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Local bands and artists performing every Thursday.
Mix a trio of New Zealand’s finest vocalists with the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra.
This eight-piece ensemble accompanies the French silent film "The Passion of Joan of Arc" (1928).
A show by one of Brazil’s leading singer-songwriters, Ná Ozzetti, isn’t just about a fine voice.
Guerilla gigs popping up on random bus routes around Christchurch.
There really is no better way to celebrate all that is Kiwi than with the man whose songs do that best.
Listen to this wonderfully tropical sound from folk who live in the heart of ChCh - Pacific Underground.
Richard Nunns is one of New Zealand’s most remarkable musicians.
Christchurch-born pianist and composer.
See exceptional artists explore their musical - and familial - bonds. Not to be missed.
The Memorial offers a time to reflect on all that has happened in Christchurch over the last year.
Please note: $20 Tickets are only available by calling Ticketek on 0800 842 538 or visiting one of the Ticketek outlets at CBS Canterbury Arena or Northlands Mall.
Christchurch’s Jubilate Singers proudly present Southern Landscapes.
Vasily Petrenko leads the NZSO in playing Shostakovich's 7th Symphony.
Schubert’s music’s greatest qualities are all celebrated in the two featured masterpieces, Sonata in G and Drei Klavierstücke.
Great New Zealand voices are assembled here to perform the magnifcent Odes to Joy.
Adult and Baby tickets SOLD OUT. Unaccompanied adult tickets still available.
Bring the family to watch Linsey Pollak make wind instruments out of some unlikely sources.
The Titanics were perhaps the greatest Maori showband to have almost existed – so what sunk them?
Spontaneous Broadway is the creation of a broadway-style musical before your very eyes.
A wickedly funny tale of small town love & big time dreams with an irresistible mix of music, drama & comedy.
THURSDAY POSTPONED TO SATURDAY MATINEE
NEW DATES ADDED!
SOLD OUT!
Roger Hall’s Rugby World Cup comedy C’mon Black!
Fleur de Thier and company return to the Christchurch Arts Festival to premiere the inventive and uplifting Tilt.
A contemporary cabaret from Christchurch-based collective Corrupt Productions.
The Royal New Zealand Ballet’s biennial tour of the country enters its third edition.
Lily
2011
Garden Variety
Footnote Dance brings a new programme to the Festival.
Photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand shares his incredible portraits of our planet from the air.
Pouwhenua are ‘Markers on the Land’ — markers that Maori used as wayfinders or boundary markers.
It’s morning tea with Richard Till!
VENUE CHANGE TO VISIONS AT CPIT
NGAIO MARSH FINALISTS ANNOUNCED!
What should the new Christchurch a-spire to?
The Human Ache
SCAPE Panel Discussion - The City as Memory
SCAPE Panel Discussion - Imagined Futures
The Dog and Data Show - SOLD OUT
Putting Words to the Feelings
Christchurch Arts Festival is proud to be part of the REAL New Zealand Festival.
Strange Resting Places - Venue Changed to Te Puna Wanaka
Host-A-Brooch
Jonathan Smart Gallery
Christopher's Classics
Ilam Campus Gallery shows
ABC Gallery
Pecha Kucha Night - SOLD OUT
Station to Station in Ashburton