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THIS MONTH’S FEATURED EVENTS ARE:
OKERE FALLS STORE, ROTORUA
SONIC DELUSION (SOLO)
Folk at the Store
Friday 24th April 2015, 6pm
DETOUR BAR & LOUNGE
Retro Burrell Tour (Folk)
Thursday 30th April 2015, 8.30pm
JAGUAR CAR EXHIBITION
Easter Saturday 04th April 2015 from 9am
on the Rotorua Waterfront
GREERTON VILLAGE SWING STREET
Easter Saturday 04th April & 05th April 2015 at 10am
Jazz in the fabulous Greerton Village
GREERS GASTRO BAR
Easter Saturday 04th April 2015 6pm
THE TREVOR BRAUNAIS TRIO
Easter Sunday 05th April 2015
MARGARET HARPER 5.30pm
MAJOR TOM’S Mt Maunganui
Easter Saturday 04th April 2015 8pm
MAKE LIKE A TREE
SERGEY ONISHENKO
KATIKATI BIRD GARDENS EASTER EGG HUNT
Easter Sunday 05th April 2015 at noon
NAIROBI TRIO AND FRIENDS
Easter Monday 6th April 2015 from 2.30pm with music starting at 3pm
$25. per car pay on arrival – cash only.
If the weather is unpleasantly wet or windy the concert will be held at the Te Puna War Memorial Hall, at the Corner of SH2 and Te Puna Road. Check for updates on the Te Puna Quarry Park Summer Trust Facebook Page.
A TE PUNA QUARRY SUMMER TRUST EVENT
ANTIQUES & COLLECTABLES SHOW Rotorua
Saturday 04th April 2015, 10am, Novatel, Lakeside
BOX PARK MARKETS, MT MAUNGANUI
EASTER BUNNY CHARITY AUCTION for Child Cancer
Easter Sunday 5th April 2015 starting at 9.30am with a free Easter Egg Hunt followed by a Charity Auction
NORTH & SOUTH JAZZ COMBO
Easter Saturday 2015 at 5.00pm
at the Arawa Park Raceway
NATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL,Tauranga
THINK JAZZ + THINK EASTER + THINK TAURANGA
SEASON 2ND-6TH APRIL 2015
Thursday 2nd April 8pm Divas with a Twist at Baycourt Addison Theatre
Friday 3rd April 9am to 4.30pm National Youth Jazz Comp Addison Theatre
11am Baby Jazz BaycourtXSpace
1.30pm Young Guns of the Blues BaycourtXSpace
8pm Killer B3 Hammond Organ Summit
8pm Big Band Night Baycourt Addison Theatre
9pm Hurricane Party at MauaoPac Mt Maunganui
Saturday 4th April 9am to 4.30pm National Youth Jazz Comp Baycourt
Addison Theatre
12noon to 6pm DOWNTOWN CARNIVAL, CBD
Four stages JAZZ, BLUES & FUNK
GOLD COIN ENTRY, Children 14 and under FREE
6pm A Short History of Jazz at BaycourtXSpace
8pm Galapagos Duck Baycourt Addison Theatre
9pm Fantine BaycourtXSpace
9pm Hurricane Party MauaoPac Mt Maunganui
Sunday 5th April 12noon to 2pm Jazz at Trinity with Dee De Luca
Trinity Wharf, Dive Crescent, Tauranga
12noon to 6pm DOWNTOWN CARNIVAL, CBD
Four stages JAZZ, BLUES & FUNK
GOLD COIN ENTRY, Children 14 and under FREE
3pm Houston-Fox Project, Baycourt Addison Theatre
7pm Planet Blues:Darren Watson BaycourtXSpace
8pm Fiona Pears Baycourt Addison Theatre
Monday 6th April 12noon to 8pm JAZZ VILLAGE at the HISTORIC VILLAGE
FREE ADMISSION TO TECT CARDHOLDERS BUT A GOLD
COIN DONATION IS APPRECIATED
$15. General Admission Day Pass, Children 14 and under FREE
Look out for the free blue and white National Jazz Festival Tauranga Programme for information about all these wonderful performances and events.
