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What you need to know

Visit

Admission
Admission to The Arts Centre is free. Some organisations based here have entry fees, which are displayed on each organisation’s website.

Great Hall Lunchtime Concert Series 2026

Specific Mondays

Discover a collection of musical gems - bite-size lunchtime concerts in the magnificent Great Hall, featuring renowned musicians from classical, jazz, and popular traditions.

Absolution

Retailers

Established in 1996 as a professional body-piercing studio, Absolution built its reputation on a combination of a hygienic approach, modern fit-out and professional and personable staff.

Rising Stars Concert Series 2026

On specific Tuesdays

Rising Stars is a Tuesday lunchtime concert series that focuses on encouraging, nurturing and providing a performance platform for emerging young musicians.

Off Centre, Full Festival Programme Released

News

Te Matatiki Toi Ora The Arts Centre is today releasing the full programme for Off Centre, a festival to celebrate the centre’s restoration and the diverse creativity it supports.

Fragranzi Artisan Perfume Studio

Retailers

Delight your senses and develop your own signature scent at Christchurch’s new artisan perfumery at The Arts Centre. Fragranzi offers unique perfumes, created by Christchurch perfumer, Conan Fee, who has been teaching fragrance design as a professor and head of the School of Product Design at the University of Canterbury, for the past three years. Conan himself learned his skills from professional perfumers based in Thailand, New Zealand and the UK. He says it is a great balance of science and art, and there is always so much more to learn and experience.

Arts Centre farewells Sculpture Festival curator

News

When The Arts Centre Sculpture Festival opens to the public on Saturday 5th October, it will mark curator Koji Miyazaki’s final year in the role.

Cubbin Concert

Wednesday 29 July - Sunday 2 August

Cubbin Concert brings Cubbin Theatre Company’s love of music to the stage in a relaxed and joyful performance for very young children and their caregivers.

Become a Friend of the Arts Centre

Support

The Friends of the Arts Centre is an independent organisation who support and promote The Arts Centre by volunteering and fundraising for specific projects at The Arts Centre.