May is NZ Music Month!

Gig Guide

May is NZ music month / Te Marama Puoro o Aotearoa - here's what's on! Check links for full details.

There's also free concerts and community events happening all month - check them out here.

Monday 11th May

1:10 PM - Great Hall Lunchtime Concert Series 2026: Darren Pickering Quartet @ The Arts Centre Te Matatiki Toi Ora - Jazz

Wednesday 13th May

5:00 PM - The Quarter x Pasifika Sounds [free] @ Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū - Pasifika

7:00 PM - Dig the Gig @ A Rolling Stone - Multiple

7:00 PM - Free Artist Development Seminar - Music Royalties @ darkroom - Education

Thursday 14th May

7:00 PM - Paul Ubana Jones @ Good Times Comedy Club - Electro Acoustic

7:30 PM - Space Academy Variety Show @ Space Academy

Friday 15th May

6:30 PM - Candice Milner and Friends Presents @ Lyttelton Arts Factory, Lyttelton - Indie Folk Rock

7:30 PM - Melodownz - Bron Album Release Tour @ Loons, Lyttelton

8:00 PM - Full Time Babes! - Frankie And The Teardrops With Sam Burt @ Space Academy - Alt pop

8:00 PM - Imperial Slave - Christchurch @ Churchills - Metal

8:00 PM - Tephra w/ Troika and Ragweed @ darkroom - Post rock, alt metal

8:00 PM - Steampunk Fish Live @ Wunderbar - Grunge

10:00 PM - Trance Gate: DJ Tritus : France @ Galaxy Bar - Electronica

Saturday 16th May

8:00 PM - Caitlin - Guardrails Tour @ Space Academy

8:00 PM - Northern Fogline w/ Clark + Dakota Jean @ Wunderbar

8:00 PM - Regurgitator Jukeboxxin’ Tour 2026 @ The Loons, Lyttelton - Rock

8:00 PM - The Dou Bros: Often In A Lifetime @ darkroom - Alternative

8:00 PM - Fantasia X SPDO @ Sydenham Underpass

9:00 PM - DUSQUIRA @ Galaxy Arcade - Drum & Bass

10:00 PM - Metrik - Awake Album Tour @ The Assembly - Drum & Bass

Sunday 17th May

2:30 PM - Unfinished Journeys @ The Piano - Variety Concerts

7:00 PM - Ano Pascoe + The Floating Moon w/ Akshim Bindra @ Space Academy

10:30 PM - Local Legends 360° (DnB) @ Sin After Dark - Drum & Bass

Saturday 23rd May

5:00 PM - Musica Balkanica presents: Liturgical Chants from The Balkans @ St Peter's Anglican Church - World

7:30 PM - Lewis Parke @ darkroom - Indie, alternative

8:00 PM - Funhaus do Iggy and The Stooges @ Wunderbar, Lyttelton

8:00 PM - Tommy Emmanuel - Living In The Light Tour 2026 @ Isaac Theatre

8:00 PM - Wednesday 'Bleeds' NZ Tour @ The Loons, Lyttelton - Alternative, Indie

10:00 PM - Venjent (UK) @ The Assembly - Drum & Bass

10:00 PM - FTP @ Hide

Sunday 24th May

7:00 PM - Luthier Concert @ Christchurch Folk Music Club, 29 Domain Terrace - Folk / Instrumental

Thursday 28th May

7:00 PM - Ruby Kush Music Presents Rebecca Robin For NZ Music Month @ Wunderbar

8:00 PM - Carne Verde 3 (03 Sessions) @ Space Academy - Experimental / Jazz Fusion

Friday 29th May

7:00 PM - Playlunch Sex Ed New Zealand Tour @ Loons, Lyttelton - "Bogan Funk"

8:00 PM - Come Together - Bruce Springstein, Born to Run @ James Hay Theatre Town Hall - Rock [covers]

8:00 PM - Mim Jensen EP Release Tour @ Space Academy

Saturday 30th May

5:00 PM - World Drumming Festival @ Aurora Centre (Burnside High School) - World / Drumming

7:00 PM - 2026 Chch Echo Chamber @ darkroom - Multiple genres

7:00 PM - Sola Rosa - In The Mids Tour - Christchurch @ Hide

8:00 PM - Moonflower Ft The Space And Silicon For Skin @ Space Academy - Rock

9:00 PM - Double Haven: 30 May-Valerie Ace (DE) + 31 May-Carrier @ Galaxy Arcade - Electronica

Sunday 31st May

4:00 PM - David Fung - Sundays at Four @ The Piano - Classical

7:00 PM - Violete, Bear Hug, Fraser McCarthy @ Space Academy

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