- Free
Chronos Interrupted
MOTUEKA SUNDAY MARKET
Sun 18 Oct, 12.30pm
What if this Cog-churning Chronos time is interrupted?
Free & Koha
- Koha
Cycle-In Flix – Thursdays in October
KIRBY LANE
Thu 1, 8, 15 and 22 Oct, 7.30pm
A variation on drive-in movies - bike in, enjoy live Latino performances and learn about Hispanic & Latino culture on the big screen.
- Koha
Cycle-In Flix – Thursdays in October
KIRBY LANE
Thu 1, 8, 15 and 22 Oct, 7.30pm
A variation on drive-in movies - bike in, enjoy live Latino performances and learn about Hispanic & Latino culture on the big screen.
- Koha
Cycle-In Flix – Thursdays in October
KIRBY LANE
Thu 1, 8, 15 and 22 Oct, 7.30pm
A variation on drive-in movies - bike in, enjoy live Latino performances and learn about Hispanic & Latino culture on the big screen.
- Koha
Cycle-In Flix – Thursdays in October
KIRBY LANE
Thu 1, 8, 15 and 22 Oct, 7.30pm
A variation on drive-in movies - bike in, enjoy live Latino performances and learn about Hispanic & Latino culture on the big screen.
- Koha
Eamonn Marra: The True Story I Made Up
THE WORKSHOP BAR AND BREWERY
Thu 22 Oct, 7.30pm
Stand-up comedy show about the (mostly) true story behind the (mostly) fictional novel, 2000ft Above Worry Level.
- Free
EDGELAND — James Robinson
QUIET DOG GALLERY
Poetry Performance – Sat 17 Oct, 2pm
Exhibition opening – Fri 16 Oct, 5.30pm
Exhibition Fri 16 Oct – Sat 14 Nov
"A language older than words".
- Koha
Escaping the poem
DEVILLE
Tue 27 Oct, 7.30pm
Cliff Fell and John Newton perform parts of their hybrid works, an epic poem and a verse novel.
Cancelled
- Free
Hip Hop & Jazz Dance on the Street PLUS Chronos Interrupted
SUNDIAL SQUARE RICHMOND
Thu 29 Oct, 5pm
Short, sharp, and energetic dance performances by The Tribe Hip Hop and FA Dance Centre.
- Free
- Local
Kiss Me or Kismet?
NMIT
Johnny Cash Room, Arts and Media building (G block), Nile Street
Wed 28 Oct, 6pm
Arrive at 5.30pm for a welcome drink and nibbles. Performances start at 6pm.
Join with us to celebrate the launch of the fourth issue of NMIT’s arts and literary journal, kiss me hardy.
- Free
Lockdown Laundry
UPPER TRAFALGAR STREET
Fri 2 Oct & Sat 3 Oct, 10.30am-3pm
Lockdown Laundry invites you to come and air your lockdown memories!
- Free
Masks Behind Glass: City-wide Mask Exhibition
NELSON CBD
Sun 18 Oct to Sun 1 Nov
Local artist Fiona Sutherland has been working with teachers to create masks to exhibit in visible street frontages around the city.
- Koha
Nelson Live Poets presented by Nelson Arts Festival
RED16
Tue 20 Oct, 7.30pm
Featuring Rachel McAlpine performing from her new collection of poems, How to Be Old.
- Free
Night Vision
NELSON CBD
Thurs 1 Oct, 5-9pm
A one-night extravaganza that encourages art lovers and newbies to engage in arts and experience their city with a different lens.
- Free
October on New Street
NEW STREET
Multiple events in October
A collaboration between Nelson Arts Festival and New Street bars.
- Free
Special Event – Not the Carnivale
UPPER TRAFALGAR ST
Fri 30 Oct, 5.30pm–10pm
A special night of fun and performance with a small nod to the Mask Carnivale
- Free
Street Singing – Fridays in October
Cultural Connections
222 Hardy St
Fri 9, 16 and 23 Oct, 5.30pm
Live karaoke is coming to Nelson! Discover the artist within yourself with the support of the Voice Collective.
- Free
Street Singing – Fridays in October
Cultural Connections
222 Hardy St
Fri 9, 16 and 23 Oct, 5.30pm
Live karaoke is coming to Nelson! Discover the artist within yourself with the support of the Voice Collective.
- Free
Street Singing – Fridays in October
Cultural Connections
222 Hardy St
Fri 9, 16 and 23 Oct, 5.30pm
Live karaoke is coming to Nelson! Discover the artist within yourself with the support of the Voice Collective.
- Free
WMC: Unrefined
REFINERY ARTSPACE
Conversation with Chris McBride, Mary Ellen O’Connor and Katherine Baxter: Tue 13 Oct, 5.30pm
Exhibition: Tue 13 Oct – Sat 7 Nov
A conversation about art, activism and WMC with Chris McBride, Mary Ellen O'Connor and Katherine Baxter — in collaboration with the Refinery ArtSpace.
Sold Out
- Koha
Writing Funny, Writing Sad
NMIT
Thu 22 Oct, 4pm
Comedy writing masterclass with stand-up comedian and novelist Eamonn Marra.
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