THIS SPRING, AUCKLAND FRINGE INVITES YOU INTO A WORLD WHERE ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE

After a year’s hiatus the festival that showcases the gloriously experimental and wildly innovative arts persona of Tāmaki is back, just in time to usher in Spring. Featuring 56 acts across 14 performance spaces it’s time to celebrate with all of the wacky, political, funny and uber-artistic artists that will come together from September 1 – 22, for Auckland Fringe.

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Michelle Lafferty
UNTRODDEN WAYS: NZTRIO’S 2024 TRIPTYCH JOURNEY CONTINUES

NZTrio, one of New Zealand’s most celebrated chamber ensembles, is delighted to announce the second instalment of their 2024 series, with Triptych 2: Untrodden Ways. This continuation of their three-part concert series will unfold in September & October in Whitianga (15 Sep), Auckland (18 Sep), and Greytown (22 Sep), before travelling across the ditch to Adelaide (4 Oct) and Melbourne (5 Oct).

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Michelle Lafferty
LONGEST RUNNING ANNUAL ARTS FESTIVAL IN AOTEAROA TURNS THIRTY

This spring the Nelson Arts Festival celebrates 30 years of incredible artists, conversations and festivities in Whakatū Nelson. To get the party started, the festival announces five acts ahead of the programme launch on Friday 30 August. The festival will offer more than 56 must-see arts experiences over 11 awe-inspiring days, from 24 October – 3 November.

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Michelle Lafferty
A Musical Milestone Music Therapy Celebrates 50 Years in Aotearoa!

This year, Music Therapy New Zealand celebrates a significant milestone: 50 years of music therapy practice in Aotearoa. To mark this anniversary there will be a three-day “Looking Back, Moving Forward” event in Wellington, which will begin with an opening celebration on 13 September, followed by a two day conference on 14-15 September 2024. The conference programme includes 48 presentations by over 60 presenters from New Zealand and around the world.

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Michelle Lafferty
SAVAGE COLONISER HEADS NORTH & SOUTH AHEAD OF FIRST INTERNATIONAL SEASON

Following its sell-out season earlier this year at the Aotearoa NZ Festival Of The Arts, having played to packed houses all over the country, The Savage Coloniser Show tours to WORD Christchurch Festival in Tusiata Avia’s hometown of Ōtautahi (9 - 13 September) and to Te Tairāwhiti Arts Festival (10 October). The production will then make is international debut at the Seoul Performing Arts Festival 2024 (19 - 20 October).

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Michelle Lafferty
DANCE THEATRE FARCE NGĀ RORIRORI FROM TAWATA PRODUCTIONS HEADS ON TOUR

Celebrating 20 years of Tawata Productions, the acclaimed company is taking their unapologetically Indigenous, genre-bending and ground-breaking work Ngā Rorirori on tour, following a successful premiere season in 2022. Melding together contemporary dance, theatre, farcical storytelling and digital recording, this work from Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi Laureate 2022 playwright and director Hone Kouka plays in Te Whanganui-a-Tara (12-15 September), Tāmaki Makaurau at Kōanga Festival (19-22 September), Tūranganui-a-Kiwa (25 September) and Ōtautahi at WHAO Festival (04 October).

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Michelle Lafferty
DAN AND PHIL NEW ZEALAND TOUR 2024

Award-winning duo and all-time internet legends, Dan and Phil are back with their biggest worldwide tour to date, Terrible Influence - a screamingly hilarious brand-new live stage show. The tour will take in an initial 70+ dates around the globe, starting in September 2024 until February 2025.

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Michelle Lafferty
A ROMANTIC EVENING WITH BACH MUSICA NZ

Enjoy an outstanding evening of musical excellence from the country’s most renowned combined choir and orchestra, Bach Musica NZ, at the Auckland Town Hall on 15 September, with a presentation of Mendelssohn's popular Symphony No 2 Hymn of Praise, op. 52.

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Michelle Lafferty