READY TO PERFORM: Klezmer Rebs will perform at Smash Palace tomorrow, 8pm. Picture supplied
Klezmer Rebs at Smash
Wellington-based eight-piece band Klezmer Rebs plays at Smash Palace on Friday, 8pm. $15 door sales only.
SKB Band
Come along and dance the night away with new or favourite tunes. Gisborne RSA, Saturday, 7pm, R18. Tickets: $15 from the club during office hours, or door sales.
Motel California
Playing all the Eagles hits, celebrating one of the great country-rock acts in music. Dome Room, Saturday, 8pm. Presales from $30+bf eventfinda.co.nz or $30 cash sales from the 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, 9pm. $15 on the door.
Matinee Brass Concert Series
Come along to hear live brass band music. St Andrew's Church, Saturday, October 8, 2pm. Cash-only door sales — $15A and $10 seniors/students/children.
The Ashes
Head back to the 80s for a night of pure nostalgia with local legends The Ashes at Smash Palace, Saturday October 8, 9pm. Tickets $20 from the bar.
The Eastern
Adam McGrath is bringing The Eastern up the coast for a big night in at the Dome, Friday, October 14. Performing with friend and guest Eliot Witters. Tickets $30 from the Aviary or adammcgrath.net/shows
The Night Moves
The Night Moves will be joined by Clown's Kiss and The Voles at Smash Palace, Friday, October 21, 9pm. Tickets $10 at the door.
Subtropica
Featuring Cambux from BFM, Cassawarrior from Melbourne and Scott Towers from Fat Freddy's Drop. The Dome, Friday, October 21, 9pm. $10 cash on the door.
Clue
Evolution Theatre are bringing Clue to the stage, September 28 to October 2. Tickets from trybooking.com
Poe Poe Poe
Evolution Theatre's Rising Stars will be weaving an intriguing story about the life of the morose poet, Edgar Allen Poe. Evolution Theatre, 75 Disraeli Street, October 6-8, 5.30pm. Tickets from trybooking.com
Weed
Weed, written by award-winning NZ author Anthony McCarten and directed by James Packman, will be performed at Unity Theatre, November 10 to 19. Tickets from eventfinda
Tatau: Samoan Tattooing and Photography: Tatau Samoa ma ata pu'e
This exhibition presents the photographic art of four Sāmoan artists, who have been capturing the dynamic practice of contemporary Sāmoan tatau over the last 40 years. Tairāwhiti Museum, opening tomorrow.
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.
Beginnings: The Origins and Progress of a Painter
This exhibition, consisting of 31 paintings, threads together an individual journey, whose forward movement has been generated by both unforeseen circumstances in artist Peter Ireland's life and the influence on his commitment by a number of disparate people he chanced upon along the way. Tairāwhiti Museum, until November 13.
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.
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.
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.
Muru
Drama about the 2007 police raids of the Ngāi Tūhoe community of Ruatoki.
Smile
After witnessing a bizarre, traumatic incident involving a patient, Dr Rose Cotter starts experiencing frightening occurrences that she can't explain. As an overwhelming terror begins taking over her life, Rose must confront her troubling past in order to survive and escape her horrifying new reality. Stars Sosie Bacon and Kyle Gallner.
Vikram Vedha
Vikram is an honest police inspector, who seeks to apprehend Vedha, a dreaded gangster. When Vedha surrenders, Vikram's perception of good and evil begins to change when Vedha tells him three stories. Indian Hindi-language neo-noir action thriller film written and directed by married couple Pushkar–Gayathri. It is a remake of their 2017 Tamil film of the same name.
Avatar (re-release) 3D
Remastered version of the 2009 original, which will remind viewers of the setting for Avatar: The Way of Water, due in December.
Fire of Love
Intrepid scientists and lovers Katia and Maurice Krafft die in a volcanic explosion doing the very thing that brought them together, unravelling the mysteries of volcanoes by capturing some of nature's most explosive imagery.
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 to master their own newfound powers and help him rescue the superheroes.
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.
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.
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.
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 whodunnit within the glamorously sordid world of underground theatre.
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.
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.
Muru
Drama about the 2007 police raids of the Ngāi Tūhoe community of Ruatoki.