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130 upcoming events
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Events in Nelson
Tue22
Tomorrow
Wed23
Wednesday 23 September
Wed 23 · 10 AMFree
Rethinking the System for a Changing Climate
Elma Turner Library - Pokapū Akoako (Elma Turner Library Learning Centre)
Wed 23 · 4 PMFree
🗺️Guided tour🌳Outdoors
Always be Naturing Forest ecological walk and meditation
29 Werneth Street
Wed 23 · 5 PMFree
Everything you ever wanted to know about better building and more...
95 Collingwood Street
Wed 23 · 6 PMNZ$0
🗣️Talk📚Literature
Crisps Lane
Project 100
Thu24
Thursday 24 September
Fri25
Friday 25 September
Fri 25 · 12 PMFree
✂️Workshop🌳Outdoors
Leadership Conversations for Climate and Taiao
Nelson Marina - Westend of F pier (This is the one directly in front of the marina office, a few hundred metres past Ruby's cafe)
Fri 25 · 1:30 PMNZ$195
✂️Workshop💼Career
Introduction to Claude AI
Pūtangitangi Greenmeadows Centre
Fri 25 · 3:30 PMFree
🗣️Talk💼Career
Climate Careers: Discover jobs for the future
48 Van Diemen Street
Fri 25 · 5:30 PMFree
🗣️Talk🔬Science
Fairfield House Talk: A Slender Path To A Thriving Future
48 Van Diemen Street
Fri 25 · 6 PMNZ$0
🎸Jam / Open mic📜Poetry
Come As You Are: Open Mic Night
Project 100
Fri 25 · 6 PMNZ$10
🎪Street party
Legendary Locals and Boathouse Fundraising Evening
The Boathouse
Fri 25 · 8 PM£0
✊Activism
Weekly Sisters’ Dhikr Gathering | Nelson
Cross Street
Sat26
Saturday 26 September
Sat 26 · 10 AMFree
✂️Workshop🌳Outdoors
Permaculture Possibilities: Discover, Design and Transform Your Space
Elma Turner Library - Ruma Manakau
Sat 26 · 1 PMNZ$0
🗣️Talk
Friendship and Networking For Creatives
Project 100
Sat 26 · 1 PMFree
✂️Workshop☀️Open air
Make Noise for Nature Workshop: A Joyful Revolution for Papatūānuku through Music, Climate Activism and Celebration
Waa! Club
Sat 26 · 2 PMNZ$40
☀️Open air🪕Folk / Acoustic
Spring To Life '26
48 Van Diemen Street
Sat 26 · 2 PMFree
🗣️Talk🔬Science
Sizzling Solar Solutions - Nelson
Elma Turner Library - Ruma Manakau
Sat 26 · 6 PMFree
🎬Cinema
Film Screening: The Lorax
State Cinemas Nelson
Sat 26 · 7:30 PM
🎫Concert
Extra Lives - The Interactive Video Game Concert
Theatre Royal
Sat 26 · 5:30 PM
⛰️Trail & ultra🏃Running
Movement is Medicine — Elephant Mountain Challenge
1207 BC-3A
Sat 26 · 9:30 AMCA$0
💼Career🤝Volunteering
Innovate for Impact: Social Hackathon - Nelson
Early Care and Learning Centre
Sun 27 · 10:30 AMFree
🌱Ecology🤝Volunteering
Community Litter Pick with Grassroots Recycling
2 Totara Street
Sun27
Sunday 27 September
Sun 27 · 2 PMFree
🌳Outdoors
The Gathering Place
Chercher
Sun 27 · 3 PMNZ$0
🏷️Other
How to Raise Your Spiritual IQ!