THINK JAZZ THINK EASTER THINK TAURANGA
www.jazz.org.nz Email: festival@jazz.org.nz Telephone: 07 577 7460
TAURANGA ROTARY CLUB
28TH ANNUAL EASTER BOOK SALE
Where: Mount Action Centre, Mount Maunganui
When: Saturday 4th April to Monday 6th April 2015
ONE OF NEW ZEALAND’S LARGEST SECOND HAND BOOK SALES!
ART + BODY GALLERY
From the 4th April 2015 the work of TRACEY TAWHIAO
Art + Body Gallery a Mount Maunganui based gallery with a New Zealand Maori arts focus..
For more information: Julie Paama Pengelly
Art + Body Gallery & Creative Studio 229A Maunganui Road Mount Maunganui 3116
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213 2213 or 021 331 072
MOUNT ART GROUP
Tuesday 7th April 2015 9am-6pm, Wednesday 8th April 9am-5pm. Thursday 9th April 9am-5pm is the Mount Art Group’s Annual Art Exhibition and Sale at The Mount Surf Club, Main Beach Mount Maunganui. Have a go at painting!! Watch artists painting!!
GOLD COIN DONATION ENTRY. EFTPOS AVAILABLE
www.facebook.com/artbodygalleryexhibitions
FASHION, FIBRE & FUN in Rotorua
Demonstrations, Exhibitions, Traders, Runway Shows
10th-12th April 2015
for more information visit www.creativefibre.org.nz and
http://creativefibrez2015.wordpress.com
HARVEY KNOWS A KILLR: Rhythmic Slither Tour
10th April 2015
9.00pm at MauaoPac
ROTORUA MUSEUM
YARN BOMB POPPY MAKING
Saturday 11th April 2015, 10am
NEVERLAND
BAYCOURT,
11th April 2015, 2.00pm
THE ENTERTAINERS CLUB presents
THE BACK PORCH & MIRIAM RUTH CHANCELLOR at 5pm, Sunday 12th March 2015 at the Tauranga Citizens Club (Upstairs) Cnr 13th Ave and Cameron Rd, Tauranga. $10. Door sales from 4.30pm. Full bar service and restaurant meals available from 5.30pm. A unique musical experience every second Sunday. For more information Phone Nicole Stagg on 027 228 3455 email goldpromo@xtra.co.nz
SONGRA WATER FESTIVAL
GREERTON VILLAGE HALL
Sunday 12th April 2015 10am
TAURANGA MUSICA
MENaGERIE SOUTH
SUNDAY 12TH APRIL 2015
GRAHAM YOUNG THEATRE
Tauranga Boys College, 664 Cameron Road, Tauranga
Pieces by Lilburn, Sibelius, Christopher Marshall, Gade, Nielsen & Marc Eychenne
LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS
WESTSIDE THEATRE, 17TH AVENUE, TAURANGA
TAURANGA MUSICAL THEATRE
SEASON 17TH APRIL – 2ND MAY 2015
A musical comedy featuring a plant from outer space which appears in a florists where it feeds on human blood and flesh. Rehearsals for this Elise Rohde directed musical comedy start at the beginning of February. A talented cast will bring this unique show “to life.”
BAY OF PLENTY SYMPHONIA – GYPSY!
Civic Theatre, Rotorua: Saturday 18 April, 2.30 pm
Baycourt, Tauranga: Sunday 19 April, 2.30 pm
In April 2015 Bay of Plenty Symphonia will perform ‘Gypsy!’ in the Rotorua Civic Theatre and at Baycourt, Tauranga. This will be a very entertaining orchestral concert with a gypsy theme, featuring a variety of musical favourites and a few less well-known pieces. The Symphonia, conducted by Music Director Justus Rozemond, will be joined by two great soloists: popular local soprano Anna Hawkins and talented young violinist Brigitte Balzat.
