Jimmy O. Yang will be coming to New Zealand with his biggest tour yet, the BIG & TALL Tour. Jimmy will be performing in Auckland on Monday 1st December.

Karangahape Road is turning heads this winter with FAM: Fashion Edition on Saturday 30 August, 4–9pm. For one night only, the street transforms into a celebration of style, sound, and self-expression, with a runway down Mercury Lane, open DJ decks (change to local DJs), live music, markets, SMALL RAVE’s double-denim takeover with open decks, and award-winning comedian Johanna Cosgrove turning the rainbow crossing into a runway.

This October, theatre collides with recovery as the hit improvised dark comedy REHAB storms back for its seventh season at The PumpHouse Theatre, from 22 – 25 October. 

The awe-inspiring, audacious, and accessible annual Nelson Arts Festivalreturns this spring with 11 days and 46 events filled with bold ideas, brave artistry, and unmissable moments. From 23 October to 2 November, Whakatū will be transformed, as Aotearoa’s longest-running regional arts festival celebrates its 31st year with a line-up rich with powerful stories, exciting new voices and opportunities for connection across music, dance, theatre, circus, literature, community and kōrero.

At the first light of dawn on Monday 18 August, Auckland’s Stardome unveiled its new name: Te Whatu Stardome, in a special ceremony held in partnership with mana whenua, Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei, on Maungakiekie.

On 2 October 2000, John Bishop stepped onto the stage at the Frog and Bucket in Manchester to perform his first ever comedy gig in front of just a handful people. John was working by day in the pharmaceutical industry, but that night, as he picked up the mic and performed for the very first time, he changed his life forever.

Eddie Izzard –The Remix Tour Live is a chance for Eddie, inspired by her ever-loyal audiences to remix and re-imagine some of her own favourite, personal comedy highlights.

One of our most treasured theatre stars, Ellie Smith returns home this November with her uplifting and poignant new one-woman show, Life on a Loop, a heartfelt exploration of dementia, love and care. Straight off the back of a return London season during World Alzheimer’s Month at Golden Goose Theatre, Life on a Loop lands at Q Theatre from 11 – 16 November, marking Smith’s first Aotearoa stage performance in over 15 years.

After the first FAM celebration lit up Karangahape Road in May, it’s back this winter with a brand-new twist. On Saturday 2 August, the street transforms into a living, breathing cinema with films popping up in arcades, alleyways, shopfronts, and around all kinds of unexpected corners. FAM: Film Festival Edition will fill the street with screenings, live performances, and music from 2pm ‘til late and it’s all completely free.

Bach Musica NZ returns to the Auckland Town Hall on Sunday 21 September at 5pm with a presentation of world premieres by NZ composers, Gabor Tolnay, and Oliver Bramah in collaboration with Hēmi Kelly, and a selection of glorious repertoire by J.S. Bach, Barber, Vavilov and Ravel.

Stardome Observatory & Planetarium is thrilled to announce the appointment of Kelly Bewley as its new Chief Executive, marking the beginning of an exciting new era for the organisation.

A gin-soaked martini of memory, glamour, and Mommie Dearest theatrics, The Milford Asset Management Season of Mother Play is the latest triumph from Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paula Vogel, playing 04 – 20 Sep at Q Theatre. This gloriously unhinged new work makes its Aotearoa debut in a Silo Theatre production directed by Sophie Roberts, whose 11-year tenure as Artistic Director comes to a close with this bold, beautiful farewell.

The prestigious annual World Press Photo Exhibition opens this month, bringing the past year’s most captivating and thought-provoking photojournalism and documentary photography from around the globe to Auckland, from 26 July – 24 August at 131 Queen Street.

Join the Auckland Opera Studio and Friends of Holy Trinity Cathedral on Friday 8 August as they proudly present Opera in the Cathedral, a Grand Opera Gala which will showcase some of New Zealand’s most outstanding young emerging opera talents.

On Thursday evening Doc Edge held their annual awards as part of the 2025 Doc Edge Festival at The Grand Millennium Hotel in Auckland. Twenty-four awards were announced to honour and celebrate the superb documentaries and filmmakers, from both New Zealand and internationally, participating in this year’s programme.