Los Galanes ..
Los Galanes Latin ensemble made up of a vibrant international group of professional musicians with a passion to play and entertain Latin and French rhythms to one and all. Los Galanes boasts an eclectic mix of members hailing from all over the world.
Summer Equinox Meadow Dance
This evening is for people who just want to dance... by popular request, we're back again. It seems we can't go wrong! The recipe of a beautiful dance floor, great music and people seems to be a good one! The height of Summer is a perfect moment to loose yourself on a bouncing dance floor…
Sun City Soul
Groove & mingle in the Fairfield Courtyard on a warm summer's evening with Sun City Soul, Nelson’s favourite soul band, featuring the vocals of the unmistakable Mr Dan Moon and Trudi Wilson, a rocking rhythm section, and two horns. It’s guaranteed to be a high-energy night of classic soul anthems that just feel so good!!…
Polytropos
New Zealanders Oscar West and Rennie Pearson are celebrating ten years of playing and touring together as the traditional music duo Polytropos. They have just released their first full-length album. Multi-instrumentalists West and Pearson are masterful, passionate players of Celtic music arranged in an adventurous, conversational style. Their infectious stage presence and musicality has been…
William Shakespeare’s: The Comedy of Errors
This summer we bring you Shakespeare’s most farcical play. Slapstick and mistaken identity, shipwrecks and puns, bungling servants and Dukes. All delivered in Shakespeare’s delicious verse. A crazy tale of twins separated in a shipwreck, a father facing peril to find them again and a wonderful happy ending with unexpected reunions. Entry: Pay what you…
Richter City Rebels
Aotearoa's first and finest New Orleans-style brass band. Made up of top calibre Wellington musicians, the Rebels bring the warm, infectious sound and magnetic culture of New Orleans back to the Fairfield Courtyard for the 6th year in a row. YEAH! MAKE WAY, MAKE TIME FOR THE Brass juggernaut that is the Richter City Rebels…
PIPES in The Park aka the Meadow!!
Pipes in the Park is back this summer at Fairfield House Meadow! Join the City of Nelson Highland Pipe Band for some Celtic music and dance in the sunshine. This year we have an exciting guest joining us, Jordan Johnston, one of the country's top A Grade solo pipers, who will be performing several solo…
Klezmer Rebs
Klezmer Rebs are an 8 piece Wellington band formed in 2002 that plays (mostly) klezmer music, an engaging style of world/folk music born out of the Yiddish/Jewish culture of eastern…
Alpaca Social Club
The Alpaca Social Club is the bringing together of 2 kindred musical souls. Both musical adventurers and travelers, on different instruments and across a multitude of styles, Jon Sanders and…
Wild Fire – Sika & Koffie
Feel the heartbeat of the earth. An uplifting night of Didgeridoo & West African Drums. It's also Valentine's Day, so a perfect opportunity to gather together and feel the love!…
Ras Judah & Culture Embassy
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 an infusion Afro jazz and roots reggae.…
Madame Tragédie & Accomplices; The Lady Sings the Blues
Isabella (Izzy) Miller Bell Aka Ma Bell & Madame Tragédie is a multi-faceted performance artist with a passion for music and the stage, heralded by (NZMM July 2003) to be…