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    By ARTbop on July 29, 2015 COMING UP
    Here comes Hairy Maclary
    Here comes Hairy Maclary

    COMING UP (& GOING ON) AUGUST 2015

    ARTbop is not able to list everything that is happening in the wider Bay of Plenty so make sure you also take a look at your local papers, Eventfinda and your area’s creative organisations own promotional sites. And don’t forget you can read a range of reviews by ARTbop contributors on current and past creative topics. What are we featuring?

    HAIRY MACLARY & FRIENDS

    are down on the Strand

    waiting to see you

    and give you a hand

    to enjoy the day and have a good time

    It’s HAIRY MACLARY’s day!

    He’s happy to be here and

    now that he is, he wants you

    to come and see what’s the biz!

    WHAT’S GOING ON? WHAT WILL YOU DO?

    Now hurry on down on AUGUST THE 1

    and join Hairy Maclary for dogloads of FUN.

    Family & Dog Fun Day 10am-2pm

    On the Strand Waterfront Next to the Playground

    DOWNTOWN TAURANGA

    MAORI LANGUAGE WEEK

    te wiki o te reo maori

    27 July to 02 August 2015

    a week to acknowledge te reo maori

    and to encourage pronunciation

    FAMILY HISTORY MONTH

    GENEALOGY EVENTS AT THE TAURANGA LIBRARY

    13 August 2015, 5.30pm- 9.10pm A Night of History

    14 August 2015 10am-12noon Library Tour

    21 August 2015, 10am-12noon Absolute Beginners Class

    Bookings Essential for these events:

    email: library@tauranga.govt.nz

    FAMILY HISTORY SPEAKER SERIES

    TUESDAYS @ 12.30pm

    04 August 2015, Secrets in a Diary, Stephanie Smith

    11 August 2015, Using Overseas Resources, Shirley Arabin

    18 August 2015, Publishing family history research &

    Her Story” Uncovering the women of my family, Debbie McCauley

    25 August 2015, “U-boat vs Q-ship, when the facts rebel

    to tell a great story, Harley Couper

    Bookings are not required for the Speaker Series

    DROP IN ASSISTANCE

    FRIDAY AFTERNOONS IN AUGUST 1.30pm – 4.00pm

    Experienced genealogists available every Friday in August to help with NZ research

    AND

    GENEALOGY CLASSES

    2nd Friday of the month 10am-11am

    11 September 2015, ONLINE NEWSPAPERS

    09 October 2015 Ancestry.com

    13 November 2015, Findmypast.vom

    Phone 577 7085 or email learning centre@tauranga.govt.nz to book your place

    TAURANGA MUSICAL THEATRE PRESENTS:

    SUPERSTAR

    A MUSICAL

    SEASON COMMENCES 08 AUGUST 2015 AT

    WESTSIDE THEATRE

    17TH AVENUE

    TAURANGA

    NEW ZEALAND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL in TAURANGA

    films to be shown at the Rialto Tauranga

    will be announced on 31 July 2015

    THE BEACON BUSINESS & LEISURE SHOW

    from 12noon 28th August 2015 to

    3.pm 30th August 2015

    WHAKATANE

    ROTORUA MUSEUM

    The Rotorua Museum Oruawhata Drive, Government Gardens, Rotorua

    MUSIC AT THE MUSEUM!

    06 August 2015 6.00pm

    MUSIC THE MUSEUM

    ROGUE STAGE folk

    16 August 2015 3.00pm

    Rotorua Uke Box open mic/jam

    Also 20 September, 18 October and 15 November 2015

    Run by Thermaleles with David Jansen (A free event)

    CURRENTLY SHOWING:

    SELLING THE DREAM: NEW ZEALAND

    GRAPHIC ART TOURISM POSTERS

    50 lithographs and silkscreen prints by some of New Zealand’s leading commercial artists 1920-1960. There is aso a short accompanying piece Graphic Wonderland.

