What's on in the Coromandel?
Can you believe that the Summer Concert Tour starts next week? On Saturday 23 January, Gin Wigmore, Dragon, The Jordan Luck Band, stellar*, and Hello Sailor will be performing at Gibbston Valley in Queenstown. From there the tour heads north to the Taupo Amphitheatre on Saturday 30 January and to Whitianga Sunday 31 January. Have you secured your tickets to this event yet? Check out the Greenstone Entertainment website for ticketing information.
Coromandel Growers Market - Coromandel Town
Coromandel Scooter Jam
Whangmata Lions Craft and Farmers Market
Saturday 30 January, 8am - 3pm
Whangamata Memorial Hall
The market hosts nearly 100 stalls of every description filling the Memorial Hall complex, and outside.
4x4 National Trials - Thames
Thames Wings and Wheels 2021
Whitianga Summer Concert
Sunday 31 January 2021
What a line-up!! Make sure you get your tickets quickly to avoid disappointment. For ticketing information see the Greenstone Entertainment website for further details.
Dawn to Dusk - Thames
Open Mic - Pauanui
Thames Art Gallery
Painting Workshop
Vaughan Udall is running a workshop at the Thames Gallery in February. Members are being offered the first opportunity to attend this.
Date : Thursday 4 February
Time : 10.00 am - 4.00 pm
Where : Gallery, Tararu Road
Cost : $75.00 for paid up members, $100.00 others
Limited to a maximum of 8 people.
Please email the Thames Art Gallery if you would like to register.
Volunteering
The Gallery is seeking volunteers to enable them to open longer hours. Once a month, full training given, and you get to spend a day in the lovely gallery.
Summer Exhibition
Just a reminder that there will be no "Artist of the Month wall" while the exhibition is running.
Whangamatā Arts Collective
Waitangi Day Party - Coroglen
Saturday 6 February 2021, 5.30pm–10.30pm
— Boom Boom Deluxe (headline), NZ’s Rock n' Roll band
— Solomon Cole Band, Blues
— Descendants of Dinosaurs, Rock
A 12-day ride aimed at twisting the throttle on the economy by bringing business to New Zealand's hard-hit restaurants, bars, hotels, motels and retail outlets.
Tickets are $20
All sales go the Salvation Army's Foodbank Project
Four Sight - Coromandel Town
Whiti Fest - Whitianga
February 27, 2021
Held in five locations in the Whitianga Town centre, Whiti Fest will turn the sidewalks into stages with explosions of local performing arts talent. Cruise around town and soak up all the performances at your leisure. This is a free event, all welcome.
If you're interested in participating in Whiti Fest as a paid performing artist, register at this link. Registrations close 11 January 2021.
Thames Food and Buskers Festival
Chasing Mercury Art Workshops - Whitianga
Inspirational art workshops in and around Whitianga 8-12 March 2021.
For full workshop details see the Chasing Mercury website.
K2 Road Cycle Race 2021
Beach Hop 2021 - Whangamatā
Whitianga Marathon
Saturday 22 May 2021
5km,10km, 21km and 42km courses.
For further information about this event please see the Whitianga Marathon website.
Whitianga Scallop Festival
Save the Date - Saturday, September 18, 2021
The famous Whitianga Scallop Festival is back with all of the great seafood, live music and entertainment that has made this event one of New Zealand’s best loved food and wine festivals. Keep an eye on the Scallop Festival Facebook page or check out the Scallop Festival website. Tickets will go on sale via the website in April 2021.
Thames Market
Pollen Street, Thames
Locally-produced plants, organic fruit and vegs, bric-a-brac, second hand goods and books, arts and crafts, fine food, cheeses, speciality oils, health and body care products, flowers, bread, knit wares, and much more.
Tairua Main Road
9:00am till 1:00pm
The first Saturday of every month, you will find this eclectic collection of stalls and produce right by the harbour next to the one-lane bridge on Tairua Main Road.
Whiti Night Market
5pm - 8pm Fortnightly on Friday nights
Buffalo Beach Reserve, come along and browse the wares of local stalls and grab you dinner from one of the many food trucks at this community farmers market.
Whitianga Arts and Craft Market
Saturday 05 December 2020 - Saturday 13 March 2021 8am - 1pm
Soldiers Memorial Park
Whitianga Market is a community artisans market which runs every Saturday during the summer months. It has a wide range of handcrafted items available.
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