Southern Institute of Technology's music and audio production students will show off a year's work at a free concert at SIT Centrestage on Wednesday 11 November.
Billed as the SIT School of Music Showcase, the annual concert runs from 6.30pm to 8.30pm at the Don Street venue. There is no charge to get in and the bar will be open.
The line-up spans every level of the school's programmes, from those on the Level 2 music course up to Bachelor of Music students in each of their three years, among them this year's graduating class. The institute says the night celebrates what students have built up over 2026 in performance, in audio production and in technical skills, presented with professional sound and lighting at Centrestage.
No running order or individual performers have been published. SIT says everyone is welcome.
The showcase is a fixture in the city's live music calendar and is one of the few chances each year to hear a large cross-section of the region's emerging musicians in a single evening, in a venue set up for exactly that purpose.
It is also a busy fortnight for live music in Invercargill. Singer-songwriter Boaz Anema returns to the Tuatara Cafe at 30-32 Dee Street on Saturday 7 November as part of his Southern Summer tour, playing from 7pm to 10pm. The Eventfinda listing describes the show as free admission but R18, and asks people to register for tickets, which go to whoever registers first. He plays the Aparima Restaurant and Bar in Riverton the night before, Friday 6 November, also from 7pm.
Further ahead, covers act That 80s Band brings its "Party like it's 1985" show to the Corinthian Convention Centre on Saturday 14 November at 7pm, and the Royal New Zealand Ballet's The Sleeping Beauty arrives at the Civic Theatre on Wednesday 18 November. The Civic's own 120th-anniversary celebrations, with a dinner on stage on Friday 13 November and a free community open day on Saturday 14 November, fall in the same fortnight, making it one of the fuller stretches of the city's cultural calendar this year.
SIT School of Music Showcase: SIT Centrestage, Don Street, Invercargill, Wednesday 11 November, 6.30pm to 8.30pm. Free entry, bar open, no booking required.
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