What’s On in Nelson

■ The Suter Art Gallery is holding a 50/50 Fundraiser Art Auction today at 5.30pm. Bid on original, anonymous works by local artists to raise funds for the gallery and the Nelson Suter Art Society.

■ Nelson Civic Choir and Nelson City Brass present A Night at the Opera at the NCMA tomorrow at 7.30pm.

■ NCMA Lunchtime Series presents Mosaic World Choir, August 29, 1pm.

■ The AC/DC Story, a three-hour concert and biography of the iconic Australian rock band, will be at Nelson’s Theatre Royal on September 6 at 7.30pm. Tickets from $49 from ticketdirect.co.nz.

■ Former Nelson Symphony Orchestra concertmaster Yid Ee Goh (violin) will perform with pianist Lisa Chou at NCMA’s last Celebration Series concert of the year on September 8 at 3.30pm. Works by Handel, Beethoven, Douglas Lilburn and Schumann. Tickets $30 from ticketdirect.co.nz.

■ The Nelson’s Got Talent final will be held at The Boathouse on August 31 at 6pm. See musicians, singers, dancers and more at the evening organised by Holly Fortune, 13, to get her to the 2020 Scout Jamboree in Hamilton. Tickets $10 from eventfinda.co.nz.

■ Nelson Provincial Museum’s new exhibition, Kura Pounamu: Our Treasured Stone, opens tomorrow and runs until November 24. Free entry for local residents.

■ The Top Dog Film Festival Tour will be at Nelson’s Suter Theatre on September 8 at 6pm. A two-hour compilation of short films featuring man’s best friend, suitable for all ages. Tickets, children $16.30, adults $26.30 from trybooking.com.

■ An open mic poetry session to celebrate Phantom Billstickers National Poetry Day is being held today from noon to 1pm at Nelson’s Elma Turner Library, supported by Nelson Live Poets.