Karaoke
Friday October 27 at Breakers’ Jandal Bar.
Rob & Ally Band
Gisborne-Tairāwhiti RSA, Friday October 27 from 7pm.
Sidewinder - Northern Lights Tour + Dead Empire and Uni-Fi
Smash Palace, Friday October 27. Wellington desert rockers Sidewinder, with new vocalist Jem, are back on the road and sounding bigger, bluesier and heavier than ever before. This tour will be the first chance to hear songs from their upcoming second album Talons as well as a few favourites from Vines taking on a whole new lease of life. Dead Empire NZ and Uni-Fi will also be performing.
Gisborne Japan Day
Saturday, October 28, from 10am to 1.30pm, Treble Court. Come and enjoy Japanese culture through performances, workshops, and food. Free entry. Taiko drum performances and judo demonstrations. Join in with bon-odori Japanese folkdance. Workshops include a tea ceremony, origami, Japanese calligraphy, language exchange, sushi workshop, tanabata wishing trees, yukata costume experience, anime sketch club, and more.
Diwali Festival of Lights 2023
War Memorial Theatre, October 28. Free food and sweets. Cultural performances by locals and artists from Auckland. 6pm to 8pm.
The Deadset - Garage Inc Edition + Blackened Metallica Tribute
Smash Palace, Saturday October 28. Celebrating the 25th anniversary of Metallica’s famous cover album Garage Inc. Blackened will be performing all your favourite classic Metallica tracks. It’ll be a wicked night including songs from Queen, Motorhead, Thin Lizzy and Bob Seger. Dress up for the Halloween costume competition. Tickets $30, 8pm to 1am.
COMING UP
Gisborne Line Dancing Club 30th Birthday Celebration
Sunday, November 5, at the Awapuni School hall, 129 Awapuni Road from 10am to 4pm. BYO cup and plate for a shared lunch, $5 door charge, raffles. For more info email wakaboi23@hotmail.com or gisbornelinedancers@gmail.com.
Crystal Visions Stevie Nicks Tribute Show
Saturday, November 11, 8.30pm, Dome Bar. This new show features a six-piece live band playing songs from Stevie’s solo career alongside her most iconic Fleetwood Mac classics. All the big hits and the heart- wrenching ballads will be showcased in one big two-hour set. Tickets $35 at eventfinda.co.nz or $35 cash only at the Aviary.
Gisborne Country Music Awards
Pre-Christmas three-course fundraising dinner. Saturday, November 11, 6pm, Kahutia Bowling Club, Cobden Street. Tickets $35, contact Flo on 027 494 6979.
VISUAL ARTS
Maiko Lewis-Whaanga’s Breathe Exhibition
The exhibition will be on display at the Tairāwhiti Museum until Sunday December 3. The last few years have been challenging and this was the catalyst for Maiko to create a space that reconnects her and the viewer back to a basic, biological function, the breath and its power to ground us and create a sense of calm in a busy and uncertain world. Connecting to her heritage, Maiko draws upon a Japanese aesthetic, Shibumi, a concept based around simplicity, refinement, harmony, and balance. Wabi Sabi is another aesthetic that Maiko is learning to embrace; beauty found in imperfection and impermanence. Japanese tea ceremony and mindfulness classes will be held during the exhibition period, but dates for these are to be confirmed.
Rima Tekau - Melanie Tahata
Rima Tekau is a sharing and expression of whānaungatanga, of toi Māori and most importantly, aroha. Sharing this milestone in her creative life-path, multi-disciplinary artist Melanie Tahata has curated a solo exhibition of whānau archives alongside a selection of older and recent works.
Purapura Whetu - Michelle Hinekura Kerr
This exhibition at Tairāwhiti Museum is made up of woven sculptures that recall the ancestral stories of the whānau mārama, the celestial family of light.
He Kākahu Rerehua — The Uplifting Wind
He Kākahu Rerehua |The Uplifting Wind weaves together an exhibition, collection care project and wānanga in one space.
