Neck of the Woods: 95bFM throws some of the best parties in town, so you'd be silly to miss their silly season send-off. The 95bFM Christmas Party '18 features the groovy electronica sounds of Imugi, who play Laneway 2019; sublime ambient electronica artist Peach Milk; trippy DJ Christopher El Truento, and thrill rockers CINDY. There's also be DJ sets from Top Ten tastemaker Pearl Little, Morning Glory host Jenn and The Grow Room's Nelson. It's free, and features support from Rudi's and Jumping Goat Liquor.
Neck of the Woods, 95bFM Christmas Party, tonight, 8pm
Basement Theatre: If you missed out on tickets to Work Do, this year's raunchy and hilarious edition of the Basement Theatre's annual Christmas show, the theatre still has a couple tricks up its sleeve before closing for the year. For starters, Work Do runs until next Friday, December 21 but this weekend, there's a few treats in store. On Saturday, it's the Basement Christmas Market at 2pm, with stalls featuring local art, gifts and trinkets – perfect for some ethical, locally-focused last-minute gift buying. That night, they're hosting No Homo, a new regular queer comedy night that brings some of Auckland's best LGBTQI+ comedians together. This week features Leon Wadham, Eli Matthewson and China Gonzalez.
Basement Theatre, Saturday, 2pm then 8pm
Holy Trinity Cathedral:
It's almost a wrap for the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra but before the city's favourite classical musicians end 2018, there's the small matter of celebrating Christmas with its annual and much-loved festive season concerts. Conductor Hamish McKeich, bass-baritone James Ioelu and the Graduate Choir NZ (directed by Terence Maskell) join the orchestra to perform yuletide favourites like Tchaikovsky's