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02 Dec 2025  to 07 Dec 2025
Art Music

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

Brimful of song, humour, love, and lashings of festive joy, A Christmas Carol is a magical, grand-in-scale production – perfect for the entire family.

Venue:  The Civic, Auckland
Region:  Auckland  / 
03 Dec 2025  to 04 Mar 2026
Art Exhibition

Guided Tour | Pop to Present

Join one of our expert Gallery Guides for a tour through 'Pop to Present: American Art from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.'

Venue:  Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Region:  Auckland  / 
03 Dec 2025  to 03 Dec 2025
Film Screening Show Theatre

Workmates in 4D: Basement Theatre fundraiser

It’s happening whānau, we’re screening WORKMATES at Basement Theatre!

Venue:  Basement Theatre
Region:  Auckland  / 
04 Dec 2025  to 04 Dec 2025
Exhibition Public Program

Opening of ‘Future Proof: Paintings in Perpetuity’ exhibition

Please join us for the opening of our latest exhibition ‘Future Proof: Paintings in Perpetuity’.

Venue:  Te Ahumairangi Ground Floor Foyer, National Library of New Zealand
Region:  Wellington  / 
05 Dec 2025  to 06 Dec 2025
Dance Music Public Program

SLEIGH 4 U

SLEIGH 4 U is your official Silly Season kickoff - loud tunes, sweaty dance floors, cheap drinks and a little unhinged summertime energy.

Venue:  Basement Theatre
Region:  Auckland  / 
05 Dec 2025  to 05 Dec 2025
Festival Public Program

Twilight in the Village – Titirangi Christmas Market

The Te Uru shop will be open late for part of Twilight in the Village. Your perfect chance to shop for one-of-a-kind Christmas gifts and soak up the holiday magic.

Venue:  Te Uru Waitākere Contemporary Gallery
Region:  Auckland  / 
05 Dec 2025  to 24 Dec 2025
Art Exhibition

Runcibles iii

Runcibles iii - a group show.

Venue:  Brett McDowell Gallery
Region:  Dunedin  /  Otago  / 
05 Dec 2025  to 14 Dec 2025
Theatre

Sinbad the Sailor - a pantomime by Peter Denyer.

A fun-filled pantomime for the whole family!

Venue:  TheatreWorks Birkenhead
Region:  Auckland  / 
05 Dec 2025  to 21 Feb 2026

APAPACHO Hugs suspended in time, Multidisciplinary Art Exhibition by Sur-Collective

Un apapacho is to embrace others until time stands still, to suspend the noise of the world in order to care for what trembles: memory, love, body and soul. This exhibition brings together a group of women who create from kindness as a political force.

Venue:  Homestead Galleries at Corban Estate Arts Centre
Region: 
05 Dec 2025  to 05 Dec 2025
Music

The Changing Same with The Bobby Holidays and The Fuzzies

Rock “n” roll at the Irish Pub, halfway down Dominion Rd.

Venue:  The Clare Inn
Region:  Auckland  / 
06 Dec 2025  to 06 Dec 2025
Festival

Christmas In the Village - Grey Lynn

Grey Lynn is getting into the Christmas groove and you’re invited to join the fun!

Venue:  Along West Lynn & Surrey Crescent Shops , Grey Lynn
Region:  Auckland  / 
06 Dec 2025  to 06 Dec 2025
Art Public Art Workshops

FREE Community Canvas Painting with Yaniv Janson

FREE Community Canvas Painting with Yaniv Janson

Venue:  Artspost, Level 1 - Studio 2
Region:  Waikato  /