Nightingale Library Memorial
Sun 27 · 3 PMFree
🤝Volunteering
Adults living with Type 1 Diabetes - Nelson/Tasman Support Group (September 2026)
The Honest Lawyer Country Pub, Hotel & Venue Hire
Sat 26 · 7:30 PM
🎹Blues🎷Jazz
Kootenay Blues Society presents: Rob Funk and the Nightcrawlers
Finley's Bar & Grill
Sun 27 · 5:15 PMFree
🎬Cinema
Festival Finale: How to Live on Earth
The Suter Art Gallery
Mon 28 · 9:30 AMNZ$28
🎨Creative workshop🌳Outdoors7–12 yrs
School Holiday Workshops September 2026
The Suter Art Gallery
Later
Wed 30 · 10 AMFree
🧾Drop-in services
Syringe Driver Workshop for ARC RNs/ENs/DNs
Nelson Tasman Hospice
Tue 29 · 7:30 PMCA$54.73
🧘Wellness
Jeremy Sills Sound Journey
527 Josephine St
Thu 1 · 9 AMFree
🗣️Talk
Parkinson's NZ One Day Conference
The Tides Bar and Eatery
Thu 1 · 5:30 PMFree
✂️Workshop🌳Outdoors
Yarn and Yatter Knitting Group
Good Yarn
Thu 1 · 6 PMNZ$50–65
🍽️Food🤝Volunteering
Voices Served Dinner
48 Van Diemen Street
Fri 2 · 6:30 PM50 €
🎉Club
Olive Estate Dancing for a Cause Launch Party
Beachside Conference and Events Centre
Fri 2 · 7 PMNZ$18
🎬Cinema
Top Of The South Film Festival 2026 session 1
The Suter Art Gallery
Sat 3 · 10 AMNZ$120
✂️Workshop
Build Your Own AI Game Studio: A Hands-On Game Development Workshop
Elma Turner Library - Ruma Manakau
Sat 3 · 6 PMNZ$18
🎬Cinema
Top Of The South Film Festival 2026 session 2
The Suter Art Gallery
Sat 3 · 8:15 PMNZ$18
🎬Cinema
Top Of The South Film Festival 2026 — session 3
The Suter Art Gallery
Sun 4
🎪Kids' show🕺Musical
Annie JR
Theatre Royal
Sun 4 · 7 PM
🎭Theatre🕺Musical
High School Musical
Theatre Royal
Sun 4 · 5:30 PMCA$15–20
✂️Workshop🥁Afro
Afrobeats & West African Dance Workshop Nelson | Benskin Groove
Civic Dance Centre
Tue 6 · 4 PMFree
✂️Workshop💼Career
Good Grief: What's all the fuss about?
331 Suffolk Road
Tue 6 · 5:30 PMFree
🧗Climbing🌳Outdoors
Social Bouldering @ The Gravity Well
The Gravity Well
Tue 6 · 6 PMNZ$30
✂️Workshop🌳Outdoors
Life Drawing Nelson
HIWA 37 Halifax Street
Wed 7 · 8 AMNZ$0
🗣️Talk💼Career
Critical Conversations with Site Safe CE Brett Murray
The Hotel Nelson
Thu 8
🍽️Food
Wine Nelson Tasting Event
Trafalgar Centre
Thu 8 · 5:30 PMFree
🌳Outdoors
Aarn Packs Party
MD Outdoors
Fri 9 · 8 PMNZ$10–20
Nelson Jazz Club Big Band at The Boathouse
The Boathouse
Sat 10 · 8 PM
🎸Rock🎫Concert
Che Fu & The Kratez - 25 years of Navigator
Trafalgar Centre
Mon 12 · 3:30 PMNZ$160
🧸Kids
Term 4 | SKC | Mondays | Intermediate and Junior Secondary
The Suter Art Gallery
Mon 12 · 6:30 PMNZ$77
NZ Sign Language Level 2A MONDAY (T4.26)
Waimea College, Classroom M3
Mon 12 · 7 PMFree
Meet the Candidates on Nature and Climate - Nelson
Pūtangitangi Greenmeadows Centre
Tue 13 · 1 PMFree
Syringe Driver Workshop for ARC RN's/EN's/ DN's: Tuesday 13 October 2026
Nelson Tasman Hospice
Tue 13NZ$160
Term 4 | SKC | Tuesdays | Primary Years 4-6
The Suter Art Gallery
Tue 13 · 6 PMNZ$400
(Term 4) 8-week Beginner Wheel throwing with Potterbee
Nelson Community Pottery
Tue 13 · 6:30 PMNZ$77
NZ Sign Language Conversation Level 1 (T4.26)
Waimea College, Classroom M3
Wed 14 · 3:30 PMNZ$160
✂️Workshop
Term 4 | SKC | Wednesday | Primary Years 1 - 3 (Aged 6+)
The Suter Art Gallery
Wed 14 · 6:30 PMNZ$77
NZ Sign Language Level 2A WEDNESDAY (T4.26)
Waimea College, Classroom M3
Wed 14 · 6:30 PMNZ$145
