What’s on guide

• Published date: 28 March 2024
• Publication title: Daily Post, The (Rotorua, New Zealand)

March 27 to April 6: Rotorua Musical Theatre presents Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Phantom of the Opera, Sir Howard Morrison Centre. Tickets available from Ticketmaster

Easter Weekend

Friday, March 29 to Monday, April 1: The Mel Young Easter Basketball Classic at Baypark Arena, Queen Elizabeth Youth Centre, Tauranga Boys’ College and Mount Sports Centre. Spectators are free.

Friday, March 29:

●Jazz Village, The Historic Village, 17th Ave West, Tauranga, 11am to 5pm. Tickets via Eventfinda.

●James Morrison, Baycourt Addison Theatre, Tauranga, 8pm, National Jazz Festival.

●Akash Dutta - The Trio Sessions, Baycourt X Space, Tauranga, 6pm, .National Jazz Festival

●Tauranga Record Fair, Tauranga Racecourse, 1pm to 4pm. 4pm to 7pm. Free entry.

●Easter Weekend Healing Meeting, Puketawhero Park, Rotorua, 6pm to 8pm. More information - Victory Church.

Saturday, March 30:

●Downtown Carnival, Downtown, 58 Devonport Rd, Tauranga, Saturday and Sunday from 12pm.

●Ohope Craft Market - Bluett Rd, Ohope, from 8.30am to 12.30pm, stall-holders must be set up by 8am. Inside and outside stands, awesome crafts on offer.

●Huge Easter Book Sale - hundreds of bargains plus collectors’ items at the kiosk in Kuirau Park, 9am to 1pm. Run by volunteers from Friends Of The Library.

●Speakeasy Supper, St Amand, 105 The Strand, Tauranga. Friday to Sunday, 6.45pm to 10pm.

●Tauranga Big Band - Around the Jazz World in 80 Minutes, Graham Young Youth Theatre, Tauranga Boys’ College, 7pm to 8.40pm. Tickets via eventfinda.

●Louis Baker, Baycourt Addison Theatre, Tauranga, 8pm, National Jazz Festival. Tickets via eventfinda.

●Waihi Beach Easter Extravaganza Pop Up Market, Waihi Beach Community Centre, 10am to 2pm.

●The Unlost Village Travelling Marketeers, Village Green Rotorua, Saturday and Sunday from 9am.

●Easter Kids Pottery Painting Session, The Arts Village, 1240 Hinemaru Street, Rotorua, 1pm to 2.30pm. Children over 4 only.

Sunday, March 31:

●Tea Dance, Tauranga Citizens Club, 5.30pm to 8.30pm. Tickets via eventfinda.

●Annual Great Easter Egg Hunt, Katikati Bird Gardens, 12pm to 3pm. Tickets via eventfinda.

• Music at the Rotunda Government Gardens, Rotorua, all ages, 1pm to 3pm. Free. 1pm Nikau Grace. 2pm Rewa Ututaonga.

Monday, April 1: Jazz at the Mount, Te Papa O Nga Manu Porotakataka, 10am to 5pm. Vintage cars on display at Coronation Park from 9.30am-1pm; Vintage car parade 11.30am through Pilot Bay, down Maunganui Road, past Jazz at the Mount Stage and back to Coronation Park.

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