lots of fresh produce!
21 Sep
Head along to the Little Big Markets in Papamoa, for a range of delicious food, interesting stalls and live music.
21 Sep
In collaboration with the Property Council of New Zealand, take the chance to discover and learn about some of Tauranga CBD's architectural developments.
21 Sep
Greerton Village's annual Cherry Blossom Festival will be held on Saturday, 21 September.
21 Sep
First time at The Barrel Room for local favourites - The Whittakers. Celtic/Rock/Folk/Mayhem. Enjoy!
21 Sep to 22 Sep
Don’t miss this stunning concert from Scholars Baroque Aotearoa with Jubilate Ensemble performing Purcell’s ‘Come, Ye Sons of Art’ and Handel’s ‘Te Deum and Jubilate’.
22 Sep
Ditch your fuel guzzler on World Car Free Day
22 Sep
Come along to the Mount Farmers Market, held every Sunday. You'll find great coffee, fresh produce and delicious foods.
23 Sep
The tour of the campus will reveal the story behind the building. Through tertiary partnerships and strategic relationships with tangata whenua, and broader community groups, the design of the campus buildings celebrates all these connections.
24 Sep
How can we revitalise our urban areas? 2x2 City Revitalisation is a joint partnership between NZIA and NZILA and explores the ideas of revitalising our urban places through a range of 2x2 presentations (2 slides/2 minutes per slide).
25 Sep
How to work effectively with LGBTQ.
25 Sep
Join us for a free screening of Urbanized, an award-winning documentary about the design of cities.
25 Sep to 28 Sep
A visual extravaganza which is, quite simply, out of this world.
26 Sep
Great cities have vibrant city centres – how can we create a vibrant, safe and successful city for people to live, work, play and learn? And how can we recognise the importance of environmental, cultural and heritage values in urban development?
26 Sep
Free event to learn about Chinese culture and language.
28 Sep
Come along to Tauranga Farmers Market, held every Saturday. You'll find delicious coffee, great entertainment and lots of fresh produce!
28 Sep
Whether you are a local or a newcomer to the community, the New to the Bay Expo will have something for you!
28 Sep
Multicultural Tauranga, Ethkick 2019 Football Tournament, bringing people together through sport.
28 Sep
Bay of Plenty’s first dedicated Vegan festival, we proudly showcase a curated selection of vegan food, fashion and more from around New Zealand.
28 Sep
The BNZ Battle of the Bays is set to be an exciting match up as the Magpies travel to Tauranga with the Macrae-Shelford Cup as last seasons winners.
29 Sep
Come along to the Mount Farmers Market, held every Sunday. You'll find great coffee, fresh produce and delicious foods.
01 Oct
The Ledlenser Trails In Motion Film Tour brings a collection of the finest trail and ultra-running films to passionate audiences around the world.
03 Oct
Singer - songwriter Joanne Slagel weaves together her captivating voice and polished guitar skills to perform catchy melodies you’ll be humming for days.
04 Oct
Imperfect Offering is delighted to present The Music of Leonard Cohen. Featuring Cohen's greatest hits including "Suzanne", "Bird on the Wire", his best-known song "Hallelujah", plus music from his astonishing last album, "You Want It Darker”.
05 Oct
The NZCMA proudly presents the 40th Entertainer of the Year Awards. Two sessions: 1pm matinee featuring Dennis Marsh and 7pm evening show featuring the Topp Twins. Single session and dual session tickets available.
05 Oct
We will bring together the Bay's biggest ever Travel Bazaar presented by House of Travel.
05 Oct
Catch the Volcanix and Steamers in this Double Header in the last round robin game of the season as they take on their Manawatu counterparts.
06 Oct
Did you know Baycourt is home to one of the finest Wurlitzer organs in the Southern Hemisphere? We are thrilled to have Scott Harrison back at Baycourt for a very special concert that will show off the intricacy, detail & power of our ‘Mighty Wurli’.
06 Oct
Vintage items, new and used, lots of goodies for the home and bits to drape on humans too. Toys and lots of other joys to hearten the soul. Bring the babies, the grannies and granddads too, come say hi and support us guys (and girls).
10 Oct to 13 Oct
TSA's Exciting Original Art Expo: To be held in new location and a whole new format
11 Oct
Supporting a talented and creatively diverse community with a unique social and environmental conscience.
11 Oct
Following their sold-out Tauranga debut in 2018, Postmodern Jukebox will return to Baycourt in October 2019.
