Fri 5 Jun · Asgard

Aotearoa electronica veterans Sola Rosa bring their In The Mids Tour to New Plymouth for a night of dub-infused grooves and live instrumentation.

Sat 6 Jun · New Plymouth Girls’ High School

The region’s best high-school bands and solo artists compete for a spot in the national finals of New Zealand’s longest-running youth music competition.

Sat 6 Jun · Mike’s Bistro & Taproom

Local alt-indie outfit The Slacks bring their loose, melodic live show to Mike’s Bistro & Taproom for a late-night Saturday session.

Sun 7 Jun · Plymouth International Hotel

The Taranaki Jazz Club’s monthly Sunday session features the Frank Talbot Quartet in an intimate hotel-lounge setting.

Thu 4 Jun · Mike’s Bistro & Taproom

Weekly open-mic night welcoming local singers, songwriters and musicians to take the stage at Mike’s Bistro & Taproom.

Fri 5 Jun · Te Rewa Rewa Car Park

Free community clean-up along the Waiwhakaiho River to mark World Environment Day, with bags, gloves and a hot drink provided.

Wed 3 Jun · Puke Ariki Library

Free after-school book club for young readers at Puke Ariki Library, with new titles, games and crafts each week.

Wed 3 Jun · Puke Ariki Discover It!

Free drop-in gaming session for tamariki and rangatahi at Puke Ariki Discover It!, featuring consoles and board games.

Thu 4 Jun · Puke Ariki Discover It!

Free song, rhyme and movement session for pre-schoolers and their grown-ups, run by Puke Ariki staff.

Thu 4 Jun · Bell Block, Ōākura & Inglewood Libraries

Free bilingual story time sessions for pre-schoolers at NPDC branch libraries across the district.

Wed 3 Jun · Govett-Brewster Art Gallery Cinema

An AI-driven sound work in the Len Lye Cinema exploring stories of a post-natural world through computationally generated environments.

Thu 4 Jun · Puke Ariki Museum

Informal lunchtime conversation with the artists behind Puke Ariki’s TUKU exhibition, over a cup of tea.

Thu 4 Jun · Govett-Brewster Art Gallery

An immersive evening listening session at the Govett-Brewster, presented as part of the gallery’s current sound-art programme.

Sat 6 Jun · Wind Wand Car Park, New Plymouth

Weekly weather-dependent Saturday market on the grass beside the Wind Wand, with local food, craft and produce stalls from 10am to 3pm.

Sat 6 Jun · TSB Stadium

NZNBL home game as the Taranaki Airs host the Auckland Tuatara in front of the home crowd at TSB Stadium.

Thu 4 Jun · Len Lye Cinema, Govett-Brewster

The annual French Film Festival Aotearoa is screening at the Len Lye Cinema, with a curated programme of recent French features and shorts.

Thu 4 Jun · Inglewood Library

Free one-on-one tech-help session at Inglewood Library, where library staff help with phones, tablets, laptops and online accounts.

Fri 12 Jun · TSB Stadium

Another NZNBL home fixture for the Taranaki Airs as they take on Whai at TSB Stadium.

Thu 18 Jun · TSB Showplace

Touring theatre production In Other Words plays a single night at TSB Showplace.

Fri 19 Jun · TSB Showplace

Rock tribute show 27 Club celebrates the music of Hendrix, Joplin, Morrison, Cobain and Winehouse.

Sat 20 Jun · TSB Showplace

Tribute concert Simply Brill returns to TSB Showplace with hits from the Brill Building songwriting era.

Sat 20 Jun · TSB Showplace

Straitjacket Fits and Dimmer frontman Shayne Carter performs songs and reads from his award-winning memoir.

Sun 21 Jun · TSB Showplace

Family theatre work MOON plays a one-off show at TSB Showplace.

Fri 26 Jun · TSB Showplace

A line-up of touring Kiwi comedians take over TSB Showplace for the Taranaki Comedy Gala.

Fri 26 Jun · TSB Showplace

Te Radar brings his cookbook-meets-comedy show Cookbookery to the TSB Showplace stage.

Fri 26 Jun · Asgard

Auckland hardcore-punk veterans Bleeders mark 20 years of their album As Sweet As Sin with a New Plymouth date at Asgard.

Sat 27 Jun · The Mayfair

Wellington dub-electronica collective Rhombus bring their full sound system to The Mayfair.