Anna’s flair for both classical and crossover repertoire will be evident in her characterful portrayal of Bizet’s Carmen, perhaps the best known of all musical gypsy girls. Less frequently heard are Dvorak’s wonderfully expressive Gypsy Songs, though many in the audience will know ‘Songs my mother taught me’ and will love Anna’s interpretation of this evocative melody.
Brigitte will play two famous, showy gypsy violin pieces – the famous Czárdás by Monti, and Sarasate’s Gypsy Airs. While the names of these pieces may not be well-known to everyone, the music is instantly recognisable!
The Symphonia will accompany Anna and Brigitte in their performances and will also contribute some popular pieces for orchestra, including Johann Strauss’s Overture to The Gypsy Baron, Hungarian dances by Brahms, and the short suite of typical Rumanian Folk Dances by Bartok. The concert will conclude with Liszt’s famous Hungarian Rhapsody No.2.
Civic Theatre, Rotorua: Saturday 18 April, 2.30 pm
TICKETS: www.ticketek.co.nz Phone 0800111999
$25 Adult; $22 Seniors / Friends of Bay of Plenty Symphonia; $10 Student.
Door sales: $28 Adult; $25 Seniors / Friends; $10 Student
Booking fees will apply.
Baycourt, Tauranga: Sunday 19 April, 2.30 pm
TICKETS: www.ticketek.co.nz; Phone 0800842538
$30 Adult; $27 Seniors; $25 Friends of Bay of Plenty Symphonia / Friends of Baycourt;
$12 Student.
Door sales: $33 Adult; $30 Seniors / Friends; $12 Student
Service fees may apply.
TAURANGA ART GALLERY
SHOWING NOW:
LAURENCE ABERHART: ANZAC
An exhibition of photographs by acclaimed New Zealand Photographer Laurence Aberhart; toured by the Dunedin Art Gallery. This exhibition brings together photography of World War I Memorials in New Zealand and Australia that feature a single figure or Soldier
WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR:
50th Wildlife Photographer of the Year arrives at Tauranga’s Art Gallery in March 2015. 100 awe-inspiring images on loan from the Natural History Museum, London.
Tauranga Art Gallery, 108 Willow Street, Tauranga Admission is free but donations are greatly appreciated www.artgallery.org.nz Phone 07 578 7933
ROTORUA MUSEUM
to the 7th June 2015
WHIRIA – Weaving Global Connections.
“whiria” – weaving together. beautifully woven taonga/treasures form around the world from both public and private collections. This exhibition explores issues of sustainability. It showcases Aotearoa’s most respected weavers alongside skilled international weavers.
The Rotorua Museum Oruawhata Drive, Government Gardens, Rotorua is open daily from 9am – 5pm Admission is free for Rotorua Residents (with proof of residency) Adults $20. Seniors (65+)$18.00 Children (5-15years) $8.00
For more information check the web site www.rotoruamuseum.co.nz
Or Phone Kathy Nicholls at 07 351 7831
WORLD WAR I – FROM TAURANGA TO THE TRENCHES
Classic Flyers Museum, Mount Maunganui
FROM: Saturday 25th April 2015 and Saturday 23rd May 215
HONOURING TAURANGA SOLDIERS & THEIR FAMILIES
ANZAC DAY ROTORUA, COMMEMORATION SERVICES
SATURDAY 25TH APRIL 2015
Rotorua Museum, 7.00am
Energy Events Centre, Rotorua 9.30AM
BREWCRAFT BEER PUB, TAURANGA
SATURDAY 25TH APRIL 2015, 400PM
BREWCRAFT BEER PUB, ROTORUA
SUNDAY 26TH APRIL 2015, 5.00PM
SONIC DELUSION
JAMIE MCDELL
MauaoPac
SATURDAY 25TH APRIL 2015 AT 7.30PM
AND DON’T MISS:
LITTLE BIG EVENTS
bringing great events to a great community
THE LITTLE BIG MARKETS, Mt Maunganui
Cnr Matai St & Maunganui Rd, 9.00am to 2.00pm
SATURDAY Apr 4th
BAYCOURT COMMUNITY & ARTS CENTRE
Make sure you regularly check out the Baycourt website, Vibe and local media for what’s happening at Baycourt!
