What to do in Tauranga in October 2026

64 events from Saturday, October 17 to Saturday, October 31, 2026. Free: 21. Busiest venues: Baycourt Community & Arts Centre, Te Ao Mārama – Tauranga Library & Community Hub, Toi Tauranga Art Gallery.

Saturday, October 17, 2026

Visual arts
until Oct 25

Whatu Aho Rua (Emily Parr and Arielle Walker)

Toi Tauranga Art Gallery · Tauranga CBD
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Oct 25

Private View

Toi Tauranga Art Gallery · Tauranga CBD
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Nov 22

Māturuturu Trick (Heidi Brickell)

Toi Tauranga Art Gallery · Tauranga CBD
- Visual arts
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 Oct 17

Time In Motion - The Kinetic Art of Ian Howell

The Historic Village · Tauranga South
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Oct 17

Artful Mind Exhibition by Dementia Tauranga

The Historic Village · Tauranga South
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Oct 17

Kiln God Exhibition - Pot House Gallery Group Show

The Historic Village · Tauranga South
- Visual arts
Free
Music
9:30 AM

Craig Smith - The Wonky Donkey Man Show - Saturday Show

Craig Smith

Te Ao Mārama – Tauranga Library & Community Hub · Tauranga CBD
- Music
Free Tickets
Music
10:30 AM

Harp over the Harbour

Margaret Harper

Te Ao Mārama – Tauranga Library & Community Hub · Tauranga CBD
- Music
Free
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Dance
11:15 AM

BOP Boys Bhangra Performance

Te Ao Mārama – Tauranga Library & Community Hub · Tauranga CBD
- Dance
Free
Dance
12 PM

Kunza Dance Performance

Te Ao Mārama – Tauranga Library & Community Hub · Tauranga CBD
- Dance
Free
Literature
1:30 PM

A Chat with Vanya Insull of VJ Cooks

Te Ao Mārama – Tauranga Library & Community Hub · Tauranga CBD
- Literature
Free
Music
3 PM

Opus Orchestra - String Ensemble

Opus Orchestra Strings

Te Ao Mārama – Tauranga Library & Community Hub · Tauranga CBD
- Music
- Classical
Free
Cinema
4 PM

Show Me Shorts Film Festival

The Historic Village · Tauranga South
- Cinema
$15 Tickets
Dance
6:30 PM

Neon Nights

Baycourt Community & Arts Centre · Tauranga CBD
- Dance
$36.35–$41.48 Tickets
Music
Time not announced

He Puna Manawa Community Celebration Day

Te Ao Mārama – Tauranga Library & Community Hub · Tauranga CBD
- Music
- Dance
- Dance
Free
Music
Time not announced

Sokkie-Jol

Totara Street · Mount Maunganui
- Music
- Nights out
- Dance
Tickets

Sunday, October 18, 2026

Music
10:30 AM

Craig Smith - The Wonky Donkey Man Show - Sunday Show

Craig Smith

Te Ao Mārama – Tauranga Library & Community Hub · Tauranga CBD
- Music
Free Tickets
Cinema
4 PM

Show Me Shorts Film Festival

The Historic Village · Tauranga South
- Cinema
$15 Tickets
Music
7:30 PM

Creedence Clearwater Collective 2026

Baycourt Community & Arts Centre · Tauranga CBD
- Music
- Rock
$52.23–$72.73 Tickets

Tuesday, October 20, 2026

Wednesday, October 21, 2026

Visual arts
6 PM

Motifs of Mana - Niuean Iconography

Te Ao Mārama – Tauranga Library & Community Hub · Tauranga CBD
- Visual arts
Free Tickets

Thursday, October 22, 2026

Music
6 PM

Wonderstruck

Baycourt Community & Arts Centre · Tauranga CBD
- Music
- Theatre
$16.38–$21.50 Tickets
Music
8 PM

Macy Gray Live

Macy Gray

Baycourt Community & Arts Centre · Tauranga CBD
- Music
- R&B
- Soul
$120.38 Tickets
Music
Time not announced

Shaun Kirk | TOTARA ST

Shaun Kirk

Totara Street · Mount Maunganui
- Music
- Blues
- Soul
Tickets

Friday, October 23, 2026

Music
6 PM

Machine de Cirque

Baycourt Community & Arts Centre · Tauranga CBD
- Music
- Circus
$63.50–$295 Tickets
Visual arts
until Nov 1

Filament

Baycourt Community & Arts Centre · Tauranga CBD
- Visual arts
Free
Music
7:30 PM

Li’l Chuck The One Man Skiffle Machine

Li’l Chuck

Baycourt Community & Arts Centre · Tauranga CBD
- Music
$42.50 Tickets
Music
Time not announced

