# Events & Things To Do In Wellington on 16th April 2026

- **Subtitle**: Discover the best events and activities in Wellington on 16th April 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 Wellington on 16th April 2026. From live concerts to art exhibitions, find the perfect thing to do for an unforgettable day out.

## Events in Wellington

- **Event Name**: Joanne McNally - Wellington
  - **Description**: Joanne McNally returns with Pinotphile, her wildly funny new stand-up show following the smash-hit Prosecco Express. Still single and spectacularly chaotic, Joanne dives into situationships, revenge, frenemies and rejection with her trademark unfiltered h
  - **Interested Audience**:
    - Count: 3
  - **Date**: Thu Apr 16 2026 at 10:00 am (+12:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/wellington/joanne-mcnally-wellington/200029253220052
  - **Venue**: Opera House, Wellington
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  - **Categories**: comedy
- **Event Name**: Joanne McNally - Pinotphile
  - **Description**: InformationAll Tickets are Mobile Ticket Only. Mobile Tickets are like Print-at-Home tickets but instead of having to print off the tickets yourself, you can just show the barcode on your mobile phone. It is the easiest way to access ti
  - **Date**: Thu Apr 16 2026 at 08:00 pm – Thu Apr 16 2026 at 10:00 pm (13:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/wellington/joanne-mcnally-pinotphile/210002100005923
  - **Venue**: The Opera House Wellington
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  - **Categories**: performances, Art, Entertainment
- **Event Name**: Wellington Speed Dating for ages 25- 39 by Cheeky Events Australia
  - **Description**: Get ready for a night of fun and connection at Wellington's hottest speed dating event!About this EventLet’s ditch the apps together and embrace real connections. Say goodbye to the dating apps and hello to your very own
  - **Date**: Thu Apr 16 2026 at 06:45 pm – Thu Apr 16 2026 at 08:45 pm (+12:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/wellington/wellington-speed-dating-for-ages-25-39-by-cheeky-events-australia/100001982328715551
  - **Venue**: The Arborist Rooftop Bar
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  - **Price**: NZD 48 to 63
  - **Categories**: speed-dating, singles-parties
- **Event Name**: Sushi Unfolded: A Vegan Demonstration & Tasting
  - **Description**: Enjoy a vegan sushi demonstration with tastings as you learn to craft nigiri, rolls, and inari in a fun, relaxed evening of creativityAbout this EventSushi Unfolded: A Vegan Demonstration & Tasti
  - **Date**: Thu Apr 16 2026 at 06:15 pm – Thu Apr 16 2026 at 08:45 pm (+12:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/wellington/sushi-unfolded-a-vegan-demonstration-and-tasting/100001984937110330
  - **Venue**: Bhakti Lounge Wellington
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  - **Price**: NZD 21 to 32
  - **Categories**: food-drinks
- **Event Name**: Bubble Magic Workshop with Glinda
  - **Description**: Step into a wickedly magical world of pink sparkle and wonder with our enchanting Bubble Magic workshop, hosted by Glinda.About this EventBubble Magic with Glinda: A Wickedly Pink Workshop (1.5 hours)
  - **Date**: Thu Apr 16 2026 at 02:30 pm – Thu Apr 16 2026 at 04:00 pm (+12:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/wellington/bubble-magic-workshop-with-glinda/100001985676834866
  - **Venue**: Sprig + Fern Tavern Tawa
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  - **Price**: NZD 6 to 35
  - **Categories**: workshops, magic-show, trips-adventures
- **Event Name**: Astrology & Karma: Understand Your Life’s Patterns
  - **Description**: Explore Vedic Astrology & Karma to understand life patterns, planets, houses & shift old influences.About this EventAstrology & Karma: Understand Your Life’s Patterns
  - **Date**: Thu Apr 16 2026 at 06:15 pm – Thu Apr 16 2026 at 08:45 pm (+12:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/wellington/astrology-and-karma-understand-your-life’s-patterns/100001985184968681
  - **Venue**: Bhakti Lounge Wellington
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  - **Price**: NZD 6 to 16
  - **Categories**: Workshops, health-wellness
- **Event Name**: Unified Chaos: Student Graduation Showcase
  - **Description**: After 8 weeks of structured chaos, it’s time to unleash the weird! Come see the newest batch of comedians take the stage and turn their boldest ideas into spontaneous, chaotic & unified nonsense.

