Paul Jackson and Big Rich Alexander: Wrights Vineyard and Winery, Sunday. Paul Jackson plays at 12pm while Big Rich is on at 2pm. Entry free but bookings essential.
Smash 29th Birthday: Join the birthday celebrations at Smash Palace, Sunday (3pm). Free entry, R18.
Erinsphere: Progressive, upbeat folk at the Dome garden bar, Sunday (6pm). Free entry.
Coming upHail To The Thieves: Radiohead tribute band, The Dome, February 2 (8.30pm). $20 cash on the door.
Welcome to Smashville: Featuring The Warratahs and Honey Jam, Smash Palace, February 2 (9pm). Tickets $30 from http://www.undertheradar.co.nz
G’Zukers Good Time Band: Matawhero Wines, February 3 (1pm).
Jon Toogood: Solo acoustic set from the Shihad frontman, Smash Palace, February 8 (9pm). Tickets $35 at the door or http://www.jontoogood.live
David Parquette and friends: New Orleans jazz pianist, David Parquette and friends presented by the Poverty Bay Blues Club, Dome Room, February 9, (6pm). $10 cash at the door.
Tiromoana Summer Concert Series: Berlin-based lyric soprano Joanna Foote and Auckland tenor Harry Grigg perform operatic pieces, supported by pianist Xing Wang. Tiromoana, 41 Winifred Street, Okitu, February 10 (2.30pm). Tickets: adult $25, student/child free.
Spaghetti Toast with Maorissey: Gisborne band Spaghetti Toast with Set Waves, and Smiths tribute band Maorissey, Dome garden bar, February 16 (9pm). $10 on the door.
Marlon Williams: War Memorial Theatre, February 21 (7.30pm). Tickets available at TicketDirect and Stephen Jones Photography.
Visual ArtsExhibitions
Tairawhiti Museum: Ambitious Women, a look back at the Gisborne suffragette movement, Out of The Bedroom Into the Lounge, Jan Nigro. He Tirohanga ki Tai: Dismantling the Doctrine of Discovery. Hawaiiki Hou (New Horizons), works by Toihoukura students and staff. Posing, Not Posing Exhibition, take a look before selfie sticks.
Tony Ogle screenprints: Ormond Road Cafe.
Paul Nache Gallery: Works by Glen Hayward and Oliver King.
Verve Cafe: Works by Maiko Lewis-Whaanga and Blair Hindmarsh.
Muirs Bookshop Cafe: Works by Krystle Kelly.
Life drawing at Lysnar House: Eight week programme starts February 4 (7pm). Gisborne Artists Society members $50, non-members $60 or $8 a session for GAS members, $10 non-members. Bring paper, large paper clips and drawing materials. For more information, call Chris at 868 3422.
At the moviesOdeon multiplex
The Mule: Based-on-fact film produced and directed by its star, Clint Eastwood, who plays an elderly war veteran running drugs for a Mexican cartel. Also stars Bradley Cooper, Laurence Fishburne Dianne Wiest and Andy Garcia.
Dragon Ball Super: Broly: A Japanese anime martial arts movie, this is the 20th Dragon Ball feature film and the first to carry the Dragon Ball Super branding. It follows series protagonists Goku and Vegeta as they meet a powerful Saiyan named Broly.
Glass: Security guard David Dunn uses his supernatural abilities to track Kevin Wendell Crumb, a disturbed man with 24 personalities. Stars James McAvoy as Crumb, Bruce Willis as Dunn and Samuel L. Jackson as Mr Glass.
Mary Queen of Scots: Mary Stuart’s attempt to overthrow her cousin Elizabeth I, Queen of England, finds her condemned to years of imprisonment before facing execution.
Storm Boy: A retelling of Colin Thiele’s classic Australian tale. Storm Boy has grown up to be Michael Kingley, grandfather and retired businessman. When Kingley starts to see images from his past that he can’t explain, he is forced to rekindle childhood memories of growing up on an isolated coastline with his father.
The Kid Who Would Be King: A band of kids embark on an epic quest to thwart a medieval menace.
Instant Family: Mark Wahlberg and Rose Byrne star as a couple who take in three children.
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse: The first animated film in the Spider-Man franchise is set in a shared multiverse called the Spider-Verse.
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World: Hiccup has created a dragon utopia, but danger threatens the village he and Toothless call home.
Mary Poppins Returns: Set in 1930s London, 25 years after the events of the original film that starred Julie Andrews, Mary Poppins — former nanny of Jane and Michael Banks — returns after a family tragedy.
Aquaman: Arthur Curry, heir to the underwater kingdom of Atlantis, must step forward to lead his people against his half-brother Orm, who seeks to unite the seven underwater kingdoms against the surface world.
Ralph Breaks the Internet: Video game bad guy Ralph and another misfit, Vanellope von Schweetz, must risk everything by travelling to the World Wide Web in search of a replacement part to save Vanellope’s video game, Sugar Rush.
Dome cinema
Ocean Film Tour — Volume 5: The International Ocean Film Tour Volume 5 is on its way with the best ocean adventures and environmental documentaries on board.
Hurricane: Film drama that tells the story of Polish airmen who joined the Royal Air Force to continue fighting Nazi Germany.
Making the Grade: Irish documentary that invites viewers into the world of piano lessons and students’ preparations for graded exams, Grade 8 being the top. Film explores the bond between teachers and pupils.
The Happy Prince: Biographical drama about Oscar Wilde. Rupert Everett wrote, directed and acted in the film, which also stars Colin Firth.
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