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Find your way to the best gigs, festivals, exhibitions, and more with your Activity Guide!

February 2025

Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery – Summer Season

Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery launches its summer season with 'A Different Light: First Photographs of Aotearoa.' This exhibition traces the history of photography in Aotearoa New Zealand as a new technology that took hold amidst colonial nation-building.

Featuring some of the rarest and earliest photographs created in Aotearoa – many on public display for the first time – this is a story about how photography became a critical part of the social fabric of this country.

Also being exhibited until the 6th of April is 'Leap to the Place of Two Pools', presenting five new films commissioned by CIRCUIT with artists whose practices honour and amplify multi sensorial ways of being. ...
01 Feb - 15 Jun
11:00 am - 5:00 pm
Adam Art Gallery

Golden Valley Festival

Golden Valley is a boutique 3 day / 2 night electronic music festival in the rolling green hills of Waihi.

Featuring one stage showcasing a lineup perfectly curated to bring people together under LO-FI'S unique aesthetic.

With a perfect balance of the best DJs and artists our local scene has to offer, alongside premium international acts against a backdrop of never ending hills and ocean views!

We invite you to come and enjoy our unique hospitality, all weather site and top level production with delicious food, epic art and fun loving folks.

Join us at Golden Valley to dance, laugh and share from Friday until Sunday evening.

Sleeping until Monday onsite is encouraged. Tickets from Ticket fairy 🙂 ...
21 Feb - 23 Feb

RadioActive x ChoiceBros F-C-K-N @LE Beer Launch

Choice Bros teamed up with Wellington's very own RadioActive to brew a mean Hazy IPA... and now it's time for you to try it!

On Friday 21st of February you'll be able to drink F'ing @LE Hazy IPA on tap and in cans right here at the Choice Bros taproom on Ghuznee St 🙂

With tunes spanning House, Funky groove, soul, Hip Hop and D&B from RadioActive DJs Club Medder and FinnDelay from 4.30pm.

Tasty specials on offer including, $10 F'ing @LE pints, $2 Chicken Wings, $25 Wagyu Burger and F.C.K.N @LE pint.

A Hazy IPA made for drinking, not saying.

 No door charge. No tickets. No guestlist. Come down and have some fun <3 ...
21 Feb
4:30 pm
Choice Bros

Massey University Orientation 2025: Next is Now!

Massey O-Week is an unforgettable experience with spectacular gigs over two nights, Friday 21 and Saturday 22 February.

Live acts and DJs who studied at Massey and now perform nationally and internationally kick off the university year with full noise.

Open to all Massey students and the general public. It's about being a part of something bigger and experiencing the energy of a university that’s shaping the next wave of artists and creatives. It’s a chance for new students to see where they could be in just a few years.

Friday 21 line up
Wet Denim with Dani Josie, Sofia Machray and Adult friends.

Saturday 22 line up
Mikeyy with LiminalWendy1 and Froth.

Discounted tickets available for students using a unique code sent via email. Tickets from Eventbrite.co.nz ...
21 Feb - 22 Feb
6:30 pm - 11:00 pm
Massey - The Great Hall

Open Air – Carlucci Land

Open Air are excited to welcome you back to a day and night adventure at the weird and wonderful Carlucci Land in Happy Valley.

We are planning a fully immersive production again with a great range of artists as well as the Radio Active stage filled with your favourite DJ’s!

Gracing the main stage we have: Ryan C, Marcos Alonso, Halo, Dusa, PARIS (AUS), Hape

Representing on the RadioActive.FM stage we have: Sheboy, Iain C, Kindekel II, Manakin, Jedi and Babetech!

Tickets are on sale now from Humanitix.com ...
22 Feb
3:00 pm - 12:00 am
Carlucci Land
281 Happy Valley Road, Ōwhiro Bay, Wellington 6023

Rule of III – Covenant 3rd Birthday Bash

Come join us for Covenant's 3rd birthday with the awesome folks at Underworld Tavern, we have such sights to show you...

DJ Beware will be warming your corpses up to open the night before cracking into our wicked lineup. Including the illustrious Vixen Temple, noise artist Crash Scan, general nuisances Dole Bulger and the titular Twisted Shadows emerging again from the void, we have a little insanity for everyone. There is plenty to go round!

Spot prizes for best dressed will be rewarded with our special promotion offering summoning cards that can be used at your discretion at Covenant.

DOORS: 7.30pm $20 on door ONLINE: $20. LIMITED PRESALES: only $15, get in quick!

Available from UnderTheRadar.co.nz 🙂 ...
22 Feb
7:30 pm

All Things Will Stay Silent

David Long, guitarist in TEETH and iconic NZ band, The Muttonbirds, is performing his new album, All Things Will Stay Silent.

This new album layers vocals, electric guitar and beats with an odd orchestral ensemble to create crooked, immersive songs. He is joined by Luke Buda, Nell Thomas, Riki Gooch, Tom Callwood and six members of the NZSO.

Tickets are door sales only, $30 full price, $15 for unwaged, $40 for vinyl and entry.. Doors at 7.30. ...
23 Feb
7:30 pm
Meow
Wellington

Guy Gunn: Beast Basher

Guy Gunn hosts a low-budget, conspiracy-based, hunting show called BEAST BASHER where he hunts and kills monsters.

In this episode, he sneaks into a meeting of famous monsters to kill them. However, once inside, he learns of their complex and emotional lives and that they fear a boogeyman of their own: Guy Gunn.

Reviews of previous work: Art Murmurs - "Side-splitting gags, hilarious premise, and a touch of anti-capitalist banter". Regional News - "Reaches multiple climactic points [like] a thriller on the big screen". Theatreview - "Everything I want to see more of in theatre".

Showing at the Gryphon Theatre!

Tickets and info at Fringe.co.nz 🙂 ...
24 Feb - 26 Feb
8:30 pm

San Fran Quiz Night

Get ready for a hilarious night of music trivia at the San Fran Quiz Night, hosted by the award-winning comedian Patch Lambert!

Grab your team of up to 8 and enjoy a fun-filled evening of great food, cheap drinks, and big laughs.

Doors open: 6:30pm

Quiz starts: 7:30pm

1st Place: San Fran ticket to a show of each team member’s choice + $100 bar tab

2nd Place: A double pass to a San Fran show of your choice + $50 bar tab

3rd Place: A double pass to a selected San Fran show – this will change each quiz 🙂

Sign your team up at SanFran.co.nz/Quiz ...
25 Feb
6:30 pm
San Fran
Wellington

Summer Camp at San Fran (February)

Summer Camp returns to San Fran! Showcasing the best up-and-coming local talent with tickets from $10, as well as drink specials and themed cocktails courtesy of their beloved sponsor Jameson.

The remaining shows are:

First Reserve and Keira Batten Coogan on Wednesday the 26th of February

Dropper and Shooless on Thursday the 27th of February

Get your tickets now from Moshtix.co.nz to join the happy campers this summer at San Fran! ...
26 Feb - 27 Feb
7:00 pm
San Fran
Wellington
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