What's On...at a Council venue near you

Saxton Field

2022 New Zealand National Maori Hockey Tournament – Friday 21 – Monday 24 October

Step into Spring – Fitness & Fresh Air – Monday 31 October, 12pm – 1pm

The Nelson Half – Sunday 6 November

Saxton Stadium

Table Tennis Nelson - Junior Coaching – Monday 8 August 2022 - Tuesday 8 August 2023

Trafalgar Centre

Kia wetewetea, ko Māui ahau! Education Symposium – Friday 21 October, 8am – 3:30pm

Founders Heritage Park

Wellby @ Founders Quiz Night – Friday 21 October, 6:30pm

Nelson Fright Night - Friday 21 October, 7.30pm – 10.30pm

Print and Bind - Thursday 27 October – Thursday 17 November, 9.30am – 12.30pm 

Fiesta Latina – Saturday 29 October, 7pm – 10pm

The New Zealand Cider Festival – Saturday 12 November, 1pm – 7pm

Stoke Memorial Hall – Temporarily Closed

Trafalgar Street

The NBS Nelson Street Hop – Sunday 30 October, 10am – 3pm

Isel House and Park

Isel Twilight Market – every Thursday, 4:30pm - dark 

Step Into Spring – Diverse Women’s Walk – Sunday 30 October, 1:45pm – 4pm 

Pūtangitangi Greenmeadows Community Centre

Pasifika Pathways Careers Event – Saturday 29 October, 11am – 2pm 

Nelson Public Libraries:

Elma Turner Library – Open as the Pop-up Library 

Hours: 

• Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday: 9:30am – 6pm
• Wednesday: 10am – 6pm
• Saturday: 10am – 4pm
• Sunday: 1pm – 4pm

Reading for Wellbeing – every Tuesday, 11am – 12pm

Device Advice – every Tuesday and Thursday, 2pm – 3pm 

Crafty Creators – every Tuesday, 3:45pm – 4:45pm

Small Time – every Wednesday, 10:30am

Step into Spring: Heritage Hunt – Saturday 1 – Monday 31 October 

Virtual Reality Drop-In – Saturday 5 November, 1pm – 3pm 

Spring Book Sale – Saturday 5 November, 10am – 12pm

Ethically Kate Book Talk – Wednesday 9 November, 6pm

Pukapuka Pop-Up – Wednesday 16 November, 5:45pm – 6:30pm 

Nightingale Library Memorial 

Hours: 

• Monday – Friday: 10am – 4pm
• Saturday: Closed
• Sunday: 10am – 2pm

Device Advice – every Friday, 2pm – 3pm 

Tea & Tales – Dementia Friendly Book Group, every Wednesday, 11am – 12pm

Small Time – every Tuesday, 10.30am

Wellby Signposter Training – Tuesday 25 October, 10am – 11:30am

Wellby Talking Café – Thursday 10 November, 10am – 11:30am

Stoke Library

Hours: 

• Monday, Tuesday, Thursday,
• Friday: 9:30am – 5:30 pm
• Wednesday: 10:00am – 5:30pm
• Saturday: 10am – 1pm
• Sunday: Closed

Device Advice – every Tuesday & Wednesday, 2pm – 3pm

Small Time – every Friday, 10:30am

Techy Time – every Friday, 3:45pm – 4:45pm

Museums and Galleries:

Broadgreen Historic House

Hours: 10:30am – 4:30pm Daily

Kids Quiz & Holiday Fun – Saturday 22 October – Sunday 6 November, 11am – 3pm

Weave Your Own Washcloth Workshop – Sunday 6 November, 10am – 4pm

Embroidered Art: Transfer and Stitch Workshop – Sunday 6 November, 10am – 4pm

The Suter Art Gallery & Theatre

Hours: 9:30am – 4:30pm Daily

Exhibition: Rita Angus New Zealand Modernist He Ringatoi Hou o Aotearoa – Saturday 8 October – Sunday 4 December

Nelson Arts Festival - Bushline: Book Launch with Robbie Burton – Monday 24 October, 5pm

Nelson Arts Festival – Scatter Gun: After the Death of Rūaumoko – Wednesday 26 & Thursday 27 October

Nelson Arts Festival – ArteFact: How To Behave In An Art Gallery – Friday 28 & Saturday 29 October, 6pm & 8pm daily

Nelson Arts Festival – Rita Angus: An Illustrated Talk – Saturday 29 October, 3pm

Nelson Arts Festival – By Whakatū Residency Programme – Sunday 30 October, 4pm

NSAS Spring Exhibition – Tuesday 11 – Sunday 30 October, 9:30am – 4:30pm

Exhibition: Place Holder - Saturday 5 November – Sunday 26 March 2023

Refinery ArtSpace 

Hours: 

• Monday – Friday from 10am – 5pm
• Saturday from 10am – 2pm

Nelson Arts Festival - Ko Te Ākau: Poetics of Land, Water & Sky – Thursday 20 – Saturday 29 October, During opening hours

Nelson Provincial Museum 

Hours: 

• Weekdays from 10am – 5pm
• Weekends & Public Holidays from 10am – 4:30pm