    To 11 October 2015

    NIGHT & DAY: THE CURIOUS COLLECTION OF TONY FOMISON

    GRAPHIC ART TOURISM POSTERS

    Art works, souvenirs, mementoes from junKshops, flea markets and garage sales provide an insight into artist Tony Fomison

    To 11 October 2015

    2015 ROTORUA MUSEUM ART AWARDS

    To 11 October 2015

    PLACES + FACES ART + HISTORY

    Works from the Rotorua Trust Heritage Collection

    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.

    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

    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

    BAYCOURT COMMUNITY & ARTS CENTRE

    01 August 2015 6.30pm PIN’D Creative Showcase

    04 August 2015 7.00pm WE COULD BE HEROES Musical

    10 August 2015 6.00pm DANCE NEW ZEALAND MADE Dance

    11 August 2015 7.30pm MODERN MAORI QUARTET

    13 August 2015 7.30pm THE NIGHT IS YOUNG Variety Concert

    23 August 2015 1.00pm THE DOODAHS

    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

    PAPAMOA COLLEGE

    presents its very first musical production

    GREASE

    from 05 August 2015

    TAURANGA ART GALLERY

    COMING UP IN AUGUST 2015: The Talisman Project (jeweller Mia Straka and designer/object maker Roger Kelly; Printmaking: Beyond the Frame (the work of members of the Central Print Council of Aotearoa New Zealand); Makeme Darcell Apelu; Issues of Pacific Identity (including 3 performances and a panel discussion)

    TAKE A LOOK ONLINE UNDER REVIEWS, Been & Seen WHERE YOU CAN READ REVIEWS OF EXHIBITIONS AT THE TAURANGA ART GALLERY WRITTEN BY A RANGE OF ARTbop CONTRIBUTORS

    If you would like to be kept informed via email about coming events and exhibitions you can join “Friends of the Gallery” or if you would like information about the Gallery endowment fund, please leave your details with one of the Gallery visitor hosts or at the Gallery information counter.

    SHOWING NOW:

    UKU RERE:Nga Kaihanga Uku & beyond

    The beautiful Pataka Art + Museum catalogue says “ Uku Rere: Nga aihanga Uku & beyond illuminates the strength of the contemporary Maori ceramic movement in New Zealand…”

    Until 02 August 2015

    NORM & NOELEEN

    A photographic exhibition by Bernie Harfleet and Donna Turtle Sarten. Two personal series follow the demise of the artists’ parents and serve as a reminder of the disempowerment age can bring (contains images of a sensitive nature).

    Until 02 August 2015

    INVITATION TO OPENNESS – SUBSTANTIVE & TRANSITIVE STATES

    An exhibition by Wellington Sculptor Elizabeth Thomson, is an ambitious installation of hundreds of flocked bronze white moths

    Until 04 October 2015

    Tauranga Art Gallery, 108 Willow Street, Tauranga

    www.artgallery.org.nz Phone 07 578 7933

    CREATIVE TAURANGA COMMUNITY GALLERY

    MID WINTER SUMMER: FRIENDS OF CREATIVE TAURANGA WILL BRING WARMTH & COLOUR TO THE GALLERY DURING THE WINTER MONTHS OF JUNE & JULY!!

    PART 2 EXHIBITION: to 07 August 2015

    AND

    13 August 2015 Tauranga Girls Art Exhibition, original student artwork for display and sale

    13 Willow Street, Tauranga Phone: 07 928 0288

    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!

    ROTORUA MUSEUM

    16 August 2015 3.00pm

    Rotorua Uke Box open mic/jam

    Also 20 September, 18 October and 15 November 2015

    Run by Thermaleles with David Jansen (A free event)

    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

    WHAKATANE LIBRARY & EXHIBITION CENTRE

    ITI

    works created in Waikere Prison to 14 August 2015

    INAMATA/ONAMATA/ANAMATA

    collaborative exhibition from two of New Zealand’s leading contemporary Maori artists.