Sewing With Confidence Wed (T4.26)
Waimea College Classroom D1
Thu 15 · 9:30 AMFree
Bolstering Your Balance Sheet
Mahitahi Colab
Thu 15 · 1:15 PMNZ$190–210
✂️Workshop🌳Outdoors
Developing Drawing and Painting (Adults)
The Suter Art Gallery
Thu 15NZ$170
(Term 4) 6-week Kids Hand building class with Lilly and Petra
Nelson Community Pottery
Thu 15 · 6:30 PMNZ$77
NZ Sign Language Level 1B (T4.26)
Waimea College, Classroom M3
Thu 15 · 7 PMNZ$188
Woodwork DIY For All Levels Thurs (T4.26)
Waimea College Classroom D1
Fri 16 · 10 AMNZ$190–210
Friday 2026 Term 4 | Drawing & Mixed Media Class (Adults)
The Suter Art Gallery
Fri 16 · 12:30 PMA$0
SafeTALK Suicide Alertness Training (Nelson)
Nelson CFA
Fri 16 · 7 PM
🎭Theatre😂Comedy
The Great Western Interactive Murder Mystery
Theatre Royal
Fri 16 · 7:15 PM£14.30
🎤Stand-up
Comedy Night Live
Nelson Golf Club
Sat 17 · 7 PM
🎭Theatre🎤Stand-up
Couch Stories - Origins
Theatre Royal
Sat 17 · 7 PMNZ$103
🎪Street party
High Stakes for Hospice 2026
Nelson Yacht Club Inc
Sat 17 · 8 PMNZ$15–25
Strange Behaviour: Nathan Haines
DeVille
Sat 17 · 10 PMCA$25–230
🎉Parties
Justin Martin Live at Bloom Nightclub
Bloom Nightclub
Sun 18 · 7 PM
✨Pop🎸Rock
Beatlemania On Tour
Theatre Royal
Thu 22 Oct · 6:30 PMNZ$85
Digital Photography (T4.26)
Waimea College, Classroom B2
Thu 22 Oct · 7 PM
🎭Theatre
Tiri: Te Araroa Woman Far Walking
Theatre Royal
Fri 23 Oct · 9 PMNZ$20
Cumbia Blazera at the Boathouse
The Boathouse
Sat 24 Oct · 2:30 PMNZ$25–35
MAKE IT STRANGE: Workshop for writers
Elma Turner Library - Ruma Manakau
Mon 26 Oct · 2 PM
🎭Theatre🎪Kids' show
Werewolf | Nelson Arts Festival
Theatre Royal
Wed 28 Oct · 1 PMFree
Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora RN's & EN's Syringe Driver Workshop
Nelson Hospital Medical Unit Seminar Room
Wed 28 Oct · 5:30 PM
🗣️Talk📚Literature
Kapa Haka Through a Lens | Nelson Arts Festival
Theatre Royal
Wed 28 Oct · 7:30 PMNZ$5–25
🌐World music🎫Concert
Where Conversation Speaks and Music Flows
Waa! Club
Thu 29 Oct · 8:30 AMFree
Fundamentals of Palliative Care Online Modules
Nelson Tasman Hospice
Fri 30 Oct · 9 AMFree
Nelson FASD conference
Multicultural Nelson Tasman
Fri 30 Oct · 10:30 AMNZ$60
Tasman Rural Women Ladies Long Lunch
Brick Eatery
Fri 30 Oct · 6:30 PMNZ$10–20
🪗Folk dance🎊Socials
Nelson College Cricket Ceilidh Dance Fundraiser
2 Totara Street
Sat 31 Oct · 7 PMNZ$30
🎹Blues🪕Folk / Acoustic
Shaun Kirk - Live @ The Boathouse
The Boathouse
Sat 31 Oct · 7:30 PM
YMCĀ | Nelson Arts Festival
Theatre Royal
Tue 3 Nov · 10 AMFree
Palliative Care for Caregivers starts Tuesday 3 November 2026 (for 4 weeks)
Nelson Tasman Hospice
Wed 4 Nov · 6:30 PMNZ$49
♀️Feminism🤝Volunteering
An evening with Petra Bagust - Wisdom, Womanhood and heartfelt conversations - Nelson Women's Centre Fundraiser
The Suter Art Gallery
Fri 6 Nov · 8 PMNZ$20
🎸Rock🎫Concert
The Music Of Pink Floyd
The Boathouse
Sat 7 Nov · 8 PMNZ$20
🎸Rock🎫Concert
The Music Of The Eagles
The Boathouse
Sat 7 Nov · 5:30 PM£5–10
Nelson - Celebrating Mercy
Silverman Hall
Sun 8 Nov · 12 PMNZ$10
Nelson Central Crank 2026
Nelson Central School
Wed 11 Nov · 9:30 AMNZ$980
✂️Workshop
AI for schools face-to-face workshop - Nelson
Rutherford Hotel
Wed 11 Nov · 10 AMFree
Syringe Driver Workshop for ARC RN's/EN's/ DN's: Wednesday 11 November 2026
