Take the Rail Land Tour

Solar charge your stuff

Handy for summer holidays and a good gift for outdoorsy types, At Large Energy sells $89 fold-up solar chargers the size of a tablet that can charge an iPhone in 90 minutes of direct sunlight. atlargeenergy.co.nz Musician Anthonie Tonnon’s curious railbased tour departs Wellington for shows in Palmerston North, December 13; Paekakariki, December 14 and Masterton, December 15. Touchingly detailed itineraries (‘‘It is possible to do this trip without taking a day off work’’) are at anthonietonnon.com/railland.

Cheaper than therapy

San Fran closes the year out with a night unashamedly dedicated to those 70s & 80s hits you can’t not dance to: SOS Band, Luther Vandross, Chaka Khan.

$20 from 8pm, December 14.