What to do in Tauranga in December 2026

Tuesday, December 1, 2026

• Visual arts

  until Feb 7

  I Will Meet You in the Garden (Jess Dare)

  Toi Tauranga Art Gallery · Tauranga CBD

  • Visual arts

• Visual arts

  until Mar 14

  All Squared (Graham Crow)

  Toi Tauranga Art Gallery · Tauranga CBD

  • Visual arts

• Visual arts

  until May 9

  Edward Bullmore: TWENTY

  Toi Tauranga Art Gallery · Tauranga CBD

  • Visual arts

• Visual arts

  until Apr 18

  Toe Feiloa’i Afea? (Etanah Lalau-Talapa)

  Toi Tauranga Art Gallery · Tauranga CBD

  • Visual arts

• Visual arts

  until Mar 28

  The Muse Looks Back: An Exploration of Female Portraiture

  Toi Tauranga Art Gallery · Tauranga CBD

  • Visual arts

• Visual arts

  until Apr 25

  My cruel enemy grazes on my pain and feeds herself (Frances Libeau)

  Toi Tauranga Art Gallery · Tauranga CBD

  • Visual arts

• Visual arts

  until Apr 25

  Power to Define (George Watson)

  Toi Tauranga Art Gallery · Tauranga CBD

  • Visual arts

• Comedy

  until Dec 6

  Lend Me A Soprano

  16th Ave Theatre · Tauranga South

  • Comedy
  • Theatre

Wednesday, December 2, 2026

• Music

  11 AM

  Harp in the Library

  Margaret Harper

  Te Ao Mārama – Mount Maunganui Library & Community Hub · Mount Maunganui

  • Music

  Free

Friday, December 4, 2026

• Music

  —Time not announced

  GLEN HANSARD | Under the Stars Fundraiser

  Totara Street · Mount Maunganui

  • Music

  Tickets ↗

Saturday, December 5, 2026

• Music

  5 PM

  Elemental Festival 2026 - Tauranga

  The Historic Village · Tauranga South

  • Music
  • Visual arts

  $40 Tickets ↗

• Cabaret

  7:30 PM

  Salon Risqué - Holly, Jolly & Wicked

  Baycourt Community & Arts Centre · Tauranga CBD

  • Cabaret
  • Burlesque

  $37.38–$58.38 Tickets ↗

• Visual arts

  until May 30

  Grace Wright

  Toi Tauranga Art Gallery · Tauranga CBD

  • Visual arts

Sunday, December 6, 2026

• Music

  4:30 PM

  MauaoPAC End of Year Student Concert

  Totara Street · Mount Maunganui

  • Music

Saturday, December 12, 2026

• Music

  —Time not announced

  The Chris Cornell Collection

  Totara Street · Mount Maunganui

  • Music
  • Rock

  Tickets ↗

Thursday, December 17, 2026

• Comedy

  6:30 PM

  Urzila Carlson - Fatty On a Yacht

  Urzila Carlson

  Baycourt Community & Arts Centre · Tauranga CBD

  • Comedy

  $73.65 Tickets ↗

Friday, December 18, 2026

• Music

  12:30 PM

  The Great Kiwi Sing-along

  Te Ao Mārama – Pāpāmoa Library & Community Hub · Pāpāmoa Beach

  • Music

  Free

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