Upcoming events.
Michaela Tempers & Greta O'Leary | Vogelmorn Upstairs
Greta O’Leary and Michaela Tempers are banding together for a double bill at Vogelmorn Upstairs.
Join Greta and Michaela for a cosy evening of indie-folk music as they celebrate their recent releases, River Dark and Good Woman.
Aotearoa Irish for Justice and Peace Hui | Vogelmorn Downstairs
Come along and join our June hui to take a look back at the year and plan future activities.
Aotearoa Irish for Justice and Peace is a space for those who identify with Muintir na hÉireann / the people of Ireland and our heritage, grounded in promotion of human rights, justice and peace building.
We stand in solidarity with those suffering from injustice today, with an initial focus on Palestine noting the consistent and long-standing support of the Irish people and government for Palestine.
Contact us at aotearoairish@proton.me
Amanda Millyclown | Vogelmorn Upstairs
Holding space in her one-of-a-kind solo performance with both humility and confidence, Amanda Millyclown is a wildcard performer. A multi-instrumentalist, multi-tasking artist, with background in circus, improvisational theatre, acting, composition, film, production, poetry, beekeeping, and parenting. Come and enjoy thought provoking comedic poetry, live piano, fascinating and unexpected life stories, shared in an intimate setting with very comfortable seats!
Bar open: 3:00pm | Doors open: 6:30pm | Gig starts: 7:00pm
“What you say next might change your world” | An NVC taster session | Vogelmorn Upstairs
“What you say next could change your world.” — Marshall Rosenberg
Will it? There’s only one way to find out.
If you’re curious about being honest without judgment, understanding what people are really trying to say, or exploring the power of empathy, this practical introduction to Nonviolent Communication (NVC) is for you. In this interactive two-hour workshop, you'll experiment with new ways of communicating, gain practical tools you can use straight away, and discover what might change when we start relating to ourselves and others differently. You might even have fun along the way.
Purchase your spot here - pay what you can.
Dandelion presents: a Winter Solstice Dinner | Vogelmorn Kitchen
A communal winter solstice dinner serving a seasonal, plant-based, three-course set menu with locally foraged, sustainably sourced and rescued or redirected food. This dinner is designed to foster connection, new and old, so come with your friends, whānau, or alone. There will be a seat for you at a shared table either way.
Let collective joy and celebration fill your cup, and keep you warm until summer arrives.
Wellington Heads | Vogelmorn Upstairs
Capital city band Wellington Heads will be playing their blend of original jump blues and swing, 40s / 50s rhythm & blues styles and including Hawaiian sounds, Caribbean beats, and funky New Orleans grooves. Playing songs from their recent album ‘World Keep On Turning’ as well as a bunch of tunes from their extensive back catalogue.
Bar open: 3:00pm | Doors open: 7:00pm | Gig starts: 7:30pm
Mehana | Vogelmorn Upstairs
Mehana is celebrating 10 years of bringing Balkan music to Wellington and is thrilled to be playing this iconic venue for the very first time. Expect a vibrant mix of Balkan sounds, from soulful and haunting melodies to high-energy dance tunes that will get you moving. Inspired by Roma musical traditions and enriched by our own original compositions, Mehana creates a unique and unforgettable live experience.
Bar open: 3:00pm | Doors open: 7:00pm | Gig starts: 7:30pm
Major Flaws Music Video Launch | Vogelmorn Upstairs
A year ago Major Flaws gathered at Vogelmorn Hall to film their first music video. Now the fruits of that hilarious day are ready to be shared with you!
Come join us for a night of funk, dancing and projections. We have SIX NEW SONGS to serenade you with!
Looking forward to seeing you all there for what will be a special night!
Songs at Vogelmorn with Ali Whitton & Just Janie | Vogelmorn Upstairs
Bar open: 3:00pm | Doors open: 7:00pm | Gig starts: 7:30pm
Koha Entry!
Come along and enjoy an intimate evening of story and song. Pōneke songwriter Ali Whitton will be joined by Ōtautahi-based Just Janie, both showcasing songs from their newly released albums.
Born and raised in Central Otago, Janie grew up writing songs tucked beneath the Hawkdun Ranges. Steeped in the golden warmth of the sixties and seventies, Just Janie’s music is a captivating and tender menagerie.
With her debut studio album coming in May; ‘Mythology of the Girls’, Just Janie is entering a new era. A reaction to nostalgia through a modern lens, the album pays homage to the folk scene of the late sixties and early seventies.
