Gigs
Circadian Rhythm, St Andrew St.
•Fridays, 5.30pm: Duo jazz: Phil Lyons and Trevor Coleman.
Crown Hotel, Rattray St.
•Thursday, 8pm: Diploid (Australia), Scum Hammer, Machina-Rex, Rot.
Embers, 2 Manor Pl.
•Sunday, 7.30pm: New Edinburgh Folk Club presents Joseph Balfe.
Golden Gate Lodge, Cromwell.
•Saturday 9pm: Idol Frets.
None Gallery, 24 Stafford St.
•Saturday, 8pm: Eves, Birdation, William Henry Meung, Nick Graham, Grvdggr. Visuals by Ted Black.
Oamaru Opera House main foyer, 190 Thames St.
•Today, 8pm: French For Rabbits, Spirits album release tour, with support from Grawlixes.
Ombrellos Kitchen and Bar, 10 Clarendon St, Dunedin.
•Today, 5.30pm: Jazz Duo.
Robbie Burns Pub, 374 George St.
•Saturday, 9pm: The Johnnys with Bulletproof Convertible.
•Sunday, 4pm: The Johnnys with Silas Waring.
Sports Central Brewhouse, Oamaru.
•Thursdays, 7.30pm: JBE Karaoke.
•Sundays, 2pm: JBE open mike/jam session.
Taste Merchants, 36 Stuart St.
•Tomorrow: Violet-Ohs' single release party.
•Saturday: Paul Ubana Jones.
Family fun
Cromwell Racecourse, Ord Rd.
•Saturday, 10am-4pm: ''The Festive Fete''; shopping, live music, wine, food stalls. Dunedin Botanic Garden, Lower Garden Information Centre.
•Saturdays and Sundays, 11am-2.45pm: 15min tractor-train rides around the lower Botanic Garden (weather dependent).
Dunedin City Library, 230 Moray Pl.
•Sunday, 2pm: ''Signs of Santa'', storytelling with Kat Anna Fiddle, also performed in NZ sign language by Brydee Jenkin Strang.
King George Memorial Park, Roxburgh.
•Saturday, 3.30pm-7pm: ''Party in the Park''; Santa, live music, crafts and gifts, food stall, children's games. If weather is bad will be held on Sunday.
Mosgiel Library, Hartstonge Ave.
•Tuesday, 11am: ''Santa is coming ...'', meet Santa and listen to some stories.
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
•Saturday, 11am: ''Mush!'', live demonstration by the Southern Regions Sled Dog Club on the Museum Reserve.
•Saturday and Sunday, 11am and 3pm: ''Frozen Discoveries'' Discovery World science show. Free with Discovery World admission.
•Daily: Discovery backpacks. Pick up from Discovery desk. Daily, 10.30am: ''First-flight butterfly release''. Free with Tropical Forest admission.
Pembroke Park, Wanaka.
•Sunday, 10am: Wanaka Sunday craft market.
Port Chalmers Library, 20 Beach St.
•Today, 10am: preschool story time.
Queenstown Recreation Ground, Memorial St.
•Saturday, 7pm-10pm: ''Christmas Cracker'' variety concert.
Terrace Kindergarten, 74 Russell St, Alexandra.
•Sunday, 10am-2pm: ''Christmas Spectacular''; face painting, cupcake decorating, raffles, stalls, BBQ, coffee and cake, photos with Santa.
University Book Shop, 378 Great King St.
•Fridays, Saturdays, 10.30am: story time.
Visitor Information Centre, 26 Princes St.
•Daily, 10am: Walk Dunedin, inner-city walking tours. Meet at visitor centre.
Music and performance
Alexandra Community House,14-20 Centennial Ave.
•Saturday, 10.30am: ''Singing for your Enjoyment'', Central Singers performance.
Carey's Bay Historic Hotel, 17 Macandrew Rd.
•Tuesday, 7pm: Open mike poetry night with guest poets Kay McKenzie Cooke and Jenny Powell.
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon.
•Saturday, 1.30pm: Christmas tunes by the Mosgiel Brass Ensemble.