    to 30 August 2015

    BETRAYAL

    works by Peter Adsett

    to 13 September 2015

    TO REMEMBER A TREE

    Ben Pearce Molly Morpeth Canaday 3D Winner

    a new body of sculptural work

    to 13 September 2015

    Weekdays 9am-5pm Sat and Sun 10-2pm

    49 Whakahoroa Drive, Whakatane 3120

    www.artswhakatane.co.nz Phone + 64 7 306 6509

    BREWCRAFT on the Strand, Tauranga presents

    01 August 2015 5.00pm THE AVES An acoustic pop rock covers duo

    08 August 2015 5.00pm MIKE GARNER & WARREN HOUSTON Blues

    15 August 2015 5.00pm WAYLON MCPHERSON (STOMPBOXES) Covers/Tributes

    22 August 2015 5.00pm MONKEY PILOT Covers/Tributes

    29 August 2015 5.00pm LLOYD ACKROYD Rock

    DAVE UPFOLD, Comedy Stage Hypnotist

    01 August 2015

    at the Te Puke Intermediate School

    MAKETU MARKET

    01 August 2015 8.00am

    on the Village Green at Maketu

    ARAWA PARK RACEWAY, ROTORUA

    02 August 2015 5.00pm

    NEW ORLEANS JOYMAKERS, Jazz

    GREERS BAR, Greerton, Tauranga presents

    02 August 2015 5.00pm TAKE TWO Classic Rock

    09 August 2015 5.00pm BLAZE Classic Rock

    23 August 2015 5.00pm ICEFIRE Classic Rock

    THE OUTLAW BAR & BISTRO, Rotorua

    05August 2015 7.00pm

    ANDY PHILLIPS & THE CADILLAC WALK

    THE ARTS VILLAGE ROTORUA presents

    02 August 2015 10am

    Free Flax Flower weaving workshop

    ROTORUA MUSEUM

    06 August 2015 6.00pm

    MUSIC THE MUSEUM

    ROGUE STAGE folk

    The Rotorua Museum Oruawhata Drive, Government Gardens, Rotorua is open daily from 9am – 5pm For more information check the web site www.rotoruamuseum.co.nz Or Phone Kathy Nicholls at 07 351 7831

    TAURANGA ART GALLERY

    06 August 2015 7.00pm DEVINE DEVILLES

    Blues at the Art Gallery

    Tauranga Art Gallery, 108 Willow Street, Tauranga

    www.artgallery.org.nz Phone 07 578 7933

    KRAZY JACKS, Tauranga

    06 August 2015 8.00pm

    THE WHO TRIBUTE COVERS BAND with SHADY BRAIN FARM & 71 SUNSET

    Rock

    THE ARTS VILLAGE ROTORUA presents

    08 August 2015 10.30am

    Wire lantern making workshop

    THE ARTS VILLAGE ROTORUA MARKET

    09 August 2015 10am

    GUY WILLIAMS: Going to Places National Tour (Comedy)

    09 August 2015 7.00pm

    Graham Young Theatre, Tauranga Boys’ College

    THE RAFT, Tauranga presents

    09 August 2015 3.30pm

    SANTIAGO & THE FLEES

    Accoustic Latin Jazz

    THE ENTERTAINERS CLUB presents the fabulous GRAY BARTLETT at 5pm, Sunday 09 August 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

    THE ARTS VILLAGE ROTORUA

    12 August 2015 5.30pm

    Arts Mad: Public talks

    MIMOSA ENSEMBLE

    13 August 2015 7.30pm

    St George & St John

    Whakatane

    PRINCES GATE HOTEL, ROTORUA presents

    13 August 2105 7.00pm

    LIZZIE MARVELLEY: unplugged

    JENNY COKER

    14 August 2015 10.00am

    Botanical watercolour Talk and Workshop Taster

    At the Studio of Tracy Stamatakos, Tauranga

    RUSSIAN NATIONAL BALLET THEATRE: SLEEPING BEAUTY

    14 August 2015 7.00pm

    Civic Theatre, Rotorua

    GREERTON VILLAGE HALL, Tauranga

    15 August 2015 9.00am

    ARMS & MILITARIA SHOW

    Greerton Hall is on Cameron Road just by the roundabout from Tauranga into the Village.

