Street party, circus and cider
Your Nelson week, 22 to 28 Oct
This weekend
Six picks for Saturday and Sunday
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The Big Spring Street Party - Nelson Arts Festival
This free, family friendly community event is part of the Nelson Arts Festival, with a chance to share your wisdom with the Oracle's Assistant.
Free -
Weber Bros presents 'THE CIRCUS'
This is a circus show, the largest in Australasia, returning to the South Island.
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Ngatimoti Festival
This is a community festival with plants, craft and market stalls to raise funds for the local school.
Free -
Big Worlds in Short
This is a literary event where writers Tina Makereti and Joseph Trinidad will discuss their award winning work.
$25 -
Peckham's Orchard Bar & Cider Garden OPEN DAY - Spring Moutere Artisan
This is an open day at the cider garden with tastings and live music.
Free -
Levity Beet, Bamboo Bucket Boing
This is a children's musical show featuring humorous songs played on unusual instruments.
More events this week
Day by day
Thursday, 22 October 2026
Tiri: Te Araroa Woman Far Walking
Theatre Royal Nelson, 7pm to 8.30pm. This bilingual play tells the story of a matriarch from the Treaty signing to today. Ages 12+.
Friday, 23 October 2026
Kirby Lane, 5.30pm to 8.30pm. This is a live music event to kick off the arts festival, featuring rangatahi musicians. Free.
The Boathouse, 9pm to 11.55pm. This is a live music event with an eleven piece band playing Latin American rhythms. $20.
Saturday, 24 October 2026
Nelson Centre of Musical Arts, 1pm to 2pm. This is a literary event where two novelists discuss their latest books about family dynamics. $25.
Nelson Centre of Musical Arts, 3.30pm to 4.30pm. This is a literary event where two authors discuss their hard hitting memoirs. $25.
Nelson Centre of Musical Arts, 8.30am to 10pm. This is a live music event where the audience joins teams to dance to disco hits.
Moturoa Open 2026 - NZDG South Island Championships
Moturoa / Rabbit Island, from 8am, runs until Mon 26 6pm. This is a disc golf competition.
Monday, 26 October 2026
Nelson Centre of Musical Arts, 10.30am to 11.30am. This is a literary event celebrating the winner of this year's fiction prize. $25.
Nelson Centre of Musical Arts, 1pm to 2pm. This is a literary event featuring a memoir and a standup comedian. $25.
Theatre Royal Nelson, 2pm to 3.10pm. This is an immersive theatre event set during a lycanthropy outbreak lockdown. Ages 12+.
The Gathering Tide - Chloe Loftus
Tahunanui Beach, 7pm to 8pm. This is a large scale sunset dance celebration on the beach. Booking required.
Tuesday, 27 October 2026
The Village Theatre, 6pm to 7pm. This is a literary event where Peter Butler discusses his relationship with plants and business. $25.
On now
unit 8/4 Fayette Lane. A fused glass heart workshop where you can make a Christmas decoration. On until Saturday 14 November. $125.
Dad joke of the week
How do you organise a space party?
You planet.
Council and roadworks
Assessments and investigations around Richmond. Pavement testing will happen from Sunday 18 October to Thursday 22 October, from 8pm to 5am. Investigations on SH6 Gladstone Road and the SH6 Richmond Deviation are scheduled for Thursday 22 October, weather permitting.
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