Cuba Dupa, Aspiring Conversations and jazz: The Spinoff event guide

The Spinoff’s top pick of events from around the motu. Here’s the best for the week March 26 – April 2.

Welcome to The Spinoff event guide, your weekly, curated selection of gigs, events and exhibitions happening across Aotearoa. If you want to pitch your event for future guides then please use this handy form.

Tāmaki Makaurau

Literature: Wāhine Inside – book launch

Ellen Melville Centre,
7pm Fri, March 27
Free (or $35 to receive the book alongside your entry registration)

Te Kāhui Creative Writing launches their latest anthology – Wāhine Inside – of poetry and prose from women formerly or currently incarcerated.

Tauranga

Music: National Jazz Festival

Multiple venues
March 27 – April 6
Various prices

Get jazzy in Tauranga for the 63rd National Jazz Festival which encompasses street festivities, seated/ticketed gigs and the youth jazz competitions.

Te Whanganui-a-Tara

Festival: Cuba Dupa

Wellington City
March 28 – 29
Free

Over 80,000 people will flood the CBD over the weekend to listen to live music, dance, eat, marvel at street artists and generally revel. See the timetable online, here.

Ōtautahi

Visual art: Mark Adams: A Survey | He Kohinga Whakaahua

Christchurch Art Gallery
On until July 26
Free

A survey of over 50 years of Mark Adams’ photography documenting elements of Aotearoa New Zealand. Stunning, and a lovely Autumnal visual art outing.

Wānaka

Literature: Aspiring Conversations

Lake Wānaka Centre
March 27 – 29
Various prices

A weekend of conversations with writers, politicians, economists and artists; including with The Spinoff’s own Toby Manhire (his session is sold out, sorry; but there’s plenty more).