A109 Light Utility Helicopter flight with mayor Gisborne City from the air in November 2023.
Bigbada Boom Reggae Sound System
Wellington-based DJs with the heavy bass sounds of sweet reggae music. Smash Palace, tomorrow, 7pm, $15 cash-only door sales, R18.
The Winter Ball
Get out your glad rags and enjoy a three-course meal, complimentary bubbles and live music from The Chris Reynolds Big Band, with special guest Rhonda Bryant-Corbett. Gisborne RSA, corner Bright Street and Childers Road, Saturday, 6pm. Tickets $100 from the RSA or Forces Cafe.
Michael Llewellyn and The Darlings Tour
A six-piece Wellington band with blues, country/folk and rock music. Dome Room, Saturday, 8.30pm, R18. Tickets from undertheradar.co.nz
NZDC
An authentic show, with songs from the Bon Scott and Brian Johnson era. Supported by Harbinger. Smash Palace, Saturday, 9pm. Tickets $30 at the door or $25+bf at eventbrite.co.nz
COMING UP
Vista Foundation 48Hours: Shot Weekend
Get a team together for some guerilla filmmaking, August 12 to 14. Register before 11.59am, Aug 9: tinyurl.com/2jhb6v4t or 48hours.co.nz
The Boss — Bruce Springsteen Tribute War Memorial Theatre, August 25, 7.30pm. Tickets from ticketek or Gisborne i-SITE.
Reb Fountain IRIS Tour
With touring plans curtailed in 2021, Reb Fountain welcomes the opportunity to bring her latest album IRIS to life with her band in 2022. Dome Room, Friday, August 26, 7.30pm. Tickets from undertheradar.co.nz
St Andrew's Concert Series
Come along to hear the Unity Bridge Jazz Group with Rhonda Bryant-Corbett, Nick van Dijk and Amanda Maclean performing a smorgasbord of sounds. St Andrew's Church, Saturday, August 27, 2pm, koha or donation for performers appreciated. Tea/coffee provided.
Anita Wigl'it: The Life of a Funny Girl
Show from RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under. Travel back to 1989 when a little boy with a big personality was born. Lawson Field Theatre, Saturday, 8pm. R16 unless with a parent or guardian. Tickets+bf $40-$60 at tinyurl.com p9ywf4v5
Rock of Ages
Gisborne Centre Stage presents Rock of Ages, coming to Lawson Field Theatre August 12 to 20. R16. Tickets from ticketek or from the Gisborne i-SITE.
Avenue Q
Musical Theatre Gisborne, postponed to September 8 to 17. Tickets from eventfinda.co.nz or i-SITE.
VISUAL ARTS
Pick and Mix: Allsorts
An exhibition of artists with varied cultures, skills and a shared passion for art: Sue-Ann Blandford, Amber Graham, Kiri-Ana Tough and Maiko Lewis-Whaanga. Tairāwhiti Museum until September 4.
Salt
Salt, a photographic exhibition by Phil Yeo, is an exploration of our community here in Te Tairāwhiti. The portrait series considers our collective and individual identities and was produced during 2020, as the global pandemic changed our world. Tairāwhiti Museum until August 21.
Pumanawa
An exploration and celebration of whakapapa. featuring art from Steve Gibbs, Christopher Huriwai, Piupiu Maya Turei, George Watson and Skawenatti (Turtle Island). Open to the public Thursday to Saturday 11am to 3pm and by appointment until August 5. Hoea! Gallery, 67 Gladstone Road.
Gisborne Artists, Potters and Photographers annual exhibition
This year's combined exhibition of the Gisborne Artists, Potters and Photographers will showcase a diverse range of artworks, ceramics and photography. Tairāwhiti Museum, opening August 5, 5.30pm.
Where the Crawdads Sing
Kya raised herself in the marshlands of North Carolina. Drawn to two young men from town, she opens herself to a new and startling world. However, when one of them is found dead, Kya immediately becomes the main suspect.
The Quiet Girl
A quiet, neglected girl is sent away from her dysfunctional family to live with foster parents in rural Ireland for the 1981 summer. She blossoms in their care, but discovers one painful truth.
The Black Phone
Finney Shaw is 13 and being held in a soundproof basement by a sadistic, masked killer. When a disconnected phone on the wall starts to ring, he discovers he can hear the voices of the murderer's previous victims — and they want to help.
Thor: Love and Thunder
Thor embarks on a quest for inner peace. But he is interrupted by Gorr the God Butcher, who seeks the extinction of the gods. Stars Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Christian Bale, Taika Waititi (who also directed) and Russell Crowe.
Whetu Marama — Bright Star
The story of Sir Hekenukumai Ngaiwi Puhipi, also known as Hek Busby, and his significance for Māori.
Elvis
Elvis Presley rises to fame in the 1950s while maintaining a complex relationship with his manager, Colonel Tom Parker. Stars Austin Butler as Elvis, Tom Hanks as Colonel Parker and Olivia De Jonge as Priscilla Presley.
Minions: The Rise of Gru
In the 1970s, young Gru tries to join a group of supervillains called the Vicious 6 after they oust their leader — the legendary fighter Wild Knuckles. When the interview turns bad, Gru and his Minions go on the run with the Vicious 6 hot on their tails.
Whina
Rena Owen, Miriama McDowell, James Rolleston, Tioreore Ngatai-Melbourne and Vinnie Bennett star in a film that follows the life of Māori leader Dame Whina Cooper.
Lightyear
Space ranger Buzz Lightyear, from Toy Story, embarks on an intergalactic adventure alongside ambitious recruits and his robot companion, Sox.
Jurassic World Dominion
Four years after the events of Fallen Kingdom, dinosaurs live alongside humans in a fragile balance.
Top Gun: Maverick
After more than 30 years of service as one of the Navy's top aviators, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell is now a test pilot. Called in to train a detachment of graduates for a special assignment, Maverick must confront the ghosts of his past.
The Gardener
Shortly before his death at the age of 86, influential gardener and horticulturalist Frank Cabot recounted his personal quest for perfection at Les Quatre Vents, his eight-hectare English-style garden and summer estate that was opened to a film crew for the first time in 2009. Nestled among the rolling hills of the Charlevoix County in Quebec, Les Quatre Vents has become one of the world's foremost private gardens. Created over 75 years and three generations, it is an enchanted place of beauty and surprise, a horticultural masterpiece of the 21st century. Through the words of Cabot and his family, and with the participation of gardening experts and writers, the film looks back at this remarkable man's personal story and the artistic philosophy that gave birth to one of the greatest gardens in the world.
Murina
Tensions rise between a restless teenager and her oppressive father when an old family friend arrives at their Croatian island home. Stars New Zealander Cliff Curtis.
Mermaid in Paris
A man rescues a mermaid in Paris and slowly falls in love with her.
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