Nelson Tasman Hospice
Fri 13 Nov · 9 AMNZ$145
✂️Workshop🧘Wellness
Well Elders: A Masterclass in promoting wellbeing in older people
Pūtangitangi Greenmeadows Centre
Fri 13 Nov · 8 PMNZ$15
🎹Blues🎫Concert
Rich and The Poor Boys at The Boathouse
The Boathouse
Sat 14 Nov
🎪Street party🌳Outdoors
NZ Cider Festival
Founders Heritage Park
Sun 15 Nov · 7 PM
🎤Stand-up
Heath Franklin's Chopper - GOLD
Theatre Royal
Tue 17 Nov · 6:30 PMNZ$60
Microsoft Excel Basics (T4.26)
Waimea College Classroom D1
Tue 17 Nov · 7:30 PM
🎸Rock🎫Concert
Echoes of Pink Floyd
Theatre Royal
Fri 20 Nov · 7 PM
🎭Panto🎪Kids' show
Buzzz the Pantomime
Theatre Royal
Tue 24 Nov · 9 AMNZ$150
💼Career
The PENZ Big Day Out 2026 - Nelson
Nelson College for Girls Hall
Tue 24 Nov · 7:30 PMNZ$25–60
🎹Blues🪕Folk / Acoustic
Ash Grunwald (Australia) LIVE in Nelson — 2nd Show Added
Nelson Centre of Musical Arts
Wed 25 Nov · 7:30 PMNZ$25–60
🎹Blues🪕Folk / Acoustic
Ash Grunwald (Australia) LIVE at Nelson Centre of Musical Arts
Nelson Centre of Musical Arts
Thu 26 Nov · 5:30 PMNZ$10
✂️Workshop🌳Outdoors
Hiking & Running Pole Workshop
MD Outdoors
Fri 27 Nov · 6 PMNZ$95
🎪Street party
2026 Nelson Sport + Recreation Awards
Rutherford Hotel Nelson
Fri 27 Nov · 7:30 PM
✨Pop🎫Concert
The Sweet Caroline Tour - A Tribute to Neil Diamond
Theatre Royal
Sat 28 Nov · 4 PM
✨Pop🎶Singer-songwriter
TAYLOR: A Tribute to the Eras of Taylor Swift Music
Theatre Royal
Wed 2 Dec · 7:30 PM
🎤Stand-up
Guy Williams - Rich people are ...
Theatre Royal
Thu 3 Dec · 7:30 PMNZ$25–46
Rick Price LIVE at The Boathouse - Nelson
The Boathouse
Fri 4 Dec · 12 PM
🤾Activities
THE SPECTACLE 2026
Trafalgar Square
Sat 5 Dec · 7:30 PM
🎻Classical🎫Concert
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra / Anna Leese
Nelson Centre of Musical Arts
Thu 10 Dec · 4 PM
⚽Team sports🎟️Spectator
New Zealand Women - Bangladesh Women
Saxton Oval
Fri 11 Dec · 6:30 PM
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Theatre Royal
Sat 12 Dec · 1 PM
⚽Team sports🎟️Spectator
New Zealand Women - Bangladesh Women
Saxton Oval
Sat 12 Dec · 6:30 PMNZ$20–25
🌀Ecstatic dance💿DJ set
Sunset 5 Elements Ecstatic Dance
Trafalgar Street Hall
Fri 8 Jan · 8 AM
🎟️Spectator
2027 Whitewater IFSA Junior 2*
2027 Whitewater IFSA Junior 2*
Sat 16 Jan · 5 PM
🎫Concert
Fat Freddy's Drop - Based on a True Story Anniversary Tour
Neudorf Vineyards
Sun 14 Feb · 4:30 PMNZ$20
Jazz Embassy at Fairfield House
48 Van Diemen Street
Sun 21 Feb · 7 AM
🏃Running🤾Activities
Nelson Weet-Bix Kids TRYathlon 2027
Tahunanui Reserve
Wed 17 Mar · 9 AMNZ$450–750
Aotearoa Aquatic Diseases Symposium
Trafalgar Centre
Sat 3 Apr
🍽️Food
Marchfest
Founders Heritage Park
Wed 7 Apr · 6 PM
WOBIL – Wise Old Bugger In Lycra
Theatre Royal
Wed 7 Apr · 8 PM
Menopause the Musical
Theatre Royal
Sat 8 May · 5 PM
🏃Running🤾Activities
Run Like A Mother 2027
417 Baker St
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Venues in Nelson
48 Van Diemen Street
5 events
Theatre Royal
19 events
Nelson Centre of Musical Arts
3 events
Elma Turner Library - Ruma Manakau
4 events
Project 100
4 events
Trafalgar Centre
3 events
The Boathouse
8 events
The Suter Art Gallery
11 events
Pūtangitangi Greenmeadows Centre
4 events
Nelson Tasman Hospice
5 events
Waimea College, Classroom M3
4 events
Waimea College Classroom D1
3 events