This event is the Nelson Regional Final of the Nationwide Intermediate School Band competition, Rockshop Bandquest.

Celtic Pipe Band present their third annual show.

This year CPB bring you a humorous musical portrayal of Scotland - a full multi-media show.

The highland bagpipe, snare drums, tenor and bass drums are the focal point of the show. The band presents it's music around the interesting and funny anecdotes from Scotland. Interspersed between are performances from highland dancers, singers and rock music.

If you love Scotland and all things Scottish this is a must see show.

The Net Gen Live! is the brain child of Odie Stratmore-Ching, the Artistic Managing Director for Nelson Youth Theatre. Her passion is to see our young artists succeed with their chosen art forms. The event is a wonderful opportunity to showcase their talent and will include: bands, musicians, dancers, singers (groups and soloists) actors, stage challenge, physical theatre and work from visual artists. It’s all about our digital natives – the Net Gen and live performance!

The event’s purpose is to support and nurture the creative spirit of “I CAN” with proceeds funding youth arts programmes, tuition and travel assistance.

Dance yourself dizzy with Nelson's own Sunday Star Times music writer Grant Smithies as he presents a classic disco with lots of toe-tapping reasons to get dancing and keep warm this winter.

Bar opens in the Hall at 6.30pm

A great opportunity for Old St John's to showcase the fabulous acoustics and wonderful organ with a recital of well known pieces by local performer Ga'bor Tolnay.

Tea and Cup Cakes provided.

A line up for Nelson's best musicians is getting behind fellow muso Suzi Fray in a fundraising variety concert to support her overseas cancer treatment.

The lead singer of the Johnny Cash tribute band, The Johnnys, was diagnosed just weeks ago with a rare form of uterine cancer and is out to raise $80,000 for treatment in a German clinic. Concert organiser Pete Rainey said the Nelson musical community wanted to help and was doing what it did best - play music!

The amazing line up includes The Johnnys, Django Schmango, Mojo Funk Orchestra, Ryan Behre in Funkin' Slo Cuts, The Immigrants and more!

There will also be opportunities to make your donations at the theatre on the day of the concert or via https://givealittle.co.nz/cause/suzifray

Nelson Academy of Dance is proud to present Swan Lake Act II & divertissements.

The Act II performance will present dance students as the featured performers in this authentic re-staging of the beloved Tchaikovsky ballet. Odette, the White Swan, will be danced by Sarah Lauder and she will be partnered by guest international artist, Jesse Campbell as Prince Siegfried.

Director Gillian Francis has consistently achieved a very high standard from her very creative and talented students (ranging from the ages of 3 to their mid-20s) over many years and this year's programme includes beautiful choreography, costuming, backdrops, lighting and sound. A superb evening featuring Swan Lake Act II and three other ballets is not to be missed!

The highly anticipated Lucky Stars Tour will take to the road come June 2015, with an epic string of tour dates around the country, when Don McGlashan will be joined on stage by Tom Rodwell and Chris O'Connor for two sets of music each night.

On Friday April 17 pre-eminent singer/songwriter Don McGlashan unveiled Lucky Stars, his rich new collection of 10 highly personal songs exploring love, regret and mortality. The record contains many songs which are very personal reflections on his own life and thoughts.

Don McGlashan started the raw material for this new album at a bach on the Thames Estuary, before realising them in Neil Finn's writing room at Roundhead Studio, Auckland with guitarist Tom Rodwell. He produced them with former Mutton Birds bandmate David Long, (who also contributes some textural guitar, organ and banjo) and enlisted former Seven Sisters and current Phoenix Foundation drummer Chris O'Connor.

The release comes with the reveal of the playful, hand-animated video for the eponymous single Lucky Stars, released just last week.

Party with us and celebrate the Theatre Royal's post restoration 5th Anniversary with Nelson's favourite dance band!

Mojo Funk Orchestra is a nine-piece dance band specialising in the true funk styles of the '60s and '70s, with frontman Dan Kendrick channeling James Brown! Mojo Funk features Pete Rainey and Dave Bowater on brass; Clive Garlick, Rhys Clarke, Glenn Common and Richard Kendrick in the rhythm section; with Liz Kendrick and Katrina Smith adding vocals to energetic performances that have won the hearts (and feet) of audiences in the Top of the South.

Smokefree Rockquest is New Zealand's only nationwide, live, original music, youth event. Now in its 27th year, the series of over 40 events reaches audience numbers in excess of 10,000 every year.

Founded in 1989 by music teachers Glenn Common and Pete Rainey, Smokefree Rockquest has now become a New Zealand institution.

Smokefree Rockquest aims to motivate young musicians to prove their ability and realise the heights they can reach in their music careers, and to encourage their peers to support original New Zealand music.