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Auckland Art Gallery

Join the buzz at Auckland Art Gallery as they get set for one massive night of art, music and film. With a solo show from Billy Apple, performances from the NZTrio and founding members of the Nairobi Trio, and screenings of Into The Void and Nosferatu throughout the night, there will be something to inspire and move visitors of all ages.

6pm to midnight

The artist has to live like everybody else

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Auckland Art Gallery

Saturday 14 March is the opening day of the largest-ever retrospective of celebrated Auckland artist, Billy Apple – The artist has to live like everybody else which profiles Apple’s prolific career spanning more than 50 years. As part of this exhibition, Craig Miller from Miller Coffee will be offering a tasting of his specially roasted Billy Apple blend and using a gold La Cimbali espresso machine (6pm-8pm)

6pm to midnight

Back of the Bus

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Java Dance Company take you on a ride you'll never forget - on the White Night buses and popping up around Auckland

Fresh from sell-out performances at the Edinburgh Fringe, in Australia and Welling- – well, all over! Java Dance Company performs their acclaimed dance theatre show Back of the Bu*s *on the free White Night buses. Join them for a magical ride combining physical comedy, kinetic energy and captivating scenarios in a character-based dance tour of Auckland city.

7pm-8.10pm

Into the Void

Auckland Art Gallery

Music on film comes via a one-off screening of Margaret Gordon’s Into The Void, a documentary on the band of the same name and formed by four art school students - Jason Greig, Paul Sutherland, Ronnie van Hout and Mark Whyte- as something to do in Christchurch on a Saturday night on the 1980s. The film was voted best documentary for 2014 by The Press.

7pm-8.20pm

Subtle Dances - NZTrio

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Auckland Art Gallery

NZTrio perform throughout the evening a 20-minute set titled Subtle Dances, which includes compositions Kenji Bunch (USA): Groovebox Variations, Claire Cowan (NZ): Subtle Dances and Raimundo Penaforte (Brazil): An Eroica Trio – Capiba. (7pm, 7.30pm, 8pm)

7.30pm-7.50pm

Subtle Dances- NZTrio

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Auckland Art Gallery

NZTrio perform throughout the evening a 20-minute set titled Subtle Dances, which includes compositions Kenji Bunch (USA): Groovebox Variations, Claire Cowan (NZ): Subtle Dances and Raimundo Penaforte (Brazil): An Eroica Trio – Capiba. (7pm, 7.30pm, 8pm)

8pm-8.20pm

Subtle Dances- NZTrio

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Auckland Art Gallery

NZTrio perform throughout the evening a 20-minute set titled Subtle Dances, which includes compositions Kenji Bunch (USA): Groovebox Variations, Claire Cowan (NZ): Subtle Dances and Raimundo Penaforte (Brazil): An Eroica Trio – Capiba. (7pm, 7.30pm, 8pm)

8.30pm

Nairobi Trio

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Auckland Art Gallery

Founding members of the Nairobi Trio, Richard Adams (jazz violin) and Nigel Gavin (seven string guitar) return for an eclectic and must-be-there performance.

9pm-10.35pm

Nosferatu

Auckland Art Gallery

Care of the Goethe Institut, see F. W. Murnau's 1922 gothic, expressionist masterpiece Nosferatu, one of the silent era's most influential films. The screening will be accompanied by silent film maestro Mr William Green on piano.