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What's on in Christchurch

22 August 2025

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Go Live Festival, a lights show in the Botanic Gardens and a night at the opera - check out what's on this weekend.

Go Live Festival

Get ready, Ōtautahi. Go Live Festival is returning to Christchurch this winter with an epic line-up featuring Minuit, Tadpole and Slim. 15 acts will be hitting the Town Hall this Saturday evening, performing across four stages.

Tickets are $35, get them now on Ticketmaster. Go Live will be on from 7 – 10pm 23 August.

Revamp Vintage Market

Christchurch’s largest indoor market is back at the Air Force Museum of New Zealand this Sunday. Search through a selection of stalls from a variety of Canterbury’s vintage stores, dealers, traders and one-off sellers with a huge collection of the unusual, the eclectic and the interesting to sell.

The Revamp Vintage Market will be on from 10am – 3pm Sunday – come and have a rummage!

Illuminate Light and Sound Experience

Head down to the Botanic Gardens for the Illuminate Light and Sound Experience this weekend. Enjoy a dazzling evening filled with entertainment, grab a meal from our food trucks as you wander through the park, and gaze at thousands of lights and engaging interactive features.

Come along this weekend or from 28 – 31 August. Tickets are $15.

Night at the Opera

Christchurch City Choir brings you its latest concert: Night at the Opera. This evening of excerpts from classic opera and musical theatre will feature a choir of up to 80 voices performing well-loved repertoire spanning 400 years.

The performance will be at The Piano from 7.30 – 9.30pm Saturday night. Tickets are $15.

Tamil Collection Launch

Come and join us in celebrating the launch of our newest collection at Tūranga Library, the Tamil Collection. Celebrate with us in the TSB Space on Friday from 5.30 - 7.30pm.

We look forward to sharing the Tamil books with you. Free, everyone welcome, bookings required.