11 Oct to 13 Oct
Massed display of flowering plants, plants for sale,demonstrations, cafe and free parking.
12 Oct to 13 Oct
TCSC Productions is excited to present its thrilling new contemporary dance production FLYING HOPE - a story focusing on Hope and her teenage years looking at her struggles and how she overcame them to become the encouraging person she is today.
12 Oct
A world class festival, held in Tauranga, designed to engage and inspire a new generation of scientists, technologists, engineers and mathematicians.
12 Oct
Waipuna Hospice presents Shane Cortese and the Class of '58 who will engage you in a performance of sensational rock ‘n roll entertainment. Featuring brilliant guitarist Chet O’Connell.
16 Oct to 17 Oct
Urban Dance presents Alice in Wonderland; A street dance version of the classic tale which will showcase the diverse work of local choreographers and 120 dancers from The Urban Dance Studios training out of Tauranga, Papamoa and Arataki.
18 Oct to 20 Oct
The Bay of Plenty Home Show returns celebrating 10 years of building dreams in the Bay of Plenty.
19 Oct to 20 Oct
This is our region's annual windsurfing event for the year. This fun racing event is created for all sailors of all abilities. If you can sail in a straight line then you have the skills to enter!
22 Oct
Guided by German-Japanese conductor Jun Märkl, this concert features NZ composer Kenneth Young’s work Te Mapouriki plus music by Mozart, Strauss, Mendelssohn, and Schumann.
24 Oct to 25 Oct
A multi-award-winning family show that's melted hearts around the world. Be swept up in the mayhem that is the larger-than-life ‘elegant buffoon’ Tom Flanagan, as one man’s life is flipped upside-down by the lonely, dust-covered world that surrounds him.
24 Oct
A pre-eminent singer and performer, Reb has for years been the musicians’ secret. Adam McGrath (The Eastern) describes her as Lucky Strike-cool and Jameson’s-raw, with a voice born of fire and river run, mountain strong and feather soft.
24 Oct to 03 Nov
New Zealand’s beautiful diversity will be showcased at this year’s Tauranga Arts Festival. Featuring a everything from theatre to music, dance to comedy, circus to speakers and more – get ready for a rollicking 10 days and nights of astounding arts!
24 Oct to 27 Oct
In his show, Volker Gerling moves through the flipbooks with his thumb underneath a video camera and projects the images on a screen.
25 Oct
Formed 1990, Scotland's Shooglenifty bright spark was the idea of fusing traditional and traditional-sounding melodies with the beats and basslines of a mixed bag of more contemporary influences. Sponsored by Holland Beckett Law.
25 Oct to 26 Oct
Staged between heaven and hell, LIMBO is dirty and dangerous stuff, whisking audiences into a sinister netherworld of jaw-dropping contortion, gut-churning aerial acrobatics, mind-boggling illusions and fiery flames hot from Dante’s inferno...
25 Oct
Join this unique ethnic experience of vibrant sounds, lights and colours! Lighting lamps to evoke the victory of virtue over vice, we will sing, dance, frolic, and indulge in delicious traditional food, a highlight of the event.
26 Oct
Script to Screen and the Art & Craft of Screenwriting with Tim Balme. Proudly sponsored by the University of Waikato.
26 Oct
A Synthesized Universe is an immersive experience combining live music with custom animation, video manipulations, and a flight through the known universe which makes for a truly multi-sensory experience.
26 Oct
This workshop explores the range of forms and approaches possible when writing for this multifaceted age group. Kate De Goldi hopes participants leave with a new appreciation of the 9-13 reader and some fresh ways of thinking about how to write for them.
26 Oct to 27 Oct
The 25th NZ Mini Nationals coincides with Mini’s 60th birthday. See classic and new Minis compete at the Show & Shine and vote for People’s Choice to win prizes.
26 Oct
Fringe Village is a one-day, open-access, arts mash up at the best little village in the Bay of Plenty - the Historic Village in 17th Avenue.
27 Oct
Want to write fiction, but don’t know about the publishing process? No problem. To make your journey less painful, Catherine Robertson offers to let you in on all the mistakes during her 5-year mission to get a book in print.
27 Oct
For this special acoustic show Greg Copeland pays his dues to the originals and forefathers of the Blues from the deep South of the USA, channelling the spirit into his own material and style.
27 Oct
This workshop will concentrate on issues of ‘ending’ and ‘opening’ in the short story form, from finding the first seed of the story to setting down the final crucial word.
