January 23 & 24 Poverty Bay Polo Open January 1 Walter Findlay Ltd Fire In The Sky GUIDE JANUARY 2021 January 25-29, Monday to Friday January 28, Thursday Nelson Rd, 10am-2pm. Evolution Theatre, 75 Disraeli St, 3pm, The Band School Music Holiday Level Up Acting Workshop: Details: Bill ph 027 450 7719 free entry Programme Teens For ages 6-16 to take music to the next For beginners to experienced actors; Good Vibes Summer Festival Smash Palace’s 31st Birthday level or play a new instrument. explore drama games, improvisation, Featuring; Katchafire, House of Shem, Join the celebration and enjoy live music. The Band School, Te Wananga o Aotearoa, movement/learn techniques and Sammy J, Tomorrow People, Ardijah, Smash Palace Bar, 24 Banks St, R18. 360 Childers Rd, 8.40am-3pm, $50/day, bring perform in a showcase on Jan 31, 3pm. Maisey Rika, Swiss, Chad Chambers, Details/time/entry fee: See Facebook packed smoko and lunch. Details/to register: Evolution Theatre, 75 Disraeli St, 1-3pm NLC and DJ Jayrasik. [email protected] Register: $15+Bfee at evolution.org.nz Soundshell, 87 Centennial Marine Dr, 3pm, R18. Tickets+Bfee: $89-$159 from January 26, Tuesday January 29, Friday goodvibesfestival.co.nz WHAT TO Te Hapara Garden and Floral Gisborne Senior Citizens: Indoor Club Bowls & Housie Copper Feel, Hybrid Blues & WATCH OUT Improve gardening skills and learn floral Bowls 9-11.30am, Housie 1-4pm. Lionyze art. See Jan 22 Come along for a mixture of genres; funk fusion, blues/country and reggae. St Mark’s Hall, 776 Childers Rd, 2.30pm FOR IN Dance Workshop: Intermediate Smash Palace Bar, 24 Banks St, R18. Details/time/cost: See Facebook January 26-28, Tuesday to Thursday For those with three or more years of dance training. FEBRUARY Poverty Bay Cricket Association January 31, Sunday Holiday Camp 1-3pm. See Jan 27 for venue, registration/cost Level Up Acting Workshop: Fun in the sun; a day at the beach, slip or showcase details 2021 BOOK NOW AT 'n' slide and water balloon fun. Adults Live on the Lawn: Gisborne For beginners to experienced actors; Harry Barker Reserve, 121 Lytton Rd, 6 9.30am-3.30pm. Tickets: $90/three days or Country Music Club explore theatre games, improvisation, Passport Collection: www.railbikes.nz movement, techniques for script $35/day per child (discount for more than one 6-8pm. See Jan 8 V Hoy Creative Exhibition child) from tinyurl.com/yxnh6d9k analysis/character development and Full Moon Dance Party perform in a showcase at 3pm. 7, 14, 21 & 28 January 27, Wednesday Dress in white and dance under UV 10am-midday. See Jan 28 for Sunday Music at Matawhero: Martha lighting. Dance Workshop: Beginners venue/registration details Kelly, Doug Snelling, Bridge Street Band For those with two/less years of dance Smash Palace Bar, 24 Banks St, R18. & T-Bonez training to practice, learn musical theatre Details/time/cost: See Facebook Level Up Performance Workshop skills and a group dance to be performed 8, 20 & 21 January 29-31, Friday to Sunday For all ages and performers with at a showcase on Jan 31, 3pm. some experience; bring along your Wa165 Steam Train Trip to Muriwai Evolution Theatre, 75 Disraeli St, 1-3pm. Bay Bonanza Fishing Contest performance piece – scene, monologue, Register: $15+Bfee at evolution.org.nz Weigh-in song or dance – to work on in a 16 Come along and watch the catch of the supportive, safe, group environment. Hui Fono January 27-29, Wednesday to Friday day being unloaded from boats entered Evolution Theatre, 75 Disraeli St, 12.30-2pm. Level Up Drama Workshop: Kids in the contest. Register: $15+Bfee at evolution.org.nz 20-21 For ages 7-9 & 10-12. Suitable for Gisborne Tatapouri Sports Fishing Club, ConTact CARE Equine Foundation Course beginners or experienced actors; play Shed 2, Inner Harbour, approx 3-6pm during Sunday Music at Matawhero: theatre games, improvisation, explore the competition 23 Annabell & Ash Sanitarium Weet-Bix Kids TRYathlon movement/character and perform at a 1-3pm. See Jan 3 showcase on Jan 31, 3pm. January 30, Saturday Evolution Theatre, 75 Disraeli St, 7-9s 10am- Gisborne Woodturners’ Group Level Up Dance, Drama & Acting 26 11am, 10-12s 11am-midday, $10/class+Bfee Come along and work in the workshop, Showcase In The Shallows: Debut Album Tour at evolution.org.nz or see what the group does. Check out new techniques that Clubrooms beside Enterprise Pool carpark, 27 36784-01 34067-01 workshop participants have learnt. Essence of Tairawhiti January 7, 14, 21 & 28, Thursdays January 15, Friday Live on the Lawn: Barleycorn Absolute Bowie Tribute Show Build-a-Band Celebrate Theatre: Turn On 6-8pm. See Jan 8 Come along for Bowie hits from Come along and jam. the Light Heroes to Lazarus. JANUARY Smash Palace Bar, 24 Banks St, 6-9pm, For ages 2-8 and a