What’s On in Dunedin

Until Sun 18 Oct · Dunedin Public Art Gallery

Exhibition exploring the work of Frances Hodgkins, in its final week.

Until Sun 18 Oct · Dunedin Public Art Gallery

Simon Ingram exhibition showing alongside Panorama until 18 October.

Thu 15 & Fri 16 Oct · Allen Hall Theatre

Lunchtime theatre performance at 1pm on both days.

Wed 14 Oct · New Athenaeum Theatre, The Octagon

Monthly poetry and spoken-word night starting at 7pm.

Until Fri 30 Oct · Artsenta, 462 Princes St

Pop-up exhibition and sale marking 40 years of Artsenta.

Until Sat 31 Oct · RDS Gallery, 6 Castle St

Exhibition on show at RDS Gallery through October.

Fri 16 Oct · Regent Theatre

Beatles tribute show at 7.30pm.

Sat 17 Oct · Waitati Hall

Kōpūtai People’s Party and The Wild Chitokakas play, doors 7.30pm and music from 8pm.

Sun 11 Oct · Opoho Bowling Club, 80 Lovelock Ave

Folk club evening featuring pipa player Yujing Cui at 7.30pm.

Fri 16 Oct · Bayfield High School

Spring concert by the Dunedin Collegiate Orchestra at 7pm.

Tue 13 Oct · The Bog; Wed 14 Oct · Valley Lodge

Open mic at The Bog on Tuesday, and open mic with Jae Bedford at Valley Lodge on Wednesday at 7pm.

Wed 14 Oct · Colquhoun lecture theatre, Great King St

Film society screening of the 1987 film City on Fire at 7.30pm.

Sat 17 Oct · Dunedin Railway Station

The weekly Saturday-morning farmers market.

Thu 15 Oct · No 8 Distillery, 90 Bond St

Games night from 5.30pm at No 8 Distillery.

Wed 14 Oct · Dunedin Public Art Gallery

Society talk at 7.30pm.

Wed 14 Oct · Dunningham Suite, Dunedin City Library

Friendly monthly writers’ group meeting from 5.30pm.

Thu 15 Oct · South Dunedin Community Library

Monthly gathering for graphic novel and manga fans at 6pm.

Fri 16 Oct · Dunedin City Library, Moray Place

Poetry lovers share and discuss poems from 5.15pm.

Sat 17 Oct · The Swan, 23 Bath St

Open conversation gathering from 2.45pm.

Tue 13 Oct · SuperGrans space, South City Mall

Parents’ drop-in session from 10am to noon.

Sun 18 Oct · DBG Propagation Facility, 82 Lovelock Ave

Plant sale from 9am to 12.30pm.

Wed 21 Oct · Dunedin Town Hall

NZSO concert conducted by Tianyi Lu with cello soloist Andrew Joyce at 7.30pm.

Fri 23 Oct · Hanover Hall

Big band jazz evening at 7.30pm.

Sun 25 Oct · 9 Kitchener Street

Free community 5K and 10K run.

Wed 28 Oct · The Hub, Otago Polytechnic, 95 Forth St

Alzheimers Otago fundraiser from 6pm to 8pm.

Until 17 Jan 2027 · Tūhura Otago Museum

Major exhibition continuing at Tūhura Otago Museum.