Saturday, July 29100 Days Project — Solo Exhibition, 10am–4pm, Tairawhiti Museum, through to 6 August. 50 artworks + 50 poems by Katarina & Mary Reedy. Free for locals, visitors $5.
Art Collective Display, 10am–4pm, Tairawhiti Museum, through to 13 August. 21 members of the Flying Moas Art Collective relive their era with artworks selected from 1986–1995 through to the present day. Free for locals, visitors $5.
Elvis Show, 5–8pm, Tolaga Bay Inn with Elvis impersonator Tu Noanoa. Fundraiser for the Inn. $10 on the door, local kaumatua free. All welcome.
Swamp Thing — New Zealand blues rock group and Rich Alexander , energetic live performance, 9–11.30pm, Smash Palace Bar. Ticket presales $25 from 0800 289 849.
Fiesta Latina Dance Party, 9m, the Dome. Presale tickets $5 at the Aviary, $10 on the door.
Sunday, July 30Gisborne Harrier Club Mud Run, 9am registration (registrations now closed), 10am start, Maclaurin Road off Back Ormond Road, $20 adult, $5 school age participant. Details at www.gisborneharriers.co.nz and on p5 of Thursday's paper.
Tolaga Bay Inn Car Boot Sale, 11am. Under garden bar roof if wet. Buyers and sellers welcome. $5 per stall.
Beach Clean-up at Kaiti Beach with Plastic Bag-free Tairawhiti, 3–4pm. Bring bucket, gloves and suitable footwear.
Tuesday, August 1Wainui Lions meeting, 5.30pm, The White House, Peel Street.
Wednesday, August 2Toddler Time - Stories and Songs for little ones, 10-10.30am, HB Williams Memorial Library, 53 Awapuni Road, free.
Volunteers Conservation — Waikanae Stream tree planting, 10am – noon. Meet at Alfred Cox Park behind the iSite and wear covered footwear and outside clothes. Tools provided.
Community Tennis Night, 5.30–7.30pm, Gisborne Tennis Club, across from YMCA in Childers Rd, for beginners through to experienced players, individuals and groups of friends welcome. Racquets and balls provided. Free.
BIZminton, 6–8.30pm, Gisborne Badminton Centre, 134 Roebuck Road. Teams of four, no experience needed. For information or to register email eastland.badminton@gmail.com or ph 027 651 1722
Musical Theatre Gisborne present Beauty and the Beast, 7.30pm, War Memorial Theatre. Tickets from Stephen Jones Photography.
Thursday, August 3U3A, 9.30am for 10am start, Te Tini O Porou, 75 Huxley Rd, Kaiti. Mostly for retired folk but all welcome. Ph Allan 868 6269.
Ulysses Motorcycle Club, Gisborne Branch meeting, 7.30pm, Gisborne Tatapouri Sports Fishing Club. For anyone who rides or is interested in motorcycles. Ph Chris 868 9661.
Musical Theatre Gisborne present Beauty and the Beast, 7.30pm, War Memorial Theatre. Tickets from Stephen Jones Photography.
Comedian Rhian Wood-Hill presents How I Met My Father — “He was charming, good looking, Samoan and a criminal. I was 21.” 8–9pm, the Dome. Tickets $14 from 0800 289 849 or $18 on the door.
Friday, August 4The Big Latch On — Part of World Breastfeeding Week, meet at 10am for the big Latch On at 10.30am, Plunket, 2 Crawford Rd, inner harbour. All welcome and morning tea provided. Ph Louise 867 7711 or 021 614 812 if you have any queries.
Musical Theatre Gisborne present Beauty and the Beast, 7.30pm, War Memorial Theatre. Tickets from Stephen Jones Photography.
Build-a-Band — 'Turn up and jam' session, 8pm, Smash Palace Bar.
Saturday, August 5TRAAMPS — Three Rivers Almost-Acoustic Music Poetry and Song, 2–4pm, the Band Room, Childers Road, $2 in the jar. Folk and a variety of other genres. Contact John Newsham Ph 868 9658 or newsham@xtra.co.nz
Musical Theatre Gisborne present Beauty and the Beast, 2.30pm and 7.30pm, War Memorial Theatre. Tickets from Stephen Jones Photography.
Three bands — Soul Society, The Remains, and Loop Theorem, 9pm, Smash Palace Bar, $5 on the door.
Sunday, August 6Gisborne Canoe and Tramping Club tramp — Kinikini Scenic Reserve, Mahia Peninsula. A loop track through one of the best examples of semi-coastal forest on the coast, 9am departure, $25. To register interest phone Gillian on 867 4591 or email grass.hopper@xtra.co.nz
The Gisborne Country Music Club, 1–4pm, Foundation of the Blind rooms, afternoon tea supplied. Singers, musicians welcome to join in. Members $2, non-members $3. Contact Flo 867 7637 or flo.ross@xtra.co.nz