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Globe Theatre |
The annual Fête de la Musique will be on in Palmerston North on Saturday 6 June at Globe Theatre.
We are looking for volunteer musicians and singers to perform on stage for this free public concert. All
artists and music genres welcome! 🎶
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Evelyn Rawlins Room |
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$30.43 NZD |
We are pleased to announce our upcoming Baking
Contest
on Saturday 16 May at 6 pm! We invite you to join the fun. Whether you bake as a hobby or enjoy a good challenge, this is
your chance to showcase your skills and delicious ideas.
This year, participants will compete by presenting their best éclairs. If
you are ready to whisk, pipe, and bake your way to the top, do not wait; spots will fill up quickly. Stay tuned for registration details
and prize announcements!
You can also just come along to taste the pastries and enjoy live music! 🍰
It will also be a farewell celebration for our departing team members! 🎉
General admission: $35
AF members: $25
Contestants: $15
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Alliance Française Community Library |
For May, the book chosen is L'enfance d'Alan d'après les souvenirs d'Alan Ingram Cope by Emmanuel Guibert.📚
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Globe Theatre |
🎞️Join us for our monthly French Film Night on Friday 22 May at the Globe Theatre.
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Alliance Française Community Library |
For June, the book chosen is La plus secrète mémoire des Hommes by Mohamed Mbougar Sarr.📚
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Alliance Française Community Library |
For July, the book chosen is Numéro deux by David Foenkinos.📚
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Alliance Française Community Library |
For August, the book chosen is Même le bruit de la nuit a changé by Violette d’Urso .📚
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Alliance Française Community Library |
For September, the book chosen is Envoyé un peu spécial by Julien Blanc-Gras.📚
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Alliance Française Community Library |
For October, the book chosen is Le Mage du Kremlin de Giuliano da Empoli.📚
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Palmerston North City Library |
Join Katia ASTAFIEFF and Thom CONROY at the Palmerston North Central Library for a conversation in English where travel, nature, and history meet the art of literature at 6.30 pm (drinks and nibbles starts at 6 pm). Free event, donations welcome. 📚
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Alliance Française Community Library |
Come and meet our special guest Katia ASTAFIEFF! She is an author, traveler, and science communicator with a deep passion for the plant world and for exploring little‑known cultures. Her work blends scientific curiosity with the art of storytelling, offering readers vivid journeys through nature, history, and human discovery. 📚
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Globe Theatre |
🎞️Join us for our monthly French Film Night on Friday 17 April at the Globe Theatre.
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Square Edge, 47 The Square, Palmerston North |
✈️ Planning a trip to France this year?
Join our French for Travellers workshop and get ready for real-life situations you’ll encounter on your journey from ordering at cafés to
navigating train stations.!
Two slot times available: from 10 am to 1 pm OR from 5.30 pm to 8.30 pm. 🕰️
Register now 👇
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Square Edge, 47 The Square, Palmerston North |
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$30.43 NZD |
Join us for a French wine and cheese tasting! 🍷🧀
Come and try these French delicacies from The Village Wines Trader and Maison Vauron on Saturday 11 April at 6 pm, in Evelyn
Rawlins room (First Floor, Square Edge, 47 The Square, Palmerston North).
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Square Edge, 47 The Square, Palmerston North |
📚You’ve got time before the holiday season, it is the perfect moment to kickstart your French with our intensive programme and get
ready to join a class next year!
Join 16 hours over two weeks from 7 to 16 April, 2 hours each day Tuesday to Friday (week 1) and Monday to Thursday
(week 2), from 10am to 12pm OR from 3pm to 5pm OR from 6pm to 8pm. ⌚
Register now 👇
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Square Edge, 47 The Square, Palmerston North |
We offer interactive, creative, and fun holiday programmes where children learn new French words every day! 🎈
Price: $150 a whole week or $40 per day
Register now 👇
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Alliance Francaise Palmerston North |
In March, to celebrate Women's History Month, the book chosen is Les Femmes du bout du monde by Melissa Da Costa.
