EVENTS
2026 National Poetry Day: Poetry readings plus Lines & Lyrics poetry competition
2026 National Poetry Day: Poetry readings plus Lines & Lyrics poetry competition

2026 National Poetry Day: Poetry readings plus Lines & Lyrics poetry competition

Fri
28 Aug
2026
2026 
National Poetry Day Event   We are calling for poetry-lovers, both readers and writers, to join Lines & Lyrics for a celebration of poetry! Come along to enjoy poetry readings by local poets and share your own poems or favourites at the open mic During this event, we’ll also announce the L&L National Poetry Day 2026 Competition prize winners. Free. No booking required. Light refreshments provided. Lines & Lyrics National Poetry Day 2026 Competition If you’re 18+ and live in the Bay of Plenty and/or have come along to L&L meetings, you’re invited to enter our poetry competition. Any topic, up to 42 lines. Maximum 3 entries, haiku 5 entries.  Prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place. Entries close midnight 1 August. (All entries will be eligible for submission to the L&L inaugural anthology.) For more information email: info.linesandlyrics@gmail.com
Location

Te Ao Mārama - Tauranga Library

Event Dates

August 28, 2026

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11:30 am

Musical Comedy Night at The Tauranga Club

Musical Comedy Night Performing musical comedy as The Singing Hobbit, Katrina McGuinness combines a powerhouse voice, relational humour and the sort of brutally honest storytelling that can only come from a woman with enough life experience to know better — and enough optimism to do it anyway. Sex, Marriage and Other Disasters is a mix of Stand Up Comedy, Cabaret and Musical Theatre that combines original songs, comedy, storytelling and one woman's spectacularly imperfect adventures through love, marriage, divorce, dating, parenting and menopause and everything nobody warned us would happen in between.

4 Sep

Meet The Maker - Wine Tasting at The Tauranga Club

Meet the Maker - Wine Tasting w/ Rockburn Join us for a special Meet the Maker and Tasting with Rockburn winemaker Malcolm Rees-Francis. From his South Canterbury farming roots to winemaking in Marlborough, Oregon and Central Otago, Malcolm’s journey has taken him through some of the world’s great wine regions. Since 2006, he has been the winemaker behind Rockburn, creating wines that showcase the distinctive character of Central Otago.

9 Sep

Jazz Night at The Tauranga Club

Joanne Melbourne and Mike Garner join forces with multi-instrumentalist Robbie Lavën and bassist Grant Willis to celebrate the remarkable women who shaped the Blues. From the raw sounds of the early 1900s to modern classics, The Queens of Blues pays tribute to legendary artists including Memphis Minnie, Bessie Smith, and Big Mama Thornton, whose original recording of Hound Dog became one of Elvis Presley's biggest hits.

21 Aug

Exhibition

Original Art Expo and Jensen Supreme Art Award

Tauranga Society of Artists Invites the Community to Celebrate Original Art in October. The Tauranga Society of Artists Original Art Expo & Jensen Supreme Art Award returns from Thursday 1st October to Sunday 4th October 2026. From seasoned collectors to those searching for their first original artwork - all visitors are welcome to experience one of the Bay of Plenty's largest annual art events. Held at Tauranga Boys' College Gymnasium, the four-day exhibition will feature more than 500 original artworks created by members of the Tauranga Society of Artists, showcasing an exciting mix of painting, drawing, printmaking, mixed media and more.

30 Sep

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4 Oct

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