Festival Events

Genre | Date

Limited Tickets

Annabel Langbein

PIC’S PEANUT BUTTER WORLD

Mon 26 Oct, 5.30pm
Arrive at 5pm for a welcome drink and nibbles. Session starts at 5.30pm.

Annabel Langbein discusses her new memoir, Bella, with Nicola Galloway.

Writers

Avantdale Bowling Club

THEATRE ROYAL

Sat 31 Oct, 8pm

Hip-hop/jazz project headed by rapper Tom Scott, with an enviable cast of musicians — “a huge learned journey borne of lived experience”.

Music

Free

Chronos Interrupted

MOTUEKA SUNDAY MARKET

Sun 18 Oct, 12.30pm

What if this Cog-churning Chronos time is interrupted?

FamilyFree & 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.

FamilyFilmFree & KohaSpecial Events

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.

FamilyFilmFree & KohaSpecial Events

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.

FamilyFilmFree & KohaSpecial Events

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.

FamilyFilmFree & KohaSpecial Events

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.

ComedyFree & KohaWriters

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".

Free & KohaVisual Arts

Cliff Fell and John Newton (photo credit: Victoria Birkinshaw)

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.

Free & KohaWriters

Sold Out

Fleeing to Freedom

THEATRE ROYAL

Fri 23 Oct, 5.30pm

Behrouz Boochani and Golriz Ghahraman in conversation with journalist Anke Richter.

Writers

Hip Hop & Jazz Dance - Photo credit: AT Photo

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.

DanceFamilyFree & Koha

Christine Leunens and Alexandra Tidswell

Historical Fiction

SUTER THEATRE

Sun 25 Oct, 1.30pm

Christine Leunens and Alexandra Tidswell discuss how they work with both research and imagination when creating characters from the past.

Writers

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 & KohaWriters

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!

FamilyFree & KohaSpecial Events

Masks - Photo Credit: courtesy of the Nelson Library

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.

FamilyFree & KohaVisual Arts

Selling Fast

Miriam Lancewood: Wild at Heart

SUTER THEATRE

Sun 25 Oct, 11am

Miriam Lancewood talks with Kerry Sunderland about her gripping sequel to the international bestseller, Woman in the Wilderness.

Writers

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 & KohaWriters

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.

FamilyFree & KohaVisual Arts

Not Just for Laughs

SUTER THEATRE

Sat 24 Oct, 1.30pm

Eamonn Marra and Lil O'Brien discuss the balance between comedy and tragedy in their debut books.

Writers

Sold Out

NZSA Writing Workshop with Mandy Hager

THE SUTER ART GALLERY, Mina Arndt Education Room

Sun 25 Oct, 10.30am

Two-hour workshop with award-winning author Mandy Hager.

Writers

Free

October on New Street

NEW STREET

Multiple events in October

A collaboration between Nelson Arts Festival and New Street bars.

Free & KohaMusicWriters

Our Grandfathers

SUTER THEATRE

Sun 25 Oct, 3.30pm

Ian Trafford and William Moloney have both written fascinating novels based on their grandfathers' WWI diaries.

Writers

Sold Out

Our People, Our Cultures, Our Languages

SUTER THEATRE

Sat 24 Oct, 11am

Panel discussion featuring tangata whenua and recent arrivals.

KōreroWriters

Show Me Shorts

SUTER THEATRE

Sat 10 Oct & Sun 11 Oct, 7.30pm

Good things come in small packages!  Show Me Shorts is New Zealand's leading international short film festival and a popular addition to the Nelson arts calendar.

Film

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

CommunityFamilyFree & KohaSpecial Events

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.

FamilyFree & KohaMusic

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.

FamilyFree & KohaMusic

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.

FamilyFree & KohaMusic

Selling Fast

The Human Voice

THE RUTHERFORD HOTEL

Sat 24 Oct, 6pm & 8pm; Sun 25 Oct, 6pm & 8pm

An unflinching examination of the human condition in 45 minutes you cannot look away from.

Music

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.

Free & KohaVisual Arts