    THE ARTS VILLAGE ROTORUA presents

    15 August 2015

    Knitting & Crochet Basics with Rotorua Creative Fibre

    SCOTTY’S BAR ROTORUA

    15August 2015 7.00pm

    Andy Phillips & the Cadillac Walk, rock

    BREWCRAFT PUB, Rotorua

    16 August 2015 5.00pm

    Andy Phillips & The Cadillac Walk, rock

    ROTORUA MUSEUM

    16 August 2015 3.00pm

    Rotorua Uke Box open mic/jam

    Also 20 September, 18 October and 15 November 2015

    Run by Thermaleles with David Jansen (A free event)

    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

    HOLY TRINITY CHURCH

    Downtown Tauranga

    21 August 2015 11.00am

    LEGENDARY VOCAL GROUPS

    NEIL BILLINGTON & MIKE GARNER play the Blues

    22 August 2015 8.00pm at the Tauranga Art Gallery

    Direct from their second Japanese Tour!

    Tauranga Art Gallery, 108 Willow Street, Tauranga

    www.artgallery.org.nz Phone 07 578 7933

    BAD MOON RISING: THE CREDENCE CLEAR WATER REVIVAL Tribute

    22 August 2015 8.00pm at the Mt Maunganui RSA , Mount Maunganui

    SHAMBLES THEATRE, Rotorua

    22 August 2015 7.00pm

    GUY WILLIAMS: Going to Places National Tour (Comedy)

    THE ARTS VILLAGE, ROTORUA

    22 August 2015 10.30am to 1.30pm

    Installation & Small Sculptures with Rufus Epp

    NZ ARIA TRUST presents

    23 August 2015 2.00pm

    CHRISTIAN THURSTON (choir, vocal, music)

    Civic Theatre, Rotorua

    16TH AVENUE THEATRE. Tauranga presents:

    26 August 2015 8.00pm

    SNIP/BONKING JAMES BOND

    BREWCRAFT BEER PUB, Rotorua

    30 August 2015 5.00pm

    MIKE GARNER & WARREN HOUSTON,

    Play the Blues

    ROTORUA MUSIC FESTIVAL presents

    03 September 2015 7.30pm

    The Takiri Ensemble

    The Sir Howard Morrison Performing Arts Centre

    TWISTIN THE SWING

    04 September 2015 7.00pm

    Folk at the Tauranga Art Gallery

    Tauranga Art Gallery, 108 Willow Street, Tauranga

    www.artgallery.org.nz Phone 07 578 7933

    TAKARI ENSEMBLE

    06 September 2015 2.pm

    St George & St John

    Whakatane

    TARNISHED FROCKS & DIVAS

    16th September 2015 7.30pm

    at the ASB Centre

    GET YOUR TICKET!

    THEATRE WHAKATANE

    BEAUTY & THE BEAST

    23 October 2015 to 07 November 2015

    Weta Workshop Designed and Made Costumes

    AND DON’T MISS:

    TAURANGA & MOUNT MAUNGANUI

    TAURANGA NIGHT MARKET

    Saturdays at Bayfair Shopping Centre from 6.00pm

    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

    AUGUST 1ST, SEPTEMBER 5TH

    FOOD TRUCK FRIDAY

    RPM 5 Hull Road Mount Maunganui

    5.30pm to 7.30pm

    FREE ENTRY STREET FOOD CRAFT BEERSIES MUSIC & FASHION

    THE LITTLE BIG VINTAGE MARKETS

    Astrolabe Brew Bar 82 Maunganui Road Mount pm

    Good Music & Top Quality Vintage

    Plus all the food & beverage options Astrolabe has to offer

    AUGUST 23RD, SEPTEMBER 27TH

    10am to 3pm

    www.littlebigevents.co.nz

    BAYCOURT COMMUNITY & ARTS CENTRE

    Make sure you regularly check out the Baycourt website, Vibe and local media for what’s happening at Baycourt!

