AHURIRI FUN DAY ON SUNDAY           

Ahuriri Business Association and
the Art Deco Trust

Join the fun activities available all day in Ahuriri including a children’s fishing competition, corporate tug-of-war, market day at the shops, visit the Customhouse building or attend the Deco Decanted Jazz Festival’s Berocca Brunch, Crawlin’ the Quay, Deco Family Frivolities with Bertie and Bangers off the Barge - something for everyone!

Sun 19 July.

Fun Day information available from Helen on htshea@xtra.co.nz

Deco Decanted Jazz Festival events detailed in this programme.

ANTIQUES FAIR

With an extensive range of Art Deco and other antiques and collectables brought to you by dealers from Auckland to Christchurch, you must get along to see the latest items for sale.

Fri 17 July. 5.00pm to 9.00pm

Sat 18 July. 10.00am to 5.00pm

Sun 19 July. 10.00am to 4.00pm

St. Paul’s Presbyterian Church Asher Hall by Municipal Theatre.

Tickets $5 with free re-entry throughout weekend.

ART DECO GUIDED WALKS/BUS TOURS

If you haven’t experienced a guided walk this is a must for the weekend!  Informative and entertaining, your Guide will take you through the world-famous Art Deco City Centre with audio-visual presentation and refreshments all inclusive in the cost.

Guided walks are available every day- bookings essential.

10.00am 1 hour walks start at the i-SITE on Marine Parade, meet your Guide on the back deck of i-SITE with your ticket.

Tickets $15 - walk booklet included

2.00pm 2 hour walks start at the Art Deco Shop, 163 Tennyson St.

Tickets $20 - walk booklet included

11.30am Deco Bus Tours, 75 mins, start at the Art Deco Shop

Tickets $38

AUTOMOBILIA FOR VINTAGE VROOM

Show off your vintage car to the delight of all Deco devotees. This package includes secure parking all day Saturday, on the Marine Parade from 9am then after the combined Navy Charter and Deco Parade parking back in the Sound Shell to midnight.  Free access during the afternoon and evening on showing of registration ticket to wardens.  Fee includes participation in the parade starting at 12noon.

Sat 18 July. Parking 9.00am to midnight, Parade 12noon - down Emerson Street.

Tickets $15.

BANGERS OFF THE BARGE

It’s celebration time for winners from Ahuriri’s Fun Day on Sunday with wonderful prizes being presented by Mayor Barbara Arnott followed by a fireworks display off the pontoon to end a great day and the Festival Weekend.

Sun 19 July. 5.00pm  - 5.30pm

West Quay, Port Ahuriri (road closed 4.00pm to 6.00pm) - Free Event

BARBERSHOP COMPETITION AND CONCERT - CANCELLED

Set overlooking the sea, this enviable view and bountiful brunch is the perfect remedy for clearing the cobwebs from the night before.

Sun 19 July. 9.00am to 12noon.

Quayside Restaurant, Bluewater Hotel, Port Ahuriri - Tickets $22.

BERTIE’S BRUNCH AT OCEANS CAFE

Bertie knows where it will be warm and welcoming so be sure to enjoy a sumptuous brunch and big screen jazz entertainment.

Sun 19 July. 9.00am to 12noon

Oceans Cafe, Cosmopolitan Club, Marine Parade - Tickets $22

BERTIE’S BRUNCH AT THE RSA

Rub the sleep from your eyes and join Bertie for a hearty brunch designed to put a swing in your step for the weekend ahead. This will be followed by Dress and Process with Bertie stepping off from the RSA at 11am and walking to the Sound Shell for the start of the Vintage Vroom parade . NOW COMBINED WITH NAVY CHARTER CEREMONY AND NAVY PARADE AT 12NOON FROM THE SOUND SHELL DOWN EMERSON STREET TO CLIVE SQUARE

Sat 18 July. 9.00am to 11.00am

RSA Club, Vautier Street - Tickets $22

CARUSO CUISINE - SOLD OUT

Where else can you be serenaded while enjoying your steak or fish and chips? Only in the heart of Napier can this unique entertainment sit comfortably alongside your two course dinner in a diner from yester year. Tea or coffee and memorable moments included. BYO.

