# Crafts Events | List Of All Upcoming Crafts Events In Nelson, NE

- **Subtitle**: Explore all upcoming crafts events in Nelson, Nelson, find information & tickets for upcoming crafts events happening in Nelson, Nelson.
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Explore all upcoming crafts events in Nelson, Nelson, find information & tickets for upcoming crafts events happening in Nelson, Nelson.

## Events in Nelson

- **Event Name**: The Extravaganza Fair - Nelson / Tasman
  - **Description**: 🎪✨ ROLL UP, ROLL UP – THE EXTRAVAGANZA FAIR IS BACK! ✨🎪

🎉 Celebrating 11 epic years of magical mayhem on the road! 🎉

New Zealand’s biggest and most fabulous travelling fair is rolling back into town – and you’re invited!

We’re bringing grassroots charm
  - **Interested Audience**:
    - Count: 81
  - **Date**: Sat Oct 03 2026 at 09:00 am – Sun Oct 04 2026 at 04:00 pm (+13:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/nelson/the-extravaganza-fair-nelson-tasman/200030230070317
  - **Venue**: Richmond Park Raceway
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  - **Categories**: kids, music, live-music, food-drinks, entertainment, food-truck-festivals, art
- **Event Name**: Te Huihuinga-o-Matariki 2026
  - **Description**: Nelson City Council is hosting, Te Huihuinga-o-Matariki Festival in collaboration with Ngā Iwi e Waru o Te Tauihu o Te Waka-a-Māui 

📍 Saxton Stadium 
📆 Friday 10th July 2026
🕛️ 5:00pm – 9:00pm
💰️Koha (gold coin donation)

The Matariki market will be open
  - **Interested Audience**:
    - Count: 904
  - **Date**: Fri Jul 10 2026 at 05:00 pm – Fri Jul 10 2026 at 09:00 pm (+12:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/nelson/te-huihuinga-o-matariki-2026/200030083404952
  - **Venue**: Saxton Stadium
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  - **Categories**: festivals, live-music, nonprofit
- **Event Name**: Rick Price LIVE at The Boathouse - Nelson
  - **Description**: Australian music icon Rick Price is finally coming to New Zealand, playing intimate, listening-room venues around the country!

From the timeless “Heaven Knows” to the beloved “Not a Day Goes By”, his songs have travelled across the world for decades—quie
  - **Interested Audience**:
    - Count: 1
  - **Date**: Thu Dec 03 2026 at 07:30 pm (+13:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/nelson/rick-price-live-at-the-boathouse-nelson/200030334474549
  - **Venue**: The Boathouse, Nelson
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  - **Categories**: music, entertainment, art, concerts, live-music, storytelling
- **Event Name**: My Time My Life 2026
  - **Description**: Discover new hobbies and connect with like-minded people!

Are you passionate about your hobbies? Do you love sharing your interests with others? Then join us at My Time, My Life, where we celebrate the joy of hobbies, sports, and interests in our vibrant
  - **Interested Audience**:
    - Count: 45
  - **Date**: Sat Aug 15 2026 at 10:30 am – Sat Aug 15 2026 at 03:00 pm (+12:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/nelson/my-time-my-life-2026/200030083408200
  - **Venue**: Founders Heritage Park
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  - **Categories**: sports, health-wellness, art, mental-health
- **Event Name**: ⚽️🍻 Mussel Inn Masters 2026 🍻⚽️
  - **Description**: The Beautiful Game in a Beautiful Place

Dust off the boots… stretch the hammies… and pretend you’re still 25 😏

Labour Weekend is locked in — and it’s shaping up to be an absolute belter 💥

🔥 Men’s & Women’s teams
🍺 Craft beers on tap
🌮 Food trucks t
  - **Interested Audience**:
    - Count: 53
  - **Date**: Sat Oct 24 2026 at 09:00 am – Sun Oct 25 2026 at 04:00 pm (+13:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/nelson/mussel-inn-masters-2026/200030000358605
  - **Venue**: Park Avenue , Takaka, New Zealand 7010
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  - **Categories**: food-drinks
- **Event Name**: Starlight and Embers Forest school holiday club
  - **Description**: 🌟❄️🔥

Embers forest school presents…

Starlight and Embers 
Winter School Holiday Programme 

Celebrating the celestial world, the passage of time and the beginning of a new cycle through stories, adventure and play. 
For young people aged 7 and up.

