Good Habits are a UK alt-folk duo, telling stories and turning heads across the globe. Composed of singer-cellist Bonnie Schwarz and accordionist Pete Shaw, they create folk-infused songs that test the limits of their traditional instruments; maintaining folk roots of musical storytelling amongst their energetic, virtuosic playing. "The duo are musical tricksters..There's a rare emotional…

Due to popular demand Seasons Art Class are offering an evening class as well as the daytime classes that have been so enthusiastically attended “Perhaps you have never picked up a brush since your school days, even if you are completely new to art, we welcome that, very much. We will look after you &…

The Jac is back! A year on from the COVID-enforced online release of their third studio album 'A Gathering', the high-octane modern jazz octet is reforming in 2021 to tour Aotearoa once again, with a follow up album: 'Walking Spirits'! Featuring material from The Jac's 2017 collaboration with Korean quartet Black String, plus a swathe…

Season Art Classes at Fairfield House are in demand, Heiko and Susanne are responding with hosting another 3 courses starting in September & October. Join them on your journey to finding your inner artist. Have the best fun ever and create the art you have always wanted to with a supportive tutor and friends. Over…

Learn the life-changing tools of mindfulness meditation with cognitive skills to: Find calm, increase focus and reduce stress to avoid burnout. Increase self-care and resilience. Enhance self-compassion, moving away from rumination and self-criticism. MBCT is a clinically trialled and evidence-based eight-week program for managing stress, anxiety and depression. Recommended by the National Institute for Clinical…

Izzy Miller Bell & Susan Leigh Grant Urban folk & country blues, a little bit of jazz and a whole lot of Celtic soul that is what these two vintage blues mamas bring to the table, delivering a slick program of original composition, eloquent Dylan arrangements and classic jazz and blues by the likes of…

Home Alone Music is proud to present 'The light you throw' – the third album from Te Whanganui-a-Tara based electricUTOPIA songwriter Lake South. Slated for release on September 17, the album was written in the midst of Aotearoa's Level-4 lockdown ( that;s the 2020 one) and recorded at a rented house in Waikawa beach. From…

Fairfield is hosting our FIRST of the summer outdoor concerts, Wellington favourites Crash Bandihoot bring their high energy set of raucous New Orleans style second line brass band music to the South Island of Aotearoa for the very first time. A lazy Sunday afternoon in our beautiful courtyard. Expect soaring horns and driving rhythms from…

Ras Judah and Culture Embassy band is a Wellington-based, 10-piece international multicultural outfit, hence the name “Culture Embassy”. The band’s musical style is a fusion of Afro-Folk, Reggae, Jazz, Latin, Brit/Euro-Folk and Kiwiana. buy tickets here

Come and celebrate summer with Sweet Soul Music! Sun City Soul brings you the best rhythms in town, two fabulous vocalists, and a horn section to boot, playing outside in the fabulous Fairfield courtyard. Doors open 7pm for a 7.30pm start. Fairfield hospitality will be taking care of drinks & snacks, eftpos available. Verification of…

Summer Shakespeare this year at Fairfield with a difference. We have the pleasure of hosting in our courtyard this wonderful initiative of Director Laura Irish; The Bard + A Garden Party = The Barden Party! Imagine fairies roaming around and causing mischief in Faifield's beautiful courtyard garden! Let us set the scene: a small troupe…