Ali's music blends folk, alt-country and bluegrass into a warm, woody sound centered on intimate storytelling. His debut album 'Between the Forest and the Stars' distils Ali’s years into richly layered arrangements produced by Dave Khan and co-produced with Reb Fountain, featuring fiddle, harmonies and locomotive rhythms.
Ozone Theatre Presents: OCEAN WEEK | Vogelmorn Hall | Free!
What about the Ocean are you interested in? Come and play some games while learning about Ocean Dynamics!
This Ocean Week workshop series is going to be a collective and creative celebration of the Ocean. Come bring your questions and your creativity and we can build the answers together.
No need to RSVP. Just rock up!
Drop in workshops from 1:00pm - 4:00pm, Monday 8 June - Friday 12 June.
Ozone Theatre is a science communication and community engagement platform to explore planetary and climate dynamics through theatre and creativity.
More Info: www.instagram.com/ozonetheatre
Get in touch: oscar@ozonetheatre.com / 0224923280
Burgin, Kerr, & Norman with Marian Price-Carter | Vogelmorn Upstairs
Bar open: 3:00pm | Doors open: 6:30pm | Gig starts: 7:30pm
Returning to the wonderful Vogelmorn for the first time since their sold-out show in 2025, Paddy Burgin (The Wooden Box Band, The Zimmermans), Andrew Kerr (ex. Jacky Tar, Parcel of Rogues) and Alan Norman (The Warratahs, The Rag Poets, Bill Lakes Slow Bake) once again have the wonderful pleasure of being joined by Marian Price-Carter (CP3O, The Raven Mavens, Los Manuelitos).
A swampy melting pot of country, folk, americana and blues, they combine a mutual love of story-telling and groovy narratives about the human experience.
SEREBII Album Release | Vogelmorn Upstairs
Bar open: 3:00pm | Doors open: 8:00pm | Gig starts: 8:30pm
SEREBII is the project of Auckland-based producer and multi-instrumentalist Callum Mower. His third album, Nothing Grows Here, arriving in late May, sits in atmosphere and texture, leaning into transition, ambiguity and unfinished emotional states. Built from moments of movement rather than resolution, the record drifts between clarity and collapse, holding space for ideas still forming. These Aotearoa shows mark the first opportunity to hear the album reworked for stage, alongside earlier material, presented in an intimate live setting.
Barbarian: Arts Whānau Coffee Morning | Vogelmorn Cafe
Barbarian's artist networking and resilience-building event is back - Next Friday and the first Friday of every month until November.
Offering manaakitanga, whānaunganga and hauora to any and all artists or arts adjacent people who would like to join - Coffee's on us!
VBC Eats Opening Celebration
Come and celebrate the official opening of our new restaurant - VBC Eats!
Meet the team behind the meals located at Vogelmorn Bowling Club. There will be free sample platters showcasing what VBC Eats has to offer on their full dinner menu. Enjoy live music and drink specials from our bar.
Ceramic | Dumpster Fire | Slitopa
Three unbeatable acts, together for one night.
Ceramic has enlisted Slitopia to erect Dumpster Fire into their debut performance, ushering in a new era for the human experience.
Slitopia tweak the machines into life, bone shakingly grooving the space between until you fall in.
Dumpster Fire rip shreds out of thin air.
Ceramic saturates.
Geoff, Freedom Album Release And Other Songs Tour 2026 | Vogelmorn Upstairs
Kiwi indie-rock artist Geoff Kunac brings his debut album FREEDOM to Vogelmorn.
Raw, avant-garde indie-folk meets honest storytelling in an intimate, moving live show.
Don’t miss this chance to experience FREEDOM and a taste of what’s next.
Brio Trio Album Release Event | Vogelmorn Upstairs
Bar open: 3:00pm | Doors open: 7:00pm | Gig starts: 8:00pm
Celebrate our Brio Trio Album at Vogelmorn!
Alongside Liam, Evie and Bri, an array of Pōneke’s best musicians will be joining us; Ferd on Trombone, Miro on Trumpet, Eloise on Saxophone as well as a quartet of string players.
They will be selling pre-sale CD’s and lyric mags.
Emma Kate 'Autumn' Tour | Vogelmorn Upstairs
Bar open: 3:00pm | Doors open: 7:00pm | Gig starts: 7:30pm
After a run of Summer festival shows including features at Gardens Magic & Cuba Dupa 2026, Emma Kate is becoming a significant name in the New Zealand pop scene.