The
  - **Interested Audience**:
    - Count: 19
  - **Date**: Mon Jul 13 2026 at 09:30 am – Thu Jul 16 2026 at 03:00 pm (+12:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/nelson/starlight-and-embers-forest-school-holiday-club/200030264513334
  - **Venue**: Rocklands Rd, Clifton, Takaka 7183, New Zealand
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  - **Categories**: trips-adventures
- **Event Name**: Motueka Steiner School Spring Fair 2026
  - **Description**: Come one and all for another magical family fun day out at this year's Motueka Steiner Spring Fair 2026! Fairyland, Crafts, Medieval Games, Music, delicious food and more!!! Mark your calenders 🎉
  - **Interested Audience**:
    - Count: 110
  - **Date**: Sun Sep 20 2026 at 10:00 am – Sun Sep 20 2026 at 04:00 pm (+12:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/nelson/motueka-steiner-school-spring-fair-2026/200030062037034
  - **Venue**: Motueka Steiner School
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- **Event Name**: Make a fused glass bowl
  - **Description**: Create your own beautiful fused glass bowl while learning glass cutting, design, and fusing techniques. Perfect for beginners.About this EventCreate your own beautiful fused glass bowl in this hands-on workshop. This clas
  - **Date**: Sat Jul 25 2026 at 09:30 am – Sat Jul 25 2026 at 12:30 pm (+12:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/nelson/make-a-fused-glass-bowl/100001992329667668
  - **Venue**: unit 8/4 Fayette Lane
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  - **Price**: NZD 162
  - **Categories**: fitness, Workshops
- **Event Name**: The Upcycled Market - Sunday 30th August
  - **Description**: Looking for a great way to spend a Sunday? This is it.

The Upcycled Market is not your usual market. It is something a little different: smaller, thoughtfully curated, and focused on sustainability, creativity, and handmade craftsmanship, designed to be
  - **Date**: Sun Aug 30 2026 at 11:00 am – Sun Aug 30 2026 at 03:30 pm (+12:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/nelson/the-upcycled-market-sunday-30th-august/200030343553458
  - **Venue**: The Honest Lawyer
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- **Event Name**: Richmond Library - Celebrating Matariki: Lucy Summerfield Performance
  - **Description**: A singer-songwriter and waiata artist from Motueka, drawing from artists such as Bic Runga and Joni Mitchell, she crafts songs with stories at the heart of them, weaving together English and te reo Māori in her performances.
  - **Interested Audience**:
    - Count: 4
  - **Date**: Thu Jul 09 2026 at 12:30 pm – Thu Jul 09 2026 at 01:00 pm (+12:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/nelson/richmond-library-celebrating-matariki-lucy-summerfield-performance/200030242613853
  - **Venue**: 280 Queen Street, Richmond, Richmond, New Zealand 7020
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  - **Categories**: art, music, fine-arts
- **Event Name**: Paper Play
  - **Description**: Wednesdays, 22 July - 09 September, 3.30 - 4.30pm, Stoke Library.

One of the most versatile materials, discover lots of fun paper crafts this term!

All ages, younger children will need the help of their adult.
  - **Interested Audience**:
    - Count: 1
  - **Date**: Wed Jul 22 2026 at 03:30 pm – Wed Jul 22 2026 at 04:30 pm (+12:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/nelson/paper-play/200030330362728
  - **Venue**: Stoke Library
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- **Event Name**: Mindful Moments
  - **Description**: Fidget with Flextangles and zone out with Zentangles. Discover a range of simple crafts and activities to support mindful moments.

All ages, younger children will need the help of an adult.
  - **Interested Audience**:
    - Count: 12
  - **Date**: Wed Jul 15 2026 at 11:00 am – Wed Jul 15 2026 at 12:30 pm (+12:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/nelson/mindful-moments/200030222903649
  - **Venue**: 27 Halifax Street, Nelson, New Zealand 7010
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## Trending Events in Nelson

- **Event Name**: Twisted Frequency 2027
  - **Description**: We on whānau, get yourselves to Twisted Frequency this summer for five days of pure Aotearoa underground goodness led by talented creatives and GC’s from around the motu and the world. 