28 Oct to 29 Oct
Eight counts of unlawful entry using imagination, five counts of reckless use of Maori mythology, four counts of possession and cultivation of Shakespeare, and one count dangerous operation of a voice class...
28 Oct
Accompanied by Tami’s brother and long-term co-writer/collaborator Jay Neilson, the Big Boss Mama will bring her extensive songbook to Tauranga Moana. In an up-close and personal show, fans can experience the songs acoustically, as they were written.
29 Oct
Mr Red Light tries to rob a bank and fails miserably, ending up in a pie shop dealing with three uncooperative hostages and the world’s worst police negotiator. Slapstick, the meaning of life, falling in love –the pie shop is where anything can happen.
30 Oct
John Wright launched his debut 10-track album Red Skies at a concert in Motueka in 2017 last year, touring with the Sou’Westers and his collection of insightful songs and stories about travelling as an international cricketer and coach.
30 Oct to 31 Oct
The hilarious unfiltered truth on parenting, courtesy of Wellington blogger Emily Writes’ best-selling book 'Rants in the Dark'. Honest, authentic and laugh-out-loud funny.
30 Oct to 31 Oct
When Mama discovers a mischievous chicken invading her flourishing veggie garden her first instinct is to reach for the spade. But what starts out as a skirmish over the silverbeet develops into an unlikely friendship.
30 Oct
This is an annual festival that celebrates all things Pasifika in the Bay of Plenty. This festival is an iconic celebration filled with colour and culture. It celebrates its 5th anniversary in 2019.
31 Oct
NZ's Nadia Reid has attained global success from her first two albums. With sell-out shows in Auckland, London and Melbourne, and record three under her belt, Nadia is a rising star not to be missed. Nadia and band will be joined by Motte (Anita Clark).
01 Nov to 02 Nov
Wild Dogs Under My Skirt will challenge your perceptions of culture, life and love. Based on Tusiata Avia's provocative and unapologetic poetry, this is a play that explores power, politics, racism, sex, abuse and life between cultures.
01 Nov
Milly Tabak and The Miltones are masters of blending modern blues-rock with the nostalgia of a vIntage record collection. The Auckland five-piece have been turning heads with their powerful stage presence and moody melodies since forming in 2014.
02 Nov
Wilson Dixon is a comic who delivers with careful listening – and rewards his audience with buckets of smiles. Wilson Dixon’s latest show, What a Country! delivers cleverly crafted songs that reward the attentive ear!
02 Nov to 03 Nov
A Speakers Programme Day Pass allows you to attend all sessions at the Carrus Crystal Palace on either Saturday 2 November or Sunday 3 November.
02 Nov
Marilyn Waring talks to MP Chlöe Swarbrick about her 2019 autobiography recounting her years in parliament.
02 Nov
Join parenting writers Emily Writes and Dr Renee Liang, paediatrician and co-author of the 2019 book, 'When We Remember to Breathe', as they talk to Tracey Slaughter. Emily and Renee are each mother to two young children.
02 Nov
Traversing anxiety and depression is a daily reality for more people than we ever know. Headlands: New Stories of Anxiety editor Naomi Arnold, fantasy/horror writer Lee Murray, and actor/playwright Victor Rodger share their stories with Dr Renee Liang.
02 Nov
Tracey Slaughter talks to second-youngest NZ MP to ever be elected Chlöe Swarbrick; Rocky Horror Show creator Richard O’Brien, and award-winning NZ Herald columnist Rachel Stewart about the cost of their courage to be themselves in public life.
02 Nov to 03 Nov
A weekend of exhilarating windsurfing action with some of New Zealands top sailors competing.
03 Nov
Join award-winning journalist Mary Holm as she discusses her 2018 book 'Rich Enough? A Laid-Back Guide For Every Kiwi' which helps readers get their money sorted, while also considering the fascinating relationship between money and happiness.
03 Nov
Rotorua’s Wingspan National Bird of Prey Centre founder Debbie Stewart, MNZM, talks with with fellow falconer and hawker, award-winning columnist & ex-farmer Rachel Stewart to discuss New Zealand’s extraordinary birds of prey and the challenges they face.
03 Nov
Join Brannavan Gnanalingam, Renee Liang, and Victor Rodger, as they talk to Scott Campbell about the cultural and social impacts of being ‘different’.
03 Nov
Aimed at 16-35 year olds, this conversation will focus on why getting savvy with your money is important. New Zealand’s leading financial communicator Mary Holm will discuss with Rosie Dawson-Hewes. Questions from the floor essential!
