The Dome Room — Aotearoa reggae from Raglan ensemble Cornerstone Roots, with support from King Dynamite and MC Dreadeye; Friday, July 29.
The Bandroom — TRAAMPS open mic for music, poetry and song; Saturday, July 30 (2pm).
The Vines — West Auckland ukulele/banjo trio The Nukes brings its unique sound to Gisborne; Saturday, July 30.
Smash Palace — Live music from the country’s hardest working covers band, One One One; Saturday, July 30.
The Dome Room — Popular with players and spectators alike, Poverty Bay Blues Inc holds its monthly jam night. The Dome Room; Tuesday, August 2.
St Andrew’s Church — Lunch-time Concert with young soprano Cheyney Biddlecombe and pianist Coralie Hunter presenting a programme of lieder, oratorio and opera; Wednesday, August 3 (12.30pm).
TheatreGisborne Unity Theatre – An all-woman production of three short plays: Towpath (directed by Elizabeth Boyce); Whether I Fall, written/directed by Jackie Davis; and a devised work about women bringing up mokopuna (directed by Stephanie Barnett). Unity Theatre black box theatre; August 5 (7.30pm), 6 & 7 (3pm) and 9-12 (7.30pm) and 13 (3pm).
Coming upNZ Concert Band Festival — Performances staged as part of the national event. War Memorial Theatre; August 5 & 6 (9am-4.30pm).
Royal NZ Air Force Band — Playing as part of the 2016 NZ Concert Band Festival. War Memorial Theatre; August 5 (7.30pm).
Brendon Thomas & The Vibes — Playing the second of the Dome’s cinema equipment fundraising series, with support from The Search. The Dome Bar; August 6.
The Complete History Of The Royal NZ Navy Abridged — The Royal NZ Navy marks the 75th anniversary of Operation Neptune with a live children’s pantomime, plus an evening performance for older audiences. War Memorial Theatre; August 9-11 (7pm).
Disco Daze — Boogie fever promises to break out at the disco night planned to mark the 40th anniversary since disco hit the air waves. The Dome Room; August 13.
Joel Baldwin — Classical guitarist heads to Gisborne to play a recital for the Winter Concert Series. Tairawhiti Museum; August 14 (2pm).
Dan Bolton Quartet — Direct from New York City, bringing a unique version of jazz, pop and Latin American styles. The Dome Room; August 18.
Menopause The Musical: On Fire — Award-winning show returns to New Zealand to turn hot flushes, mood swings and memory loss into fodder for hilarious musical comedy. War Memorial Theatre; August 19.
At the flicksOdeon Multiplex tel: 867 3339Jason Bourne — Years after the events of The Bourne Ultimatum, former CIA assassin Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) resurfaces just as his former employers are hunting him down. Now recovered from amnesia, Bourne tries to learn more about his past and his family. Also stars Tommy Lee Jones and Julia Stiles.
Sherpa — Australian director Jennifer Peedom set out to uncover tension in the 2014 Everest climbing season from the Sherpas’ viewpoint. While she was there, 16 Sherpas died in an avalanche, and her film shows how the Sherpas united in the aftermath to reclaim the mountain.
The Met Opera: Madama Butterfly — Puccini’s tragic opera — set in the early 20th century — of a Japanese girl who is married by an American naval officer for convenience and is then abandoned. Kristine Opolais is Madama Butterfly and Roberto Alagna is Lieutenant Pinkerton in a production by Anthony Minghella.
Lights Out — A bloodthirsty supernatural being is discernible only in the dark. When it starts to prey on a family, a young woman must fight to protect herself and her younger half-brother, and uncover a mystery about her family’s past.
Star Trek Beyond — A seemingly unstoppable wave of aliens forces the crew of the USS Enterprise to abandon ship. Stranded on an unknown planet, the crew face a new and ruthless enemy. Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto and New Zealander Karl Urban star as Kirk, Spock and McCoy, with Idris Elba as an alien.
Ghostbusters — Reboot of 1980s films with ghostbusters played by Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones.
Ice Age: Collision Course — Scrat the sabre-toothed squirrel accidentally sets off a chain reaction that results in a bunch of asteroids transforming and threatening Earth.
The BFG — A Roald Dahl classic gets Steven Spielberg’s touch. Mark Rylance is The Big Friendly Giant, Penelope Wilton is The Queen, Ruby Barnhill is Sophie and Jemaine Clement is Fleshlumpeater.
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates — Zac Efron and Adam DeVine play hard-partying brothers who place an advert online to find dates for their sister’s Hawaiian wedding. But the brothers find themselves outsmarted and out-partied by their dates.
Central Intelligence — Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Kevin Hart star as mismatched friends who meet again at a high school reunion and join forces to be at the bad guys.
Finding Dory — Dory (Ellen DeGeneres) is a Pacific regal blue tang fish with short-term memory loss. With help from friends Nemo and Marlin, Dory embarks on a mission to find her long-lost parents.
Dome Cinema tel: 08 324 3005Remember — Christopher Plummer is in fine form as a forgetful nursing home resident who is sent by a fellow concentration camp survivor on a mission to kill a Nazi war criminal. The would-be assassin must track down four people with the same name in the US and Canada, and kill the right one.
Broke — Director-writer-producer Heath Davis tells the story of a former rugby league star who had it all and blew it. Co-producer Luke Graham took Davis to Gladstone, Queensland, to get background on league life from his father, Kiwi league player of the century Mark Graham. That led to the film being shot in Gladstone, footage of Graham playing, and his old North Sydney Bears jersey being used.
Dough — An old Jewish baker (Jonathan Pryce) struggles to keep his business afloat until his Muslim apprentice drops cannabis in the dough and sales rocket.
ExhibitionsThe Aviary — Drawings/prints by Susie Gibson, plus leather jewellery by Marita Hicks.
PaulNache — New works by Lorene Taurerewa & Valerie Bos.
Toihoukura — Tau Hou, an exhibition celebrating Matariki, the Maori New Year.
Tairawhiti Museum — Celebrating Wood, Laurence Aberhart photos sit alongside objects from the museum collection, as selected and researched by designer Katy Wallace; Young Country, Kerry Hines’ PhD looks at the imagery of railways employee and amateur photographer William Williams; Gisborne Artists & Potters Winter Exhibition; Te Rerenga Wairua, works by Nick Tupara; Gladstone Road, photos celebrating Gisborne’s main drag; The Children’s War, reflecting on experiences of WW1; the Jack Richards Decorative Arts Collection includes glass vessels by Alexander Lamont Workshops; ceramics by Kiwi potter Aaron Scythe; paintings by Melanie Mills and early 20-century Japanese wedding robes.
Verve Cafe — New paintings by Krystal Kelly.
Tupara Gallery — Ko Wai Au, a gathering of Maori painters.
Gisborne iSite — Space featuring works by local artists.
Coming upBared Soles — Exhibition of new works by Gisborne artist and art teacher Jacqui Kay. Verve Cafe; opens August 4 (6pm).
Taku Kuia — More than 30 artists celebrate their “nannies”. Te Whare Umu Gallery (cnr Pitt Street & Customhouse Street); opens August 5 (6pm).
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