Toitoi - Hawke's Bay Arts & Events Centre

Toitoi - Hawke's Bay Arts & Events Centre Toitoi - Hawke's Bay Arts & Events Centre is the region’s leading arts & events venue. It connects communities through arts, culture and creativity.

Nationally renowned for bold, inclusive programme & exceptional experiences, Toitoi is more than a venue. Facebook terms and conditions
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Have you ever wondered how it would feel to stand on the Opera House stage and look out towards the audience? Would you ...
05/12/2025

Have you ever wondered how it would feel to stand on the Opera House stage and look out towards the audience? Would you like to take a peek in the dressing-rooms frequented by world renowned performers? Or perhaps you’re a history buff who wants to discover the history behind the beautiful buildings within Toitoi - Hawke’s Bay Arts & Events Centre?

This summer the Hastings isite Visitor Information centre invite you to join them on a behind the scenes guided tour of Toitoi. With the historic Opera House at its heart, Toitoi offers a unique blend of awe-inspiring heritage architecture and modern technology. It truly is a venue unlike any other in Aotearoa, and now is your chance to walk through and experience for yourself.

Guided tours run on set Thursdays throughout January at 9.30am and 11.30am. Each tour lasts approximately one hour and starts at the Hastings isite. Tickets start at $21.50 plus any credit card fees and includes a post-tour coffee at Long Island Deli, located on the ground floor of the Municipal Building.

Find out more or book your tickets on our website (link below) or at your local isite...
https://www.toitoivenues.co.nz/whats-on/event/898058/toitoi-summer-tours

Don't miss the Love to Dance Studio Showcase for 2025 this Saturday as Janine McCutcheon presents dancers from 3 years t...
04/12/2025

Don't miss the Love to Dance Studio Showcase for 2025 this Saturday as Janine McCutcheon presents dancers from 3 years to young adults.

First half - Sleeping Beauty
A traditional Ballet story with music by Tchaikovsky. Carabosse the wicked fairy and the good fairies create a scene of good and evil and love conquers all.

Second half - Lullaby to Broadway
A mix of old Broadway and new numbers to entertain and you will sing along to.

Saturday, December 6th, 11am or 3pm.
Tickets available now from our website or your local isite...
https://www.toitoivenues.co.nz/whats-on/event/913723/sleeping-beauty-and-a-lullaby-to-broadway-love-to-dance-showcase

Rezpect Dance Academy presents 'Elemental’.Elemental is their celebration of the pillars that shape Hip Hop Culture: Bre...
03/12/2025

Rezpect Dance Academy presents 'Elemental’.

Elemental is their celebration of the pillars that shape Hip Hop Culture: Break Dancing, Graffiti, MCing, DJing, and Knowledge. Each element carries its own story, but none stand alone. This showcase highlights the power created when these foundations collide and uplift one another. Together, they form the heartbeat of Hip Hop. On Tuesday, December 9th, Rezpect Dance Academy brings that heartbeat to life on stage.

This fun & family friendly show is performed by all of Rezpect Dance Academy’s dance crews and classes. We’re creating something special and this is a show you absolutely don’t want to miss!

Elemental | Tuesday, December 9th
Tickets available now from our website or your local isite...
https://www.toitoivenues.co.nz/whats-on/event/916723/elementa

TAYLOR: A Tribute to the Eras of Taylor Swift is coming to Toitoi on Thursday, December 11th.Showtime presents Josette w...
03/12/2025

TAYLOR: A Tribute to the Eras of Taylor Swift is coming to Toitoi on Thursday, December 11th.

Showtime presents Josette with international band and dancers in this joyous, effervescent concert experience, complete with sparkly costumes, cosmic stage production and over 20 exquisite renditions of Taylor’s biggest hits from every era of her career, including Shake It Off, Anti-Hero, Cruel Summer, You Belong With Me, Love Story, I Knew You Were Trouble, Blank Space, We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together, Bad Blood, Our Song, Lover and more.

Join us with us for a fun night of singing, dancing and celebrating Taylor together!

