# Events & Things To Do In Nelson, Nelson on 13th June 2026

- **Subtitle**: Discover the best events and activities in Nelson, Nelson on 13th June 2026. From live concerts to art exhibitions, find the perfect thing to do for an unforgettable day out.
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## About

Discover the best events and activities in Nelson, Nelson on 13th June 2026. From live concerts to art exhibitions, find the perfect thing to do for an unforgettable day out.

## Events in Nelson

- **Event Name**: Gala Royale
  - **Description**: Gala Royale | Midwinter Black-Tie Fundraising Gala

Join Nelson Provincial Museum for Gala Royale, a black-tie midwinter evening of fine dining, entertainment, and premium auctions in support of the new ARC (Archives, Research and Collections) Facility in
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  - **Date**: Sat Jun 13 2026 at 07:30 am (+12:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/nelson/gala-royale/200029742452304
  - **Venue**: Rutherford Hotel Nelson
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  - **Categories**: trips-adventures, contests, sports, workshops, charities
- **Event Name**: FIGHT FOR RANGATAHI 4
  - **Description**: 🔥🥊 FIGHT FOR RANGATAHI 2026 — GET READY! 🥊🔥
This is it. The biggest corporate boxing event on the South Island calendar — and it just keeps getting bigger every single year.
Round up your crew, tag your mates, and lock in your very own corporate table for
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  - **Date**: Sat Jun 13 2026 at 07:30 am (+12:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/nelson/fight-for-rangatahi-4/200029715953729
  - **Venue**: Motueka Recreation Centre
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  - **Categories**: sports, calendar
- **Event Name**: Star Wars Quiz Night
  - **Description**: 🌌✨ Calling all Jedi, Sith, and scruffy-looking nerf herders! The Time has finally come! ✨🌌

Think you know your way around the galaxy? Put your knowledge to the test at our Star Wars Quiz Night! 🧠⚡

📅 Date: June 13th
🕢 Time: 7:30 PM
📍 Location: The Vic P
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  - **Date**: Sat Jun 13 2026 at 09:30 am (+12:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/nelson/star-wars-quiz-night/200029960403917
  - **Venue**: 281 Trafalgar Street, 7010
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  - **Categories**: contests
- **Event Name**: Dance Suite
  - **Description**: Step into a world where movement knows no bounds with the Nelson Academy of Dance. Dance Suite, a vibrant winter showcase, is a celebration of artistry featuring a selection of genres, from the raw athleticism of contemporary dance to the ethereal beauty
  - **Date**: Sat Jun 13 2026 at 03:00 am – Sat Jun 13 2026 at 04:30 am (+12:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/nelson/dance-suite/200029855586334
  - **Venue**: Theatre Royal Nelson
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  - **Categories**: dance, Entertainment
- **Event Name**: Natural Fibres as Contemporary Art
  - **Description**: Led by Lane Hawkins.

Join Lane for a fun day exploring a range of natural plant fibres and how we can use fibre to create contemporary art objects and sculpture. This will be a hands-on experience looking at new possibilities with plant fibres and how tr
  - **Date**: Sat Jun 13 2026 at 11:00 pm – Sun Jun 14 2026 at 07:00 am (+12:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/nelson/natural-fibres-as-contemporary-art/200029960421109
  - **Venue**: NMIT
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  - **Categories**: Art, Workshops, fine-arts
- **Event Name**: Walk Talk Draw
  - **Description**: Join artist Claire Colvin for a stroll around the Queens Gardens with your sketch book. The diverse mixture of native and exotic plantings will be material for various exercises to free up your approach to drawing.

Being in nature is known to have health
  - **Date**: Sat Jun 13 2026 at 11:00 pm – Sun Jun 14 2026 at 02:00 am (+12:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/nelson/walk-talk-draw/200029960426940
  - **Venue**: The Suter Art Gallery Te Aratoi o Whakatū
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  - **Categories**: Art, fine-arts, Sports, Workshops, health-wellness
- **Event Name**: One Day Ring Making
  - **Description**: Led by Kay van Dyk.

