What’s On

■ Tapawera’s annual VAST art and craft exhibition is on until Monday, from 10am to 5pm daily at Shedwood Hall on Main Rd. Guest artists are Pauline Feltham and Glen Davenport. Gold coin donation appreciated.

■ Summer Salon 2022, featuring newwork by Bridget Bidwill, Wallace Sutherland, SamLoe, Alice Alva, James Robinson, Stan Bowski, Jacqui Colley and Jill Fleming, is at the Quiet Dog Gallery, 33 Wakatu Lane, Nelson until February 18.

■ The Nelson Suter Art Society’s Summer Exhibition is on until February 6 at the McKee Gallery in the Suter Art Gallery, Bridge St, Nelson.

■ Kiwi comedian Nick Rado is appearing at The Playhouse in Māpua tonight at 8pm. Tickets at eventfinda.co.nz.

■ Hit the sand for the

Summer of

Sandcastles sculpture competition at Nelson’s

Tāhunanui Beach until

February 6. Register a team, create a sand sculpture and submit a high-resolution photo or video to competition@tsns.org.nz. Details at tsns.org.nz/sand.

■ Music Mix brings the community and musicians together to listen, learn, talk about music and maybe try an instrument. Victory Community Centre, Totara St, Nelson from 11am to noon tomorrow and February 12. Free.

■ The Wairoa Bike Park ‘‘The Gorge’’ is open Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Owned and operated by the Nelson Mountain Bike Club. Bookings preferred via thegorge.nz.

■ Yoga on the Beach is back again at Nelson’s Tāhunanui Beach on Saturdays and Sundays, 8am to 9.10am until April, weather permitting. $5.

■ Chicks That Fix are free evening sessions that give women a chance to learn vehicle mechanical and maintenance basics, held at Brightwater Motors on the first Thursday of each month from 6pm to 7.30pm. For more information, visit brightwatermotors.co.nz.

■ The Nelson Market is on every Saturday in Montgomery Square. Covid restrictions apply.

■ The Nelson Farmers Market is in Halifax St beside the Elma Turner Library from 8am to 1.30pm every Wednesday, rain or shine.

■ Tākaka’s Village Market is held each Saturday at the Tākaka Library Carpark from 9am to 1.30pm.