Past Events
Expression
Event Calendar
01 | Tuesday
Ā mua
7:00 - 8:00pm
Classical
02 | Wednesday
Ōtautahi Youth Poetry Slam
7:00pm - 9:30pm
WORD Festival 2026
03 | Thursday
Letters Out Loud
8:00pm - 9:15pm
WORD Festival 2026
Emergence Book Launch
5:30pm - 7:30pm
WORD Festival 2026
The Silver Book: Art & Desire in Italy: Olivia Laing (UK)
6:00pm - 7:00pm
WORD Festival 2026
04 | Friday
The Black Monk: Charlotte Grimshaw
2:00pm - 3:00pm
WORD Festival 2026
He Told Us
10:00am - 11:00am
WORD Festival 2026
The Crash: Sally Wenley
12:00pm - 1:00pm
WORD Festival 2026
Foreign Correspondents
4:00 - 5:00pm
WORD Festival 2026
Risky Women
8:00pm - 9:30pm
WORD Festival 2026
Booker Prize Winner Shehan Karunatilaka
6:00pm - 7:00pm
WORD Festival 2026
05 | Saturday
Mana: Tāme Iti
12:00pm - 1:00pm
WORD Festival 2026
Home Again: Jon Toogood
6:00pm - 7:00pm
WORD Festival 2026
Anything Could Happen: Grant Robertson
2:00pm - 3:00pm
WORD Festival 2026
I Wish I Wrote That
8:00pm - 9:00pm
WORD Festival 2026
Reading for Pleasure Book Salon
10:00am - 11:00am
WORD Festival 2026
Writing From Family: Elizabeth Knox & Charlotte Grimshaw
4:00pm - 5:00pm
WORD Festival 2026
06 | Sunday
The Good Settler: Richard Shaw
10:00am - 11:00am
WORD Festival 2026
Our Kiwi Home
11:00am - 12:00pm
Talks & Events
Pātahi: Re-Storying the Life of a Wāhine Matātoa
2:00pm - 3:00pm
WORD Festival 2026
Songwriter Speaks: Dave Dobbyn
4:00 - 5:00pm
WORD Festival 2026
Cross Party Lines: Live
12:00pm - 1:00pm
WORD Festival 2026
07 | Monday
08 | Tuesday
09 | Wednesday
10 | Thursday
11 | Friday
NZTrio+
7:30 - 9:30pm
Chamber Music New Zealand
12 | Saturday
13 | Sunday
Resonance Ensemble - Old World, New World
3:00pm - 4:30pm
Classical
14 | Monday
15 | Tuesday
16 | Wednesday
17 | Thursday
New Zealand String Quartet with Ariana Tikao - Christopher's Classics
7:30 - 9:30pm
Christopher's Classics
18 | Friday
19 | Saturday
CANCELLED - ASCENT X Presents: Comedy Night
7:00pm - 10:00pm
Comedy
20 | Sunday
Jun Bouterey-Ishido & Diedre Irons - Sundays at Four
4:00 - 5:00pm
Sundays at Four
21 | Monday
22 | Tuesday
Step into Spring - Rangi Ruru Instrumental Concert
7:30 - 9:30pm
Variety
23 | Wednesday
24 | Thursday
25 | Friday
Impulse Theatre Presents Down to Earth - an Improvised Sci-Fi Comedy
7:30pm - 8:30pm
Comedy
Gabrieli, Lilburn, Martinů
7:00 - 8:00pm
CSO
26 | Saturday
ASCEND - Convergence Dance Studios
7:00 - 8:30pm
Theatre & Dance
ASCEND - Convergence Dance Studios
3:00pm - 4:00pm
Theatre & Dance
27 | Sunday
28 | Monday
29 | Tuesday
Visionary Dance: Legally Blonde JR.
3:00pm - 4:00pm
Theatre & Dance
Visionary Dance: Legally Blonde JR.
6:00pm - 7:00pm
Theatre & Dance
Music Alive - Public concert
7:30pm - 9:00pm
Classical
30 | Wednesday
Visionary Dance: Legally Blonde JR.
3:00pm - 4:00pm
Theatre & Dance
Visionary Dance: Legally Blonde JR.
6:00pm - 7:00pm
Theatre & Dance
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