The Summer Playground Series

Tours & Themes

• Free Events

  Looking for something to do on the cheap? Check out the free events taking place around the…

• 50th Annual National Jazz Festival

  Four Grammy award winners, a legendary German Jazz artist, a retrospective exhibition and a…

• The New Zealand Fringe Festival

  A fierce, feisty, fabulous, Fringe Festival is ready to roll out some colourful mayhem in the Cultural…

• The Summer Playground Series

  Over the course of five evenings The Winehouse is set to play host to eight of New Zealand…

• Classic Hits Winery Tour - Gin, Mutton Birds, Avalanche City

  The sassy and supremely talented Gin Wigmore will headline the 2012 Classic Hits Winery Tour,…

• The Bitches' Box & Mel Parsons Woolshed Tour

  An unmissable night of Music, Theatre and Comedy. In a woolshed...The Bitches' Box and Mel…

• Batucada Sound Machine - Don't Keep Silent Tour

  Riding the wake of their successful European summer tour, Batucada Sound Machine return to New…

• Jimmy Hopper's One Heart's Journey Tour

  Twice proclaimed Las Vegas “Entertainer of the Year,” Jimmy Hopper will captivate…

• El Caballo Blanco - The Dance of the White Stallions

  El Caballo Blanco: The Dance of the White Stallions will feature a number of performances…

• Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra 2012 Season

  Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra promises a selection of outstanding music played by some of the…

• NZSO 2012 Season

  Every Concert is a Voyage.If music takes you on a journey, then the NZSO are your travel…

• Smash Hits 70s - Hits of the New Seekers & Paper Lace

  Get ready to sing along. Some of the most iconic 70’s songs of all time will be performed live…

• EcoFest 2012

  EcoFest2012 will be a month long community celebration of the environment and sustainable…

• NZ at Frankfurt - Showcasing Kiwi Literature

  This year New Zealand will be in the international literary spotlight as Guest of Honour at the 2012…

• New Performance Festival

  Put reality aside and immerse yourself in a genre-blurring 9 day festival, as THE EDGE presents a…

• NBR New Zealand Opera 2012 Season

  The NBR New Zealand Opera has announced its 2012 Season, revealing an exciting and diverse…

• NBR New Zealand Opera's Hohepa World Premiere

  The true story of the friendship between Maori chief Hōhepa and Pakeha settler Thomas Mason…

• NBR New Zealand Opera's Rigoletto

  Opera doesn't get more melodramatic than Rigoletto, Verdi's heartbreaking tale of love and…

• NBR New Zealand Opera's The Bartered Bride

  Bedřich Smetana's dream to establish a Czech national opera was realised with The Bartered…

• Ethnic & Multicultural Events

  See events celebrating New Zealand's many and diverse ethnic communities.