In this course, you’ll be introduced to jewellery techniques such as sawing, texturing, shaping, soldering, and finishing. This is a fun and relaxed course that is suitable for absolute beginners.

You’ll begin by making a copper ring
  - **Date**: Sat Jun 13 2026 at 11:00 am – Sun Jun 14 2026 at 07:00 am (+12:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/nelson/one-day-ring-making/200029960421309
  - **Venue**: The Bench, 100 Collingwood St, Nelson
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  - **Categories**: Workshops, Art, Exhibitions, fine-arts
- **Event Name**: Handmade Paper Fun - SOLD OUT
  - **Description**: Led by Sue Heydon.

Participants will be initiated into the joys of papermaking using only recovered recycled materials that don’t cost anything, adding just water, and using paper making equipment to create beautiful paper.

Materials such as discarded p
  - **Date**: Sat Jun 13 2026 at 04:00 am – Sat Jun 13 2026 at 07:00 am (+12:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/nelson/handmade-paper-fun-sold-out/200029960416143
  - **Venue**: NMIT
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  - **Categories**: Art, fine-arts
- **Event Name**: Foraged Fibre Workshop
  - **Description**: Led by Tanya Doty.

A one-day workshop that will give you a foundation to go and weave your heart out wherever you wander.

We'll explore weaving techniques and look at a couple of different ways to put a structure together using natural fibres from my ga
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  - **Date**: Sat Jun 13 2026 at 11:00 pm – Sun Jun 14 2026 at 07:00 am (+12:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/nelson/foraged-fibre-workshop/200029960422113
  - **Venue**: NMIT
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  - **Categories**: workshops, art
- **Event Name**: Pastie Pandemonium
  - **Description**: Led by Jasmine Tease.

Have you ever wanted to make your own pair of pasties? What the hell are pasties?

Not a delicious pastry in this case, but nipple covers that burlesque performers wear when on stage. They're usually the punchline of a story or joke
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  - **Date**: Sat Jun 13 2026 at 04:00 am – Sat Jun 13 2026 at 07:00 am (+12:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/nelson/pastie-pandemonium/200029929353904
  - **Venue**: Prego Mediterranean Foods & Comida Cafe / Restaurant (Comida Cafe & Restaurant)
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  - **Categories**: performances, entertainment

## Trending Events in Nelson

- **Event Name**: Marlon Williams Tā te Manawa Tour | Nelson
  - **Description**: Marlon Williams has today announced a very significant tour. It’s one that is truly for fans, and one that also marks a temporary departure from the stage for Marlon himself. 

After an intensive time making latest album Te Whare Tīwekaweka and over two y
  - **Venue**: Trafalgar Centre
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- **Event Name**: Salmonella Dub LIVE introducing Whirimako Black & Nino Birch in DubnBass
  - **Description**: Salmonella Dub circa 1993 Live band kick off the band 17 album remastered back cat rollout + Salmonella Dub SoundSystem ft. Mighty AsterixAbout this EventKia ora!
  - **Venue**: Playhouse Cafe Theatre
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- **Event Name**: NELSON - NZ FISHING HUNTING & 4X4 EXPO
  - **Description**: Nelson, something new is coming.

After four successful years building the New Zealand Fishing, Hunting & 4X4 Expo in Rotorua, we are bringing the experience to the top of the South Island. The first Nelson edition of the Expo will take place from 16
  - **Venue**: Trafalgar Centre
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- **Event Name**: Kaiteriteri Gold 2026
  - **Description**: Having received rave reviews from participants over the last few years, come and join us on Kings Birthday weekend to take in all that the Kaiteriteri Mountain Bike Park has to offer.