The longer-term future of the fest is still up in the air, but one t
  - **Venue**: Cobb Valley Rd, Upper Takaka, Takaka 7183, New Zealand
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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 - 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**: 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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- **Event Name**: The Extravaganza Fair - Nelson / Tasman
  - **Description**: 🎪✨ ROLL UP, ROLL UP – THE EXTRAVAGANZA FAIR IS BACK! ✨🎪

🎉 Celebrating 11 epic years of magical mayhem on the road! 🎉

New Zealand’s biggest and most fabulous travelling fair is rolling back into town – and you’re invited!

We’re bringing grassroots charm
  - **Venue**: Richmond Park Raceway
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- **Event Name**: Te Huihuinga-o-Matariki 2026
  - **Description**: Nelson City Council is hosting, Te Huihuinga-o-Matariki Festival in collaboration with Ngā Iwi e Waru o Te Tauihu o Te Waka-a-Māui 

📍 Saxton Stadium 
📆 Friday 10th July 2026
🕛️ 5:00pm – 9:00pm
💰️Koha (gold coin donation)

The Matariki market will be open
  - **Venue**: Saxton Stadium
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- **Event Name**: Bouncy Land at Founders Park
  - **Description**: 🎈🎉 BOUNCY LAND IS COMING TO NELSON! 🎉🎈

Get ready for THREE HUGE DAYS of bouncing, sliding, climbing and non-stop fun this school holiday!

We're transforming The Energy Centre at Founders Park into a MASSIVE indoor inflatable wonderland packed with giant
  - **Venue**: Founders Heritage Park
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- **Event Name**: Machine de Cirque
  - **Description**: Nelson Arts Festival exclusive.

This October, internationally acclaimed circus company Machine de Cirque will bring their extraordinary show to Whakatū Nelson for a strictly limited season at Trafalgar Centre. 

Having performed more than 700 shows acros
  - **Venue**: Trafalgar Venues
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- **Event Name**: Hermsen County's Western Ball at Fairfield House
  - **Description**: Hey Nelson!

Dust off your boots, straighten your bolo ties, and prepare for a night of country music, western elegance, and unforgettable memories.

Join Hermsen County for our very first Western Ball at the beautiful Fairfield House. With tickets limite
  - **Venue**: Fairfield House
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## FAQs

- **Q**: What are the top events in Nelson?
  - **A:** The Extravaganza Fair - Nelson / Tasman (Sat Oct 03 2026 at 09:00 am at Richmond Park Raceway), Te Huihuinga-o-Matariki 2026 (Fri Jul 10 2026 at 05:00 pm at Saxton Stadium), Rick Price LIVE at The Boathouse - Nelson (Thu Dec 03 2026 at 07:30 pm at The Boathouse, Nelson), My Time My Life 2026 (Sat Aug 15 2026 at 10:30 am at Founders Heritage Park), ⚽️🍻 Mussel Inn Masters 2026 🍻⚽️ (Sat Oct 24 2026 at 09:00 am at Park Avenue , Takaka, New Zealand 7010).
- **Q**: What events are happening in Nelson in July 2026?
  - **A:** Te Huihuinga-o-Matariki 2026 (Fri Jul 10 2026 at 05:00 pm at Saxton Stadium), Starlight and Embers Forest school holiday club (Mon Jul 13 2026 at 09:30 am at Rocklands Rd, Clifton, Takaka 7183, New Zealand), Make a fused glass bowl (Sat Jul 25 2026 at 09:30 am at unit 8/4 Fayette Lane), Richmond Library - Celebrating Matariki: Lucy Summerfield Performance (Thu Jul 09 2026 at 12:30 pm at 280 Queen Street, Richmond, Richmond, New Zealand 7020), Paper Play (Wed Jul 22 2026 at 03:30 pm at Stoke Library).
- **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 Richmond Park Raceway, Saxton Stadium, The Boathouse, Nelson.
- **Q**: What is the price range for events in Nelson?
  - **A:** Prices for events in Nelson range from NZD 162 to NZD 162. Many events also offer free entry.
- **Q**: Who are the top organizers for events in Nelson?
  - **A:** Popular organizers hosting events in Nelson include The Extravaganza Fair, Nelson City Council, Rick Price.
- **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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