    Become a Friend of Baycourt – it’s an incorporated society formed to support Baycourt and the cultural development of the Tauranga Community. The Friends encourage, promote and support the advancement of performing arts and culture in Tauranga. Your annual subscription also gives you: Monthly newsletters, Preferential Bookings (you receive advanced notification and early booking options to some shows) Discounted Tickets – a special Friends discount to many shows. (You’re also entitled to discounted Rialto movie theatre tickets). Friends of Baycourt, PO Box 14070, Tauranga 3110

    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

    TAURANGA MONTHLY FILM NIGHTS

    Wesley Centre, 13th Avenue, Mid-Town Tauranga

    For more information: rlopert@xtra.co.nz

    TAURANGA MUSICA

    For more information: www.tgamusica.co.nz or you may telephone Barry Ward (Chairman) 07 576 6774 or Kevin Giles (Subscription Coordinator) 07 575 8160

    DETOUR THEATRE:

    at the Historic Village

    GOING ON & SHOWING NOW:

    ART + BODY GALLERY

    “CHOICE!” recent work by ANDREA EVA HOPKINS:

    “An interviewer asked me the other month at an opening why I paint. I answered – “To feel something. To watch other people feel something. We could be looking at the same thing and be feeling or remembering totally different things. There are few things that are as open and intimate at once and you don’t have to say a word out loud….” “Much like my work I am grounded in tradition.

    Art + Body Gallery & Creative Studio 229A Maunganui Road Mount Maunganui 3116

    Art + Body Gallery shows the work of contemporary New Zealand Maori artists

    For more information: Julie Paama Pengelly  Phone 07 212 2212 or 02 331 072 www/facebook.com/artbodygalleryexhibitins

    TAURANGA ART GALLERY

    SHOWING NOW:

    UKU RERE:Nga Kaihanga Uku & beyond

    The beautiful Pataka Art + Museum catalogue says “ Uku Rere: Nga aihanga Uku & beyond illuminates the strength of the contemporary Maori ceramic movement in New Zealand…”

    Until 02 August 2015

    NORM & NOELEEN

    A photographic exhibition by Bernie Harfleet and Donna Turtle Sarten. Two personal series follow the demise of the artists’ parents and serves as a reminder of the disempowerment age can bring (contains images of a sensitive nature).

    Until 02 August 2015

    INVITATION TO OPENNESS – SUBSTANTIVE & TRANSITIVE STATES

    An exhibition by Wellington Sculptor Elizabeth Thomson, is an ambitious installation of hundreds of flocked bronze white moths

    Until 04 October 2015

    MUSIC AT THE GALLERY:

    06 August 2015 7.00pm DEVINE DEVILLES

    Blues at the Art Gallery

    22 August 2015 8.00pm NEIL BILLINGTON & MIKE GARNER

    Direct from their second Japanese Tour; play the Blues

    TWISTIN THE SWING

    04 September 2015 7.00pm

    Folk at the Tauranga Art Gallery

    Tauranga Art Gallery, 108 Willow Street, Tauranga

    www.artgallery.org.nz Phone 07 578 7933

    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 and the work of gallery associated artists www.lightwavegallery.co.nz + 64 7929 7573 021 995 092

    CREATIVE TAURANGA COMMUNITY GALLERY c

    Continuing in August, Part II of the summer coloured Mid-Winter Summer Exhibition of work of Friends of Creative Tauranga. Well worth a visit to Downtown Tauranga.

    13 Willow Street, Tauranga Phone: 07 928 0288

    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

    ROTORUA

    ROTORUA MUSEUM

    MUSIC AT THE MUSEUM!

    06 August 2015 6.00pm

    MUSIC THE MUSEUM

    ROGUE STAGE folk

    16 August 2015 3.00pm

    Rotorua Uke Box open mic/jam

    Also 20 September, 18 October and 15 November 2015

    Run by Thermaleles with David Jansen (A free event)

    CURRENTLY SHOWING:

    SELLING THE DREAM: NEW ZEALAND

    GRAPHIC ART TOURISM POSTERS

    50 lithographs and silkscreen prints by some of New Zealand’s leading commercial artists 1920-1960. There is also a short accompanying piece Graphic Wonderland.

    To 11 October 2015

    NIGHT & DAY: THE CURIOUS COLLECTION OF TONY FOMISON

    GRAPHIC ART TOURISM POSTERS

    Art works, souvenirs, mementoes from junkshops, flea markets and garage sales provide an insight into artist Tony Fomison

    To 11 October 2015

    2015 ROTORUA MUSEUM ART AWARDS

    To 11 October 2015

    PLACES + FACES ART + HISTORY

    Works from the Rotorua Trust Heritage Collection

    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.

