Current Events
Poi Making: Tradition in Motion
1 and 8 Oct 2026 | 10.00am - 2.00pm
Free entry. No bookings required
Create your very own poi to take home.
Sonic Boom - A Concert Experience for Kids
2 Oct 2026 | 4.00pm
Tickets from $24.00
A high-energy live concert experience delivering the ultimate family night out! SONIC BOOM brings the excitement of a real rock concert to young audiences, packed with epic sing-a-longs, huge dance moments, and nonstop fun.
6 Oct 2026 | 1.00pm
Entry by donation
Piano, performed by students from Te Kōkī New Zealand School of Music.
Classical Expressions: Aroha String Quartet
8 Oct 2026 | 7.30pm
Tickets from $35.00
Around the World in 90 Minutes; buckle up and travel around the globe with the Aroha String Quartet, with stopovers to sample the music of seven different countries on five continents - Europe, Asia, South America, North America and Zealandia.
10 Oct 2026 | 10.00am - 2.00pm
Free entry
Explore beautifully made crafts, meet the makers behind them, and shop for unique handmade pieces.
Sourdough Bread Making Workshop
10 Oct 2026 | 9.30am - 1.00pm
Tickets $85.00
Prepare and bake two styles of rustic sourdough bread. Learn about ingredients, equipment and how to make and maintain a healthy starter.
Skin Lab: Wounds, Bruises & Alien Effects Workshop
10 Oct 2026 | 10.00am - 11.00am
SOLD OUT
Create realistic special-effects makeup and bruises, cuts, wounds and alien skin.
Upcycled Bike Tyre Earrings Workshop
10 Oct 2026 | 10.00am - 11.30am
Tickets $35.00
Join us for a creative jewellery-making workshop where sustainability meets style using recycled bike tyre rubber,
10 Oct 2026 | 10.00am - 12.00pm
SOLD OUT
Learn the techniques of needle felting and create your own felted picture with Brenda from Retro Craft. Bring an image you'd like to recreate.
Face Painting Masterclass Workshop
10 Oct 2026 | 12.00pm - 1.00pm
$45.00 per booking (2 people)
A facepainting masterclass with Margo. Each booking includes two participants who work in pairs while learning professional face painting techniques.
10 Oct 2026 | 1.00pm - 2.00pm
Tickets $30.00
Make your own reusable organic beeswax wraps with Brenda from Retro Craft. Please bring 1 metre of 100% cotton fabric.
Copper Foil Stained Glass Suncatchers Workshop
10 Oct 2026 | 1.00pm - 3.00pm
Tickets $80.00
Create a stained glass suncatcher and learn copper foiling and soldering with Jo Conroy from Redlow Gypsy.
Fermentation and Pickling Workshop
10 Oct 2026 | 2.00pm - 4.00pm
Tickets $65.00
Learn fermentation and pickling with Anna from The Polish Sausage Company and make two preserves.
11 Oct 2026 | 8.00pm
Tickets from $25.00
Penny Ashton is back and this time is skewering the Bard Himself. The brain behind Promise & Promiscuity, Olive Copperbottom and Austen Found is heading out on her 6th Arts on Tour odyssey with her new critically acclaimed solo musical.
18 Oct 2026 | 3.00pm
Tickets from $10.00
Upper Hutt Piano Trust presents their annual Piano Scholarship Concert featuring Lana Ritchie, recipient of the Upper Hutt Piano Trust Scholarship.
13 - 14 Nov 2026 | Various Times
Tickets from $22.00
Danzworx presents their end oy year dance recital.
Step into a world of magic and music as the timeless story of Cinderella comes to life through dance!
Wind and Wonder
14 and 21 Jan 2027 | 10.00am - 2.00pm
Free entry. No bookings required
A chime making workshop.
Twin Lakes Theatre is sponsored by Twin Lakes Industries.
Professionals Recreation Hall is sponsored by Mark Real Estate.
Download a copy of the Whirinaki Whare Taonga Seasons Brochure for July - December 2026