LOUIS BAKER

Totara Street · Mount Maunganui
- Music
- Soul
Tickets

Saturday, October 24, 2026

Visual arts
until Nov 21

Creature Feature - Fringe Ceramic Group Show

The Historic Village · Tauranga South
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Nov 14

Penumbra - Fringe Group Exhibition

The Historic Village · Tauranga South
- Visual arts
Free
Music
10 AM

Tauranga Fringe Fest 2026

The Historic Village · Tauranga South
- Music
- Theatre
$20 Tickets
Visual arts
until Nov 21

Worn Multimedia Jewellery Exhibition – A Tauranga Fringe Festival Show

The Historic Village · Tauranga South
- Visual arts
Free
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Music
11 AM

Opus Pocket Orchestra

Te Ao Mārama – Tauranga Library & Community Hub · Tauranga CBD
- Music
Free
Literature
1:30 PM

Lines and Lyrics - Greerton

Te Ao Mārama – Greerton Library & Community Hub · Greerton
- Literature
Free
Music
1:30 PM

Opus Pocket Orchestra

Te Ao Mārama – Pāpāmoa Library & Community Hub · Pāpāmoa Beach
- Music
Free Tickets
Music
3 PM

Machine de Cirque

Baycourt Community & Arts Centre · Tauranga CBD
- Music
- Circus
$63.50–$295 Tickets
Other
6 PM

Extra Lives

Baycourt Community & Arts Centre · Tauranga CBD
$27.12–$42.50 Tickets
Music
Time not announced

Spiral Out Tool Tribute

Totara Street · Mount Maunganui
- Music
- Metal
Tickets
Visual arts
until Mar 28

The Muse Looks Back: An Exploration of Female Portraiture

Toi Tauranga Art Gallery · Tauranga CBD
- Visual arts

Sunday, October 25, 2026

Music
1 PM

Machine de Cirque

Baycourt Community & Arts Centre · Tauranga CBD
- Music
- Circus
$63.50–$295 Tickets
Music
2:30 PM

Paris in the Rain

Baycourt Community & Arts Centre · Tauranga CBD
- Music
- Theatre
$58.38 Tickets
Music
Time not announced

Flamingo Pier | TOTARA ST

Flamingo Pier

Totara Street · Mount Maunganui
- Music
- Dance
- Electronic
Tickets

Monday, October 26, 2026

Theatre
5 PM

The Valentina

Baycourt Community & Arts Centre · Tauranga CBD
- Theatre
$16.37–$32.25 Tickets
Music
7 PM

Bob Marley – How Reggae Changed the World

Baycourt Community & Arts Centre · Tauranga CBD
- Music
- Reggae
$27.12–$53.25 Tickets

Tuesday, October 27, 2026

Literature
7 PM

Read Between The Rhymes

The Historic Village · Tauranga South
- Literature
Theatre
7:30 PM

Tāne Rore

Baycourt Community & Arts Centre · Tauranga CBD
- Theatre
$16.38–$42.50 Tickets

Wednesday, October 28, 2026

Music
12 PM

Te Tira Toiere - Waiata Wenerei

Te Ao Mārama – Tauranga Library & Community Hub · Tauranga CBD
- Music
Free
Theatre
7:30 PM

Tāne Rore

Baycourt Community & Arts Centre · Tauranga CBD
- Theatre
$16.38–$42.50 Tickets

Thursday, October 29, 2026

Literature
6 PM

Wham Bam Tauranga Poetry Slam

Toi Tauranga Art Gallery · Tauranga CBD
- Literature
$30 Tickets
Theatre
7:30 PM

Tāne Rore

Baycourt Community & Arts Centre · Tauranga CBD
- Theatre
$16.38–$42.50 Tickets

Friday, October 30, 2026

Comedy
6 PM

Hoani Hotene: It’s getting Hot-ene, So Tell Me All Your Jokes

Hoani Hotene

Baycourt Community & Arts Centre · Tauranga CBD
- Comedy
$27.11–$42.50 Tickets
Theatre
7:30 PM

Tiri: Te Araroa Woman Far Walking

Baycourt Community & Arts Centre · Tauranga CBD
- Theatre
$27.12–$68.62 Tickets
Music
Time not announced

Mudhoney │Tauranga

Mudhoney

Totara Street · Mount Maunganui
- Music
- Grunge
- Rock
Tickets

Saturday, October 31, 2026

Literature
10 AM

How Will I Ever Get Through This? Dr Lucy Hone

Te Ao Mārama – Tauranga Library & Community Hub · Tauranga CBD
- Literature
$30 Tickets
Visual arts
10 AM

Tauranga Zinefest

Toi Tauranga Art Gallery · Tauranga CBD
- Visual arts
- Literature
Free Tickets
Literature
12 PM

Money, Money, Money! Mary Holm and Susan Edmunds

Te Ao Mārama – Tauranga Library & Community Hub · Tauranga CBD
- Literature
$30 Tickets

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