A community guide to creative events in the Waikato region
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Expand your set of creative skills in this Saturday morning art class for teens! 👩🎨
7 FebHamilton
Talented artist and tutor Caroline Peacocke will tutor you in a range of mediums! 🖌 Including print, painting, and mixed media.
9 FebHamilton
Master the art of Oil Painting in this evening class! 🎨
Learn how to paint beautiful and realistic landscapes with acrylic paint!
10 FebHamilton
Build your art skills in a fun and suppoetive space! Explore drawing, painting and mixed media.
Discover the principles of relief-based printmaking – focusing on monotypes and woodcuts. A great beginner’s course to understand a variety of tools.
In this 8 week art class, children experience a eange of art skills and mediums! All materials are included.
11 FebHamilton
Students will grow their skills so they can continue to learn and master more advanced art techniques!
Build your art skills in a variety of materials! Whether youre working on NCEA art or simply love making art, this class is for you!
Develop and refine your painting and drawing skills! Learn alongside fellow artists with a wide range of skills.
Learn the art of Soft Pastels! 🖼
Learn the necessary skills tp draw competently with pencil! ✏️
12 FebHamilton
Master the art of oil painting! Learn techniques to build and improve your skillset. Improve your colour mixing and layer building skills. ✨️
Children explore a range of mediums to learn new skills and continue developing their creative skillset!
13 FebHamilton
Encourage creativity in your kids with this Term 1 art class! Explore lots of art techniques and develop cool new skills.
14 FebHamilton
Create unique designs by unlocking natural leaf dyes
15 FebTauwhare
A weekend workshop where you will learn how to make a paper mache lamp using copper wire, willow, paper and paint.
Feb 14 – 15Taumarunui
This powerful production sparks important conversations about consent, power dynamics, and the lasting impact of sexual harm.
18 FebHamilton
Get your tickets and come see why he’s more than just “that guy off TikTok!”.
20 FebHamilton
Create your own unique ceramic tea bowl with Sylvia Sinel
22 FebTauwhare
ADHD – it’s so hot right now!
Feb 21 – 22Hamilton
Join us for an afternoon of beautiful, live classical music, performed by two talented musicians, Yunesang Yune and Camila De Oliveira.
22 FebTe Awamutu
Movies at The Meteor is here! Gather the whānau together, BYO blankets or bean bags and get comfy!
25 FebHamilton
Holy days – Morning Tea.
Movies at The Meteor is here!Gather the whānau together, BYO blankets or bean bags and get comfy!
26 Feb
27 FebHamilton
28 FebHamilton
Join us for an open-air painting session! All skill levels welcome—bring your kit and capture Thames’ beauty with fellow artists.
28 FebThames
A wānanga where participants learn and practice earth-based pigment making and deepen their relationship with natural materials.
From Kathmandu to Mamaku: A Reflective JourneyExhibitiom by Sarj Hada
20 Jan – 18 FebHamilton
Featuring original artworks by local artist, Esther Laaper.
27 Feb – 9 MarHamilton
This class is a welcoming, inclusive class where you’ll explore new mediums each week, building art skills and confidence in a supported space.
2 Feb – 23 MarHamilton
Whether you’re new or experienced, these sessions provide guidance, creative freedom, and a welcoming space to grow as an acrylic painter.
Looking for a fun, hands-on homeschool art class? Explore creativity, build confidence, and connect with other homeschooling families!
Children’s art therapy gives your child a safe, calm place to express emotions, build confidence, and develop resilience through creative activity.
4 Feb – 25 MarHamilton
Discover the benefits of art making at Arts for Health. Our Wednesday art therapy class offers a creative, relaxing escape.
4 Feb – 25 Mar
Waikato Festival of Colours (free colour play with rain dance)
1 MarHamilton
Concert with baritone Jonathan Eyers and pianist Liam Wooding
5 MarTe Awamutu
Baritone Jonathan Eyers and Pianist Liam Wooding in concert
6 MarCambridge
These sessions will guide you through paint and watercolour control, colour mixing, washes, composition and perspective.
30 Jan – 27 MarHamilton
Our hands-on art workshops are perfect for beginners or anyone wanting to learn new art techniques and grow their creativity.
For artists who are ready to take the next step in their creative arts journey.
