Arts & Culture

Explore memory, place and change in Alta (2016-2024). It’s an immersive exhibition by Marc Blake now on at Te Atamira, featuring eight years of photographs centered on a solitary basketball hoop in Kawarau Falls Park.

Music lovers, rejoice! Easter Weekend 2025 promises to be a festive weekend rich in musical celebrations for our local community and visitors.

On the second Tuesday of each month, Te Atamira hosts its free Community Draw event. It encourages participants to embrace the joy of different approaches to drawing, featuring a range of techniques.

Queenstown’s Whakatipu Music Festival returns to the Arts calendar this Easter featuring superb live performances.

Arrowtown Creative Arts Society (ACAS) is presenting a rare opportunity to hear from one of the leading voices in the literary world. A

The Aotearoa Surf Film Festival (ASFF) is rolling into Queenstown and Wānaka this week. It’s the 13th annual festival, which celebrates the best of surf culture and cinema, as well as connections to the environment.

The streets of Wānaka are about to be taken over by a troupe of inspirational dance luminaries.

Alien Weaponry have been making waves around the world’s metal scene, singing in te reo Māori.

The 11th Wānaka Festival of Colour is on its way, kicking off on 26 March, and with it comes Te Radar's Cookbookery, a comedic celebration of food from the beloved and bizarre cookbooks of our past.

The Brushes to Brushes exhibition opened recently at Cromwell Museum, featuring 16 paintings from Bruce Aitken.

Mundi Trio are heading to town this week, bringing with them a blend of Brazilian and African drums, an array of flutes and voice, dancing, electric guitar and bass.

This week is a big one for local wineries as they host Roam Central 2025, an unforgettable weekend celebrating the best of Central Otago’s wine and food, set among Central’s stunning landscapes.

Wellfest is returning to Kawarau Falls this weekend, offering a space to celebrate community, creativity, connection and all aspects of well-being. It will showcase local wellness practitioners and artisans, while equipping you with tools for a healthier life through interactive workshops.

Twilight Opera in the Garden is returning for its fifth year, featuring a superb programme. On Sunday, performers will deliver a mix of the most musical favourites of classic opera and big voice standouts from modern shows, often described as popera. There’ll be something for everyone at this year’s show.

The Wānaka Festival of Colour will return this year for the 11th time. The bi-annual festival will be hitting the streets from 29 March – 6 April, celebrating all things arts and culture.

Queenstown's renowned producer and director Margaret O’Hanlon has curated Canvas to Composition, a showcase of local musical artists taking place at the end of this month.

Icehouse frontman Iva Davies' wild transition from a highly trained classical oboe musician to the world of rock and punk has seen him grace the stage with artists they admire, including David Bowie and Cold Chisel.

US Band Everclear were a goliath in the 1990s with hits like Father of Mine, Santa Monica and Wonderful, and this summer they're teaming up with some of Australia's finest rockers on the Summer Concert Series.

Kinross’ wine garden is filled with sweet sound on Sundays throughout summer – and part of autumn. Musicians perform weekly from 3pm at the picturesque winery. It’s a family-friendly environment with a play area and sandpit, as well as a snack menu full of pizzas, platters and small bites.

Te Atamira has curated a fun-filled arts and crafts programme for the kids during the summer school holidays. Kicking off on 19 December with the Christmas programme, it’ll continue in the New Year from 8 January.