Toitoi - Hawke's Bay Arts & Events Centre

Toitoi - Hawke's Bay Arts & Events Centre Toitoi - Hawke's Bay Arts & Events Centre is the region’s leading arts & events venue. It connects communities through arts, culture and creativity.

Nationally renowned for bold, inclusive programme & exceptional experiences, Toitoi is more than a venue. Facebook terms and conditions
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Following more than 700 performances across Europe, Asia and North America, Machine de Cirque arrives at Toitoi – Hawke’...
14/10/2026

Following more than 700 performances across Europe, Asia and North America, Machine de Cirque arrives at Toitoi – Hawke’s Bay Arts & Events Centre this Friday, October 16th, as one of the headline acts of Hawke’s Bay Arts Festival 2026.

This family-friendly show follows five quirky characters who find themselves alone in an uncertain world, trying to contact other survivors with the help of a strange machine. Along the way, expect breathtaking teeterboard, juggling, live music and a very inventive use of a bath towel...

Machine de Cirque
Fri 16 Oct, 6:00pm - 7:10pm
Sat 17 Oct, 2:00pm - 3:10pm
Sat 17 Oct, 8:00pm - 9:10pm
Sun 18 Oct, 6:00pm - 7:10pm

Tickets available now from our website or your local isite...
https://www.toitoivenues.co.nz/whats-on/event/936510/machine-de-cirque

We warmly invite you to join us for a delightful morning of music, conversation, and community. Gather with your fellow ...
13/10/2026

We warmly invite you to join us for a delightful morning of music, conversation, and community. Gather with your fellow music lovers to appreciate the talent that continues to enrich our region’s cultural heartbeat.

Take a moment out from the everyday with the Interlude Jazz Trio, an intimate ensemble featuring the silky textures of vocals, guitar, and double bass. Having performed at venues throughout New Zealand, Jemima, Luke and Chris bring a warm, relaxed energy to every performance.

Expect a beautifully curated set of favourite standards from the jazz repertoire, from tender ballads to swinging classics. Whether you're starting your day, catching up with friends, or settling in with a drink, this is the perfect soundtrack for a laid-back interlude.

Doors and Morning tea 10.30am
Show 11am-12pm

Assembly Concert Club: Jazz Trio
Toitoi - Assembly Ballroom | Mon 9 Nov, 10:30am - 12:00pm
Tickets available from our website or your local isite...
https://www.toitoivenues.co.nz/whats-on/event/953444/assembly-concert-club-jazz-trio

At most films we'd ask you to keep it down. Not this one. Our Rocky Horror sing-along is all about talking back to the s...
12/10/2026

At most films we'd ask you to keep it down. Not this one. Our Rocky Horror sing-along is all about talking back to the screen and getting up for the Time Warp.

So join us this Halloween for a gloriously outrageous sing-along screening of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, the cult classic that has thrilled audiences for generations.

The Rocky Horror Picture Show Halloween Sing-Along
Toitoi - Opera House | R16 | Sat 31 Oct, Pre-show Party 6.30pm, Screening from 8pm
Tickets available now from our website or your local isite...
https://www.toitoivenues.co.nz/whats-on/event/951480/the-rocky-horror-picture-show-halloween-sing-along

Arriving at Toitoi this Friday is internationally acclaimed Machine de Cirque! This family-friendly show follows five qu...
12/10/2026

Arriving at Toitoi this Friday is internationally acclaimed Machine de Cirque!

This family-friendly show follows five quirky characters who find themselves alone in an uncertain world, trying to contact other survivors with the help of a strange machine. Along the way, expect breathtaking teeterboard, juggling, live music and a very inventive use of a bath towel...

Ridiculously funny, touching and wildly inventive, Machine de Cirque combines extraordinary circus skill with deeply human storytelling, in a show that dazzles, delights and brings plenty of laughs along the way.

Following more than 700 performances across Europe, Asia and North America, Machine de Cirque arrives at Toitoi – Hawke’s Bay Arts & Events Centre this October as one of the headline acts of Hawke’s Bay Arts Festival 2026.

Machine de Cirque
Fri 16 Oct, 6:00pm - 7:10pm
Sat 17 Oct, 2:00pm - 3:10pm
Sat 17 Oct, 8:00pm - 9:10pm
Sun 18 Oct, 6:00pm - 7:10pm
Tickets available now from our website or your local isite...
https://www.toitoivenues.co.nz/whats-on/event/936510/machine-de-cirque

09/10/2026

Today at Toitoi - 1pm or 5.30pm Balloon Dog - Indian Ink Theatre Company

Would you open your door to a stranger?

When a five year old girl befriends a lonely migrant worker her family unravels; opening them up to face uncomfortable truths about themselves… and the world beyond their front gate.