If you’ve always wanted to learn to draw but never knew where to start, this beginners drawing workshops is the perfect place to begin.
Support your child’s growth and well being with our tweens art therapy sessions.
Autumn gala includes a Concert on Friday 6th March at 7.30 (koha) and Market day on Saturday 7th March 8.30-1pm.
7 MarHamilton
Art on Thames St 2026: Our small town’s biggest creative event yet; artists, colour, community, and live art filling Thames Street!
7 MarMorrinsville
A celebration of the iconic Hamilton and Auckland bookshops, William Paul, and Blackwood & Janet Paul publishing
Beethoven’s mighty Seventh Symphony and much more!
8 MarHamilton
PEAKS plays homage to the many artists throughout history who have sought to capture nature’s behemoths.
30 Jan – 31 MarHamilton
Ladies, it’s time to embrace The Change with a night out full of uncontrollable laughter, uplifting celebration and shared sisterhood!
Mar 10 – 11Hamilton
Discover how to transform an old book into a unique piece of art that you can fill with your writing, small keepsakes and treasures.
25 Feb – 15 AprHamilton
New Zealand icon Bic Runga announces the release date of her much-anticipated new album, Red Sunset, and an Aotearoa and Australia national tour.
21 MarHamilton
Unnecessary Farce – An award winning stage comedy by Paul Slade Smith.
Mar 13 – 28Hamilton
Join us for a unique Hamilton art workshop where you’ll create your own personalised treasure book over eight inspiring weeks.
26 Feb – 16 AprHamilton
South Waikato-based creatives are invited to participate in a unique large-scale collaborative exhibition to highlight our diverse talents
Mar 21 – 22Putāruru
Powerful insights. Bold ideas. Real conversation. All in for Arts is back in March 2026.
26 MarHamilton
3-time Grammy®-winning SOWETO GOSPEL CHOIR; celebrates songs and anthems of Nelson Mandela’s Freedom Movement in South Africa and more…
28 MarHamilton
Aotearoa New Zealand Juggling & Circus Festival 2026!WHEN: 10am 27 March – 5pm 29 MarchWHERE: Raglan Town Hall – 41 Bow Street, Raglan 3225
Mar 27 – 29Raglan
We’re back again for summer 2026!!
24 Jan – 4 AprHamilton
A wānanga where participants learn and practice earth-based pigments deepen their relationship with natural materials.
16 MayHamilton
World-renowned guitarist and master entertainer TOMMY EMMANUEL, CGP, is thrilled to announce an unforgettable tour of New Zealand in May 2026
19 MayHamilton
Your opportunity to explore traditional whatu techniques with contemporary mediums with Julz @ tiaki rAranga in collaboration with Whare Hau Tutū
2 JunHamilton
Critically acclaimed stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and TV personality, Alan Davies, is back in Aotearoa after a decade!
31 JulHamilton
22 AugHamilton
Experience the music of Finnish composers Sibelius and Magnus Lindberg in one glorious concert
23 AugHamilton
6 OctHamilton
28 NovHamilton
The Royal New Zealand Ballet’s 2026 Season is a year of drama, beauty and imagination – where timeless stories and bold new visions collide.
Nov 27 – 29Hamilton
A sumptuous programme of music by the late-Baroque Italian genius Giovanni Pergolesi and French-Baroque master Jean-Philippe Rameau.
11 DecHamilton
GLOtron!, Hamilton’s world-exclusive glow-in-the-dark storyscape experience launches in less than a month!
6 Dec, 2025 – 28 Feb, 2026Hamilton
OH! Gallery is proud to present the first solo exhibition by Korakonui artist Pete Atkins.
3 Dec, 2025 – 1 Mar, 2026Otorohanga
The designers and creators of the world are invited to unleash their imagination, with the launch of the 2026 World of WearableArt (WOW) Competition.
17 Nov, 2025 – 15 Apr, 2026
Ngā Ara Auaha is an annual student showcase, exhibiting the creative works of undergraduate and postgraduate University of Waikato students.
17 Oct, 2025 – 17 Apr, 2026Hamilton
Australia/NZ’s first Poetry Therapy certification: Harness poetry’s healing power for community workshops and personal transformation.
1 Sep, 2025 – 1 Sep, 2027
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