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A country music group performs on stage, silhouetted by purple and orange lights.

Dust off your Stetsons and cowboy boots – the best country music rolls into town.

All the country music fans are in for a treat this summer. Country by Candlelight is guaranteed to heal your Achy Breaky Heart. Direct from the United Kingdom, the show features a spectacular cast of world-class vocalists and an incredible live band. To add to the fun — it’s all performed by candlelight. After you’ve worked 9 to 5 (what a way to make a living), you should head to the St James Theatre.

Get ready to hear all your favourite hits. The night won’t pass without great songs from Dolly Parton, Luke Combs, Kenny Rogers, Rascal Flatts, Shania Twain, John Denver, Darius Rucker, and many more.

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Pixies

26 – 27 November 2025St James Theatre

Three musicians wearing all-black perform by candlelight at a church.

Fleetwood Mac by Candlelight

18 February 2025St James Theatre

The Las Vegas tribute show, Legends in Concert, performing on stage as Elvis and Cher.

Legends in Concert

31 January 2025St James Theatre

The four members of the UK rock band, Herman’s Hermits, pose between two drum cymbals in front of a Union Jack with a paint splatter effect in the background.

Herman’s Hermits

30 July 2025St James Theatre

Inside Wellington’s St James Theatre during a concert performance.

Come Together — Big End of Year Bash 2024

13 December 2024St James Theatre

A Michael Jackson tribute show concert. Michael dances centre-stage with four backup dancers and a five-piece band.

The Michael Jackson HIStory Show

16 May 2025St James Theatre

Damien Rice and a guitarist sit by a white and blue wall looking at one another.

Damien Rice

11 February 2025The Opera House

A projector screen displaying a scene from the video game Final Fantasy is set up on stage in a dark auditorium with a pianist playing an accompaniment.

Crystalline Resonance: FINAL FANTASY Piano Concert

5 March 2025The Opera House

A person in a leather jacket with an electric guitar stepped to their back facing away on a brown-orange gradient background.

The Bruce Springsteen Experience

23 August 2025The Opera House

Sir Cliff Richard.

Cliff Richard

17 November 2025Michael Fowler Centre