The former frontman of Th’ Dudes, Peter Urlich, and Synthony sax sensation Lewis McCallum headline Botanic Beats next month. The Napier Botanical Gardens will be abuzz with the sounds of swing and jazz-infused crowd favourites from 6pm to 8pm on Thursday 25 January. The annual, free, family-friendly event is a great opportunity to host some […]
Come along for a FREE open-air pre-Christmas concert for everyone to enjoy. Light music/entertainment from 6pm, with carol singing from 7:30pm. Ice-creams and battery candles available for purchase, bring your picnic blanket and some kai to relax and enjoy the atmosphere.
The whipped-cream of British film blend a bucket load of Christmas cheer with lashings of festive love in Richard Curtis’ brandy-snap of a rom com. Heart-warming, funny and utterly delicious. Gate opens 45 minutes before the movie starts. Book in advance at picnic-cinema.co.nz
Ensemble casts don’t get better than this as a bunch of British retirees, hoping for a life of lush leisure, arrive at a Dev Patel’s dilapidated hotel. Comedy at its finest. Gate opens 45 minutes before the movie starts. Book in advance at picnic-cinema.co.nz
Wes Anderson’s rollicking and uber-styled comedy set in a 1930s grand hotel rips along at full tilt when Ralph Fiennes’ Gustave is the chief suspect in a murder. Gate opens 45 minutes before the movie starts. Book in advance at picnic-cinema.co.nz
Tom Cruise. Monumental jet fighter action. Picnic Cinema’s massive screen. This is as blockbuster as a movie gets, with Pete “Maverick” Mitchell pushing the envelope – and taking us with him. Gate opens 45 minutes before the movie starts. Book in advance at picnic-cinema.co.nz
A Christmas cracker of a family film when a young boy called Nikolas, his headstrong reindeer, and his loyal pet mouse set out to discover the fabled village of the Elves. Gate opens 45 minutes before the movie starts. Book in advance at picnic-cinema.co.nz
Baz Lurhmann’s style-fest of a pic combines a rockin’ sound track with fast-cutting visuals to create a guaranteed toe-tapper. Tom Hanks and Austin Butler sparkle like rhinestones. Gate opens 45 minutes before the movie starts. Book in advance at picnic-cinema.co.nz
Napier's favourite, cruisiest free summer concert returns to the Botanical Gardens Amphitheatre. Award-winning singer-songwriter and former Fur Patrol frontwoman Julia Deans will join Project Prima Volta to perform, followed by The Tramps. Bring a picnic, low-backed chairs, perhaps a beanbag, pillow and rug. But definitely, definitely, definitely bring your best dancing moccasins - they're essential […]
