Upcoming Events in Nelson, Tasman
The PAK’nSAVE Richmond Santa Parade will be returning to Queen Street on December 8. More details to come!
With summer on its way, it’s the perfect time to get outdoors, hop on two wheels, and come along to the LifeCycle Bike Festival!
This fun, free, festive event has something for all ages and abilities. Come along in your best festive dress up!
What to Expect:
We have over 20 fun and exciting activities, with lots of spot prizes, including:
• Santa Cycle Convoy – Victory Community Centre – to event 12pm – 1pm
• Decorate your bike 1pm – 3.30pm
• Bike picnic 1pm – 3pm
• Give away – Bike Registration Garage 529 stickers 1.15pm – 2.45pm
• Fun Slow race 2.00pm
• Girls only tips session – pump track 2.15 – 2.45pm
• Small kids Balance bike event on pump track 3pm
• Cargo bike race 3.45pm
• E bike trials 1pm – 3.30pm
More to come!
The Santa Cycling Convoy is a first for Nelson and will start at noon from the Victory Community Centre – dress up in festive gear. It concludes with a bring-your-own picnic on the big field at BroadGreen Intermediate.
Whether you’re after an electrifying road race right through the centre of Whakatū-Nelson, or you want to take to the trails and test your endurance amongst the tranquil native forest, The Spectacle has an option for everyone!
And to truly make this an event to remember, they’re bringing some of the best milers in the world (the 1609m kind), to beautiful Whakatû-Nelson to go head to head on the roads.
It’s an event not to be missed.
New Year’s Eve 2025 Countdown in the City
Tuesday 31 Dec, 6pm – 12.30am // Upper Trafalgar Street, Nelson // FREE
Nelson’s central city New Year’s Eve Countdown is a great place to celebrate your way into 2025!
This family-friendly event kicks off at 6 pm with fun and entertainment for the kids (and young at heart!) then party your way into 2025 with an epic line-up of bands, featuring local bands Solace, DJ Jack, Finesse, Parallel Park & headline midnight set DJ Xandra with Jinja Cat & Soulti.
Kids countdown at 9 pm and Pyrotechnic Display at midnight.
Go to ‘Nelson City Presents’ on Facebook for more details.
PLEASE NOTE: Public streets are alcohol-free. There will be zero tolerance for alcohol and underage drinking.
Road closures will be in place for this event.
Around 70 stalls of food, local crafts, with something to interest everyone. There will again be entertainment and a chocolate wheel to raise additional funds for our beneficiary.
Come and join us at the Tahunanui playing fields down near the beach.
30th Nelson Jazz Summer Festival 2025 kicking off with the upbeat Festive Friday at Founders Heritage Park.
Enjoy a variety of jazz genres from Nelson Jazz Club Big Band, Tessa Q Jazz Set, West Coast Blues and Boogie Train – The Reunion
Bring a picnic (NO BYO).
Families, friends, and music lovers welcome.
Tickets from Humanitix
$20 general public,
$15 NJC members,
FREE U16
For updates on the 30th Nelson Jazz Summer Festival 2025 head to www.nelsonjazzclub.com.
Enjoy jazz at the cafes on the 4th Jan and Washbourn Gardens Family Picnic on the 5th Jan.
An event catering for anything with wheels.
An opportunity for all Clubs related to motoring past, present or future.
A fun family day event Entry fee Adults $5.00 children under 15 free.
Join in at your local Sanitarium Weet-Bix Kids TRYathlon™ !
Open to Kiwi kids aged 6 to 15 years. It’s a fun and rewarding day out for EVERYONE.
Kids of all sporting abilities swim, cycle, and run their way around age-appropriate courses, either as an individual or as a team of two.
Every participant who enters receives:
– An official Weet-Bix Kids TRY Champions t-shirt, swim cap and Rebel Sport drawstring bag
– A TRY Champions medal
– Complimentary Weet-Bix Breakfast at event
– A downloadable certificate of achievement
– Plus the chance to WIN awesome spot prizes and meet their sporting heroes
Let’s get our Kiwi kids outside and active. Go on “Give it a TRY!”
If it’s on, it’s on www.itson.co.nz. It’s On is the official event calendar for the Nelson Tasman region and the place to look for any and all upcoming events in the area.