Tickets $10
Online sales.
Door sales while available.
  - **Date**: Thu Apr 16 2026 at 09:30 am – Thu Apr 16 2026 at 10:30 am (+12:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/wellington/unified-chaos-student-graduation-showcase/200029889434936
  - **Venue**: Circus Bar
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  - **Categories**: comedy, Entertainment
- **Event Name**: The Clean: In the Dreamlife You Need a Rubber Soul│WELLINGTON BOOK LAUNCH
  - **Description**: ‘Punk hit the brothers like a thunderclap’ and they electrified a generation. Richard Langston’s The Clean: In the Dreamlife You Need a Rubber Soul is out in April and we’ll be celebrating with a four-part tour, wrapping up in Wellington. 

Thursday 16 Ap
  - **Interested Audience**:
    - Count: 50
  - **Date**: Thu Apr 16 2026 at 08:00 am (+12:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/wellington/the-clean-in-the-dreamlife-you-need-a-rubber-soul│wellington-book-launch/200029823810326
  - **Venue**: Flying Nun Records, 173 Cuba Street, Wellington 6011
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- **Event Name**: By A Damn Sight - video variety show #2
  - **Description**: local drone-pop band By A Damn Sight premiere their music video for "Confidence". 
a mantra of breezy antipodean guitar melodicism that soundtracks the satirical take-down of a "wrestling" match.

The evening will feature a live By A Damn Sight music perf
  - **Interested Audience**:
    - Count: 25
  - **Date**: Thu Apr 16 2026 at 09:30 am (+12:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/wellington/by-a-damn-sight-video-variety-show-2/200029825619243
  - **Venue**: Vogelmorn Bowling Club
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  - **Categories**: entertainment, music, performances, sports, food-drinks, pop
- **Event Name**: Travelling the ‘garrison world’ — 19th century history that speaks to the 2020s
  - **Description**: Hear from Charlotte Macdonald as she embarks on a journey of what she terms the ‘garrison world’ — soldiers, sailors, and their families stationed across the British empire in the 19th century.

Join us at the Library or online. Register for a Zoom link:
  - **Interested Audience**:
    - Count: 22
  - **Date**: Thu Apr 16 2026 at 07:30 am – Thu Apr 16 2026 at 08:30 am (+12:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/wellington/travelling-the-‘garrison-world’-—-19th-century-history-that-speaks-to-the-2020s/200029675543911
  - **Venue**: Corner Molesworth and Aitken Streets, Thorndon, Wellington, New Zealand 6011
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  - **Categories**: workshops, art, literary-art, virtual, webinar

## Trending Events in Wellington

- **Event Name**: Fat Freddy's Drop: Based on a True Story 21st Anniversary Tour | Sat 2 May | Michael Fowler Centre
  - **Description**: SOLD OUT! Doing it for the love of music, legendary band Fat Freddy's Drop are returning to the stage in 2026 to perform their ground-breaking debut album Based On A True Story.

The 51 dates across Australia, Aotearoa, Europe & UK will be Freddy’s fi
  - **Venue**: Michael Fowler Centre
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- **Event Name**: Ultra New Zealand 2026
  - **Description**: ULTRA NEW ZEALAND - PHASE ONE LINEUP


A-Z
THE CHAINSMOKERS
DJ SNAKE
DARREN STYLES
MARLO
MISS MONIQUE
NICO MORENO
OLIVER HELDENS
ZEDD


PHASE TWO LINEUP DUE EARLY 2026


ULTRA Worldwide has just announced the inaugural ULTRA New Zealand, which will take p
  - **Venue**: Wellington Waterfront
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- **Event Name**: Sublime | Wellington | NZ
  - **Description**: Wellington | Sat 11 April | Brewtown
🔥 Sublime – First Ever NZ Tour 🔥