    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

    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

    01 August 2015 6am to 1pm

    The largest event in Rotorua

    PRINCES GATE HOTEL

    01 August 2015 7.00pm Cabaret and Dinner

    Covers Band

    SOUND SHELL MARKET

    02 August 2015 9.00am

    On the lakefront and in operation for 25 years, fabulous handcrafts

    9.00am to 3pm Saturdays

    THE ARTS VILLAGE ROTORUA presents

    02 August 2015 10am

    Free Flax Flower weaving workship

    ARAWA PARK RACEWAY, ROTORUA

    02 August 2015 5.00pm

    NEW ORLEANS JOYMAKERS, Jazz

    THE OUTLAW BAR & BISTRO, Rotorua

    05August 2015 7.00pm

    ANDY PHILIPS & THE CADILLAC WALK

    ROTORUA MUSEUM

    06 August 2015 6.00pm

    MUSIC THE MUSEUM

    ROGUE STAGE folk

    The Rotorua Museum Oruawhata Drive, Government Gardens, Rotorua is open daily from 9am – 5pm For more information check the web site www.rotoruamuseum.co.nz Or Phone Kathy Nicholls at 07 351 7831

    THE ARTS VILLAGE ROTORUA presents

    08 August 2015 10.30am

    Wire lantern making workshop

    THE ARTS VILLAGE ROTORUA MARKET

     09 August 2015 10am

    THE ARTS VILLAGE ROTORUA

    12 August 2015 5.30pm

    Arts Mad: Public talks

    PRINCES GATE HOTEL, ROTORUA presents

    13 August 2105 7.00pm

    LIZZIE MARVELLEY: unplugged

    RUSSIAN NATIONAL BALLET THEATRE: SLEEPING BEAUTY

    14 August 2015 7.00pm

    Civic Theatre, Rotorua

    THE ARTS VILLAGE ROTORUA presents

    15 August 2015

    Knitting & Crochet Basics with Rotorua Creative Fibre

    SCOTTY’S BAR, Rotorua

    15August 2015 7.00pm

    Andy Phillips & the Cadillac Walk, rock

    BREWCRAFT PUB, Rotorua

    16 August 2015 5.00pm

    Andy Phillips & The Cadillac Walk, rock

    SHAMBLES THEATRE, Rotorua

    22 August 2015 7.00pm

    GUY WILLIAMS: Going to Places National Tour (Comedy)

    THE ARTS VILLAGE, ROTORUA

    22 August 2015 10.30am

    Installation & Small Sculptures with Rufus Epps

    NZ ARIA TRUST presents

    23 August 2015 2.00pm

    CHRISTIAN THURSTON (choir, vocal, music)

    Civic Theatre, Rotorua

    BREWCRAFT BEER PUB, Rotorua

    30 August 2015 5.00pm

    MIKE GARNER & WARREN HOUSTON,

    Play the Blues

    ROTORUA MUSIC FESTIVAL presents

    03 September 2015 7.30pm

    The Takiri Ensemble

    The Sir Howard Morrison Performing Arts Centre

    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

    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.

    TE PUKE

    DAVE UPFOLD, Comedy Stage Hypnotist

    01 August 2015

    at the Te Puke Intermediate School

    MAKETU MARKET

    01 August 2015 8.00am

    on the Village Green at Maketu

    KAWERAU

    WAIHI BEACH

    WHAKATANE:

    WHAKATANE LIBRARY & EXHIBITION CENTRE

    ITI

    works created in Waikere Prison

    to 14 August 2015

    INAMATA/ONAMATA/ANAMATA

    collaborative exhibition from two of New Zealand’s leading contemporary Maori artists.

    to 30 August 2015

    BETRAYAL

    works by Peter Adsett

    to 13 September 2015

    TO REMEMBER A TREE

    Ben Pearce Molly Morpeth Canaday 3D Winner

    a new body of sculptural work

    to 13 September 2015

    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 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 THURSDAY MARKETS

    Every second and last Thursday of the month

    PEACE PARK, Boon Street, Whakatane

    WHAKATANE LITTLE THEATRE

    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

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