The City of Nelson Highland Pipe Band turns 90, with a Ceilidh style concert that is a feast of all things Scottish - from traditional full band performances to Celtic singing, dancing and contemporary performances. Expect to hear piping solos and duets, drum salutes, traditional tunes such as Scotland the Brave and new tunes like The Red Fox.
The band was formed in 1924, and this year celebrates its strong and long-standing presence in the Nelson community.
The City of Nelson Highland Pipe Band turns 90, with a Ceilidh style concert that is a feast of all things Scottish - from traditional full band performances to Celtic singing, dancing and contemporary performances. Expect to hear piping solos and duets, drum salutes, traditional tunes such as Scotland the Brave and new tunes like The Red Fox.
The band was formed in 1924, and this year celebrates its strong and long-standing presence in the Nelson community.
The City of Nelson Highland Pipe Band turns 90, with a Ceilidh style concert that is a feast of all things Scottish - from traditional full band performances to Celtic singing, dancing and contemporary performances. Expect to hear piping solos and duets, drum salutes, traditional tunes such as Scotland the Brave and new tunes like The Red Fox.
The band was formed in 1924, and this year celebrates its strong and long-standing presence in the Nelson community.
Since 1964, The Irish Rovers have become cherished music icons, have touched three generations of music lovers, and brought Ireland into North American living rooms with their three television series that spanned more than 20 years.
These last few years, the Rovers have returned to television, sold out concert tours, returned to the radio airwaves and garnered rave reviews.
Due to YouTube, their Drunken Sailor song has reached a new young audience, with more than 10 million hits. Last year, Rovers songwriter/producer George Millar responded by heading back to the studio and recording a new CD full of songs of the sea, including a tribute to The Titanic for its 100th anniversary. The release made headlines in both America and Ireland, and was the soundtrack for a Canadian documentary about the Harland and Wolff shipyards of Belfast where the mighty ship was built.
Nelson District Parent Centre is bringing entertainer Pio Terei to Nelson for one show on Saturday the 21st of June.
Pio will share his stories and practical knowledge in a parenting show via stories, humour, song, and video, on how to build an awesome family unit.
Doors open at 6.45pm, bar available.
Nelson Underage in collaboration with smokefreerockquest are proud to present hometown hero’s, the Broods performing at Nelson’s Iconic Theatre Royal on June 21st.
Georgia Nott, from Broods says they are looking forward to their home town gig, which comes hot on the heels of the band supporting Ellie Goulding’s arena tour of Australia and New Zealand.
“We've been nagging our management to make a Nelson gig happen, and we're now so excited to finally get to return home to play for our family and friends,” she says. “It's made even more special to be invited by the Pete and Glenn at Smokefreerockquest to whom we owe so much."
Georgia and Caleb were members of the Garin College indie rock band, The Peasants, who won Smokefreerockquest in 2011. They formed Broods in early 2013 and began collaborating with Lorde’s music producer Joel Little.
They’ve since signed worldwide deals with major record labels in the UK and USA, and toured in the UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and had sell out shows in the US.
Broods self-titled debut EP charted at #1 on the iTunes album chart in New Zealand, as well as #2 in the National Album charts. Their debut single Bridges peaked at #5 on the New Zealand singles chart and had over a million plays on Spotify worldwide. Broods songs have over 1 million plays on Soundcloud.
Nelson Underage organiser Nathan Telford says the suggestion to bring Broods to Nelson came out of discussions with the Nelson City Youth Council. “When we were looking at which performers to use, Broods were a clear favourite,” he says.
Downstairs is GA
Upstairs in the Dress Circle is Reserved Seating
Programme:
- MOZART, Piano Sonata No.12 in F, KV332
- DEBUSSY, "Clair de Lune" & "L'île Joyeuse"
Interval
- CHOPIN, 24 Preludes
In less than one year, French pianist Claire Rouault gained an exceptional renown in New Zealand. Claire was chosen amongst the “favorite places and people in NZ” for 2014 by “North&South” magazine.
Claire performed her first solo concert with an orchestra when she was 11 years old. She studied at the National Superior Music Conservatory of Paris, France's top music school (Piano First Prize with honours). She won two major competitions, the Claude Kahn competition (2001) and the Anton Rubinstein Competition (2003).
Together with her partner, Claire created “Piano on Tour”, which endeavours to make high quality music concerts more accessible in New Zealand.
"..Astounding" ... "Impressive and not what I expected at all…" "So professional" - The audience loved last year's Celtic Pipe Band's incredibly successful, Braveheart - The Concert.
Hot on the heels of last year's sell-out show with its standing ovation, the band is preparing to bring the story of Mary, Queen of Scots to life on the Theatre Royal stage, this year with two shows.
With a full pipe band and talented soloists playing both traditional and contemporary music, alongside the region's top highland dancers, Mary, Queen of Scots will take the audience deep into the pages of history.
The story will be woven with incredible vocalists, rock music all supported by a full lighting rig and multi-media experience. Mary, Queen of Scots is a show is guaranteed to entertain young and old alike.
Programme:
- MOZART, Piano Sonata No.12 in F, KV332
- DEBUSSY, "Clair de Lune" & "L'île Joyeuse"
Interval
- CHOPIN, 24 Preludes
In less than one year, French pianist Claire Rouault gained an exceptional renown in New Zealand. Claire was chosen amongst the “favorite places and people in NZ” for 2014 by “North&South” magazine.
Claire performed her first solo concert with an orchestra when she was 11 years old. She studied at the National Superior Music Conservatory of Paris, France's top music school (Piano First Prize with honours). She won two major competitions, the Claude Kahn competition (2001) and the Anton Rubinstein Competition (2003).
Together with her partner, Claire created “Piano on Tour”, which endeavours to make high quality music concerts more accessible in New Zealand.
Nelson Underage in association with Mad Beat HipHop presents WORD ON THE STREET Nelson's Largest Hiphop Showcase.
With the main event created exclusively for high school aged students, we've teamed up with Mad Beat to open up 'Word on the Street' to include a special one hour teaser performance for all families and school aged children keen to come and support some of the best hiphop crews Nelson has to offer.
Kicking off at 3:30pm, the afternoon will showcase performances by Madbeats Mega Crew, New Crew, Fusion & Origin Dance Crew, plus feature an array of local artists rep'n some of the best Hiphop performances in Nelson.
Performances from all crews will include sets they're taking up to the Street Dance National Championships in Auckland the following weekend.
