A109 Light Utility Helicopter flight with mayor Gisborne City from the air in November 2023.
Diablos Caravan
After an amazing run of 42 shows around New Zealand earlier this year to sold-out venues and regional towns, Diablos Caravan are back on the road for another national run of dates, bringing amazing world-class acoustic guitar from Spanish, flamenco, blues, country and everything in between. Dome Room, tomorrow, 7.30pm. Tickets from undertheradar.co.nz
The Elements Tour
Auckland-based progressive-rock band Coridian playing live, along with Gisborne-based Lazy Fifty and Uni-Fi with rock, blues and metal tunes. Smash Palace, tomorrow, 8pm. Tickets from undertheradar.co.nz
Gisborne Choral Society: Concert
Come along to hear a selection of opera choruses. St Andrew's Church, Saturday, 2pm, koha entry.
COMING UP
The Volt Thieves
Listen to 1990s grunge music, with support act JamDuo at Smash Palace, Saturday, September 24, 9pm, $15 door sales only.
Subset
Fresh from recording, Subset are bringing their deep groove cinematic sounds back to the Dome. Saturday, September 24, 9pm. $15 cash presales from the Bean Genie (cash only) or $20 cash on the door.
Gisborne Civic Brass Band: Matinee Brass Concert Series
Come along to hear live brass band music. Patutahi Hall, Sunday, September 25, 2pm. Cash-only door sales (no eftpos): $15A and $10 seniors/students/children.
Klezmer Rebs at Smash
Wellington-based eight-piece band Klezmer Rebs plays at Smash Palace on Friday September 30, 8pm. $15 door sales only.
Motel California
Playing all the best-loved Eagles hits, celebrating one of the great country-rock acts in music. Dome Room, Saturday, October 1. Presales from $30+bf eventfinda.co.nz or $30 cash sales from Aviary.
No Way Back
Epic Waikato rock-cover band No Way Back play at Smash Palace for one night only for the Gisborne Beer Festival Afterparty on Saturday, October 1, 9pm. $15 on the door.
Avenue Q
Musical Theatre Gisborne, 101 Innes Street, September 8 to 17. Tickets from eventfinda.co.nz or i-SITE.
Clue
Evolution Theatre are bringing Clue to the stage, September 15 to 25. Tickets from trybooking.com
VISUAL ARTS
Tumanako
Tūmanako is a display of artworks drawn from the Tairāwhiti Museum Fine Art collection and is curated by curatorial intern and recent Toihoukura graduate Maia Keane. Tairāwhiti Museum, until October 30.
Pacific Couture: Rebirth
Lindah Lepou is an internationally renowned, fa'afafine artist, with an interdisciplinary (and collaborative) practice in fashion, photography, film, music, and/or performance. Tairāwhiti Museum, until November 6.
Beginnings: The Origins and Progress of a Painter
This exhibition consists of 31 paintings dating from 1956, when the artist Peter Ireland was nine, until the later 1990s when he was middle-aged, plus a mass of documentary material in vitrines, all charting his very zig-zagging course as a self-taught painter. Tairāwhiti Museum, until November 13.
He Ara Hou
An exhibition of new work by Indiana Carter-Dodd, Puratana King, Riki Tipu Anderson, AJ Fata, Jessica Palalagi and Momoe i manu ae ala aeta'e Tasker. Hoea Gallery, 67 Gladstone Road. Thursday to Saturday, 11am to 3pm.
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, until September 25.
Punch
A 17-year-old boxer preparing for a fight that could elevate him to professional status re-evaluates his life after tangling with a gay Māori boy who lives in a hut on the beach. Tim Roth stars as the boxer's alcoholic father and coach. A New Zealand film.
Gloriavale
Documentary that examines allegations of abuse at the Gloriavale Christian Community.
DC League of Super-Pets
Krypto the Super-Dog and Superman are inseparable best friends, sharing the same superpowers and fighting crime in Metropolis side by side. When Superman and the rest of the Justice League are kidnapped, Krypto must convince a rag-tag shelter pack — Ace the hound, PB the potbellied pig, Merton the turtle and Chip the squirrel — to master their own newfound powers and help him rescue the superheroes. With the voice talents of Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart and Keanu Reeves.
Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song
An exploration of the life of singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen as seen through the prism of his internationally renowned hymn, Hallelujah. The documentary weaves together three creative strands: the songwriter and his times; the song's dramatic journey from record label reject to chart-topping hit; and moving testimonies from major recording artists for whom Hallelujah has become a personal touchstone.
Moonage Daydream
A 2022 documentary film about English singer-songwriter David Bowie. Written, directed, produced and edited by Brett Morgen, the film uses previously unreleased footage from Bowie's personal archives, including live concert footage. Film title is the name of a Bowie song.
Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
Computer-animated cartoon in which a down-on-his-luck hound finds himself in a town full of cats who need a hero to defend them from a ruthless villain's plot to wipe their village off the map. With help from a reluctant trainer, the underdog must assume the role of fearsome samurai and team up with the felines to save the day. The only problem is — they all hate dogs. With the voice talents of Samuel L. Jackson, Ricky Gervais, Michael Cera and Mel Brooks. The plot is broadly taken from Brooks's Blazing Saddles.
See How They Run
In 1950s London, plans for a movie version of a smash-hit play come to an abrupt halt after a pivotal member of the crew is murdered. When a world-weary inspector and an eager rookie constable take on the case, they find themselves thrown into a puzzling whodunit within the glamorously sordid world of underground theatre, investigating the mysterious homicide at their own peril. Affectionate parody of Agatha Christie-type crime stories, with one of Christie's most famous “confections” having a key role in the plot. Sam Rockwell and Saoirse Ronan star as Scotland Yard investigators.
Ticket to Paradise
Romantic comedy in which Julia Roberts and George Clooney play divorced parents who travel to Bali with the intention of sabotaging their daughter's wedding to prevent her from making the same mistake they made 25 years earlier.
Northspur
In a violent, post-pandemic world, a peace-loving man is forced on a desperate journey to find life-saving drugs for his wife. To get them he must first help an ornery old man defend his cabin against all-comers. Kiwi film starring Josh McKenzie, Michael Hurst and Marshall Napier.
After Ever Happy
As a shocking truth about a couple's families emerges, the lovers discover they are not so different from each other.
Three Thousand Years of Longing
A scholar of story and mythology finds a djinn in a bottle and is offered three wishes to set him free. Stars Tilda Swinton and Idris Elba.
Lancaster
Archival material tells the story of the Lancaster, the British bomber responsible for some of the most famous flying missions during World War 2. The film features accounts from some of the men who flew in the bomber and, while honouring the courage and sacrifice of the airmen, it acknowledges the human cost of the bombing raids.
Muru
Drama about the 2007 police raids of the Ngai Tūhoe community of Ruatoki.
Gloriavale
Documentary that examines allegations of abuse at the Gloriavale Christian Community.
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
Emma Thompson and Daryl McCormack star in the story of an older woman who decides to experience what she's been missing out on all these years.
Top Gun: Maverick
One of the Navy's top aviators, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell, is called in to train graduates for a special assignment.
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