TODAY
• Community Wood-Firing, 9am, Quarry Arts Centre, 21 Selwyn Ave, Whangārei,
• Whangārei's Big Night Out, 6.30am-10pm, Dickens Inn, 71 Cameron St, Vinetown, Whangārei.
• Live Music With Zig Zag Strait, 7.30pm-10.30pm, Paihia Ex-Services Club, 1 Joyces Rd, Paihia, Bay of Islands.
• Turner Centre Jazz Club - Ray Woolf & Mike Walker Trio, 5pm-9pm, Turner Centre, 43 Cobham Rd, Kerikeri, Bay of Islands.
• McCaskill & Brown Back, 4pm-8pm, The Old Stone Butter Factory, 8 Butter Factory Lane, Whangārei.
• Serious Happiness, 8pm, The Old Stone Butter Factory, 8 Butter Factory Lane, Whangārei.
SATURDAY
• Matariki @ Hihiaua Festival, 10am-3pm, Hihiaua Peninsula, Whangārei.
• Auckland Youth Orchestra, 7.30pm, Old Library Building Arts Centre, Whangārei.
• Be Free Winter Concert, 7pm, Turner Centre, Kerikeri, Bay of Islands.
• I See Red, 8pm, The Old Stone Butter Factory, Whangārei,
• Mangonui Craft Market, 9am, Mangonui Hall, Doubtless Bay, Far North.
• Mangawhai Tavern Market, 8.30am, The Mangawhai Tavern, Mangawhai, Kaipara.
• The Meditation Mat (Transformational Yoga & Meditation), 9.30am, OneOneSix, Whangārei.