Having recently signed a deal as a Songwriter with Wilfred Records, and the success of her recent titular single ‘Autumn’, she is now ready to showcase the inside world of her new EP for the first time.
Come and experience ‘Autumn’ on tour !
D.I.R.T #19 | w/ TVNZ | We had disruption; how did we do?
DIRT (Disaster Innovation Research and Teaching) is your community resilience group and we meet regularly to get our neighbourhood better prepared for a significant earthquake, extreme weather, or other disaster scenario. In DIRT #19 we are taking a look at how we did when our community experienced extreme rainfall and flooding in April and what we can learn from that.
On the 17th we are doing a practice run through of various activities as on the 24th we’ll be filmed for part of a TVNZ documentary about New Zealanders ‘prepping’ in various ways. We hope that showing what we do inspires others to form or join a similar community group. Come and learn in a relaxed and fun way to help make yourself and our community better prepared to handle disruptive events.
Beans & Don with David Harris
WHEN: Sat May 23
WHERE: Vogelmorn Upstairs
TIME: Doors 7:00pm, Music 7:30pm
COST: Tickets at Eventfinda
Wellington based singer songwriters and multi-instrumentalists Beans Wright and Don Mackay have been performing together as a duo since early 2025, and were previously both members of the trio Don and The Divorcees over the previous couple of years. Beans has headlined the Weklington and Hamilton folk festivals, while Don previously fronted the alt country band "Scattered Wreckage".
They will play a mixed repertoire of Beans songs and Dons in a set that ranges across folk, country and acoustic rock styles, including most of the songs from Don and The Divorcees 2025 album “Bit Players”.
The 13th Floor described “Bit Players” as “an album that trusts in the detail, honesty, and strength of three distinct songwriting voices working in harmony. Alongside the sadness and stillness, there is wit, warmth, and a sense of the comfort of friends.”
There will be happy songs, sad songs, silly songs, murder ballads, and songs reflecting on the state of the universe.
Oli Devlin and Katie Everingham Fundraiser Pt2
WHERE: Vogelmorn Upstairs
TIME: Doors 7:00pm, Music 7:30pm
COST:Tickets at UTR
Oli Devlin (Hans Pucket) & Katie Everingham (Dateline) play some music, maybe solo, maybe with friends, mostly as an excuse to get people together and raise some cash for some people in their communities recently affected by flooding in Wellington.
Shout out to Vogelmorn for waiving the venue hire fee for the cause. All money raised at the event will be divided up between a few families & friends who we've heard about who were badly affected by the recent flooding in Wellington.
If we're lucky there will also be a raffle but that depends on how quickly I (the mysterious event organiser) can get this all organised.
Pay what you can, and if you can't pay but want to come then please reach out.
Vogelmorn's Best Quiz
Secure a spot and come jump in on a classic, family friendly quiz night at your local. This will be a reoccurring event on the last Thursday of every second month!
Register: Flick an email to ordishquiz@gmail.com to book your team’s table
Time: Happy Hour 3-6pm | Quiz start 7:00pm
Teams: Max 6 people per team
Cost: $5 per person, or $30 for a 6 member team (bring cash!)
Brainrot Rehab
Brainrot Rehab is a free 1 hour talk and workshop about breaking free from negative screen time. Learn what brainrot really is and the one guaranteed way to reverse it.
Hosted by Callum Robertson, whose background is art and business psychology. He explains the simple yet destructive link between people’s brains and modern tech algorithms – and how anyone can escape the trap. Meet likeminded people, learn and trade ideas, and take back control of your brain’s best power.
Details
4:30 – 5:30pm, Wednesday May 20
Vogelmorn, upstairs.
Free, all ages.
D.I.R.T #19 | We had disruption; how did we do?
DIRT (Disaster Innovation Research and Teaching) is your community resilience group and we meet regularly to get our neighbourhood better prepared for a significant earthquake, extreme weather, or other disaster scenario. In DIRT #19 we are taking a look at how we did when our community experienced extreme rainfall and flooding in April and what we can learn from that.
On the 17th we are doing a practice run through of various activities as on the 24th we’ll be filmed for part of a TVNZ documentary about New Zealanders ‘prepping’ in various ways. We hope that showing what we do inspires others to form or join a similar community group. Come and learn in a relaxed and fun way to help make yourself and our community better prepared to handle disruptive events.
