Performance OCT 2, 2026 AWE+ Open Rehearsals VENUE: Te Atamira Join us at our open rehearsals anytime between 10am - 5pm, and experience the sights and sounds of our At the World's Edge Festival Artists deep within their performance preparation. Free to attend, no bookings required.
Performance OCT 4, 2026 Extra Lives – The Interactive Video Game Concert $25 adult, $15 concession VENUE: Puāwai Fresh from the Edinburgh Fringe, Extra Lives is a live interactive adventure where your choices shape the story and you are the main character. Runs for 60 minutes.
Performance OCT 5, 2026 AWE+ Scholars Showcase VENUE: Whakaari Celebrate the arrival of AWE 2026 into Tāhuna Queenstown with a free performance from the 2026 AWE Pettman Scholars Christine Jeon (cello) and Matthew Seinafo (piano) for this 45 minute showcase.
Performance OCT 5, 2026 Strung $70 adult, $25 student VENUE: Whakaari Welcoming internationally renowned pianist David Fung to the AWE stage for the first time, Strung traces connections across generations, where musical lines are passed, reshaped, and renewed. Part of the At the World's Edge Festival of Chamber music, this performance runs from 7:30 - 9pm.
Drop-in Sessions OCT 6, 2026 Community Sing Free VENUE: Puāwai Community Sing is an open, drop-in choir for everyone in the community. It's free and open to all! No registration required. Our next session will take place on Tuesday 6 October, 7pm-8pm.
Wellbeing OCT 7, 2026 Prenatal Yoga (From 13 Weeks) $18 per class, $75 for 5 classes VENUE: Kapa Rua Join Nadi Wellness founder Sandi Murphy for this gentle yet strengthening yoga series which combines mindful movement, functional preparation for birth, breathwork and relaxation.
Performance OCT 7, 2026 AWE+ Open Rehearsals VENUE: Te Atamira Join us at our open rehearsals anytime between 10am - 6:30pm, and experience the sights and sounds of our At the World's Edge Festival Artists deep within their performance preparation. Free to attend, no bookings required.
Performance OCT 9, 2026 AWE+ Emerging Artist Showcase VENUE: Whakaari An AWE+ Free Performance showcasing our 2026 Emerging Artists and composer, this programme traces lines of friendship, place and musical inheritance. This free showcase runs from 4:45 - 5:30pm.
Talks OCT 9, 2026 Winterstellar: At the Edge of the Universe VENUE: Whakaari An AWE+ Free Talk from Emeritus Professor Brian J Boyle exploring why Otago is such a special place on the planet for astronomy. Experience the majesty of our night skies, with a little bit of astrophysics and cosmology thrown in. This talk runs from 6:30 - 7pm and is free to attend.
Performance OCT 9, 2026 Radiance $70 adult, $25 student VENUE: Whakaari Radiance explores music drawn along the threshold between presence and distance, memory and vastness. From the incomprehensible scale of deep space to the intimacy of nocturnal reflection, musical lines drift, suspend, and hover between what is present and what is remembered, what is near and what lies beyond the reach of human scale. Part of the At the World's Edge Festival of Chamber music, this performance runs from 7:30 - 9pm.
Workshops OCT 10, 2026 The Art of Words | A Writing Workshop $49 VENUE: Whakaari From Keats’ ‘Ode to a Grecian Urn’ to Girl with a Pearl Earring starring Scarlett Johansson, art has long inspired screenwriters, poets and writers. Join poet, songwriter and editor Laura Williamson for a session set among, and inspired by, the finalists for The Adam Portraiture Award 2026. Workshop runs 1-4pm.
Talks OCT 11, 2026 In Conversation: Composer in Residence, Michael Norris VENUE: Te Atamira An AWE+ Free Talk with this year’s Composer in Residence, Michael Norris who will talk about his life and music. Part of the At the World's Edge Festival of chamber music, this event runs from 3:45 - 4:30pm. Free to attend, no bookings required.
