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    02/26/2021 to 03/20/2021

    New Zealand Fringe Festival 2021

    New Zealand Fringe Festival, NZ’s largest open access arts festival of unbridled creativity and culture returns for another year.
  • 02/10/2021 to 02/20/2021

    ‘Not As Simple As It Sounds’

    6 days long durational performance, installation and workshop
  • Night of the Queer
    02/04/2021 to 02/13/2021

    Night of the Queer

    Featuring dazzling dance, extraordinary aerial artistry, sassy song, bold burlesque, divine drag and a huge dose of comedy, this sublime queer cabaret appeals to all colours of the rainbow.

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Auckland International Buskers Festival 2021

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Auckland CBD and Waterfront
Auckland
1 Feb 2021 to 28 Feb 2021
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Auckland Pride Festival 2021

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Auckland
6 Feb 2021 to 7 Feb 2021
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Otaki Kite Festival

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Otaki Beach
Wellington
14 Feb 2021 to 7 Mar 2021
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Auckland Fringe Festival 2021

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Auckland
14 Feb 2021 to 9 May 2021
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A Very Different World

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Te Tuhi and Papatūnga
Auckland
19 Feb 2021 to 4 Apr 2021
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Edith and George: in our sea of islands

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Corban Estate Arts Centre
Auckland
20 Feb 2021 to 23 May 2021
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The Thrum of the Tide

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Te Uru Waitākere Contemporary Gallery
Auckland
25 Feb 2021 to 25 Mar 2021
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The Dawn Raids – Educate to Liberate

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Studio One Toi Tū
Auckland
27 Feb 2021
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Auckland Pride March & Party 2021

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Beginning at Albert Park, ending in Aotea Square
Auckland
4 Mar 2021 to 21 Mar 2021
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Educate to Liberate – Panthers Mural

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Corner Gundry St & Karangahape Rd
Auckland
4 Mar 2021 to 21 Mar 2021
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Aroha Art Project

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Aotea Square
Auckland
4 Mar 2021 to 21 Mar 2021
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Digital Stage Artworks

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Aotea Square
Auckland
4 Mar 2021 to 21 Mar 2021
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Activities in the Square

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Aotea Square
Auckland
4 Mar 2021 to 21 Mar 2021
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Acts of Love

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Various City Locations
Auckland
4 Mar 2021
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Te Tīmatanga

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Aotea Square
Auckland
4 Mar 2021 to 20 Mar 2021
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The Tom Sainsbury Love Hour

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The Civic Club
Auckland
4 Mar 2021 to 7 Mar 2021
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The Griegol

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Rangatira, Q Theatre
Auckland
4 Mar 2021
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Estère – Into the Belly of Capricorn

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The Civic Club
Auckland
4 Mar 2021
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Taku Tau Kahurangi: An Aotearoa Love Story

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Great Hall, Auckland Town Hall
Auckland
5 Mar 2021 to 2 May 2021
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'Amui ‘i Mu‘a | Ancient Futures

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The Wallace Arts Centre, Pah Homestead
Auckland
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