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Globe Theatre |
Francophone Film Festival 2026 - Closing Night - Le roman de Jim (Jim's Story)
Alliance Française Palmerston North is proud to present the 2026 Edition of the Francophone Film Festival in celebration of French
Language and Francophonie Month in New Zealand.
The Festival's closing night with the film LE ROMAN DE JIM (JIM'S STORY) will be on Sunday 29 March at 6 pm at The Globe Theatre, 312 Main
St, Palmerston North.
Aymeric runs into Florence, a former coworker, one evening in Saint-Claude in the Haut-Jura. She is six months pregnant and single. When she
gives birth to Jim, Aymeric is there. They spend happy years together until Christophe, Jim's biological father, shows up... It could be the
start of a melodrama, it's also the start of an odyssey into fatherhood.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pS4kvHVnm1I
Welcome drinks reception from 6 pm. The movie starts at 6.30 pm. Screening in French with English subtitles.
Tickets for the closing night can be purchased from the Globe Theatre box office or online at What’s
On - Globe Theatre.
Tickets include a complimentary glass of wine, canapés and petit fours.
General admission $35, AF members $25.
This film is rated M due to nudity, offensive language & sexual content.
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Globe Theatre |
Francophone Film Festival 2026 - Asterix et Obelix au service de sa majesté (Asterix and Obelix in Britain)
Alliance Française Palmerston North is proud to present the 2026 Edition of the Francophone Film Festival in celebration of French
Language and Francophonie Month in New Zealand.
The comedy and adventure film ASTERIX AND OBELIX AU SERVICE DE SA MAJESTE (ASTERIX AND OBELIX IN BRITAIN) will be screened at The
Globe Theatre, 312 Main St, Palmerston North on:
Saturday 21 March at 4 pm
Sunday 29 March at 4 pm
Asterix and Obelix travel to Britain to help Anticlimax, Asterix's Breton cousin, defeat Julius Caesar and the invading Romans.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLr8aU-sTb8
Tickets can be purchased from the Globe Theatre box office or online at What’s On -
Globe Theatre.
General admission $15, AF members $10.
Screening in French with English subtitles.
This film is rated PG.
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Globe Theatre |
Francophone Film Festival 2026 - Jeunes mères (Young Mothers)
Alliance Française Palmerston North is proud to present the 2026 Edition of the Francophone Film Festival in celebration of French
Language and Francophonie Month in New Zealand.
The film JEUNES MERES (YOUNG MOTHERS) will be screened at The Globe Theatre, 312 Main St, Palmerston North on:
Saturday 21 March at 8 pm
Tuesday 24 March at 2 pm
Friday 27 March at 4 pm
Saturday 28 March at 6 pm
Jessica, Perla, Julie, Ariane and Naïma are housed in a shelter for young mothers. Five teenagers hoping for a better life for themselves
and their babies.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCRlbrtCWzA
Tickets can be purchased from the Globe Theatre box office or online at What’s On -
Globe Theatre.
General admission $15, AF members $10.
Screening in French with English subtitles.
This film is rated M due to Domestic abuse themes & drug references.
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Globe Theatre |
Francophone Film Festival 2026 - Un amour impossible (An Impossible Love)
Alliance Française Palmerston North is proud to present the 2026 Edition of the Francophone Film Festival in celebration of French
Language and Francophonie Month in New Zealand.
The drama UN AMOUR IMPOSSIBLE (AN IMPOSSIBLE LOVE) will be screened at The Globe Theatre, 312 Main St, Palmerston North on:
Saturday 21 March at 1.30 pm
Tuesday 24 March at 7 pm
Friday 27 March at 1.30 pm
At the end of the 1950s, Rachel, a young office clerk living in a provincial town, meets Philippe, a well-educated man from a wealthy
family. They share an intense but short-lived romance from which a daughter is born. Over the next 50 years, their lives will be shaped by
the unconditional love between a mother and her daughter, overshadowed by the impossible love of a woman for a man who rejects her, and
of a daughter for an absent and abusive father.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaqI5MwSPeo
Tickets can be purchased from the Globe Theatre box office or online at What’s On - Globe Theatre.
General admission $15, AF members $10.
Screening in French with English subtitles.
This film is rated R16 due to sex scenes & sexual abuse theme.
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