Whether you’re racing for a personal best or just out to enjoy the fun
  - **Venue**: Kaiteriteri Recreation Reserve
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- **Event Name**: Te Ramaroa - Nelson Light Festival 2026 (City Centre)
  - **Description**: Te Ramaroa is a free, immersive biennial light festival that transforms Nelson into a vibrant canvas of illuminated art over five mid-winter nights.
  - **Venue**: Trafalgar Sq, Nelson 7010, New Zealand
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- **Event Name**: Blessing of the Fleet 2026
  - **Description**: The Blessing of the Fleet honours our sea-going whanau, past and present.

Friday 8th May: Fireworks Display (Tahunanui Beach)
Saturday 9th May: Blessing of the Fleet Community Day (Seafarers Memorial Pier)

The Blessing starts at 1.00pm.

Witness the Ves
  - **Venue**: Seafarers Memorial Wharf
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- **Event Name**: ELTON JOHN vs BILLY JOEL - Theatre Royal Nelson
  - **Description**: NZ’s Award-Winning Hit Tribute Show “Elton John vs. Billy Joel” Returns to Theatre Royal Nelson, Saturday 23rd May, 2026!

Back by popular demand for an encore performance! After a string of sold-out shows across the country, Elton John vs. Billy Joel ret
  - **Venue**: Theatre Royal Nelson
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- **Event Name**: THE UNDERGROUND – BACK AT THE BOATHOUSE
  - **Description**: The Underground return to The Boathouse Nelson with their no frills, in yer face, hows ya father blend of high energy Britrock bangers from across the ages.

Expect classics from The Jam, The Who, The Cure, The Police, Arctic Monkeys, Stereophonics, The S
  - **Venue**: The Boathouse, Nelson
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- **Event Name**: Nelson A&P Show - Golden Edge 2025
  - **Description**: 132nd NELSON A&P SHOW
Friday 20 Nov: 2pm-5pm (beginning of Equestrian & Woodchopping Programmes - free entry).

Saturday 21 Nov: 9am-4pm & Sunday 22 Nov: 9am-4pm (Full Show Programme - see ticket prices below).

Entering the Show Competitions?
  - **Venue**: The Golden Edge Nelson A & P Show
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## FAQs

- **Q**: What are the top events in Nelson?
  - **A:** Gala Royale (Sat Jun 13 2026 at 07:30 am at Rutherford Hotel Nelson), FIGHT FOR RANGATAHI 4 (Sat Jun 13 2026 at 07:30 am at Motueka Recreation Centre), Star Wars Quiz Night (Sat Jun 13 2026 at 09:30 am at 281 Trafalgar Street, 7010), Dance Suite (Sat Jun 13 2026 at 03:00 am at Theatre Royal Nelson), Natural Fibres as Contemporary Art (Sat Jun 13 2026 at 11:00 pm at NMIT).
- **Q**: How can I find events in Nelson?
  - **A:** You can discover upcoming events in Nelson on AllEvents.in. Browse by date, venue, or price to find events that match your interests.
- **Q**: How do I buy tickets for events in Nelson?
  - **A:** You can buy tickets directly through AllEvents.in. Many events offer online booking with options for free, paid, and early-bird tickets.
- **Q**: What are the popular venues for events in Nelson?
  - **A:** Some popular venues hosting events in Nelson include Rutherford Hotel Nelson, Motueka Recreation Centre, 281 Trafalgar Street, 7010.
- **Q**: Who are the top organizers for events in Nelson?
  - **A:** Popular organizers hosting events in Nelson include Nelson Provincial Museum Pupuri Taonga o Te Tai Ao, Vincent Clayton, The Vic Public House.
- **Q**: Are there any online events available?
  - **A:** Yes, many events are available online. You can filter for virtual events on AllEvents.in to attend from anywhere.
- **Q**: How can I get notified about new events in Nelson?
  - **A:** Follow the  category on AllEvents.in to get notified when new events are listed in Nelson.

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