•Sunday, 1pm: Christmas music by the Melrose Singers.
Holy Cross Church Hall, Ajax St, St Kilda.
•Saturday, 4pm: Concert featuring soprano Jenny Whitaker, mezzo Jan Harrington-Versteeg, pianist Alison Paterson and The Southern Coastal Deanery Choir.
Musical Theatre Dunedin rooms, 1 Sullivan Ave.
•Till Saturday: ''We Need A Little Christmas'' theatre restaurant. Bookings essential.
Oamaru Opera House, 190 Thames St.
•Saturday, 8pm: ''The Great Gatsby Christmas Party Revue'', bookings essential.
St Paul's Cathedral, Dunedin.
•Tuesday, 12.50pm: George Chittenden plays organ works by New Zealand composers, to include music by Lilburn and Madden. Thomas L Brown Gallery, 568 Speargrass Flat Rd, Lake Hayes.
•Sunday, 5pm-6.30pm: ''A Merry Little Christmas'', choral music by the Remarkable Vocals ensemble.
Plays
Fortune Theatre, Stuart St.
•Until December 13: Ladies Night. Talks and filmsDunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon.
•Sunday, 3pm: Artist's talk by Peter Trevelyan, in association with his exhibition ''The Crystal Line''.
•Wednesday, 11.15am: ''Tour for Tots'', baby-friendly half-hour tour of an exhibition.
Fletcher House, 727 Portobello Rd, Broad Bay.
•Open daily 11am-4pm: guided tours.
Hocken Seminar Room, 90 Anzac Ave.
•Wednesday, 6pm: ''The first Christmas'', tour of the ''Whakapono: faith and foundations'' exhibition. Olveston, 42 Royal Tce, Dunedin.
•Thursdays, 4.30pm: Theomin art collection tours. Bookings essential.
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
•Daily, 2pm: ''Highlights of the Museum'' guided tour, meet at information desk.
Exhibitions
Acorn Gallery, 72 Albany St.
•Ongoing: Angela Burns paintings. Open weekdays 8am-5pm or weekends by appointment.
Archives New Zealand Dunedin Regional Office, 556 George St.
•Till December 24: ''Readiness and Sacrifice'', an exhibition of World War 1 archives.
Arrowtown Gallery, 8 Berkshire St.
•Works by various artists.
ARTICA, 26B George St, Port Chalmers.
•Ongoing: decorative artworks by Kirsten Andreae, paintings by James Cordery.
The Artist's Room, 2 Dowling St.
•''Harbour'', by Sam Foley.
•''Through the Eyes of the Traveller'', by Leila Ataya.
Atelier Jeux d'esprit, 2nd floor, 109 Princes St.
•Till December 21: Handmade and vintage Christmas decorations.
•Open Wednesday-Friday 11am-6.30pm, Saturday and Sunday 11am-4pm.
Bellamys Gallery, 495 Portobello Rd, Macandrew Bay.
•Till Sunday: ''Tempest'', by Max Bellamy and James Robinson.
•Gallery open Wednesday-Sunday, noon-5pm.
Brett McDowell Gallery, 5 Dowling St.
•Opens tomorrow, 5.30pm: ''Blessed are the Sick'', Jason Greig.
Cloakroom Gallery, cnr Ballarat and Stanley Sts, Queenstown.
•Till December 11: ''The Jewellery Box'', works by local jewellers.
Community Gallery, Princes St, Dunedin.
•Closes tomorrow: 2014 Artsenta exhibition, various artists.
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon.
•Opens Saturday: ''The Crystal Line'', Peter Trevelyan.
•Till March 1: ''His Own Steam'', ceramics by Barry Brickell.
•Till March 15: ''Dogwood Days'', Erica Van Zon. Till March 15: ''Visible Structures'', Gabriella Mangano and Silvana Mangano.
•Till March 15: ''Floating Studio'', Fiona Connor and Alicia Frankovich.
•Till March 31: ''Belonging'', works from the gallery.
•Till April 12: ''Parallel Play'', works by Frances Hodgkins and her European contemporaries.
