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Thursday 23 February 2012

Waitakaruru Sculpture Park Exhibition
Summer 2011: sky above, earth below - Guest curator Andrew Clifford has selected a fascinating range of works that will excite and intrigue visitors to the Park.
Date: Sun 20 Nov 2011 - Sun 4 Mar 2012

After School Pottery Classes
How to Make a Monster - Have you always wanted to try your hand at the art of pottery? Our short, 9-week after-school pottery course for 8 ? 12 year olds will get you on your way to being a master sculptor in no time!
Date: Wed 01 Feb 2012 - Sun 1 Apr 2012

Glass Casting Workshop
Join me at my purpose built Glass Casting Studio in Ohaupo, Waikato to learn the techniques of Glass Casting over 3 informative and fun days.
Date: Fri 03 Feb 2012 - Sat 10 Mar 2012

Summer 2012 Art Classes
oil painting, painting and drawing techniques, creative watercolour/acrylics, art mix for absolute beginners, experimental printmaking, cottage crafts, etching & drypoint, children?s art, children?s drawing, drawing the human body, cartooning, the portrait? something for everyone!
Date: Tue 07 Feb 2012 - Thu 1 Mar 2012

Exhibition at the Framing Workshop
Deconstructing Technology ? embossed prints by .caroline.blair.art.
Date: Tue 07 Feb 2012 - Thu 1 Mar 2012

Photography Workshops
Working in Adobe Lightroom, Shooting on Location & On Location: The Next Level.
Date: Sat 11 Feb 2012 - Sat 25 Feb 2012

Painting and Printmaking Award
Exhibition in the Gardens Pavilion will feature another stunning line-up of work from some of the country's best visual art makers.'
Date: Fri 17 Feb 2012 - Thu 1 Mar 2012

Status Update: A Recital
Six seventy-something year olds recite some of the funniest, ignorant, offensive and downright hilarious status updates and comment threads found on social networking sites and emails.
Date: Tue 21 Feb 2012 - Sun 26 Feb 2012

Improv Comedy Show
- No prescription necessary! Laughter is the best medicine so take your dose with us. A hysterical line up of humour practitioners ready to intravenously overdose you on improv at the almost naughty time of 9pm.
Date: Wed 22 Feb 2012 - Fri 24 Feb 2012

Poetry Slam
An evening of poetic perfection. Join us as Lorenzo Buhne performs songs from his new album Wild Iron, featuring adaptations of NZ poetry.
Date: Thu 23 Feb 2012

Emily Smith & Jamie McClennan
Award winning Scottish folk singer Emily Smith & Hamilton born multi-instrumentalist Jamie McClennan make a return visit to the festival following their sell out show in 2010. Performing a beautiful blend of traditional and original folk songs and tunes on vocals, accordion, piano, fiddle and guitar this is an act not to miss!
Date: Thu 23 Feb 2012

Friday 24 February

Dark Side of the Uke
The Big Muffin Serious Band venture into dark and dangerous territory where no other ukulele group has dared to go.
Date: Fri 24 Feb 2012

Saturday 25 February

Art Circles
A showcase of artists from the region who represent outstanding excellence in a range of specific practices.
Date: Sat 25 Feb 2012

String Quintet Performance
Leading Auckland Violists, Owen Gordon and Wen-chuan Lin collaborate with Auckland?s String Quartet, ?MusicSpace?, to perform the two great Viola Quintets.
Date: Sat 25 Feb 2012

Dame Malvina Major at Hamilton Gardens
In 2012 our national treasure is moving back to Hamilton and this event welcomes her home after her extraordinary journey.
Date: Sat 25 Feb 2012

Villains at Flow
Hamilton?s hip hop collective Villains will be celebrating the release of their new video Rapscallions.
Date: Sat 25 Feb 2012

Jazz in the Roses
Let the smooth grooves flow over you while you savour the best of the surrounding wine and gourmet delicacies.
Date: Sat 25 Feb 2012 - Sun 26 Feb 2012

World War Four at Axces
Local metal legends World War Four are playing at the after party of the International Tattoo & Art Expo.
Date: Sat 25 Feb 2012

Sunday 26 February

Sunset Symphony
Bring friends and family and a picnic dinner. Experience some of the world?s great music outdoors.
Date: Sun 26 Feb 2012

Monday 27 February

Jez Lowe & Kate Bramley
Award winning songwriter Jez Lowe has toured the world, building up a formidable reputation, and gaining the respect of his peers and his audience alike for his toe-tapping thought provoking songs from northern England.
Date: Mon 27 Feb 2012

Four Dogs and a Bone
A sharply-written Hollywood satire from the team that brought you The Miser of Mystery Creek & King Lear.
Date: Mon 27 Feb 2012 - Thu 1 Mar 2012

Tuesday 28 February

Twilight in Tuscany
Enjoy an evening of early music set in the stunning Italian Renaissance Garden, with works by the Italian Masters.
Date: Tue 28 Feb 2012 - Wed 29 Feb 2012

Sunday 4 March

I Musici
The 2012 season is launched in grand style with one of the best-known ensembles in the world on their first ever visit to New Zealand, I Musici from Rome, Italy.
Date: Sun 04 Mar 2012

Saturday 10 March

Soundscape
The award-winning sellout street party is back on March 10 and with over 50 acts Soundscape is bigger and better than ever.
Date: Sat 10 Mar 2012

Ballet Performance
NYC New Young Classic ? Three Short Ballets from the Big Apple - An opportunity to enjoy contrasting ballets conceived and created in New York City.
Date: Sat 10 Mar 2012 - Sun 11 Mar 2012

Saturday 17 March

Richard O'Brien Concert
Legendary Richard O?Brien, author of The Rocky Horror Show, will delight audiences with a 70th birthday concert, entitled It?s Party Time, at Founders Theatre.
Date: Sat 17 Mar 2012

Don Quixote of La Mancha
An impoverished gentleman by the name of Alonso Quijano goes insane from reading too many chivalric romances and decides to become a knight errant. Arming himself with rusty old weapons retrieved from his barn and riding a decrepit farm horse, he renames himself Don Quixote of La Mancha and sets out in search of adventures.
Date: Sat 17 Mar 2012 - Sat 31 Mar 2012

Wednesday 21 March

Cambridge Autumn Festival
Click here to find out details about the 2012 programme.
Date: Wed 21 Mar 2012 - Sun 25 Mar 2012

Sunday 25 March

Tamahere Vineyard Concert
Sola Rosa, Cornerstone Roots, Billy TK Jnr, Swamp Thing, Paul Ubana Jones, Ashley Knox. Relax and watch the sunset at Hilltop while enjoying a vintage selection of NZ's finest exponents of Jazz, blues and roots music.
Date: Sun 25 Mar 2012

Friday 20 April

Shen Yun returns to New Zealand
Discover the glory of a fantastically rich culture, that of classical China, brought to life through brilliantly choreographed dance and mesmerizing, all-original orchestral compositions. Magnificently costumed dancers,the world's elite,move in poetic arrangements that evoke pastoral beauty, imperial drama, and the glory of an ancient civilization.
Date: Fri 20 Apr 2012 - Tue 24 Apr 2012