CUDO, 7pm, Baycourt, urban beats + AV technology = magic dance.
Backbone Joe, 8.30pm, Carrus Crystal Palace, madcap theatre from Australia.
Miles Calder & The Rumours, 8.30pm, 11 Totara St, Americana folk-rock. At Waihi Beach Hotel tomorrow.
Tomorrow:
Writers at Carrus Crystal Palace, 10am-3.30pm: Kate Grenville (Australia) Catherine Chidgey, Stephen Daisley, Penelope Jackson, Dame Lynley Dodd, Rod Oram, Bernard Hickey and Professor Jonathan Boston. Tickets $20 at the door.
Miles Calder & The Rumours, 4pm, Waihi Beach Hotel. Tickets at the door.
Miss Jean Batten, 7pm, also Monday, X Space Baycourt. One-woman show pays tribute to pioneering Kiwi pilot.
The Maori Sidesteps, 8.30pm, Carrus Crystal Palace. Songs, comedy and showmanship.
Men of Wood & Foam, 8.30pm, Mt Drury, Night Owl Cinema. Tickets $5 at the gate. 2017 documentary about Sydney's pioneer surfboard makers.
Monday:
Sea Fever, 10am, Carrus Crystal Palace. Poet Bob Orr and Australian surfing writer Phil Jarratt yarn about the tides that move them. Tickets $20 at the door.
Salut Printemps, 2pm, Baycourt. Voices NZ choir pays tribute to spring.
Bush Gothic, 3pm, Carrus Crystal Palace. Australia's convict and settler music reimagined.
Tickets from Baycourt or Ticketek. See the programme at taurangfestival.co.nz