Sat 18 July. 6.00pm

National Cafe, Emerson Street - Tickets $50

CLASSIC CINEMA

TOPPER - PG (USA 1937)

Cary Grant and Constance Bennett play ghosts awaiting acceptance into the next world who have to perform a good deed. They decide it would be to teach henpecked Mr Topper (Roland Young) how to live life to the full. Adapted from Thorne Smith’s novel and directed by Norman Z. McLeod.

Sun 19 July. 2.30pm

Century Theatre, Herschell Street - Tickets $13.

CLUB COSMOPOLITAINE MASKED BALL

With music by the Hawke’s Bay Jazz Club Big Band, decadent decor, degustation delights and the mystery of the masks, this is a dine and dance extravaganza no Deco deviant can miss. Deco attire a must!

Cash Bar.

Sat 18 July from 7.00pm

Oceans Function Centre, Cosmopolitan Club, Albion Lane

Tickets $80.

CRAWLIN’ THE QUAY

Sunday lunch with a difference  - meeting at Shed 2 before and during courses so you can enjoy the music of the Zanzibar Trio featuring Erna Ferry between dining at the Thirsty Whale, Shed 2 and Gin Trap restaurants.

Sun 19 July. 11.45am

Shed 2, West Quay, Port Ahuriri - Tickets $60.

CURTAINRAISER COCKTAILS

Let the party begin...with a complimentary glass of wine, tempting titbits and the dulcet tones of Erna Ferry you won’t want to miss out on the official launch of the Festival - an appetizer for a wonderful time to follow. Cash Bar.

Fri 17 July. 5.45pm to 7.15pm.

Pan Pac Foyer, Municipal Theatre, Tennyson Street  - Tickets $25.

DECO FAMILY FRIVOLITIES

In association with the Ahuriri Business Association

A bevy of activities to amuse and entertain one and all on a cold winter’s afternoon.  Bertie will be there with games for the children, the Fashion Flaunt competition, dancing to the Twin City Stompers and ensuring a jolly good time. Don’t miss out on a ride in a vintage car at 1.00pm with a $2 donation to raise funds for ‘Back-up New Zealand’. Refreshments will be available - don’t miss this one!

Sun 19 July. 1.00pm  - 4.00pm

National Tobacco Building, Port Ahuriri

Free door entry  - gold coin for activity participation

DECO INSPIRING

Come and feast your eyes on a show with talented Hawke’s Bay

singers , dancers and models featuring fashion of the 1920’s & ’30s era and the Art Deco Designers Competition entries with winners to be announced during the show.

For competition information go to www.annetteoughton.co.nz

Sat 18 July. 2.30pm

Century Theatre, Herschell Street - Tickets $50.

DRESS AND PROCESS

See Bertie’s Brunch at the RSA for this winter ritual.

FASHION FLAUNT

Get along to the Deco Family Frivolities with those glamorous winter clothes and enter the fashion competition. Categories are: Ladies, Gents, Groups, Children up to 16. Registrations at the front desk from 1.00pm with great prizes presented at the Bangers off the Barge event to follow at West Quay at 5.00pm.

Sun 19 July. Competition 2.30pm to 3.30pm.

National Tobacco Building, Port Ahuriri

Gold coin competition entry fee            

FEET WITH HEAT

Calling all hoppers and gliders, roll up to learn two of the easiest 6-steppers from the Art Deco period  - the Collegiate Shag and the (Rhythm) Foxtrot. Pairs are preferred, although not required and experience isn’t either. You’ll cover all the essential steps of both dances within 60 minutes. The best way to get warm this weekend!

Sat 18 July. 10.00am & 1.00pm

St. Patricks Catholic Church Hall, Clive Square end of Munroe St.

Tickets $18.

FLICKS AND CHIPS

Settle down to community family movies of bygone days in your local church hall - including chips straight from the packet and a steaming mug of tea or lemonade for the youngun’s.

 Sat 18 July. 1.00pm and 4.00pm

Trinity Methodist Hall, Clive Square East - Tickets $20.

