{"id":269113,"date":"2026-02-05T14:41:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T14:41:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/269113\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T14:41:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T14:41:13","slug":"waitangi-day-laneway-nick-cave-and-nostalgia-the-spinoff-event-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/269113\/","title":{"rendered":"Waitangi Day, Laneway, Nick Cave and Nostalgia: The Spinoff event guide"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Spinoff\u2019s top pick of events from around the motu. Here\u2019s the best for the week February 5\u201312.<\/p>\n

Welcome to The Spinoff event guide, your weekly, curated selection of gigs, events and exhibitions happening across Aotearoa. If you want to pitch your event for future guides then please use this handy form<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Waitangi
\n\"AMembers of the public watch the big screen on the upper Treaty Grounds on Waitangi Day 2025 (Photo: Te Aihe Butler)<\/p>\n

Festival: Waitangi Day Festival<\/a><\/p>\n

Waitangi Treaty Grounds
3\u20136 February
Free<\/p>\n

Te Tiriti o Waitangi commemorations are celebrated and contemporary contexts discussed with a full family-friendly festival programme<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"\"T\u0101maki Makaurau<\/p>\n

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Music: Laneway Festival 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

Western Springs
12.30pm\u201310pm Thurs, February 5\u00a0
$249.90<\/p>\n

Chappell Roan is headlining this one-day, multi-stage music fest and we are hot to go.<\/p>\n

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\u201cCelebrate Waitangi Day at Te Puia | New Zealand M\u0101ori Arts and Crafts Institute with a jam-packed day of cultural festivities, delicious kai and w\u0101nanga. Kicking off at 9:00am, we\u2019ve got activities for the whole wh\u0101nau!\u201d<\/p>\n

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Te Whanganui-a-Tara<\/p>\n

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Music: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds<\/a><\/p>\n

TSB Arena
6.30pm, February 5 & 6
From $156<\/p>\n

\u201cNick Cave and The Bad Seeds will perform a setlist drawn from their latest album Wild God, alongside songs spanning the four decades of their storied career, in this critically acclaimed two-and-a-half-hour show.\u201d Also Aldous Harding is opening.<\/p>\n

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Whakat\u016b<\/p>\n

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Music: Adam Chamber Music Festival<\/a><\/p>\n

Nelson Centre of Musical Arts
Various times, 5\u20137 February
Multiple prices<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the heart of the festival is artistic director Gillian Ansell of the New Zealand String Quartet, who personally invites an exclusive lineup of leading international and New Zealand musicians for ten days of exceptional music-making. The carefully curated programme spans classical masterpieces, contemporary commissions, artist talks and masterclasses \u2014 all presented in the intimate, acoustically superb Nelson Centre of Musical Arts.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u014ctautahi<\/p>\n

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Festival: Nostalgia<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ferrymead Heritage Part
Saturday, February 7
From $59.90<\/p>\n

Line up includes Troy Kingi, Tami Neilson, Hollie Smith and Ladyhawke.<\/p>\n

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\u014ctopoti<\/p>\n

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Festival: George Street Market & Eats and Beats on Bath Street<\/a><\/p>\n

George St
Saturday, February 7
Free<\/p>\n

Street performers, food, markets and music all day and into the night.<\/p>\n

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