What’s on in Nelson

❚ Nelson’s Quiet Dog Gallery is exhibiting Rosie Little’s solo exhibition: Heading West, Golden Bay Landscapes until November 10.

❚ The Story Inside My Head exhibition is a collaboration between writer Michelanne Forster and eight local artists, to reveal the stories behind the artists’ work, at Nelson’s Refinery ArtSpace until October 27.

❚ On That Place Where We Stand is an exhibition of Mark Baskett’s recent works at the Refinery ArtSpace until October 27.

❚ Eight-piece jazz band The Jac is touring New Zealand, hitting Motueka on October 19 at 7.30pm at the Chanel Arts Centre. Admission $20, or $5 for children. Tickets available from Floral Affaire, Motueka or on the door.

❚ The inaugural Lift Off Abel Tasman Festival hits Motueka and Kaiteriteri Beach with all things aerial on October 20 and 21, Labour Weekend. Headline bands include Ta¯whiri Funk and Cornerstone Roots. For more information, visit Lift Off Abel Tasman on Facebook or liftoff.nz.

❚ The Nga¯ Hau Nga¯kau (Breath of Mine) exhibition by Brian Flintoff, Bob Bickerton and Robin Slow is on at the Suter Art Gallery until October 21.

❚ The Word, The Reckoning and The Rose isa show by local poets Henry Ludbrook, Rose Michel von Dreger and Mark Raffills, at the INNBETWEEN Backpackers, 335 Trafalgar St Nelson on October 16, 8pm; The Snug, behind Armadillos, 122 High St Motueka on October 17, 7pm; and The Mussel Inn, Onekaka. Golden Bay, October 18, 8pm. All shows are donation entry.

❚ Nelson Provincial Museum’s exhibition A Century of Saying Cheese will run until November 25.

❚ Different musicians are performing lunchtime concerts at the Nelson Centre of Musical Arts every Thursday at 12.30pm.