TAYLOR: A Tribute to the Eras of Taylor Swift | Thursday, December 11th
Tickets available from our website or your local isite...
https://www.toitoivenues.co.nz/home/event/876644/taylor-a-tribute-to-the-eras-of-taylor-swift

Acclaimed Olivier and Tony award-winning play, Suzie Miller’s Prima Facie is an unforgettable story and one-woman tour d...
03/12/2025

Acclaimed Olivier and Tony award-winning play, Suzie Miller’s Prima Facie is an unforgettable story and one-woman tour de force. It is an interrogation of the legal system itself. It asks us whether there is room in that system for emotion and experience.

"Cassandra has delivered a war cry for the wounded wāhine within so many of us, and it is as fierce as it is vulnerable.” — Tarryn Utiger

Prima Facie | Sunday, March 29th | 6.30pm
Tickets on sale now, get yours from our website (link below) or your local isite...
https://www.toitoivenues.co.nz/home/event/916077/prima-facie

Fresh off a completely sold-out 2025 New Zealand tour, Avalanche City returns with a renewed creative spark and a live s...
02/12/2025

Fresh off a completely sold-out 2025 New Zealand tour, Avalanche City returns with a renewed creative spark and a live show that highlights the heart of Dave Baxter’s songwriting.

Since breaking through with the global hit Love Love Love, followed by another #1 hit Inside Out, Baxter has become known for his warm, cinematic indie-folk. His performances are intimate, engaging, and full of the storytelling that has earned Avalanche City a devoted following.

Joining the tour is Mountain Boy, an NZ Folk-Rock artist who has made waves internationally with their EP From The Dust and self-produced debut album The Days. Mountain Boy has toured with The Paper Kites, Ziggy Alberts and Boy & Bear and sold out headline shows locally. If you were lucky enough to attend a show in the Avalanche City 2025 sold out NZ tour, you may have caught a glimpse of his multi-instrumental genius, on this tour he will be returning with a full set.

Audiences can expect a powerful blend of fan favourites and new material, an evening shaped by honesty, connection, and the unmistakable charm of Avalanche City + Mountain Boy.

Avalanche City + Mountain Boy
Toitoi - Opera House | Sunday, 22 March 2026, 6:00pm
Tickets on sale now from our website (link below) or your local isite...
https://www.eventfinda.co.nz/2026/avalanche-city-mountain-boy-hawkes-bay/hastings

Our annual survey closes TOMORROW! Don't forget to enter to be in to win two tickets to ANY show at Toitoi in the next 6...
28/11/2025

Our annual survey closes TOMORROW! Don't forget to enter to be in to win two tickets to ANY show at Toitoi in the next 6 months and a $100 voucher to spend at Craft & Social, Cellar 495 or Cedric's!

Click the link below or head to our website to enter now.
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Toitoi2025

Directed by Kiwi acting royalty Michael Hurst and performed by Cassandra Woodhouse, NZ Theatre Company is honoured to br...
27/11/2025

Directed by Kiwi acting royalty Michael Hurst and performed by Cassandra Woodhouse, NZ Theatre Company is honoured to bring the Tony and Olivier Award winning play Prima Facie to Toitoi on Sunday, March 29th.

Tessa Ensler loves her job. She’s worked her way up from a working-class background to being a top criminal defence barrister at the top of her game: prosecuting, cross-examining and winning in the courtroom with her quick wit and intelligence. She fights to defend those pleading not guilty – including securing freedom for men accused of r**e and sexual assault. Innocent until proven guilty is, after all, the bedrock of human rights.

An unexpected event forces Tessa to confront the very system she has spent her life believing and working within. This is a system where the lines of patriarchal power and burden of proof are not set up to accommodate the lived experience of sexual assault survivors.

Acclaimed Olivier and Tony award-winning play, Suzie Miller’s Prima Facie is an unforgettable story and one-woman tour de force. It is an interrogation of the legal system itself. It asks us whether there is room in that system for emotion and experience.

Prima Facie
Toitoi Opera House | Sunday, March 29th
Tickets on sale now from our website (link below) or your local isite.
https://www.eventfinda.co.nz/2026/prima-facie/hastings

The next best thing to Taylor herself is heading to Toitoi on Thursday, December 11th! Showtime presents Josette with in...
26/11/2025

The next best thing to Taylor herself is heading to Toitoi on Thursday, December 11th!

