Tamariki & Rangatahi Programme
We firmly believe in the benefits of engaging in the arts for our young people (for everyone, really).
From within our diverse programme, we have identified several offerings to spark joy and creativity in curious minds, from school matinees and suitable evening performances to opportunities to participate and get directly involved: music, dance, theatre, and hands-on creative expression, it’s all theirs for the taking.
From within our diverse programme, we have identified several offerings to spark joy and creativity in curious minds, from school matinees and suitable evening performances to opportunities to participate and get directly involved: music, dance, theatre, and hands-on creative expression, it’s all theirs for the taking.
Register your Kōhanga Reo, Pre School, Primary School or Secondary School
Register to ParticipateWe are welcoming any and all who would like to become part of our Festival Whānau as an Auncle (our flash name for a patron)!
Donate to Schools ProgrammeWant to find out more about what's on in our schools programme?
Programme Download click hereReduced price tickets available to schools
Reduced price tickets are available to schools thanks to generous support from partners, funding agencies and private donations.
Thank you to those whose generosity enables us to offer these opportunities to our young ones.
For more information and to make a booking, please contact us on education@nelsonartsfestival.nzeducation@nelsonartsfestival.nz
In-School Experiences & Matinees
Participate!
- Masks About Town
- A Call to Action (icebergs as dreamed by you) with Gabby O’Connor
- The Sensorium with Chloe Loftus
Youth-friendly Public Events
- Thaw
- Night Vision (including Tune Up)
- Art Chemist
- Victory Poetry Slam
- Tupu
- Thoroughly Modern Māui
- Sun Song Suites
- ScatterGun: After the Death of Rūaumoko
- ArteFact: How to Behave in an Art Gallery
- Don McGlashan
- Slow Art Day
- Piano Burning
- Italian Moods
- By Whakatū Residency Programme
- A number of Pukapua Talks including: Gloriously Queer | After Dark | He Kōtuku Rereka Tahi | Belonging | Pūrākau | The Crucial Decade | Wawata – Moon Dreaming | Nuku Live
- and all our Visual Arts offerings