03 Nov
Scott Campbell discusses climate change with climate scientist Dr James Renwick, Green MP Chlöe Swarbrick; business journalist Rod Oram; BOP Regional Council’s Namouta Poutasi; and environmental campaigner/ex-farmer Rachel Stewart.
05 Nov to 07 Nov
The Imperial Russian Ballet Company returns to Baycourt Swan Lake. Presented in two acts, this masterpiece ballet follows the original storyline, with subtle revisions and variations introduced by Artistic Director Gediminas Taranda.
05 Nov
Melbourne Cup in our own backyard charity fundraiser
08 Nov
Supporting a talented and creatively diverse community with a unique social and environmental conscience.
08 Nov
Baycourt is stoked to be the NZ home for the IYSFF competition. Join filmmakers from around Aotearoa as they compete for the prestigious awards. Experience the 2019 finalists on Baycourts big screen with live accompaniment from the Wurlitzer organ.
09 Nov to 09 Feb
Mr G coming ‘home’ for first solo exhibition
09 Nov
Join us and showcase what you do!
10 Nov
Set against the beautiful backdrop of Mount Maunganui, the Tinman Triathlon returns for another year. The event will host the national standard distance and para-tri championships.
10 Nov
Show you support for the sufferers and families of this debilitating disease and enjoy walking some of Tauranga's finiest foreshore.
13 Nov
Join Nanogirl and her trusty lab assistant Boris as they engineer their way through a new adventure all about the science of sound. Packed with experiments, explosions and laughs, see science and engineering come to life right before your eyes.
14 Nov
Night Fever is jetting into town to recreate the Bee Gee’s 1997 One Night Only Las Vegas concert experience. Over two hours of live entertainment, state-of-the-art lighting, digital display screens, impeccable sound and a handpicked international cast!
22 Nov to 24 Nov
Exhibition of members woodwork (turning, carving, scroll saw, toys) plus demonstrations, equipment trade vendors and member's woodwork sales.
23 Nov
The Tauranga Food Wine and Music Festival is about bring Kiwi’s together with the 3 things we enjoy the most; Food Wine and Music! This festival has been designed to showcase New Zealand’s yummiest cuisine, wine and beverages.
27 Nov to 07 Dec
Stage Right Trust presents a classic kiwi comedy about a group of local blokes down on their luck who decide a male strip show is the perfect way to make some quick cash! Book now for an awesome night out for all! Recommended age: 16+
29 Nov to 30 Nov
Throughout history many remarkable people & their influences have left footprint on our society. What if we could bring these people back from the dead for a dinner party? KJ Studios explores some of the greats, and the impact they have made on our world.
30 Nov
Plentiful free parking, great food and coffee, relaxed family friendly shopping across a variety of stalls. Support locals and grab bargains!
30 Nov to 14 Dec
A pop-rock musical based on the movie of the same name
01 Dec
Don't just dance, move the world!
13 Dec
Supporting a talented and creatively diverse community with a unique social and environmental conscience.
27 Dec
If you are looking for the Triathlon race that has it all, then the EVES Surfbreaker Triathlon at Mount Maunganui is the race. This Iconic race has been on the Calendar since 1985, making it one of NZ’s oldest races.
10 Jan
Supporting a talented and creatively diverse community with a unique social and environmental conscience.
11 Jan
The Mount Festival of Multisport returns
15 Feb
A social night run event comprising of the main half marathon distance 21km, 14km and 7km events run over the flat sealed roads of Mount Maunganui.
23 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 and at any level of fitness and ability.
15 Mar to 15 Mar
The original New York and Las Vegas hit Menopause The Musical® returns to New Zealand in 2020! See what 11+ million women (and brave men) have been laughing about for 17 years. It’s the Hilarious Celebration of Women and The Change!
15 Mar
Set against the beautiful backdrop of Mount Maunganui, the Marra Sprint Triathlon returns for the 33rd year. This is an event for the entire family!
18 Mar
Get the electrifying concert experience of Tina Turner with this full stage production brimming with Tina hits from the 60s, 70s, 80s & 90s. Featuring the thrilling Caroline Borole & amazing live band & dancers - a fabulous fun night out!
27 Apr to 28 Apr
The Ten Tenors perform a unique combination of classical & contemporary music featuring ten-part harmonies. Globally acclaimed, critics praise their ability to “ignite hearts” with their effortless charm and “magnificent vocals”.