This week's gig guide

A109 Light Utility Helicopter flight with mayor Gisborne City from the air in November 2023.

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Smash Palace, Friday March 17, 7.30pm. A celebration of women in music. Well Wahine, free entry.

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Smash Palace, rock with Wairoa band Dakilulu. Saturday, March 18, 9pm, $10 door charge.

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RSA, Saturday 7pm to 11pm, dress as your favourite superstar, prizes for best dressed. Hosted by Walter Walsh ‘The Wiz’ Gisborne Centre Stage fundraiser for Jesus Christ Superstar production. Entry $10.

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Smash Palace, Sunday March 19, 3pm to 5pm. Come have a go at line dancing.

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Social, modern and sequence dancing. Theme: St Patrick's. Holy Trinity Church Hall, 70 Derby St, Saturday 7.30-11pm. Details: Pat ph 021 049 7148, Allan ph 021 243 3652. No stiletto heels.

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Singers and musicians welcome. Senior Citizens' Hall, 30 Grey St, Sunday 1pm-4pm, $5 visitors, $3 members, $1 children, incl afternoon tea, ph Flo 867 7637 or flo.pahuru@outlook.co.nz

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Join in the fun: All ages, beginner/advanced dancers. Senior Citizens Hall, 30 Grey St, Tuesday 4.30- 6.30pm. Details: Kerry ph 021 102 4890.

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Sugar Night Club, Saturday March 25.

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Breakers Restaurant and Bar, Saturday March 25, 8pm to 11pm. Free entry.

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The Dome, May 13.

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St Andrew’s Church, Cobden Street. Sunday April 2, 2pm.

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War Memorial Theatre, April 7, 7pm.

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The Dome, supported by Lazy Fifty, August 12.

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War Memorial Theatre, July.

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A fast-paced comic farce, at Evolution Theatre, Disraeli St, March 16-26.

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Evolution Theatre, Disraeli Street, due March 30-April 2 has been postponed.

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Unity Theatre, Ormond Road. Opening night April 21.

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Centre Stage presents the iconic rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar. Onstage April 27 to May 6. Tickets from ticketek.co.nz or Gisborne i-SITE.

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Musical Theatre Gisborne production. Tickets on sale now at ticketek.co.nz. War Memorial Theatre, May 19 to 27.

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Celebrating the achievement of Sarah and Edward Featon of Gisborne, who in the 1880s undertook an ambitious project to describe and paint New Zealand’s flowering plants. Until June 25.

Graeme Nicoll has sketched, painted and carved for as long as he can remember. It’s his happy place, hence his exhibition’s title. This exhibition concentrates mainly on his artwork since retiring in 2018. Until March 26.

A series of paintings created during Ryan Ledger’s recovery process of mental health. The exhibition explores the themes of identity and his interpretation of what spirituality is while identifying as a gay man. Until March 19;

an extension of Erena Koopu’s exploration of waiata in paint. Until April 26.