Jazzfest beat goes on
perform. Door sales at the venues.
Art designer is coming to Nelson for an one day workshop on January 31 together with from the UK. The workshop is on colour design and includes choosing and cutting fabric with their guidance and placing it up on a design wall. At the Mapua Hills Community Church next to Cushla’s Village Fabrics, spaces limited to 30. For more info email shop@cushlasvillagefabrics.co.nz. Pottery exhibition
featuring the works of Top of the South ceramists, is on at the Suter Art Gallery until February 25.
The exhibition of garments from the 2017 show are on display at the WOWmuseum. Atkins Gallery’s
exhibition is on until February 10. Small and affordable artworks by Nic Foster, Alison Hale, Steve Bellamy, Stan Bowski, Larisse Hall, Sally Reynolds, Robert Thompson, Jane Riley, Lynette Graham.
is holding their graduates exhibition at Refinery ArtSpace until January 13, open Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm, Saturday 11 to 2pm.
Morri St Cafe is hosting an exhibition by upcycled rug designs until February 3. with
Packed houses at the Nelson Jazz Festival kept performers and organisers happy. Even a downpour as the centrepiece Twilight Concert at Founders Park was about to start last Friday did not disrupt the beat for too long.
Nelson Jazzfest director Paul Gilmour said the concert had to start 15 minutes late.
‘‘The Nelson Big Band did a 30 minute set instead of 45 minutes, and then we kept to the schedule.
‘‘I’m very pleased with how it went, luckily no events were cancelled but the weather kept us guessing through the whole four days.’’
Gilmour said apart from a light shower, the rest of the Twilight Concert was dry and people were dancing until the end.
He said about 1000 people attended instead of the 1500 to 2000 he expected if the weather had been good.
Gilmour said the 28 acts performing during the January 3-6 festival were ‘‘really well attended, all packed’’.
‘‘There was a great atmosphere at the East St Cafe late night jams.
‘‘Singers came up out of the audience to sing a couple of songs, we’ve had really good feedback.’’
Christchurch jazz singer Jennine Bailey’s concert at the Boathouse was sold out prior to it starting.
‘‘Last year concerts were packed as well, but mostly through door sales.
‘‘This year we had to turn people away and we sold a lot of tickets on the day before the concerts, a few people were disappointed they couldn’t get in.’’
Gilmour said he recommended people to buy presale tickets for next year’s festival to avoid missing out.
The eight-piece Wellington City Shake-’Em-On-Downers headlined the 27th edition of the festival.
1903 Square at the top of Trafalgar St also hosted several free concerts.
Other host venues were were The Boathouse, Playhouse Cafe, Ghost Light Theatre, the Honest Lawyer, Melrose House, Smugglers, Lambretta’s, River Kitchen, Bacco Wine Bar, Moutere Inn and Captain’s Daughter in Havelock.