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The ghouls are out and the stages are lit. Welcome to the Weekend Gig Guide Halloween Edition for Friday 30 and Saturday 31 October. We've dug up 6 gigs on Friday and 11 on Saturday night, from haunted ale houses to house-of-horrors dance floors. Scroll down if you

Big weekend across Invercargill and Southland. Saturday's the headliner — Game 1 of the Bledisloe Cup (All Blacks v Wallabies, 7:10pm) live and loud across Waikiwi, Editor's Cut, Southland Tavern and The Ave. Saturday daytime goes Highland — the Southern Highland Showdown takes over Ascot Park from

Welcome to the What's On Invers Weekender — your weekend, sorted. October kicks off under the lights on Friday night: the SBS Bank Southland Stags play their final home game against Northland at Rugby Park, with the ILT Fireworks Spectacular going up after full time. Saturday is stacked — AMplify

Massive weekend ahead. Friday it's the Stags v Northland final regular-season home game at Rugby Park followed by the ILT Fireworks Spectacular — Newfield's running a Stags Bus (6:15pm). For a different Friday, dust off the formal wear for the ILT Murihiku Art Awards 2026 Gala

Three decades of toys, books and Southland familiesWhat began 34 years ago as a local children’s store has become a familiar part of Invercargill shopping, with Young Reflections now welcoming its third generation of customers. For more than three decades, the Tay Street store has been a place where

It's a busy day in town. The Esk Street Food Market runs from 11am to 3pm, with the street closed to traffic and up to 20 mobile vendors serving food from around the world. Right alongside it, Men's Health Day takes over Invercargill Central from 10am

It's a big one, Invercargill! Waxy's goes all out for Sir Arthur Guinness Day on Saturday with pint pouring comps, trivia, Irish outfit prizes and All Night Long from 9:30pm, while the Stags take on Canterbury at 5:05pm with the game on screens right

Saturday's the marquee — the Otago Southland Axemen Indoor Woodchopping Comp FINALS hit Waikiwi from 4pm. Axes, sawdust, roaring crowd — genuine Southland winter theatre, and a proper spectacle. Sunday brings Stags v Taranaki live on the big screen at Waikiwi from 5:05pm. Friday runs the usual weekend kick-off