Wellington, get ready. For the first time ever, Sublime are hitting Aotearoa 🇳🇿

Fresh off their massive Coachella 2024 set, this tour is decades in the making.
30 years on from their
  - **Venue**: Brewtown
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- **Event Name**: Anzac Round: One NZ Warriors v Dolphins
  - **Description**: For the first time, Wellington hosts our Anzac Round match. Join us as we honour this historic occasion and face the Dolphins in a commemorative clash that promises to be truly unforgettable.
  - **Venue**: Sky Stadium, Wellington
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- **Event Name**: Split Enz | Forever ENZ Tour | Wellington
  - **Description**: Split Enz are back. For the first time in 20 years, the Forever Enz Tour returns to Aotearoa, with original members Tim Finn, Neil Finn, Eddie Rayner and Noel Crombie hitting stages across the country this May.⁠
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Westpac Mastercard Presale: Tue 3 Mar, 11
  - **Venue**: TSB Bank Arena
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- **Event Name**: Fat Freddy's Drop: Based On A True Story 21st Anniversary Tour | Sun 3 May | MFC
  - **Description**: Doing it for the love of music, legendary band Fat Freddy's Drop are returning to the stage in 2026 to perform their ground-breaking debut album Based On A True Story.

The 51 dates across Australia, Aotearoa, Europe & UK will be Freddy’s first shows
  - **Venue**: Michael Fowler Centre
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- **Event Name**: Fat Freddy's Drop: Based on a True Story 21st Anniversary Tour | Fri 1 May | Michael Fowler Centre
  - **Description**: Doing it for the love of music, legendary band Fat Freddy's Drop are returning to the stage in 2026 to perform their ground-breaking debut album Based On A True Story.

The 51 dates across Australia, Aotearoa, Europe & UK will be Freddy’s first shows
  - **Venue**: Michael Fowler Centre
  - **Banner**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events3/banners/e591675ac7b2c6518a6b7ed050d5160381881017e878ceb08cd5a0c57ade0c46-rimg-w600-h280-dc5a7c8c-gmir?v=1774805662
- **Event Name**: Dita Von Teese: Nocturnelle 2026 [WELLINGTON]
  - **Description**: The ever-reigning Queen of Burlesque, Dita Von Teese, returns to Australia and New Zealand with her most opulent show yet, the all-new Nocturnelle.

With Nocturnelle, Dita unveils a bewitching new vision - an exquisite blend of old-Hollywood allure, theat
  - **Venue**: Wellington Opera House
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- **Event Name**: Marlon Williams Tā te Manawa Tour | Wellington (SOLD OUT)
  - **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**: Michael Fowler Centre
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## FAQs

- **Q**: What are the top events in Wellington?
  - **A:** Joanne McNally - Wellington (Thu Apr 16 2026 at 10:00 am at Opera House, Wellington), Joanne McNally - Pinotphile (Thu Apr 16 2026 at 08:00 pm at The Opera House Wellington), Wellington Speed Dating for ages 25- 39 by Cheeky Events Australia (Thu Apr 16 2026 at 06:45 pm at The Arborist Rooftop Bar), Sushi Unfolded: A Vegan Demonstration & Tasting (Thu Apr 16 2026 at 06:15 pm at Bhakti Lounge Wellington), Bubble Magic Workshop with Glinda (Thu Apr 16 2026 at 02:30 pm at Sprig + Fern Tavern Tawa).
- **Q**: What events are happening in Wellington in April 2026?
  - **A:** Joanne McNally - Wellington (Thu Apr 16 2026 at 10:00 am at Opera House, Wellington), Joanne McNally - Pinotphile (Thu Apr 16 2026 at 08:00 pm at The Opera House Wellington), Wellington Speed Dating for ages 25- 39 by Cheeky Events Australia (Thu Apr 16 2026 at 06:45 pm at The Arborist Rooftop Bar), Sushi Unfolded: A Vegan Demonstration & Tasting (Thu Apr 16 2026 at 06:15 pm at Bhakti Lounge Wellington), Bubble Magic Workshop with Glinda (Thu Apr 16 2026 at 02:30 pm at Sprig + Fern Tavern Tawa).
- **Q**: How can I find events in Wellington?
  - **A:** You can discover upcoming events in Wellington 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 Wellington?
  - **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 Wellington?
  - **A:** Some popular venues hosting events in Wellington include Opera House, Wellington, The Opera House Wellington, The Arborist Rooftop Bar.
- **Q**: What is the price range for events in Wellington?
  - **A:** Prices for events in Wellington range from NZD 6 to NZD 63. Many events also offer free entry.
- **Q**: Who are the top organizers for events in Wellington?
  - **A:** Popular organizers hosting events in Wellington include Bohm Presents, Cheeky Events, Bhakti Lounge Wellington.
- **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 Wellington?
  - **A:** Follow the  category on AllEvents.in to get notified when new events are listed in Wellington.

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