Upcoming performances

WHEN	WHERE	WHAT	TICKETS
Saturday 6 June – 7pm	Harbourside Function Centre, 4 Taranaki St, Wellington	Melothesia: Tradition and innovation – Music of Restoration London	Scroll down to purchase
Sunday 7 June – 12:00 noon	Rogue & Vagabond, 18 Garrett St, Te Aro, Wellington	Going Rogue	Unticketed – but you can donate below 🙂

Melothesia – 6 June 2026, 7pm

On Saturday 6 June at 7pm, The Queen’s Closet returns to our roots, exploring the unique sound world of Restoration London. Composers there worked in a musical landscape coloured by the long shadow of Puritan rule of England, followed by the explosion of creativity and influx of overseas influences with the Restoration. From the 1660s London was a place of seemingly limitless possibilities, as culture repressed during the interregnum burst into life. We will be performing music by composers such as John Blow, Pelham Humfrey, Matthew Locke, John Lenton and of course Henry Purcell, who were creating music in the English tradition, but with a uniquely Restoration flavour of innovation.

This performance will again be in the Cable Room at Harbourside at 4 Taranaki Street. Restoration music was lively, sometimes brash, emotional, sometimes dissonant, and always overflowing with creativity. We feature a wide range of the sounds and colours of Restoration music, including hoboys, trumpets, recorders, strings and voices.

The recommended ticket price is $40, but you can choose any amount from $15 🙂 .

Going Rogue – 7 June 2026, 12:00 noon

Join us on this special “double-header” weekend, as The Queen’s Closet fills the Rogue & Vagabond with the spectacular sounds of their Renaissance “Waits Band,” from 12-2pm on Sunday 7 June. Cornetto, drums, a couple of sackbuts, and plenty of shawms … this is an unticketed performance, but you’ll be able to make donations on the day, or you can scroll down and donate below 🙂 .

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Official merchandise

Show your support for The Queen’s Closet with some limited run, officially branded with our new logo. Scroll down to see what’s on offer–quench your thirst with QC water bottles or wine glasses, and show your style with our hoodies and tote bags!

Additional donations

We know that our recommended ticket pricing won’t suit everyone. We base our recommended pricing on the cost of producing our performances, but of course performing is nothing without our audience. We want to be sure that everyone who wants to come and experience our performances is able to do so.

If you do have the capacity to pay the recommended price for a performance, or even add on a little bit more (or better yet, send us that extra as a separate donation–we’re a registered charity!), that will help ensure that we can keep on musicking with you 🙂 .

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