KEY POINTS:
Today
* Promising to be a "European contemporary visual feast", Max Black begins a three-night run at the Maidment Theatre tonight at 7.30.
* Australia's Spaghetti Western Orchestra brings the best western soundtracks to the Festival Club, Red Square at Britomart, today until Saturday.
* The sweet sounds of Kirsten Morell and Goldenhorse come to the Spiegeltent tonight and tomorrow, at 7pm.
Tomorrow
* New York-based Kiwi singer Tama Waipara comes home to perform his unique brand of live jazz at the Festival Club, Red Square at Britomart, 9.30pm.
* The University of Auckland Strings present an hour-long concert at St Matthew-in-the-City, from 6pm.