Summer in the Square Heats up!

Summer in the Square Heats up!

AUCKLAND LIVE presents
Summer in the Square
Free in Aotea Square

On now until 19 February

The good times keep rolling as Summer in the Square enters its third epic month. As the temperature rises so will the beats as the Latin Fiesta ramps up for a weekend long celebration of Latin American culture from Friday 12 - Sunday 14 February. Aotea Square keeps on humming with a selection of the very best handpicked local acts for Live at Lunch, including a visit from the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra Young Achievers. Check out the programme below for the full February offering of Summer in the Square, making Aotea Square the coolest place to be all summer long.

MONDAY 1 FEBRUARY
12pm – 6pm Auckland International Buskers Festival lineup at aucklandlive.co.nz/summersquare

TUESDAY 2 FEBRUARY
12.30pm – 1.15pm – Lisa Crawley

SUNDAY 7 FEBRUARY
12.00pm – 6.00pm - Don’t Touch Me Tomato Reggae Party
2.00pm – 3.00pm – Composting, worm farms and Bokashi

MONDAY 8 FEBRUARY
12.00pm – 3.00pm - DJ Josh-on-Decks

TUESDAY 9 FEBRUARY
12.30pm – 1.15pm - David Merritt (Poetry)

WEDNESDAY 10 FEBRUARY
12.30pm – 1.15pm – Hopetoun Brown

THURSDAY 11 FEBRUARY
12.30pm – 1.15pm – Herriot Row

FRIDAY 12 FEBRUARY - Latin Carnaval
Latin Fiesta
12.30pm – 2.30pm DJ Bobby Brazuka
2.30pm – 4.30pm Stalls, make your own piñata competition, volleyball with Auckland Central Volleyball
6.00pm – 7.00pm Forro (Brazilian dance) New Zealand Forro
7.00pm – 7.45pm Samba (Brazilian dance)
7.45pm – 8.00pm Capoeira Mandinga Aotearoa
8.00pm – Samba and batucada (Brazilian Divas, AK Samba, Viva Dance)
8.15pm – 11.30pm Samba Maracana
9.15pm – 9.30pm Dance demos - Zouk, gafieira, (Zouk Art & Studio 7)

SATURDAY 13 FEBRUARY Latin Sabor
12.30pm - 3.00pm Ashe Cuba
1.15pm - 1.30pm Zumba, Latin dance demo (Viva Dance & Latin Community)
1.00pm - 3.00pm Stalls and Volleyball with Auckland Central Volleyball
3.00pm - 4.00pm Kizomba class – Angolan/ Latin dance (Kizomba Fantatics)
4.00pm - 5.00pm Bachata class – Dominican Republic / Latin (Salsa Con Coco)
5.00pm - 6.00pm Rueda class & NZ’s largest Cuban rueda circle (Viva Dance)
6.00pm - 6.30pm Take to the dance floor
6.30pm - 7.30pm Salsa class (Viva Dance)
7.30pm - 8.00pm Dance demonstrations and follow me
8.00pm - 11.30pm Banda Latina

SUNDAY 14 FEBRUARY Latin Amor (Valentine’s Day)
12.30pm - 1.30pm Mariachi NZ band
1.00pm - 3.00pm Stalls, Volleyball with Auckland Central Volleyball
1.30pm - 2.00pm Tango and Flamenco with Viva Dance & Amira Brock
2.30pm - 4.00pm Tango practica in the Square
2.00pm - 3.00pm Growing Fruit Trees

MONDAY 15 FEBRUARY
12.30pm – 1.15pm APO Young Achievers, Colours of the Wind, featuring wind trio Rachel Song (piano), Nathaniel Smorti (clarinet), and Carol Wang (bassoon)

TUESDAY 16 FEBRUARY
12.30pm – 1.15pm APO Young Achievers “Baroque and Tango” featuring piano trio Amy Hsu (piano), Andrew Robinson (violin), and Ben Lin (cello)

WEDNESDAY 17 FEBRUARY
12.30pm – 1.15pm APO Young Achievers “The Late Romantics” featuring string trio and piano Shauno Isomura (violin), Julie Park (viola), Sally Kim (cello) and Kent Isomura (piano)
THURSDAY 18 FEBRUARY
12.30pm – 1.15pm APO Young Achievers “Songs from the Stage and Screen” featuring string trio and piano Amy Hsu (piano), and Brady Peeti (vocals)

FRIDAY 19 FEBRUARY
12.30pm – 1.15pm “Jazz Grooves” featuring jazz quartet Tristan Deck (drums), Mostyn Cole (bass), Mike Howell (guitar), Roger Manins (saxophone)
7.30pm – 8.15pm Bonaparte
9pm – 10pm Orchestra of Spheres
2.00pm – 3.00pm Wilder & Hunt is cooking up a feast with Urban Pantry Vegetable Gardens

DAILY
10am – 4pm Urban Pantry Vegetable Gardens
11am – 3pm Food Space Street Food Markets
Open late Fri & Sat (excluding 5 & 6 February)

Auckland Live presents
SUMMER IN THE SQUARE
Free in Aotea Square
Monday 1 to Friday 19 February
Aotea Square, 50 Mayoral Drive, Auckland CBD

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