GENTLE JAZZ WIND-DOWN

Our local jazz musicians will entertain you as you reflect on the fabulous festivities of the weekend. A cash bar and $18 buffet will be available in the dining room during this event. No need to pre-purchase this meal, just pay on the day.

Sun 19 Jul. 5.30pm to 8.30pm

Oceans Function Room, Cosmopolitan Club, Albion Lane - Tickets $10.

HORROR ON HANGMANS HILL TOUR

Have the inmates survived the quake? Are they safely locked up or roaming wild? Get in, get your mug-shot and get out quickly hoping the ghoul doesn’t leave with you or does a cell await you?

Night tours by appointment - phone 835 9933

Day tours 9.30am, 11am, 1pm & 3pm  - Napier Prison, Coote Rd.

Tickets $25

JAZZMATAZZ

Sponsored by The Dominion Post

A Mardi-Gras style celebration of jazz music - wander the Art Deco city and enjoy the variety of styles, sounds and venues.

Napier Club, Herschell St (opposite the entrance to HB Museum and Art Gallery) Once again John Fletcher will entertain you with his stylish pizzazz and jazz.

Oceans Cafe, Cosmopolitan Club, Marine Parade. The Twin City Stompers are the iconic Hawke’s Bay jazz band and they’ll keep your foot tapping right throughout the afternoon.

Med Bar, Masonic Hotel, Marine Parade. The John Redmond Quartet digs into the Great American Songbook and presents the great songs from one of the great jazz periods.

Windsock Bar, Hastings Street. Kevin Watson and Michelle bring their unique flavour of jazz music to while away the hours out of the winter cold.

Sat 18 July. 1.00pm - 4.00pm

MULTI VENUE ENTRY TICKET FOR AFTERNOON $15 OR DOOR SALES AT $5 PER VENUE

JAZZ LITURGY

Visiting organist and jazz pianist Barry Brinson  will play at this Jazz Liturgy.

Sun 19 July. 10.00am

St. John’s Cathedral, Browning Street - Free Entry

JUMP JIVE DINE & DANCE

Indulge in this dine and dance experience in our very own Art Deco Municipal Theatre.  Using the stage, we’ve set the scene for a wonderful evening accompanied by the up-beat style of the Dave Atkin Band – all you need is your dancing shoes and you’ll have the time of your life. Cash Bar.

Fri 17 July and Sat 18 July.  7.30pm to 11.30pm

Municipal Theatre, Tennyson Street -Tickets $70.

LONG LIVE THE MODERN: NEW ZEALAND’S NEW ARCHITECTURE, 1904 - 1984 EXHIBITION

This exhibition looks at New Zealand’s increasingly valued heritage of modern architecture. Curated by Julia Gatley and Bill McKay, from The University of Auckland School of Architecture and Planning, it focuses on the post-World War II period which saw enormous government expenditure on housing, public buildings, infrastructure projects, and a concurrent wave of private and commercial developments. It includes eleven buildings with a section on Hawke’s Bay architects – John Scott, Guy Natusch and Louis Hay.

DAILY

Hawke’s Bay Museum and Art Gallery, Herschell Street

TICKETS from HBMAG for this and other current exhibitions

MISS PEGGY LEE - A TRIBUTE 

Honouring the music and legacy of Miss Peggy Lee, Erna Ferry and the Big Band present 75 minutes of musical magic celebrating this great talent.

Sat 18 July.  6.00pm and 8.00pm

Century Theatre, Herschell Street - Tickets $30.

MURDER AT THE CLUB - SOLD OUT

....rolling and ACTION! You’ve walked right into the scene of this Madcap Murder Mystery Mayhem.  In this sumptuous setting with delectable dining and scintillating professional theatrics. You never knew crime could be so much fun - WHODUNNIT??!! Cash Bar.

Fri 17 and Sat 18 July.  7.30pm

Hawke’s Bay Club, Browning Street - Tickets $80.

NIGHTCAPS

If you don’t want the night to end, then stroll down to the Hawke’s Bay Club for a late night libation to send you home with a glow.  A cash bar is available for alcoholic drinks after 10.30pm.

Fri 17 and Sat 18 July. 10.30pm to midnight. 

