Join the Wooden Box Band to celebrate the launch of their latest album Broken River.

A selection of liquid and minimal drum and bass tunes

For the second year Smoked & Pickled invites you to come celebrate the French national day with traditional French food and beverages - a great opportunity to share and discover more about French culture!

From amidst the wreckage of our capitalist wasteland they rise, like a phoenix soaring through a bowl of molasses... The Wellington City Shake-em-on-Downers ARE BACK

Dig out your broken items and bring them along for a fixing spree at VBC. We'll have experts on hand to help with ceramics, jewellery, sewing, electrical and tool/knife sharpening.

Swampy Americana sounds from Paddy Burgin, Andrew Kerr and Alan Norman, with very special guest Marian Price-Carter (Carter Price Trio, The Raven Mavens).

Katie and Oli love a few things. In amongst these things are Friends, family, Fritz and especially MUSIC. And boy oh boy do they have a hankering to play some.

Stella is a singer-songwriter, performing both original songs and covers. She will be performing at VBC Upstairs for her first gig!

Free entry, donations welcome.

Come and join us for a shared dinner, forage in the wild or your cupboards or the supermarket and enjoy good food, music and company to chase away the winter blues.

.:. reyne is the second album by Te-Whanganui-a-Tara musican Reyne Robati. 

It’s a self reflective collection of songs born from the winds of change, and the love and loss carried with it.

Join us for a spellbinding afternoon of harp and voice with Jessica Browning, an international harpist and vocalist whose music evokes the rhythm of the ocean and the depth of human emotion.

Wellington band Rag Poets features Carl Evensen - vocals and percussion (Fourmyula), Vocalist on those early Kiwi radio hits such as ‘Nature’ and ‘Turn Back the Wind’, Rob Clarkson - drums, Alan Norman - accordion and 12 string guitar, who along with Rob played for many years with NZ’s seminal Country band The Warratahs, and Gary Creary guitar.

A beautiful, soulful work of art, 'Hello Darling' encapsulates a deeply personal, deeply relatable journey written throughout her teenage years.

Keen for some cosy vibes, biscuits, and books?

“For those that don’t know, Zedek has been one of the most compelling players and singers of the last quarter-century of American music” - The Quietus“

Keen for some cosy vibes, biscuits, and books?

There is just over a week left to have your say on the Regulatory Standard Bill, a piece of legislation that has been described as the "Treaty Principles Bill 2.0"

"Refreshingly down-to-earth and lovely with vocals so tightly knit they could be family." Mike Alexander, NZ Herald.

Modern breakups can be painful.

The documentary highlights the work of Explore Your Coast Founder, diver and seaweed enthusiast Nicole Miller as she documents Wellington’s coastline and brings the beauty of seaweed to the surface.

Join us for an intimate evening of music as two of Aotearoa’s most captivating emerging artists, Rita Mae and Sofia Machray, share stripped-back sets in a special double headline show.

“Gentle, sometimes witty and just as often moving reflections at every turn” – Graham Reid

Participants will be surrounded by the resonant vibrations of gongs, carefully designed to induce deep states of relaxation and calm.

Come along to experience bold experiments, half-grown wonders, and the beautiful chaos of work-in-progress art.

Next event, 25th May, has two great speakers! Cécile L’Hermitte is an expert in transport logistics and the response to disruption and Chris Berthelsen is working on an ambitions Japanese project to reduce extreme weather impacts - both topics obviously very relevant to our recent weather here.

Imaginary Gardens is a collaboration between Alex Trask and Jake Baxendale, two local saxophonists and composers. Together they will present music from their projects ‘Imaginary Folksongs’ and ‘Gardening Music’. They have in common a love for nature, exploration, and collective music making that forms the basis of both projects.