BAY COURT 38 Durham Street, Tauranga 3110,
For more information visit www.ticketek.co.nz
Tickets 0800 842 538 Phone 07 577 718
baycourtboxoffice@tauranga.govt.nz
MOLLY O’CONNORS IRISH PUB
Te Puke ns, Exhibitions, Traders, Runway Shows
Monday 13th April 2015 .700pm-9.00pm
A FINE DAY OUT
16TH AVENUE THEATRE
From Monday 13th April 2015 and going on
OPERAS GREATEST HITS
Rotorua Baptist Church
Tuesday 14th April 2015 11am-1pm
ROMAN RUDNTSKY
Baycourt Tauranga
Wednesday 15th April 2015 7.30pm
SHAMBLES THEATRE, ROTORUA
ON GOLDEN POND
Wednesday 15th April 2015 8.00pm and ongoing
JOEL FAFARD
Thursday 16th April 2015 at the Tauranga Art Gallery
plays the blues
HISTORIC VILLAGE
Saturday 18th April 2015
Turning Point Trust
Clothing Bazar 9.00am – 12 noon
Admission free
REUBEN SIMPSON JAZZ VOCALIST
Saturday 18th April 2015, 4pm
Post Bank Restaurant, Mount Maunganui
U4RIA
Greers Gastro Bar
19 April 2015 5.30pm
NEW ZEALAND STRING QUARTET
Sir Howard Morrison Performing Arts Centre, Rotorua
Tuesday 21st April 2015, 7.30pm
CIVIC THEATRE, Rotorua
Friday 24th April 2015, 8.00pm
Queen, it’s a kinda magic (covers band)
GOING ON & SHOWING NOW:
TAURANGA ART GALLERY
CURRENT EXHIBITIONS:
LAURENCE ABERHART: ANZAC
An exhibition of photographs by acclaimed New Zealand Photographer Laurence Aberhart; toured by the Dunedin Art Gallery. This exhibition brings together photography of World War I Memorials in New Zealand and Australia that feature a single figure or Soldier
WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR:
50th Wildlife Photographer of the Year arrives at Tauranga’s Art Gallery in March 2015. 100 awe-inspiring images on loan from the Natural History Museum, London.
TAURANGA ART GALLERY
MUSIC AT THE GALLERY:
For bookings Phone 07 578 7933 or for more information www.artgallery.org.nz
FILM AT THE GALERY;
Book at the Tauranga Art Gallery 07 578 4933
LECTURES & WORKSHOPS AT THE GALLERY:
Tauranga Art Gallery, 108 Willow Street, Tauranga Admission is free but donations are greatly appreciated www.artgallery.org.nz Phone 07 578 7933
LIGHTWAVE GALLERY A VIRTUAL GALLERY
THE EARLY YEARS OF NIKOLAI EAGLESTONE AKA RAY GUN REX A unique on-going project of original drawings by artist and photographer Ken Wright and associated artefacts and artwork (a new section of this series will be released shortly) and the work of gallery associated artists www.lightwavegallery.co.nz + 64 7929 7573 021 995 092
The Incubator
ANTI-MATTER
the current exhibition of sustainable and recycled art
an independent arts organisation and collective of working artists with a small exhibition space regularly showing interesting collective and local art
the incubator , Historic Village 17th Avenue, Tauranga
www.theincubator.co.nz email info@theincubator.co.nz
CREATIVE TAURANGA COMMUNITY GALLERY
13 Willow Street, Tauranga Phone:
www.creativetauranga.org.nz email reception@creativetauranga.org.nz
AND CHECK OUT CREATIVE BEAT’S EVENT CALENDAR – a comprehensive overview of creative events in and around Tauranga!
