Live Music

 19th & 20th January 8pm Tickets HERE $39 Door sales will be available. Join us for a cabaret night when the Nelson Buskers Festival lets down its hair for some serious hilarity and more risqué material. The buskers come off the street and perform their more adult stunts. We dare you to sit at the front – who knows what might happen! Restricted to adults (R16), some content might offend. Performers: Satya Hoops (Australia/Mexico), Fraser Hooper (NZ), Anna Krazy (Estonia), Davide…

Friday 13th January 8pm Tickets $25 @ https://www.undertheradar.co.nz/ticket/19000/Newtown-Rocksteady.utr Door Sales avaliable Newtown Rocksteady are a 13th-piece Rocksteady/Reggae band hailing from Newtown Wellington. Infectious grooves and righteous melodies of classic Rocksteady tunes, and sweet originals. Perfect for a summer evening of good vibes, and great dancing.

8pm Friday 6th January Tickets $15 @ https://www.eventfinda.co.nz/2023/cover-me-live/nelson or $20 on the door The musical mastery of Cover Me has been working tirelessly behind the scenes at corporate shows and private events for the last six months but have missed playing a public event! So what better place to come together than The Boathouse in Nelson! Featuring Trudi Wilson (vocals and keys) Mark McKenzie (vocals and guitar) Luke Wilkes (bass) Simon Williams (sax) and Jim Boyden (drums) .. these powerhouse musicians…

31st December 7pm Tickets $85 HERE  Come in your snazzy white and Gold threads and say farewell to 2022 - Doors open 7pm and we will be serving a Buffet meal at 7:30pm. Entertainment from the Brazilian Social Club @ 9pm. See you on the dancefloor!!

Sunday 18th December 3pm Free event Watch Santa sail in and hoist himself over the deck to hand out the presents to hordes of patiently waiting children. We'll have a limited early dinner menu available before we move into Christmas Carols led by our fabulous Anna Hienz and Robert Innes. Presents for your small people must be clearly labelled and dropped to us by Thursday 15th December. 

Friday 16 December Doors: 7PM Show Starts: 7:30PM Tickets: $20 @ https://www.eventfinda.co.nz/2022/albi-the-wolves-2022-23-summer-tour/nelson Albi & The Wolves set fire to stages and fill hearts with hope with their uplifting and relatable alternative indie-folk songs. Since 2014 Chris Dent, the proud albino front man Albi, Pascal Roggen and Micheal Young have crafted a stage show that’s brimming with energy and moments to pause for reflection. Though the band is made up of typical acoustic trio instrumentation (Electric violin, guitar, double bass, a stomp,…

Friday 2nd December 7:30pm - Late Ticket $20 @ https://www.undertheradar.co.nz/ticket/18579/Fraser-Ross.utr ‘New Zealand’s best kept musical secret’ —Capital Times ‘His music, which has traditional folk roots, has a wonderful way of breaking free from genre’ —The Wireless ‘Like a Kiwi Billy Connolly’ —The View, Scotland Eccentric-folk musician Fraser Ross returned to New Zealand in 2020 after living in Scotland was cut short. He has supported bands such as Phoenix Foundation, French for Rabbits, The Nudge, and Nadia Reid. His first two…

Juke Joint  Friday 9th December 8pm - Late Tickets $20 @ https://www.bandaids.co.nz/online-ticketing Door Sales $25  Nelson’s ever popular jump blues and R&B band return to The Boathouse for a Pre-Xmas dose of their take on classic British R&B, East & West Coast Blues and a dash of Americana. This 6 piece delivers hip shakin’ - knee swayin’ - arm swingin’ dance grooves in the blues style. A great opportunity to get a xmas group together, book a table and have a night…

Friday 11th November 8pm - Late  Tickets $25: Diablos Caravan - One Night Only - The Boathouse, Nelson - Fri, 11 November 2022 (undertheradar.co.nz) After an amazing run of 42 shows around New Zealand earlier this year to sold out venues and regional towns, Diablos Caravan are back on the road for another national run of dates, bringing you amazing world class acoustic guitar from Spanish, Flamenco, Blues, Country and everything in between by a selection of some of the…

Fri 18 Nov 8pm Rock n Roll night with the Nelson Jazz Club Big Band Get ready for some good old classics with the Nelson Jazz Club Big Band at the Boathouse, put your dancing shoes on for Rock n Roll night. Tickets $20 at Eventbrite https://www.eventbrite.co.nz/e/rock-n-roll-with-the-nelson-jazz-club-big-band-the-boathouse-tickets-432299899637