Hawke’s Bay Club, Browning Street - Free Entry

PIX ‘N PIPES

The Art Deco Trust is delighted to support this fundraising event for the St. John’s Cathedral pipe organ refurbishment.

Returning from Christchurch is renowned organist Barry Brinson  who once again will delight you with his brilliant accompaniment to great silent movies like Laurel & Hardy and the Keystone Cops followed by the 1929 version of “Phantom of the Opera”.
A wonderful programme.

Fri 17 July and Sat 18 July.  7.30pm

St. John’s Cathedral, Browning Street
Tickets $20.

PUTT PUTT ON PARADE

Don your Art Deco attire – (plus fours and furs an advantage, but not a necessity), to swing a round of seaside putting on the Parade at Par 2 – Marine Parade MiniGolf.  Each player is eligible to enter in the draw for a special prize.  Players dressed in Art Deco style will receive a $2 discount per round.

Daily. 9.30am to 4.30pm (last tee-off)

By the Sound Shell, beside the Sea, Marine Parade

Tickets from  iSITE

SKYBEAM

See the night sky come to life with Wayne and his Skybeam HB team’s WW2 searchlight.   Join them at the Sound Shell to have your questions answered.

Sat 18 July. 6.00pm to 10.00pm

Sound Shell, Marine Parade

Free event

SONS OF SINATRA

A sell out certainty, this high-energy, Las Vegas style tribute to the young lions of jazz singing, who today uphold the marvellous vocal tradition set out by the one and only Frank Sinatra!. Featuring the sounds of jazz vocal superstars Michael Bublé, Harry Connick Jr., Jamie Cullum, and others performed by young vocalist/saxophonist James Tate-Jamieson who has just returned from Las Vegas.  In concert with Rodger Fox and the NZ School of Music Big Band.

Sun 19 July.  12noon

Napier Municipal Theatre, Tennyson Street

Tickets $30.

TEMPTATIONS WITH TEA

Chat quietly with old and new friends away from winter’s cold while succumbing to the buffet style Devonshire tea and the charm of interior of the Hawke’s Bay Club with a self guided tour available.

Sat 18 July.   2.30pm to 3.30pm

Hawke’s Bay Club, Browning Street

Tickets $12.

TEN TO ELEVENSES

Warm your body and soul in the gracious and historic surroundings of the Hawke’s Bay Club for a buffet style Devonshire Tea and self guided tour.

Fri 17 July. 10.00am to 11.00am.

Hawke’s Bay Club, Browning Street

Tickets $12.

THE HISTORY OF JAZZ

Back by popular demand, this concert by Rodger Fox and the NZ School of  Music Big Band features some of N.Z’s top young musicians in this 80 minute show. Hear the musical styles of Blues, Dixieland, Swing, BeBop, Cool and Contemporary all linked together with a fun filled narration.

Fri 17 July. 8.00pm

Century Theatre Herschell St, Napier. - Tickets $20

THE TRIO WITH BRIO AT THE CROWN - CANCELLED

Travel in a beautifully restored vintage Buick and visit the remarkable National Tobacco Company Building, the Deco houses and gardens in the suburb of Marewa and the grand Edwardian Hawke’s Bay Club.

Fri 17, Sat 18 & Sun 19 July. Tours at 9.30am, 11.30am, 1.30pm, and 3.30pm, 1 hour duration. Maximum 3 people  - Tickets $130.

VINTAGE VROOM

Deco devotees this is a sight to be seen – the magnificence of Deco period vintage cars on display in the Sound Shell followed by a parade with pipe and jazz bands and the cars leaving the Sound Shell heading down upper Emerson Street. Rain or shine be there, and if you want a ride see Deco Family Frivolities.

Sat 18 July.  11.30am

Sound Shell then down upper Emerson Street - Free Entry

WINTER WHOOPEE

Daring and dash in your Deco duds are key ingredients of this successful progressive dinner recipe moving between Scenic Circles Te Pania Brassiere, Charlies Restaurant and the Med Bar for a course at each location.  Deco dining with a difference! Cash Bar.

Sat 18 July. 7.00pm

Meet at the Med Bar, Masonic Hotel, Marine Parade - Tickets $70.