HUNG WELL ART MUSEUM
A display of art & mirrors old & ancient
90 Devonport Road, Tauranga
GREERTON VILLAGE HALL
TAURANGA MONTHLY FILM NIGHTS
KATIKATI
KATIKATI MURAL TOURS
Saturdays and Sundays 11am from the Katikati Information Centre, 36 Main Road, Katikati. A fun guided tour of the murals of Katikati – some history focused others contemporary accessible mural art. A must see for locals, national and international tourists.
ROB JOASS & THE HARDCORE TROUBLESHOOTERS
10th April 2015 , 7.30pm
at the Katikati Bowling Club
ROTORUA
ROTORUA MUSEUM
Make sure you regularly check the Rotorua Museum website as the Museum has ongoing and regularly changing art, cultural and socially interactive events for adults and children
PICK & MIX
Until 10 May 2015
Showcases over 50 assorted treasures from the Rotorua Museum Collection selected by the Museum Staff. Each work reflects a huge range of opinions and tastes. Enjoy treasures from core collections including art works by Colin McCahon, Peter Siddell and Ralph Hotere as well as curious objects such as miniature irons and tyre swans!
WHIRIA – Weaving Global Connections.
to the 7th June 2015
“whiria” – weaving together. beautifully woven taonga/treasures form around the world from both public and private collections. This exhibition explores issues of sustainability. It showcases Aotearoa’s most respected weavers alongside skilled international weavers.
And don’t forget to check out the progress of the native to New Zealand hawks. The chicks were hatched at the Rotorua Museum and can now be seen in flight around the building.
The Rotorua Museum Oruawhata Drive, Government Gardens, Rotorua is open daily from 9am – 5pm Admission is free for Rotorua Residents (with proof of residency) Adults $20. Seniors (65+)$18.00 Children (5-15years) $8.00
For more information check the web site www.rotoruamuseum.co.nz
Or Phone Kathy Nicholls at 07 351 7831
ROTARY MARKET KUIRAU PARK
7am to 1pm
The largest event in Rotorua
PRINCES GATE HOTEL
Tribute and Cover Bands
SOUND SHELL MARKET
On the lakefront and in operation for 25 years, fabulous handcrafts
9.00am Saturday 04 April 2015
BOP BLUES CLUB NIGHT & JAM
(Club nights the first Wednesday of the month)
ROTORUA RSA
ROTORUA NIGHT MARKET
Boutique style shopping, ethnic food, art and art craft and accessories
EASTERN BAY OF PLENTY
OHOPE
OHOPE MARKET
8.30am to 12.30pm First Saturday of every month and every Second Saturday over summer and special dates.
07 312 3339 027 270 5094
OHOPE LIONS MARKET
9am to 12pm (First Sunday of every month)
Items listed in the Beacon
OPOTIKI
THE JEWS BROTHERS
12th April 2015 at 7.00pm
Folk at the Senior Citizens Hall
WHAKATANE:
WHAKATANE RIVER EDGE PARK MINIATURE RAILWAY
10am to 4pm First Sunday of every month and every Sunday during the school holidays!
A miniature railway operated by the Eastern Bay of Plenty Model Engineers Society Inc.
WHAKATANE SUNDAY MARKETS
8.30am to 12.30pm Every Sunday at the Whakatane War Memorial Carpark
(unless otherwise advised)
49 Whakahoroa Drive, Whakatane 3120
www.whakatanemuseum.org.nz Phone 07 306 6509
WHAKATANE LIBRARY & EXHIBITION CENTRE
Weekdays 9am-5pm Sat and Sun 10-2pm
49 Whakahoroa Drive, Whakatane 3120
www.artswhakatane.co.nz Phone + 64 7 306 6509
WAR MEMORIAL HALL COMPLEX WHAKATANE
Short Street, Whakatane
Tickets www.ticketek.co.nz Phone 0800 842 538
WHAKAMAX
WHAKATANE THURSDAY MARKETS
Every second and last Thursday of the month
PEACE PARK, Boon Street, Whakatane
WHAKATANE LITTLE THEATRE
