A celebration of jazz, blues, folk, world and acoustic music over three days in Mercury Bay. Top artists from New Zealand, Australia and the USA, including Don McGlashan, Mel Parsons, Miho's Jazz Orchestra, Hobnail, ...
Whitianga | Friday, 3 June 2016 - Sunday, 5 June 2016
Miho’s Jazz Orchestra will be presenting a workshop focused on working together as a band and getting the maximum creative output from a diverse group of people. Any group of highly talented musicians will bring with ...
Whitianga | Sunday, 5 June 2016
Folk group Hobnail Boots originated in Wellington and includes musicians who have played with some of the most popular bands in New Zealand. Australian Rob Joass contributes most of the original material and is joined ...
Whitianga | Sunday, 5 June 2016
Top New Zealand vocal coach and performer Caitlin Smith will do a special workshop for the Mercury Bay Music Festival on vocal stylings. Essential for both established and emerging performers, singer-songwriters, band ...
Whitianga | Sunday, 5 June 2016
Richard Gilewitz will bve conducting a special fingerstyle acoustic guitar workshop as part of the Mercury Bay Music festival. Whilst this workshop is aimed at intermediate players, it will benefit players who are ...
Whitianga | Saturday, 4 June 2016
Regan Perry has spent a number of years perfecting the art of solo performance using nothing more than a loop pedal, a guitar, his superb voice and his faultless sense of rhythm and style. He has generously offered to ...
Whitianga | Saturday, 4 June 2016
As part of the Mercury Bay Music Festival, Don will be running a two hour workshop on songwriting. Spaces are strictly limited, so early bookings are highly recommended. Don McGlashan, one this country’s greatest ...
Whitianga | Saturday, 4 June 2016
The nationwide Jennian Homes Mother’s Day Fun Run/Walk returns this year, offering women the chance to have fun, get active and support a worthy cause. There’s a reason we run this event every year. Heart disease ...
Whitianga | Sunday, 8 May 2016
A Professional band delivering a top quality musical experience celebrating the music of Fleetwood Mac and Stevie Nicks. This act has toured the country playing at top clubs, major corporate events and festivals to sold ...
Whitianga | Friday, 3 June 2016
Date: 24 April 2016 Time: 10am to 3pm Location: Whitianga HMNZS Manawanui is a diving support ship, equipped with a compressor chamber and a wet bell to support divers. In addition she can undertake patrol and ...
The Coromandel | Sunday, 24 April 2016
Come enjoy ice skating at Mercury Bay Game Fishing Club (fundraiser for Whitianga Seascouts). It’s a great, safe and fun way to get active and also an activity that kids can do together with their parent(s) and ...
Whitianga | Sunday, 25 September 2016 - Thursday, 29 September 2016
Showcasing a variety of hand made works from the artisans of the Coromandel Peninsula. Chat with the talented makers and see demonstrations of work! The Mercury Bay Art Escape Trust is pleased to present the 2016 Art ...
Whitianga | Saturday, 16 July 2016
BYOU - (Bring your own Ukulele!) Graeme Cairns and the musicalists from the Big Muffin Serious Band have a ukulele tuition method called "The Dancing Chords", which is equally popular with people of all ages. At a ...
Whitianga | Sunday, 5 June 2016
Please join us in welcoming Kuaotunu author Isabel Gilbert Palmer, as she speaks about her new book, Formidable Florists. A lifelong flower aficionado, Isabel is a freelance journalist for magazines such as Garden Design ...
Whitianga | Wednesday, 25 May 2016
Engrossing homage to epic expedition – AOTNZ tours ‘Everest Untold’ - July 2016. Part climbing experience, part history lesson and part personal revelation, Everest Untold gives “The untold story all New ...
Whitianga | Saturday, 2 July 2016
A summer carnival at the beach with over 120 stalls, rides, games and delicious food, raising well needed funds for our wonderful Mercury Bay Area School. Come and join in the fun, come for breakfast, bring your togs and ...
Whitianga | Sunday, 8 January 2017
Greenstone Entertainment Ltd. is pleased to announce its artist line up for the annual Whitianga Summer Concert on January 2017 (Auckland Anniversary Weekend). The concert will feature Icehouse, Alan Parsons Live ...
Whitianga | Sunday, 29 January 2017
Cultural misunderstandings and poignant comedy - ‘Under the Same Moon’ – AOTNZ tour September 2016. A wayward Hong Kong matriarch arrives in NZ uninvited for her grand-daughter’s wedding. Cue cultural ...
Whitianga | Friday, 9 September 2016
Learn how to use Emotional Freedom Technique and Tapping to make long lasting positive changes in your life. Free yourself from pain, trauma, negative limiting beliefs and so much more. What others have said about ...
Whitianga | Saturday, 8 October 2016
- Ravel Bolero - Chen the Golden Flute - Tchaikovsky Music From the Nutcracker Be mesmerised by the insistent rhythm of Ravel’s “Bolero” - one long, gradual crescendo culminating in brief, tumultuous chaos. ...
Whitianga | Sunday, 2 October 2016
