Saturday Arts Social is a multi-arts programme and morning tea designed for our 60+ community. We gather every Saturday morning for a broad programme of events including concerts, art workshops, dance/movement classes and artist talks. Next event: Saturday 14 March, 10:30am.

Looking for an exciting school holiday programme in Queenstown? Join our April arts holiday programme, designed for kids aged 5-7 and 8-13. Plus a special digital art day for teens 13-18 years on Wednesday 15 April. This creative, multidisciplinary programme inspires creativity through fun, hands-on workshops. Tuesday 7 April – Friday 17 April, from 9:30am. Extended hours available.

Come along to our Afterschool Programme lead by our Education team, where we form a fun environment for creative learning for tamariki (children) and rangatahi (teens). Mondays - Thursdays | From 3:30pm | Ages 5 – 13 and 14-18. Registrations are essential.

Wriggle and Rhyme is a free weekly music and movement programme for ages 0 – 2, facilitated by Sunny Sky from EpicKids. Taking place on Mondays, there are two sessions available: 10am – 10:45am for Toddlers / Under-2s, and 11:00am – 11:45am for Babies.

Queenstown Arts Society warmly invites our community to experience Above, Below, Beyond — a vibrant showcase of original works by talented local artists and makers. Opening is 5-7pm, Thursday 5 March 2026.

Inspired by bee networks and their relationship with the environment, this exhibition from Taarn Scott and Hana Pera Aoake examines the patterns bees create to sustain their lives, replicated by human systems, hiveware, keepers and agricultural formations. The exhibition opening and spoken word performance will take place on Tuesday 10 February, 5.30pm - all are welcome, free to attend.

Join Queenstown Arts Society for guided life portrait sessions with a live model. Build confidence, master proportions, capture true likeness, and develop your own expressive portrait style in a supportive environment. Wednesdays 4 March - 1 April, 6pm - 7:30pm.

Join us on the third Tuesday of each month for Community Craft - a free, drop-in night to explore creative forms like writing, sewing, and dance. All levels and ages welcome. Come along and hone a craft! Next event: Tuesday 17 March, 7pm - 8pm

Perfect for beginners, this Raranga Harakeke - Flax Weaving course will guide you through the basics as you learn to create a range of small woven pieces, each with its own unique story. Wednesdays, 18/25 March and 1/8/15/22 April, 6pm - 8pm

How to Make a One-Piece Mould + Slip Casting Pottery Workshop with Susannah Bridges & Wakatipu Potters. Saturday 21 + 28 March. 10am - 3pm

Join us for a special screening of Five Films for Freedom, the world’s widest reaching LGBTQIA+ online celebration. This screening is Sunday 22 March, 12pm - 1:30pm, but we have another on Tuesday 24 March, 6:30pm-8pm. See link at bottom of this page.

How to Make a One-Piece Mould + Slip Casting Pottery Workshop with Susannah Bridges & Wakatipu Potters. Sunday 22 + 29 March. 10am - 3pm

Join us for a special screening of Five Films for Freedom, the world’s widest reaching LGBTQIA+ online celebration. This screening is Tuesday 24 March, 6:30pm-8pm, but we have another on Sunday 22 March, 12pm - 1:30pm. See link at bottom of this page.

Laughter, tears and thrilling adventure are promised when an epic adventure unites with the miracle of Kuaka/Godwit migration. Puppetry, Storytelling, and Music for ages 5 to 95!

An intimate, cinematic theatre retelling of the moon goddess Selene, exploring growing up, bodies, light and dark through myth, memory and wild inner worlds, from internationally acclaimed theatre producers Wright&Grainger.

Laughter, tears and thrilling adventure are promised when an epic adventure unites with the miracle of Kuaka/Godwit migration. Puppetry, Storytelling, and Music for ages 5 to 95!

Community Sing is an open, drop-in choir for everyone in the community. It's free and open to all! No registration required. April's session will take place on Tuesday 7 April, and is led by Queenstown vocalist Violet Hirst.

Daniel Verstappen is a Belgian international pianist and composer, known for his distinctive cinematic and neoclassical musical language, bridging classical piano tradition with filmic storytelling, contemporary composition, and cross-cultural collaboration. Doors open 6:30pm for a 7pm show start. Show duration: 70 minutes.

The horse is presented as the other that we learn from in this exhibition from Hāwea Flat-based artist Robyn Bardas which brings together sculpture, video, and words.

Whakapapa, by Jolt Dance, shares the stories of six dancers with intellectual disabilities, exploring identity, culture, and ancestral connection through dance, text, and film. Doors open 6:30pm for a 7pm show start.

Artists Chora Carleton, Lisa Benson and Caleb Canard coalesce in this exhibition, a shared process based inquiry on how we perceive and experience interrelated, dynamic cosmic forces on a paradoxical macro and micro scale.