What’s On in Tauranga
Your weekly guide to the best events, gigs and markets in Tauranga
Sat 8 Aug · Baycourt Addison Theatre
Caitriona Fallon performs a tribute concert of Adele’s best known songs.
Sat 8 Aug · The Jam Factory
A three-band rock lineup at the Jam Factory music platform on the Tauranga waterfront.
Sat 8 Aug · Totara St, Mount Maunganui
A variety concert and dance night where the dress code comes from the op shop.
Sat 8 Aug · St Peter’s Anglican Church, Mount Maunganui
A choral and vocal programme of French sacred music in the Mount’s parish church.
Sun 9 Aug · Toi Tauranga Art Gallery
The national string quartet brings its Transform programme to the gallery space.
Sun 9 Aug · Baycourt Addison Theatre
A folk concert working through the Leonard Cohen songbook.
Sat 8 Aug · Tauranga Primary School
Weekly Saturday morning market with local produce, bread, coffee and hot food from 7.45am.
Sun 9 Aug · No.1 The Strand
Craft, design and street food stalls along the downtown waterfront.
Thu 6 Aug · Cornerstone Bar & Eatery
A guided painting session of the blue mushroom, with a drink in hand.
Thu 6 Aug · Latitude 37, Mount Maunganui
A bottomless mussels sitting at the Mount’s waterfront restaurant.
Thu 6 Aug · Rosie’s Red-Hot Cantina, Mount Maunganui
Bottomless wings and fries at the Mexican cantina on Maunganui Road.
Sat 8 Aug · Goode Brothers Bethlehem
A midday bottomless pasta sitting at the Bethlehem restaurant.
Mon 3 Aug · Creative Community Campus
A weekly untutored drawing session working from a live portrait model.
Wed 5 Aug · Toi Tauranga Art Gallery
Part of the gallery’s lecture series examining Māori art within a te ao Māori framework.
Wed 5 & Fri 7 Aug · Bethlehem College Performing Arts Centre
A staged production of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical.
Sat 8 Aug · Baycourt X Space
A cabaret and burlesque show in Baycourt’s studio venue.
Mon 3 & Tue 4 Aug · Luxe Cinemas
The touring festival of contemporary Italian cinema continues its Tauranga season.
Wed 5 Aug · Village Cinema
A screening of Paul Thomas Anderson’s Phantom Thread at the Historic Village cinema.
Fri 7 Aug · United Cinemas Bayfair
The tenth anniversary edition of the touring programme of short adventure films about women.
Tue 4 Aug · The Creative Campus, The Historic Village
A tutored evening class continuing the beginner watercolour series.
Thu 6 Aug · Mercury Baypark Arena
A careers and training expo for Bay of Plenty students and job seekers.
Sun 9 Aug · The Creative Campus, The Historic Village
A morning oil painting workshop working from a still life setup.
Mon 3 & Tue 4 Aug · Baycourt Addison Theatre
The British comedian and QI panellist brings his Think Ahead stand-up tour to Tauranga.
Fri 7 Aug · Baycourt Addison Theatre
Tofiga Fepulea’i performs his solo stand-up show.
Tue 4 Aug · World’s End Bar & Restaurant
A weekly Tuesday night pub quiz open to walk-in teams.
Tue 4 Aug · The Historic Village
A property investment evening seminar, registration required.
Fri 14 Aug · Baycourt Addison Theatre
The New Zealand comedian and TV host tours her latest stand-up show.
Sat 15 Aug · Mercury Baypark Arena
A weekend food and drink expo with tastings and demonstrations.
Sat 15 Aug · Tauranga Racecourse
A wellbeing and lifestyle expo with stalls, talks and practitioners.
Sun 16 Aug · Baycourt Addison Theatre
A family entertainment show aimed at children and parents.
Thu 20 Aug · Holy Trinity Church
The regional heat of the national schools band competition.
Fri 21 Aug · Village Cinema
A retro screening of Jurassic Park at the Historic Village cinema.
Sun 23 Aug · Coronation Park, Mount Maunganui
A secondhand and preloved clothing market beside the beach.
Sources: Eventfinda and Bay of Plenty NZ. Always check the venue or organiser for the latest details.
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