Arts & Culture

For close to two years First Thursdays Queenstown has brought a monthly free and family-friendly event celebrating the diversity of arts and culture to Queenstown.

Taste of Art, or TART, is a new group of artists that seek to innovate the cultural field in Queenstown. Their aim is to create new events that don’t currently exist in the local art scene and to connect with the community through their artistic activities in public and inclusive spaces.

For the first time ever, Synthony will head to Queenstown for a spectacular night of dance anthems at Coronet Peak.

This weekend Dunedin pianist and composer Abhinath Berry will perform at Thomas Brown Gallery and Aspiring Lifestyle Village. The benefit concert will include the works of Chopin, Liszt and Ravel and will raise funds for Abhinath to embark overseas for postgraduate study.

Matariki Arrowtown Lights will return this weekend for its second year after a hugely successful celebration in 2022. The showcase of stunning projections will light up Buckingham street until 10pm each night, encouraging us all to reflect on the past and welcome the promise of a new year.

Toa is a not-for-profit stage play with a theme of Suicide Awareness, created for the community, by the community.

First Thursdays Queenstown is a free and family-friendly event that celebrates the diversity of arts and culture in Queenstown.

Glenorchy’s fundraising winter quiz series will wrap up next Wednesday, raising much-needed funds for the Early Childhood Education Centre that is going ahead in the area.

The cold won’t stop Remarkables Markets, who are ramping up for their busy winter season with two mid-winter events happening during the school holidays on the 1st and 8th of July.

The NZ Mountain Film & Book Festival is about to kick off in Queenstown, Wanaka and online. The seven-day event celebrates Kiwi filmmakers and all things adventure.

The up-and-coming young musicians of our region are getting ready to perform at the regional final of Smokefreerockquest. The annual event will happen this Friday in Wanaka and will showcase some of the phenomenal musical talent in the schools of our region.

Christchurch-based artist Darryn George’s exhibition, In the Garden Where We First Met, will be on display at Queenstown’s Milford Galleries until the end of June. The eye-catching artworks reflect his religious faith and his Ngāpuhi culture.

Arrowtown School PTA will be holding their biggest fundraiser of the year this weekend. The soiree will include live and silent auctions, nibbles, a cash bar, and live music, with a call to dress to impress. The funds raised will be used to purchase a much needed PA for the school.

Queenstown’s Ivy Box Gallery will host a Street Art Street Party on the King’s Birthday Weekend with proceeds going towards suicide prevention and support. Christchurch street artist Morks / ‘Morepork’ will be coming down to paint several large canvas’ in his signature style across Saturday and Sunday outside the gallery. The pieces will be auctioned off with 50% going towards the cause here in Queenstown.

First Thursdays Queenstown is a free community event that celebrates the diversity of arts and culture in Queenstown. Kick off a weekend of creative exploration on Thursday 1 June with a fun and friendly art crawl across six exhibition spaces. This month get your art fix on Thursday evening before you roll into Luma the following day.

Auckland-based indie-folk band Tiny Ruins will play at the Sherwood on Saturday 13 May as part of their headlining tour supporting the release of their latest album, Ceremony.

Showbiz Queenstown is bringing the classic musical, Little Shop of Horrors, to Queenstown from next week. The show is a sci-fi/comedy/musical that has devoured the hearts of theatre goers for more than 30 years.

Central Otago Regional Choir will perform their show, Diamonds, throughout the region next week, across the Mother’s Day weekend. The show will feature an array of musical gems spanning across three centuries and is one of only two shows the group put on each year.

First Thursdays Queenstown is a free community event that celebrates the diversity of arts and culture in Queenstown. This Thursday 4 May join in for a fun and friendly art crawl across six exhibition spaces showing a wide range of work.

Queenstown Memorial Centre will host the Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival next week. The programme features a selection of the most inspiring action, environmental, and adventure films from the original festival, which is held in Banff, Canada, each year.