caregiver; Little Butterflies Welcoming Spring Dome Room, PBC, 38 Childers Rd, 8pm- January 3 free entry, R18 Dog Barking Theatre with music, songs Christchurch-based sonic post-punk late, R18, $20 from The Aviary (cash-only) January 1, Friday 2 to midnight Jan 3. Tickets+Bfee: Pa Wars and puppet characters with a story of duo with a unique blend of loops, or $20+Bfee at eventfinda.co.nz Gisborne parkrun Day pass 12/over $10-40, camping pass January 8, Friday overcoming a fear of the dark. rhythms and vocals. A family-friendly New Year’s day 5km 12/over $15-$75 from eventfinda.co.nz Live on the Lawn: The Walsh HB Williams Memorial Library, 34 Bright St, Smash Palace, 24 Banks St, 9pm-late, free January 23 & 24, Saturday run or walk. Brothers 11am, free & Sunday Waikanae Surf Life Saving Club, January 2-4, Saturday to Monday Bring a picnic and enjoy live entertainment January 22-24, Friday to Sunday Poverty Bay Polo Open 280E Grey St, 7.45-9am. Revive Festival and music. Live on the Lawn: G ‘n’ I Larsen Sawmilling Equestrian Polo tournament with visiting teams Register at parkrun.co.nz/register Wellness-festival; Kiwiana music, Marina Park, Lawson Field Theatre Riverbank, 6-8pm. See Jan 8 Championships competing for the cup. health/wellbeing advocates, yoga/ 6-8pm, koha bucket collection for performers. If Showjumping and Show Hunter Poverty Bay Polo Club, 130 Bushmere Rd, Walter Findlay Ltd Fire In The fitness instructors, local produce wet: Listen to MoreFM after 3pm Mia Sohnge Championships. Grand Prix Show; Matawhero, 8am-late, start 9am, free entry. Sky food stalls and camping/glamping. Acoustic folk, soul, jazz and pop tunes from with FEI CSI1, horse & pony and Jan 24 prizegiving at 5pm. Food/drink Head to the confluence of the three Featuring; Jasper & Jane Hawkins, Looking For Alaska: Light and Napier singer-songwriter. national available all weekend with eftpos. rivers with a picnic and be entertained Nadia Reid, Witters, Barleycorn. Shadow Album Release Tour Smash Palace, 24 Banks St, Details/time/cost: series classes. Details: See Facebook in a celebration to light up the first Woodlands, 1121 Back Ormond Rd, Hamilton indie-folk band with a mature, See Facebook A&P Showgrounds, Main Rd, Makaraka, night of 2021 with the grand finale; Jan 2 9am-11pm, Jan 3 6.30am-11pm, darker sound. from 8.30am, free entry Wa165 steam train trip to fireworks. Jan 4 6.30am-3pm, R16. Tickets+Bfee: $69 Dome Room, PBC, 38 Childers Rd, doors open January 15 & 16, Friday & Saturday Muriwai Marina Park, Reads Quay and The festival day pass, $129-$189 camping pass, 7pm, music 8pm, R18. Tickets+Bfee: $15 from Wairoa A&P Show January 23, Saturday 1pm. See Jan 3 & 4 Esplanade, 6-10pm. Food stalls and $10-$30 car park from eventfinda.co.nz eventfinda.co.nz or $20 cash-only door sales Find a shady spot and watch equestrian St Andrew’s Car Boot Sale kid-friendly activities available Sunday Music at Matawhero $45/child/day. Register: Ph 867 9259 or events, shearing, dog trials and more. 8am-midday. See Jan 9 January 24, Sunday January 2, 9, 16, 23 & 30, Saturdays January 9, Saturday Wairoa A&P Showgrounds, Ruataniwha Rd, Solo musician Neil Smoker with acoustic tinyurl.com/y3wtzh2j Summer Arts & Craft Fair January 1-31, Daily Earlybird Market St Andrew’s Car Boot Sale 8am. Entry fee subject to change: $5, free for MTF Finance, Surf City An array of local creators selling their Pre-loved treasures, baking, fruit, veges guitar and vocals. u/5s. Details: See Facebook Tairawhiti Museum Matawhero Wines, 189 Riverpoint Rd, January 5, Tuesday A variety of realistically-priced goods. Rod and Custom Club 50th products and live entertainment. Exhibitions and plants. Poverty Bay Blues Club Carpark behind St Andrew’s Church, access off Anniversary Hot Rod Display Poverty Bay Bowling Club, 111 Ormond Behind the Gisborne i-Site, 209 Grey St, 1-3pm, free entry. Gourmet platters available. January 15-17, 21-24 & 28-30, Jan 1-31; Places and Faces, A selection of live blues music. Childers Rd, 8am-midday, $5/car Over 150 cars will be on site to view. Rd, 9am, free entry 6-8.30am. Stallholder inquiries: Bookings essential: Ph 867 6140 unidentified glass plate negatives taken Dome Room, PBC, 38 Childers Rd, doors Friday-Sunday, Thursday-Sunday Marina Park (beside the Lawson Field Wendy ph 862 5860 or [email protected] by Fred Foster – Off The Canvas: open 7pm, music 8pm, $5 door sales, R18 Klang Dance & Thursday-Saturday Rose Garden), Fitzherbert St, 10am-1pm CONTINUED BACK PAGE Tom Heeney, Gisborne-born boxer Gisborne Farmers’ Market January 3 & 4, Sunday & Monday Come along for Auckland’s infamous Charlotte’s Web and NZ’s first global sporting hero Wa165 Steam Train Trip to January 5-8, 11-15, 18-22 & 25-29, underground-techno band.