■ Seattle Tribute 2023 - Alice In Chains, Soundgarden and Nirvana
Smash Palace. Saturday August 5. The Superunknowns/Sludge Factory and Tom Grant Disciples stun audiences with their high-energy tributes to these three Seattle bands. 8pm. Tickets $34.50 from https://tinyurl.com/dvhyux8t
■ Gisborne Home and Lifestyle Expo
Over 60 exhibitors will be waiting for you to come and see/try their latest products and innovations. Saturday and Sunday at the Farmers Air Event Centre, Gisborne between 10am and 4pm. Free entry for public and free parking.
■ Gisborne Country Music Club
Sunday August 6 and 20. Singers and musicians welcome. Senior Citizens Hall, 30 Grey Street, 1pm to 4pm, $5 visitors, $3 members, $1 children, including afternoon tea. Ph Flo 867 7637 or 027 494 6979 flo.pahuru@outlook.co.nz
■ Irish Music Session
Enjoy Irish music and a sing-song. The Rivers, cnr Gladstone Rd & Reads Quay. 3pm-5pm, Sunday August 6.
■ International Food Festival
Gisborne Boys’ High School Hall, Sunday August 6, 5pm until the food runs out. Cultural performances, music and other fun activities. If you want to have a stand for free, contact diversetairawhiti@gmail.com
■ Gisborne Pub Choir
Smash Palace, every Tuesday 7pm to 9pm. Group sings popular songs. Singing tuition provided, no prior experience needed. Learn a new song each week and sing about a dozen pop classics.
■ Gisborne Choral Society
St Andrew’s Church , Monday nights, 7pm. Rehearsing for a concert in October of Morten Lauridsen’s Lux Aeterna and other items.
■ Lunch with Sir John Kirwan at the Tolaga Bay Golf Club
Have lunch with All Black legend Sir John Kirwan. The 90-minute event, from 12 midday to 1.30pm, is open to the public. Thursday August 10. https://www.facebook.com/events/1484025145738191
Coming Up
■ Bowie: Absolute Bowie Tribute
Saturday, August 12. A seven-piece band supported by Lazy Fifty. Dome Cinema PBC, 38 Childers Road, 8pm, $30 Eventfinder or $35 at the door. Tickets from cancelled February show valid.
Theatre
■ Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew
Evolution Theatre August 10-20.
■ Michael James Manaia
Gisborne Unity Theatre, Ormond Road, August 11-19.
Visual Arts
■ Dreamers - Louise Walsh and Jolene Douglas
The exhibition opening will be held at 5.30pm tomorrow (August 4) at the Tairāwhiti Museum. Walsh’s work stems from her first piece, The Beginning, its simple lines and colours creating an overall pattern and base for other works. In my Wilderness We live in Mansions is a series of pastels by Douglas created for the exhibition Dreamers — a collection of dreamscapes — mystical, magical, botanical. The exhibition finishes on October 1.
■ Wearable Art by Susan Holmes
The exhibition opening will be held at 5.30pm on Friday, August 25, at Tairāwhiti Museum. This exhibition showcases the sculptural one-off showpiece garments made for World of Wearable Art (WOW) by textile artist Susan Holmes who has made thousands of hand-dyed and printed garments. The exhibition finishes on November 5.
■ Gisborne Artists, Potters and Photographers annual exhibition
Join the Gisborne Artists’ Society, Pottery Group and Camera Club for their annual showcase at Tairāwhiti Museum. Open until August 20.
■ What They Didn’t Teach Us At School
Clayton Gibson exhibition at Tairāwhiti Museum until September 17.
■ Matariki Exhibition
He Rau Aroha Gallery, 26 Peel Street, featuring mahi toi by various ringatoi. The exhibition runs until August 18.
Let The Guide know what’s on, guide@gisborneherald.co.nz or ph 869 0600