Showtime presents Josette with international band and dancers in this joyous, effervescent concert experience, complete with sparkly costumes, cosmic stage production and over 20 exquisite renditions of Taylor’s biggest hits from every era of her career, including Shake It Off, Anti-Hero, Cruel Summer, You Belong With Me, Love Story, I Knew You Were Trouble, Blank Space, We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together, Bad Blood, Our Song, Lover and more.

Join us with us for a fun night of singing, dancing and celebrating Taylor together!

TAYLOR: A Tribute to the Eras of Taylor Swift
Thu 11 Dec, 7:00pm - 9:15pm | Toitoi Opera House
Tickets still available from our website (link below) or your local isite.
https://www.toitoivenues.co.nz/home/event/876644/taylor-a-tribute-to-the-eras-of-taylor-swift

Don't forget, you've got until Sunday to fill in our annual survey and go in the draw to win two tickets to ANY show at ...
25/11/2025

Don't forget, you've got until Sunday to fill in our annual survey and go in the draw to win two tickets to ANY show at Toitoi in the next 6 months, and a $100 voucher to enjoy at Cedric's, Craft & Social or Cellar 495.

Click the link below to enter now, or head to our website...
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Toitoi2025

We warmly invite you to join us for a delightful morning of music, conversation, and community in the beautiful Assembly...
25/11/2025

We warmly invite you to join us for a delightful morning of music, conversation, and community in the beautiful Assembly Ballroom. Enjoy a relaxed morning tea while taking in live performances curated by local jazz musician and educator Chris Beernink.

Presenting, for one morning only, three distinguished gentlemen of the six-string persuasion:

Dave Boston, veteran of the Hawke’s Bay music scene, has played with more stars than he can name and quite a few who insist on being called “out-of-towners.”

Chris Beernink, stepping boldly from the bassist’s shadows to the guitarist’s spotlight, supplies the groove with the poise of a man who knows exactly how far behind the beat is tasteful.

And Luke Burns, graduate of the New Zealand School of Music and mild-mannered metalhead, completes the line-up with harmonic flair and a knowing grin.

Expect freshly arranged takes on Misty, Blue Monk, Four, All the Things You Are, and Blue Bossa — each lovingly bent into shape by these three string-slinging charmers. Coffee optional, swing mandatory.

Assembly Concert Club - Boston, Beernink and Burns
Monday, December 1st | 10.30am - 12pm
Tickets $20 - Available from your local isite, our website (link below) or on the door.
https://www.toitoivenues.co.nz/home/event/914802/assembly-concert-club-boston-beernink-and-burns

LAST CHANCE TO GET YOUR TICKETS!Legendary UK comedian is heading to Toitoi TOMORROW night with his new show John Bishop:...
24/11/2025

LAST CHANCE TO GET YOUR TICKETS!

Legendary UK comedian is heading to Toitoi TOMORROW night with his new show John Bishop: 25, to celebrate his incredible 25-year career.

John has achieved huge success with a number of his own comedy, entertainment and documentary TV shows including: ‘John Bishop’s Australia’, ‘John Bishop’s Britain’; ‘John Bishop’s Only Joking’; ‘The John Bishop Show’ (BBC1); ‘The John Bishop Christmas Show’ and ‘John Bishop’s Gorilla Adventure’, ‘John Bishop’s Ireland’ and four series of the critically acclaimed ‘John Bishop: In Conversation With…’ which saw him chatting one to one with some of the biggest names in entertainment, music and sport. Other TV credits include two series of ’The John Bishop Show’, ‘Doctor Who’ and the documentary John & Joe Bishop: Life After Deaf.

Head to our website now to grab your tickets, or click the link below...
https://www.toitoivenues.co.nz/whats-on/event/898856/john-bishop-25-years-of-stand-up

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What is Toitoi - Hawke’s Bay Arts & Events Centre?

In the heart of Hastings, Toitoi will be a hub for cultural, community and commercial activity. Education and hospitality will add to the life of the centre giving locals and visitors multiple reasons to make Toitoi a vital and vibrant part of their time in Hastings City.

When it’s fully open, Toitoi will mean a lot to all of us . . . it means a lot already!