•Ongoing: ''Mythos'', curated by Aaron Kreisler.
Eastern Southland Gallery, 14 Hokonui Dr, Gore.
•Till Sunday: ''Close to Home'', photographs by Grahame Sydney.
Fresh n Fruity Gallery, Level 3, 140 George St.
•Today, 7.30pm: ''Give me ur attention'', a night of selected video works, curated by Hana Aoake and Katherine Botten.
Gallery on Blueskin, 1 Harvey St, Waitati.
•Throughout December: Work by Charles Barrington, Liz Abbott and Rudie Verhoef.
Green Island Gallery, 194 Main South Rd, Green Island.
•Works by John White.
Hocken Collections, University of Otago.
•Till February 7: ''Whakapono: faith and foundations'', exhibition celebrating the Marsden Bicentennial 1814-2014.
Hullabaloo Art Space, Melmore Tce, Old Cromwell Historic Precinct.
•Till Saturday: ''Dream City'', by Liz Rowe.
•From Sunday till January 3: ''A Round Christmas'', various artists.
Inge Doesburg Studio and Gallery, 6 Castle St.
•Closes tomorrow: ''From Bamiyan to Puketapu'', by Peter Cleverley.
•From Saturday till January 10: Christmas show featuring various artists.
•Gallery open Thursday-Saturday noon-2pm and by appointment.
Koru Gallery, 2 Castle St.
•Till Sunday: ''Eco Artists''.
Milford Galleries Dunedin, 18 Dowling St.
•Till December 17: New works by Michael Hight.
Milford Galleries Queenstown, 9a Earl St.
•Till Wednesday: ''Parison Pacific'', by Luke Jacomb; new works by Mike Petre.
Mint Gallery, 32 Moray Pl.
•Closes today: New work by Odelle Morshuis.
Opens tomorrow, 5pm: ''Feedback Loops'', by Becky Cameron.
•Gallery open Tuesday-Friday 10am-5.30pm, Saturday 10am-4pm.
Nadene Milne Gallery, 16 Buckingham St, Arrowtown.
•Works by Denis O'Connor.
Old Creamery Gallery, 230 Harington Point Rd, Lower Portobello.
•Oil and acrylic landscapes by Douglas Williams, Henry Lowen-Smith and Geoff Williams.
Otago Art Society, Dunedin Railway Station.
•Till January 31: ''Affordable Art''. Open daily 10am-4pm.
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
•From Saturday till March 1: ''Ice Lab: New Architecture and Science in Antarctica''.
•Ongoing: ''Sir Edmund Hillary: New Zealander''. Stairwell display.
Owaka Museum Community Gallery, 10 Campbell St, Owaka.
•Till February 15, 2015: contemporary jewellery by Bob Wyber.
Reed Gallery, Dunedin City Library.
•Till January 11: ''European Treasure'', letters in French and Italian from the Reed Autograph Letters Collection.
Steampunk HQ, 1 Itchen St, Oamaru.
•''Mythos'', works by Donald Paterson and Kano.
Stuart St Potters Co-operative, 14 Lower Stuart St.
•Till Saturday: works by Lisa Simpson and Riki Julin.
Taieri Gallery, 123 Gordon Rd, Mosgiel.
•Till January 7: works by photographer Murray Crawford.
Toi O Tahuna Fine Art Gallery, 29 Rees St, Queenstown.
•''The Remarkables'', by Simon Lardelli and Drew Hill.
Toitu Otago Settlers Museum, Queens Gardens.
•Ongoing: ''Dunedin's Great War 1914-1918'', World War 1 commemorative exhibition.
Tony Williams Goldsmith Workshop and Gallery, Carnegie Centre, 110 Moray Pl.
•Till December 24: spring exhibition.
Waikouaiti Old Post Office Gallery, 152 Main Rd, Waikouaiti.
•Open 1pm-5pm, Wednesday-Friday and Sunday: paintings by Laura Gregory. Pottery and paintings by Peter Gregory.
Warbirds and Wheels, Wanaka Airport.
•Ongoing: ''Come Up and See My Etchings'', Grahame Sydney.
