March: Renowned Napier director Gillian Davies directs a one-off performance of the Shakespearean epic comedy The Merry Wives of Windsor at Church Road Winery, which with the support of the Rotary clubs of Taradale and Greenmeadows, doubles as a fundraiser for the Hawke's Bay Child Cancer Support Foundation
Theatre Hawke's Bay begins its year with the stage adaptation of popular film Calendar Girls.
Napier company PW Dance and Sportswear becomes the official supplier of dance wear to the Royal New Zealand Ballet.
April: Napier Operatic Society puts on Hairspray, the highly popular musical comedy with a serious undertone.
Michaela Dresel, 14, and Laken Baker, 16, take the lead roles in the Sarah Rogers-directed Waipukurau Little Theatre production Daughters of Heaven.
Hawke's Bay hosts the biennial Youth Orchestra festival featuring young local, Manawatu and Wellington players, finishing with a concert at the HB Opera House.
May: Moscow Ballet La Classique tours to Napier and Hastings with one of the best loved classical ballets of all time, The Nutcracker
Farmer and former county and district councillor Johnnie Campbell adds another string to his bow - exhibiting photographer, showing 34 images in Africa - My Take, at Birdwoods Gallery, Havelock North in his first exhibition
June: Atamira Dance Company wows a crowd at the HB Opera House with its performance of Kaha before the company heads to the prestigious Jacob's Pillow dance festival in the US. It follows the stunning one-off showcase of contemporary dance performed by the NZ Dance Company.
Waipawa Musical & Dramatic Society performs Joseph & the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat, with 18-year-old St Johns College pupil Reuben McDonald in the lead role.
July: Carver Phil Belcher's E Kata Te Rakau: Forest Voices, at the Hastings City Art Gallery and his first solo exhibition in many years, showcases his latest work.
August: Locally-produced opera returns to the region after a seven-year absence with Opera Hawke's Bay's production of La Traviata, directed by Jose Aparicio and with international professionals Susana Gaspar, Philip Zawisza and Jason Wasley leading the cast.
September: The highly anticipated Phantom of the Opera, directed by Gillian Davies and produced by the Napier Operatic Society, is a big hit over its two-week run at the Napier Municipal Theatre.
After three years closed for renovations, the former Hawke's Bay Museum, now named MTG, opens its doors to the public.
October: Director Geoff Murphy attends the opening night of the NZ International Film Festival at the MTG Century Theatre, which screens his remastered Utu Redux as its opening night film.
Napier Repertory Players celebrates its 80th anniversary with the stage adaptation of Last of the Summer Wine.
Creative Hastings welcomes a new community arts adviser, Pitsch Leiser.
November: Havelock North hosts the inaugural Hawke's Bay Poetry Conference, marking the 21st anniversary of the Hawke's Bay Live Poets Society.
The RNZB wraps up its 60th anniversary year with an extended Tutus on Tour, which includes performances in Wairoa, Napier, Hastings, Dannevirke and Waipawa.
The Hawke's Bay Art Guide 2014, the 14th edition, goes online for the first time.
December: Keirunga Homestead Theatre produces Lashings of Whipped Cream, with Andy Brigden in the title role of "teenage" dominatrix Mistress Dominique.
Creative Napier gets an early Christmas present from the Lotteries Community Facilities Fund - the promise of $300,000 towards its new community arts centre Creative Arts Napier, due to open in September 2014.
