Friday January 2nd, 8:30 pm Tickets HERE _ The mighty Newtown Rocksteady Return with their massive house of sound. Get yo finest rags on for a New Year celebration, waters edge style. The bonfire will be lit with bass, dowsed in drums, and then fed with vocals, guitars, keys, horns, dancing, banter, laughter and special guests. Watch them burn! After years of smash hit, full houses at the Boathouse, the boys are heading down the island again to shake things…
Thursday April 23rd, 7:30pm Tickets HERE _ It's taken 30 years of performing comedy for PAUL EGO to get off his butt and do a solo NZ tour, so this is both very exciting and long overdue! Well known for his many years as Team Captain on the TV show '7DAYS', Paul has also been part of award winning Breakfast Radio shows for both MoreFM and The Rock. However, his crowning achievement now seems to be voicing 'Stickman' for PAKโnSAVE…
January 9, 8pm Tickets HERE Dinner from 5pm - Book your table now! __ Come As You Aren't, Nelson's own Nirvana Tribute Band, will bring their grunge-packed show to Nelson's Boathouse this January! Relive the gritty glory days of the 90's and the unadulterated, unabashed energy of Grunge! Prepare to get engrossed in a night of Nirvana's best singles, deep cuts, and B-sides from their illustrious discography, which includes Bleach, Incesticide, Nevermind, and In Utero. Anticipate a night that combines…
Friday December 12 - 8pm Tickets HERE Dinner service from 5pm Viami Mice โ Four Dudes. One Dream. Zero Shame. Born in a haze of hairspray, spandex, and questionable life choices, Viami Mice are the 4-piece glam metal cover band your mother warned you aboutโฆ then secretly followed on Instagram. Armed with two guitars, one thunderous bass, a drum kit thatโs louder than your exโs opinions, and four voices that can harmonize like angelsโor at least drunken karaoke angels, these…
Thursday Dec. 18 8pm Tickets available HERE _ A Christmas dance celebration! The Rubber Biscuit Band bring their driving blues / rock / funk sounds with a touch of psychedelic to the Boathouse. Great to have a boogie to or listen and tap your toes. Their material includes a range of blues from the likes of and similar to Allman Brothers and Santana . EARLYBIRD TICKETS: $10 off use BISCUIT$10OFF (valid to 11th Dec.) EARLYBIRD TICKETS: $5 off use BICUIT$5OFF…
Thursday January 29th, 7pm Tickets HERE _ Join the Mystic Muses, award-winning singer/songwriters Melissa Cox (NZ/USA) and Celia Farran (USA) for an unforgettable show featuring Celtic music of the past, present, and future - Enya, Sinead O'Connor, The Cranberries, Loreena McKennitt, traditional tunes, lore & legends, sea shanties, and haunting original songs by Melissa and Celia. -- Meet the Muses -- MELISSA COX: Multi-instrumentalist and award-winning songwriter Melissa Cox conjures a one-woman storm of Celtic tradition, tribal beats, and celestial…
December 6th - 8pm Tickets available HERE Dinner service from 5pm - book your table now! _ THE DANCE FLOOR WILL BE IRRESISTIBLE! One of NZ's longest established tribute-covers acts, DnD Showband is set to perform for the very first time at the Boathouse Nelson. On Saturday 6th December 2025, the live 5 piece band pays tribute to legendary pop band, ABBA, with a costumed tribute show spanning from 1974's Waterloo through to 1980's Super Trouper. Over the years the…
Wednesday December 10th 6pm Tickets available HERE _ Weโre so excited to announce that our Christmas Season is now open, and weโre taking bookings for November and December โ theyโll be here before you know it. We know you love to Paint & Sip with Artvine, so weโve teamed up once again with The Boathouse, one of our favourite venue partners, to bring you a festive event to remember. Whether itโs your work Christmas party, a team celebration, or a…
Friday January 16th - 8 pm SOLD OUT _ We're coming back! Ka hoki anล mฤtou! Round up your crew, dress salty, and come have a sing and a dance with Aotearoa New Zealand's most Seaworthy shanty group the Wellington Sea Shanty Society! Best dressed prizes! Nautical games! Singalong madness! Tickets $30 or $15 depending on what you can afford. WELLINGTON SEA SHANTY SOCIETY Aotearoa New Zealand's Most 'Sea Worthy' Shanty Groupโข have been belting out traditional and original sea…
Friday, November 28 - 8 pm Tickets available HERE _ The Crayons are all set to bring you the 2 great piano men, Elton John & Billy Joel. Chris Phillips and Craig Allott, featuring as the "Pianolesss Men" (yes..3 sss) will bring a non stop greatest hits package that will have you singing along and dancing the night away. With songs like Piano Man, I'm Still Standing, Rocket Man, Uptown Girl, You May Be Right, Candle in the wind and…