Big Bash with Orchestra Wellington
Sunday 4 October 2026 at 1:00PM
Lower Hutt Events Centre
Event Description
Instrumentalists! Singers! Everyone is invited!
Conducted by Orchestra Wellington’s Music Director Marc Taddei, together we will rehearse then perform a selection of pretty epic music including selections from Peer Gynt, O Fortuna, and Toku Reo!
Our 2026 Big Bash will be on Sunday 4 October at the Lower Hutt Events Centre.
Rehearsal runs from 1-3pm with the concert starting at 3:30pm.
Anyone is welcome to come along and watch both the rehearsal and the performance entirely for FREE.
First held in 2020, Orchestra Wellington’s Big Bash is an annual mass play-in event which brings together hundreds of musicians from across the Wellington region in a glorious afternoon of music-making.
Registration will close when we reach capacity, so be sure to sign up quickly!
When
1:00PM - 5:00PM
Sunday 4 October 2026
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Where
Lower Hutt Events Centre
30c Laings Road
Lower Hutt
New Zealand
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There's no need to book your place for this event. Just meet us at Lower Hutt Events Centre.
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