Comedy Festival
It's the final weekend of the Comedy Festival but hold your tears! The Basement has saved (some of) the best 'til last with the very funny Brynley Stent, Kura Forrester, James Nokise and Barnie Duncan, Tom Sainsbury and Ray Shipley all performing this weekend. Is Stent really a "filthy little goblin?" Has Forrester ever looked as glamorous as she does in her latest head shots? Will Sainsbury cement his growing reputation as one of our funniest people? And if you want to get every last minute of laughs that you can from this year's festival, stick around for the Basement's Another Very Notorious, Very Late Show at 11.30pm on Saturday.
Comedy Festival, Basement Theatre, until Saturday
Sun Kil Moon
US folk rock artist Mark Kozelek's project Sun Kil Moon is returning to New Zealand this weekend for shows in Auckland and Wellington. Kozelek will revisit The Tuning Fork on Saturday after selling out the downtown Auckland venue on his last tour in 2017. He will follow up with a show at Wellington's San Fran on Sunday.
Each night fans will be treated to a two and a half hour-long performance, with Kozelek drawing on a wealth of material spanning 10 studio albums, from 2003's Ghost of the Great Highway and the recently released I Also Want to Die in New Orleans.
The singer, songwriter and guitarist's time down under comes after a hectic 12 months which also included the release of a self-titled solo album and an extensive world tour.
Sun Kil Moon, The Tuning Fork, Saturday May 25