Gig: Bob McNeill | Vogelmorn Upstairs
One of the most popular New Zealand folk artists of the last two decades, multi award-winning songwriter Bob McNeill brings his acclaimed new album TWELVE DREAMS OF THE RIVER to an intimate concert at Vogelmorn upstairs.
Bill Lake's Slow Bake
Bar open: 3:00pm | Doors open: 7:00pm | Gig starts: 7:30pm
Bill Lake is a master storyteller of Aotearoa roots music, with a career spanning over four decades. A founding force behind acts like Windy City Strugglers and Mammal, his songs blend blues, folk and country with warmth, humour and hard-won insight.
His live shows are intimate and deeply engaging—songs that feel lived-in, delivered with a wry eye and a generous spirit.
Joining him are longtime collaborator Steve Hemmens (bass) and multi-instrumentalist Alan Norman (The Warratahs, Rag Poets), whose rich textures on accordion, percussion and keys bring depth and swing to the trio’s sound.
Together, they create a soulful, roots-driven set full of heart, history, and a touch of Wellington grit.
BIKESPACE Pop-Up: Bicycle Repairs
Get help with repairs and keep your bike running smoothly.
Just drop by with your bike. It's free!
This event is brought to you as part of the Vogelmorn Repair Cafe and Wellington City Council’s Climate Festival Pōneke 2026.
Vogelmorn Repair Café | Vogelmorn Bowling Club
Repairing instead of buying new is a simple way to reduce waste, take climate action, and pick up new skills along the way.
Join us with your items in need of some love — whether it’s clothing, cushions, small electrical appliances, jewellery, ceramics, bicycles, or gardening tools for sharpening.
Alien Comedy – Live at Vogelmorn Bowling Club
Wellington’s cult-favourite stand-up night Alien Comedy is landing at Vogelmorn Bowling Club for a special series of shows.
Clear Path Ensemble presents the new album Ascending | Vogelmorn Hall
Clear Path Ensemble is the sonic project of Wellington artist Cory Champion, emerging from the pulse of the local jazz underground. Moving between experimental jazz, electronics, and psychedelic textures, the music unfolds as a fluid, exploratory sound world.
This intimate playback session offers a first encounter with Ascending — a new body of work shaped by rhythm, space, and improvisation—accompanied by a live, improvised response from Daniel Hayles, Riki Pirihi, and Cory Champion.
Time: Doors 6:30pm | Ascending playback 7:00pm
Entry: Free | Limited Capacity
Note: This is a pre-release listening event, not a full live performance by Clear Path Ensemble.
Ascending to be released 27 May 2026.
DROOK (USA) & ALH Mini-Festival
A special mini city-festival with bands alternating between Vogelmorn Upstairs and Vogelmorn Hall - so you can see every act. The lineup will be unmissable. Early start, respectable 10pm finish.
Studio 4 | Haze | Trailhead | Vogelmorn Hall
All ages gig with local acts:
Trail Head: 8:00pm
Haze: 8:45pm
Studio 4: 9:30pm
Online tickets: $10
Door sales: $15, cash and eftpos available
Jewel School Social Club
Electrifying Pōneke dancefloors and radio waves since the nineties, the Jewel School airs every Saturday night 7-9pm on RadioActive.FM and is a proper local institution.
Now DJs Zen, Longboss, Dan Aikido, Mikki Dee, and DJ Name are bringing their record crates to Vogelmorn for a family friendly dog friendly eclectic fun day rave Upstairs at Vogelmorn.
RUCKUS | Vogelmorn Upstairs
Barbarian Productions Presents: RUCKUS
Work-In-Progress showings by Pōneke performing artists.
Cost: Free / Koha
More Info: RUCKUS - Barbarian
The Garden Table: Community Dinner | Vogelmorn Kitchen
The Garden Table is all about good kai and good company. A chance to slow down and connect with each other, the land, and what’s on our plates.
Enjoy a delicious plant based meal by local and legendary chef Mara, at Vogelmorn Bowling Club.
Limited seats!
DIRT #18 Making more from what we have
DIRT (Disaster Innovation Research and Teaching) is your community resilience group and we meet regularly to get our neighbourhood better prepared for a significant earthquake, extreme weather, or other disaster scenario.
In DIRT #18 we'll look at how to get more from the resources around us when times are challenging. Whether it’s harnessing the energy and capabilities of your neighbours, discovering things you have in your home that can will incredibly useful in an emergency or seeing how to make food from what you have when there’s no water, gas or electricity. Come and learn in a relaxed and fun way to help make yourself and our community better prepared to handle disruptive events.
More Info: Facebook