What's On in Gisborne

Hairspray the Musical is finally here, brought to you by Musical Theatre Gisborne from Wednesday till Saturday. Get your tickets early in case it sells out. File photo from the original film. Picture supplied

Saturday, July 9St Andrew’s Car Boot Sale, 9am – 12 noon in car park behind church, access off Childers Rd, $5 per car (paid on arrival, set-up 8.30am). Ph Val 868 8226. Wide variety of realistically-priced goods.

Gisborne Artists & Potters winter exhibition (through to August), and Young Country Exhibition based around the imagery of railways employer William Williams, Tairawhiti Museum.

Gizzy Food Week: Exclusive Lunch with Ben Bayly, noon, The Black House, $120. Tickets from Interiors.

Gizzy Food Week: The Marina 6-course Degustation Dinner with wine match, 7pm, The Marina, $95. Ph 868 5919.

Summer Dance Crew, 7pm, St Andrews Church Hall. Community dancing for the whole family. $5 and a plate of food for supper. Children dance free.

Sunday, July 10Gizzy Food Week: Masterclass with Ben Bayly, 10.30am, Poverty Bay Golf Club, $100. Tickets from Interiors.

Xing Wang, emerging piano star, 2pm, Tairawhiti Museum. $5 adults, children and students free.

Monday, July 11The Mind Lab by Unitec (through to July 15). Full-day workshops for 7-12 year olds. Includes coding, 3D design and printing, web graphic design, robotics, animation and more. Shed 3, The Esplanade, 9am-4.30pm. $95 per workshop. Ph 06 777 0522.

Wednesday, July 13Tairawhiti Environment Centre 'no-sew' T-Shirt Bag demonstration, 10.30am, H.B.Williams Memorial Library. Ph 867 4708 or email tairawhitienvcentre@gmail.com

Musical Theatre Gisborne presents Hairspray, the musical based on the movie of the same name, 7.30pm, War Memorial Theatre. Tickets from Stephen Jones Photography.

Thursday, July 14Plastic-free Sewing Bee; Sew up a shopping bag. Machine and fabric available or BYO. 11am-3pm, Tairawhiti Envir. Centre. Ph 867 4708 or email tairawhitienvcentre@gmail.com

Hairspray, 7.30pm, War Memorial Theatre.

Friday, July 15Celebrating Wood; A touring collection of Laurence Aberhart photographs sits alongside objects from the museum's collection, 5.30-7pm, Tairawhiti Museum. Free. Ph 867 3832 for further dates and times.

Hairspray, 7.30pm, War Memorial Theatre.

Saturday, July 16Winter Arts and Crafts Fair, 9.30am - 3pm, Lawson Field Theatre. Eftpos available. For inquiries and interest Ph 868 1139 or email artsncraftsgisborne@gmail.com

TRAAMPS, open mic for music, poetry and song, 2pm, The Bandroom, Childers Road.

Hairspray, 1.30pm matinee and 7.30pm final show, War Memorial Theatre.

Gisborne Caledonian Society: Modern, sequence and social dancing, 7.30 - 11pm, St Mark's Church Hall, Childers Road. $6. All welcome.