Gig Guide

Antonio Mercuri was named Drummer of the Year, while Brenny & The Bushwhackers, in which he plays, took out Band of the Year.

The ghouls are out and the stages are lit. Welcome to the Weekend Gig Guide Halloween Edition for Friday 30 and Saturday 31 October. We've dug up 6 gigs on Friday and 11 on Saturday night, from haunted ale houses to house-of-horrors dance floors. Scroll down if you

Invercargill's That 80s Band is back — hairspray, shoulder pads, and all — with a show at the Corinthians Centre on Saturday November 14 that promises a full night of 1980s hits played live. The band, 14 years old in various forms, will perform at the Invercargill Workingmen's

Laura Allen has taken the top prize at this year's ILT Southland Art Awards, with her work *34 years of Age* claiming the Supreme Award at a ceremony held at Invercargill's transitional public art gallery on Friday October 2. Now in its third year, the awards

Massive weekend ahead. Friday it's the Stags v Northland final regular-season home game at Rugby Park followed by the ILT Fireworks Spectacular — Newfield's running a Stags Bus (6:15pm). For a different Friday, dust off the formal wear for the ILT Murihiku Art Awards 2026 Gala

Seal, Bastille, Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Level 42 are headlining the 2027 Summer Concert Tour, with Greenstone Entertainment confirming the line-up today for two outdoor shows across Auckland Anniversary Weekend in January. The tour hits Wānaka's Three Parks Outdoor Arena on Saturday January 30, then the Taupō Amphitheatre on

It's a big one, Invercargill! Waxy's goes all out for Sir Arthur Guinness Day on Saturday with pint pouring comps, trivia, Irish outfit prizes and All Night Long from 9:30pm, while the Stags take on Canterbury at 5:05pm with the game on screens right

Saturday's the marquee — the Otago Southland Axemen Indoor Woodchopping Comp FINALS hit Waikiwi from 4pm. Axes, sawdust, roaring crowd — genuine Southland winter theatre, and a proper spectacle. Sunday brings Stags v Taranaki live on the big screen at Waikiwi from 5:05pm. Friday runs the usual weekend kick-off