Do you find yourself wound up at the end of your working week? New Ockham Collective musician Rachel Fuller has a solution to ease you into your weekend. On Friday 11 April she's hosting a Classical Chill-out Session at the Nix.

We're thrilled to finally introduce you to the very talented bunch that are joining us on the Ockham Collective in 2025. Meet Tom, Hinekoia, Bridget, Leea, Virginia, Tim, Rachel and Jamie.

Hot on the heels of completing her Masters and a Postgraduate Diploma in Creative Arts Therapy, new Ockham Collective member Virginia Frankovich has launched an 'expressive wellbeing studio' at the Nix.

Hot on the heels of completing her Masters and a Postgraduate Diploma in Creative Arts Therapy, new Ockham Collective member Virginia Frankovich has launched an 'expressive wellbeing studio' at the Nix.

It's February already? How did that happen? We've been hard at work behind the scenes finalising our Ockham Collective line up for 2025, so keep eye out for the big reveal in March.

Billed as ‘a radical live multimedia experience’, Three Days in February is a work by multimedia artist Serena Stevenson combining footage filmed over five years at Splore with live music and an original score.

If you had money on a Nordic Folk Singing Workshop being the Ockham Collective's first new event of 2025, the drinks are on you. This Sunday session will showcase the skills of Finnish/Swedish singer, Anna Fält.

Happy new year! January is a quiet month for us, but if you listen closely, you may hear the sweet strums of the ukulele emanating from the Nix every weekend. Join in by signing up for one of Sonia Wilson's weekly sessions.

This Friday marks nine years since David Bowie took his final trip to the stars. Celebrate his extraordinary legacy with Let's Dance, hosted by DJs Pennie Black, Kailee Raven, Tina Turntables and the OC’s Peter Drag.

We're delighted that Sonya has decided to host a book drive for Kiwi Christmas Books at our Ockham Collective space at the Nix this month. It's taking the form of a Festive Season Salon on Monday 16 December.

We’re winding down the year with our last Irish sessions, ukulele sessions and Poetry for Pensioners. Plus there’s the Auckland Bluegrass Club’s annual Christmas shindig.

It's that time of the year again when we start the search for next year's Ockham Collective. If you've ever thought about getting involved, or even if you haven't, now is the time to get in touch.

The OC’s Catrin Johnnson would like to warmly invite you to join us at the Nix to welcome in the season of Advent in the Swedish way. Expect traditional songs and music, games, laughter and food.

This month the Auckland Bluegrass Club features a performance by You, Me, (Almost) Everybody, which coincidentally is who is welcome to attend. Plus there are our usual Irish, old-timey, ukulele and poetry sessions.

We're not sure quite how he's doing it, but Ockham Collective's improv maestro Matías Avaca is involved in four different performance projects this month. First up is his regular Spanish-language open-mic comedy night.

Aside from our regular busy programme of Irish, Bluegrass, Old-Time and ukulele sessions, we've got a couple of special gigs coming up at the Nix this month: Adam McGrath (The Eastern) and Paper Dragon.

Talia Pua's free whānau-friendly show Friends Exploring Epic Tales is touring Auckland libraries these school holidays. Plus, Amy Mansfield's H.R. The Musical is returning to Q Theatre in early November.

With the spring school holidays fast approaching, the Ockham Collective's Talia Pua is working on a free whānau-friendly show which will tour libraries across Tāmaki Makaurau.

On Friday 13 September one of Britain's greatest baritones, Roderick Williams OBE, will be performing a recital entitled Songs of Home, where he'll be joined by the Ockham Collective's Catrin Johnsson.

Click here for the dates of our regular sessions. This month's free Ockham Lecture at Objectspace on Thursday 5 September is the special opening event for the Pohewa Pāhewa Māori Design Symposium.