Over 60 Visual, Music, Dance and Theatre performances will be found in 30 sites around the city featuring hundreds of participants. 20 of these performances are free or koha.
(Sweden) The folk-inspired songs of sisters Klara and Johanna Söderberg are flooded with crafty melodies and warm vocal harmonies that completely belie their youth. 
“Relentless and brilliant as the Saharan sun” - The Guardian (UK)Guns, guitars and Gaddafi – the epic story of this North African band is as fascinating as their music. 
(Canada) With an incredible rendition of Michael Jackson’s Billie Jean strummed and tapped out on his ukulele, James Hill changed the way the world looks at this much-loved instrument forever. 
“An event steeped in intellect and imagination” - The New York Times Dazzling images of the universe combine with beautiful classical music and poetic narration to create a fusion of science and culture that is simply out of this world. Galileo Galilei’s development of the astronomical telescope was an innovation that was to forever change the way we view the universe and our place within it.
To commemorate the 400th anniversary of this achievement Tafelmusik, one of the world’s most prolific and celebrated baroque orchestras, has created the astounding Music of the Spheres.
More of a performance than a concert, works by Galileo’s contemporaries are performed from memory, playing in perfect harmony with stunning astrological images and words from the writings of Galileo, Isaac Newton and other great astronomers.
This is an unmissable event for anyone who has marvelled at the beauty of the night sky. As the Toronto Star put it: ‘it’s hard to come back down to Earth when it’s all over.’
Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra (Canada)
Date: Fri 16 Mar 2012
Venue: Wellington Town Hall
Time: 8pm
With more than 300 incredible performances to savour, the Festival takes audiences from fairy tales to opera, from Shakespeare to salsa, from the Sahara Desert to a circus tent and beyond.
Circle of Eleven (Germany) The laws of gravity are made to be broken in this brilliantly mind-boggling piece of theatre. 
Leave reality behind and immerse yourself in a place of dreams, imagination and giant puppets as one of physical theatre’s most celebrated sons unleashes his stunning array of skills. Few do theatrical spectacle better than multi award-winning artist James Thiérrée. Not surprising really, given that he grew up in a renowned theatrical family and has been perfecting the art of performance since he was knee-high to a ringmaster.
After wildly popular Festival performances in 2004 (The Junebug Symphony) and 2006 (Bright Abyss), Thiérrée returns in his new full-length piece as Raoul, a lone figure adrift in an incredible, ever changing world of billowing sails, steel pipes and driftwood. Alone, that is, until the arrival of a destructive doppelgänger that attacks Raoul’s home and has him questioning his very identity and existence.
Unexpected at every turn, Thiérrée draws from a seemingly endless repertoire of theatrical talents as he pushes his mind and body to incredible new places. In his hands every part of the intricate set comes alive as Raoul’s world begins to spectacularly crash down around him.
Funny, moving and achingly beautiful, Raoul is a mesmerising journey into the mind of one of Europe’s most creative and versatile artists.
Date: Wed 14 Mar 2012 — Sun 18 Mar 2012
Venue: St James Theatre, Courtney Place, Wellington
Time: 14, 16–18 March 8pm
New Zealand host South Africa in Wellington. Support the Black Caps this Summer international cricket action.
YOUR CITY, YOUR TEAM. Be part of something exceptional with the Wellington Phoenix FC. Get behind your team in 2011/12 and enjoy the pride, passion, power and prestige only top-flight football can deliver. As a Phoenix supporter you’re part of the team. Together we are strong.. 
The Summer City festival is held in Wellington every year and is full of free concerts and cultural events.
Unveiled showcases 200 years of extraordinary wedding fashion from one of the world’s most superb collections – that of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. See outfits inspired by tradition, practicality, celebrity, fantasy and, of course, love.Dates: 17 December 2011 – 22 April 2012
Venue: Te Papa Museum, Visa Platinum Gallery, Level 4
More Info: http://www.tepapa.govt.nz/WhatsOn/exhibitions/WeddingDress/Pages/default.aspx
Admission charges apply
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