1800s Calcutta becomes 21C Auckland in Indian Ink’s stage adaptation of one of India’s most loved stories – Kabuliwala. This beautifully tender tale reveals that we’re more alike than we think.

Our award-winning creative team bring you all the things people love about Indian Ink: humour, heart, live music and pure theatrical magic.

Balloon Dog - Indian Ink Theatre Company
Toitoi - Opera House | Sat 10 Oct, 1pm & 5.30pm
Tickets available from our website, the Hastings isite or on the door
https://www.toitoivenues.co.nz/whats-on/event/944104/balloon-dog-indian-ink-theatre-company

Nothing to wear to Rocky Horror? We've got you 👠Here are six easy costume ideas, and the good news is you probably own h...
09/10/2026

Nothing to wear to Rocky Horror? We've got you 👠

Here are six easy costume ideas, and the good news is you probably own half of these already. Raid your wardrobe, hit up your local op shop, or borrow your nana's pearls (ask first).

Dressing up is totally optional, but honestly, it's way more fun when you do.

The Rocky Horror Picture Show Halloween Sing-Along
Saturday 31 October, Toitoi
Party from 6.30pm, dance lesson 7.15pm, film 8pm
$25 tickets, allocated seating. Rated M (s*x scenes), 16+.

Grab your tickets from our website or your local isite... ️
https://www.toitoivenues.co.nz/home/event/951480/the-rocky-horror-picture-show-halloween-sing-along

The Hawke's Bay Arts Festival kicks off tonight at Toitoi and we’ve got a lineup you won’t want to miss!Billy T Award wi...
08/10/2026

The Hawke's Bay Arts Festival kicks off tonight at Toitoi and we’ve got a lineup you won’t want to miss!

Billy T Award winner Hoani Hotene opens things with his award winning stand-up show It's Getting Hot-ene, So tell me All Your Jokes at 7pm tonight, before the Hawke's Bay Youth Theatre brings Shakespeare's Julius Caesar to life in Functions on Hastings on Friday and Saturday (only a few tickets left to this one!).

Saturday also sees Indian Ink Theatre Company's Balloon Dog in the Opera House, a tender story about a five-year-old girl and a lonely migrant worker, with shows at 1pm and 5:30pm.

The Performing Arts Exchange on Sunday 11 October is a free opportunity for members of the Performing Arts Community to connect and swap ideas, before the Hawke's Bay premiere of the film TOITŪ: Visual Sovereignty that afternoon, with a Q&A with director Chelsea Winstanley and curator Nigel Borell.

Head to our website now to find out more and grab your tickets!
https://www.toitoivenues.co.nz/whats-on/

Tomorrow (Thursday, Oct 8th) at Toitoi, Hoani Hotene (Ngāti Hauā) is bringing his Billy T Award winning show to town for...
07/10/2026

Tomorrow (Thursday, Oct 8th) at Toitoi, Hoani Hotene (Ngāti Hauā) is bringing his Billy T Award winning show to town for the 2026 Hawke’s Bay Arts Festival.

The world's heating up, going wild, and Hoani Hotene is trying to get through it all with what...? Jokes? Yep.

Asking big questions about politics, religion, and breakfast. Growing up in a kura kaupapa Hoani comes with a different lens of Aotearoa and everything that’s going on.

Hoani is one of Aotearoa’s fastest up and coming comedians. Selling out shows throughout the country and opening on tour with some of Aotearoa’s biggest names including Joe Daymond and Tofiga Fepulea’i.

Guaranteed to crack you up, catch this award-winning Kiwi comedian in Hastings while you can.

It's Getting Hot-ene, So tell me All Your Jokes - Hoani Hotene
Thu 8 Oct, 7:00pm - 8:00pm | Toitoi - Assembly Ballroom
Tickets available now from our website or your local isite...
https://www.toitoivenues.co.nz/home/event/943983/its-getting-hot-ene-so-tell-me-all-your-jokes-hoani-hotene

Halloween homework 📌 Save this and practise in the lounge, the kitchen, the work bathroom. Wherever you can get your hip...
06/10/2026

Halloween homework 📌 Save this and practise in the lounge, the kitchen, the work bathroom. Wherever you can get your hips moving.

At Rocky Horror, the Time Warp is THE moment. The whole theatre's up out of their seats, and trust us, you don't want to be the one still sitting down.

Two left feet? Honestly, same. That's why we're running a Time Warp lesson at 7.15pm before the film. Show up, have a go, and by 8pm you'll be thrusting your pelvis like you've done it for years.

The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Halloween Sing-Along
Saturday 31 October, Toitoi Opera House
Party from 6.30pm, dance lesson 7.15pm, film 8pm
$25 tickets, allocated seating. Rated M (s*x scenes), 16+

Head to our website or your local isite to get yours now...
https://www.toitoivenues.co.nz/home/event/951480/the-rocky-horror-picture-show-halloween-sing-along

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