One more sleep until we OPEN TOMORROW! But you don't have to wait that long for your art fix... we've slipped in an early performance of SLIP at 6.30pm, and muscled Esther Swift into the Mussel Inn at 8pm tonight, PLUS visual arts is on! Book fast: https://t.co/Tp3ovmntw5

Calling all sculptors interested in working with natural materials in a conservation setting: applications are open for Sculpt Nature 2024 🍃 https://t.co/cyw7bNziT5 #sculptnature2024 #brookwaimaramasanctuary #sculpture #sculpturesymposium #nelsonartsfestival #nelsontasman

Happy NZ Music Month, arts lovers - one of our favourite times of the year First up in this year's celebrations, the A-MA-ZING Jujulipps who has just won the Best Independent Debut at the Taite Music Awards in April 🌟 What a star you are, Juju! #nzmusic #nzmusicmonth #nzmm2024

Happy Earth Day! As events organisers, minimising waste is no easy feat but we do try in small and big ways - eg., repurposing our clocktower banner into awesome bags in collaboration with local sustainability warriors, The Green Collective #sustainability #reducereuserecycle

#Announcement: Please join us in giving a warm welcome to Ruth Roebuck (she/her/ia) who is joining the Nelson Festivals Trust as General Manager - we’re excited to celebrate our 30th festival with Ruth on board! https://t.co/Pu208sIwjv #nelsonartsfestival #team #leadership

Are you interested in a paid 20-week internship and dip your toes into the festival world? We have an amazing professional development opportunity to an emerging arts professional this year: https://t.co/VtrCT3kNQY #toimāori #professionaldevelopment #internship #mahi #work

Time to mark your calendars for the street party of the year, Whakatū! The Mask Carnivale will return on Friday 1 Nov 2024 🎊 This year's theme is all about our milestone birthday, of course: 30. Enrol now: https://t.co/eUl0UYzEwa #nelsonartsfestival #maskcarnivale #30 #nelson

Are you keen to be part of creating a future-facing festival for Te Tauihu? We are looking for a dynamic + highly organised Programme Coordinator for 2024: https://t.co/9OSKU9ehdk Apply by 14 March 🤩 #nelsonartsfestival #workwithus #job #artsjobs #creativejobsnz #opportunity

Time for a little humble brag of gratitude 💙 Not only do we get to work with some of the most INCREDIBLE and inspiring artists from all over Aotearoa each year, we're also extremely lucky to have THE BEST festival partners EVER! #gratitude #thankyou #allinforthearts

It’s about the company not the alcohol in your glass when attending events! Our ‘Wine O’Clock Myth Meets The Drinking Game’ Pukapuka Talk was supported by our long-time Festival supporters Chia Sisters, who specialise in healthy, non-alcoholic beverages - thanks team!

This year’s Mask Carnivale brought the broadest range of communities together to party. Our Festival partners are a key part of this colourful community... thank you to Cutting Edge for the massive array of maps and directional signage which helped us find our way to the party!

With her beautiful tender yet fierce performance of Girl, In A Savage World, Theia invited us to an absolutely magical experience by an outstanding artist ✨ Big shout out to the Tohu Wines whānau for celebrating Māori excellence and supporting this show 💙 #festivalwhānau

Homai te paki paki to one of the pillars of our promo strategy, the colour to our blank page, the whisper behind the shout-out: our supremely generous and ever-patient poster partners Fujifilm. Dave, Ollie and the team - thanks for bringing the fairy dust to our Festival magic.

When nature forces its way into a concert hall everything changes. You'd expect nothing less than a visual feast from event partners Nelson Mag, but who could prepare for this full audio-visual immersion?! Force of Nature by NZTrio+Friends was a true celebration of nature & art.

Oh Rockquest Promotions...you...YOU!! Thank you for continuing to inspire and uplift young artists across the country. For us, your support, alongside the Nelson Youth Council's, meant that we were able to bring Tune Up back to the Festival for the second year running. You ROCK!

Quite possibly the best approach to life, Elizabeth Pointon's 'NOT WRONG' light sculpture made for a great Art Talk-ing point! In fact, It. Was. Great. having her here to tell us all about it. Thanks Nelson Airport & RMF Lawyers for your support. You. Couldn't. Be. Better. 🧡

When it comes to running Festivals there are a lot of balls to juggle and knots to untie. And where Laser Kiwi made this look oh-so-easy on stage... it's really not. So having IT experts around to help us maintain a tidy technical front is invaluable. Blueberry IT, wolive you! 🫒

Working our way through post-Festival admin we're reminded of comedic 'champion of the administrator' Kura Forrester, and our partners Orbit World Travel and Tides Hotel who got her here and hosted. There's no i in 'teams' but there are mates, and these folx are among the best.

Surrounded by music, grapes and the warmth of the sun, family and friends...who could forget the joyful closure to this year's Nelson Arts Festival?! Thanks to our legendary partners Avoca Web Design for giving us Gráda... and our a-maz-ing Festival website too! #festivalpartners

We love nothing more than seeing so many happy and engaged folx at our festival events - from belly laughs at our comedy shows and snapping fingers at the poetry slam to standing ovations and roaring applause in our theatres and beloved other venues: thank you Whakatū 💜