RAD TIMES GIG GUIDE

Dunedin's premiere gig guide and live music listings page is updated throughout the day to provide the latest details on local live music events, performance art, venues and support acts. Specialising in live event listings, the RAD TIMES GIG GUIDE is trusted to get you the best information on all Dunedin's best upcoming local gigs that are simply too good to miss.

The RAD TIMES GIG GUIDE has the most up to date gig listings and event information. The gig guide is read on air like clockwork Monday-Friday at 8.45am, 5:30pm & 7:30pm plus 12:30pm Fridays, Saturdays at 3pm & 7:30pm, and Sundays at 3pm and available online all day.

Wednesday 10th December

The Octagon Poetry Collective Open Mic

New Athenaeum Theatre

Featuring Emma Neale and Majella Cullinane, with MC Jackson. 7pm. Free entry. Open mic. All welcome.

Weekly Wednesday Stand Up Comedy

Inch Bar

7pm. $5.

Thursday 11th December

The Yemenite

Pearl Diver

4.30pm.

Logan Edwards (solo debut)

Inch Bar

w/ Emily Esplin, Luc & Lily Jane. 7.30pm. Koha entry.

Friday 12th December

Robots In Love, Your Face, and Saurian

Dropkicks

Tickets from undertheradar.co.nz. 9pm.

https://www.undertheradar.co.nz/ticket/31902/Busta-Move-With-Robots-In-Love-Your-Face-Saurian-End-Of-Year-Special.utr

Omeka - The Disciples Of Agony Tour

The Crown Hotel

w/ Lucid Shift, Slimivich, and Heir Friar. Tickets from cosmicticketing.co.nz. 9pm.

https://cosmicticketing.co.nz/event/7115

Pesk - 'Muckrake' Album Release

Pearl Diver

w/ Axonal Shear, Finance, and Acid Police. 8pm. Koha entry.

Kick Ons

Suburbia

Featuring Salad, Cookie, Rye Chi, Satshift, Alcatraz, Raheem, and Assorted Hamish. Tickets from undertheradar.co.nz. 9pm.

https://www.undertheradar.co.nz/ticket/31957/Sat-Shift-X-Native-Birds-Present-Kick-Ons.utr

DubDub, Who Knows, and 3AM

Dunedin Musicians' Club

7.30pm. $10. All ages.

Jae Bedford

Ombrellos Kitchen & Bar

5pm. Free entry.

Egenes and Dodd

Inch Bar

7.30pm. Koha entry.

Dunedin Children’s Choir - Christmas Celebration Concert

Knox Church

6pm. Koha entry.

Saturday 13th December

Tiny Pieces of Eight - 'Silent Howl' Album Launch

Blueskin Gallery

1pm. Koha entry.

Dale Kerrigan and Pearly*

The Crown Hotel

w/ U-No Juno and Emily Esplin. Tickets from undertheradar.co.nz. 8pm.

https://www.undertheradar.co.nz/ticket/31688/Dale-Kerrigan-X-Pearly.utr

Ōtepoti Vocal Ensemble and Reid+Wolken

Trident House

Tickets from humanitix.com. 7.30pm.

https://events.humanitix.com/ove

Akoba, Martinette, and Shaky Hollows

Inch Bar

8pm. Koha entry.

Waitati Warblers - Christmas Performance

Tūhura Otago Museum

2pm. Free entry.

Sunday 14th December

Southern Consort of Voices - Star In The Sky

All Saints Anglican Church

Tickets from eventfinda.co.nz. 3pm.

https://www.eventfinda.co.nz/2025/star-in-the-sky-music-for-christmas-southern-consort-of-voices/dunedin/tickets

Ōtepoti Vocal Ensemble and Reid+Wolken

Trident House

Tickets from humanitix.com. 4pm.

https://events.humanitix.com/ove

Julian Temple

Arc Brewing Co.

2pm. Free entry.

Dunedin Jazz Club End of Year Party

Hanover Hall

Featuring Rule 5, Sur Quartet, and Raoul Hobbs (DJ set). Tickets from dunedinjazz.club. 2pm.

https://www.dunedinjazz.club/event-details-registration/djc-end-of-year-party-rule-5-sur-quartet-and-raoul-hobbs-dj

Celtic Jam Session

Inch Bar

3.30pm. Koha entry.

Choir! Choir! - A Toitū Christmas

Toitū Otago Settlers Museum

12.30pm. Free entry.

Wednesday 17th December

Future Sound Open Mic

Ombrellos Kitchen & Bar

w/ Jae Bedford. 7.30pm. Free entry.

Thursday 18th December

Keira Wallace, Yesterday's Letters, and Emily Esplin

Inch Bar

7pm. Koha entry.

Falling Doves (USA)

Errick's

Tickets from moshtix.co.nz. 7pm.

https://www.moshtix.co.nz/v2/event/falling-doves-world-tour-2025-10th-anniversary/184476

Friday 19th December

Reggae Vibes

The Crown Hotel

Featuring Junglefari, The Yemenite, Te Selecta, and Thief. 9pm. $5.

Nadia Reid - Enter Now Brightness Tour

Regent Theatre

Tickets from patronbase.com. 8pm.

https://nz.patronbase.com/_RegentTheatre/Productions/NR25/Performances

Ommu

Inch Bar

8pm. Koha entry.

Julian Temple and guests

Salt Bar & Restaurant

6pm. Free entry.

Saturday 20th December

Left Or Right

The Crown Hotel

w/ Frankie and the Teardrops, Lachie Hayes & The Tokanui Chainsaw Massacre, and Mads Harrop Band. Tickets from undertheradar.co.nz. 8pm.

https://www.undertheradar.co.nz/ticket/30675/Left-Or-Right.utr

Dougie & The Moon Rocks and The Wild Chitokakas

Blueskin Gallery

3pm. Koha entry.

Carols in the Garden

Dunedin Botanic Garden

2.30pm. Free entry.

Sunday 21st December

Dunedin Harmony - Christmas Performance

Tūhura Otago Museum

12.30pm. Free entry.

Wednesday 24th December

Cecil Turbine and Tough Guy - Dual EP Release

Inch Bar

8pm. Koha entry.

Cecil Turbine and Tough Guy - Dual EP Release

Inch Bar

8pm. Koha entry.

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