The Button Factory

🟡 KAI FOR OUR BIRTHDAY! 😄 Whatever your plans are before arriving, make sure one of them is saving your appetite.

We're excited to have Gildas Catering joining our Birthday Celebration with a feast of Spanish-inspired goodness, including:

🥘 Traditional Paella (meat & vegetarian options)
🥪 A selection of their much-loved Spanish sandwiches
🍟 Crispy hot fries
🥨 Fresh churros served warm

💥 FINAL TICKETS GOING FAST
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🌿 SPECIAL TREATS FOR OUR BIRTHDAY ⭐️ THIS SATURDAY 📅We're blessed to have some extra-special offerings available throughout our birthday celebrations. Whether you're looking for a little nourishment, a mood lift, or an indulgent treat, we've got you covered. 💖

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🔸 LEESI'S JAMU: A traditional Indonesian wellness tonic crafted from turmeric, ginger, tamrind, jaggery, and spices. Bold, warming, and revitalising, jamu has been enjoyed for generations as a daily ritual to support (gut + immune) vitality and wellbeing.

🔸 PURPLE PEONY CHOCOLATE TRUFFLES: Handcrafted in small batches using premium ingredients and ethical cacao, these decadent truffles are pure indulgence.

🔸 KARMACEUTICALS: Thoughtfully formulated botanical blends designed to support different states of being, from relaxation and connection to focus and upliftment. Add a few drops to your drink and explore a range of plant-powered elixirs created to complement social, creative, and mindful experiences.

🔸 AROHA MĀ SPICY CHAI: A blessing in every cup. Crafted in Whāingaroa (Raglan), Aroha Mā's Ayurvedic chai blends seven freshly ground organic spices including cinnamon, ginger, cardamom, clove, star anise, nutmeg, and black pepper. Caffeine-free, naturally sweetened with jaggery, and created to nourish body, mind, and community through the simple act of sharing chai.

Dose yourself up with a little self-love while you're here. We'll have these beautiful offerings available to help nourish the journey.

📅 SATURDAY 13TH JUNE
❤️ IN THE HEART OF TĀMAKI
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🤩 TWO FLOORS 🏭 TWO YEARS ✌️ TWO GOOD TO MISS 💥 The Button Factory turns two this Saturday and the programme is has finally landed! ⭐️ For the first time ever, we're opening both levels of the building as active event spaces, transforming the entire venue into a living playground of music, comedy, performance, connection, food, art, fire, and celebration! 🔥

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From a stacked comedy showcase upstairs, to Afro-jazz fusion powerhouse Ozi Ozaa, immersive performances curated by Aurora Creative NZ, DJs, live music, fire spinning, visual installations, workshops, and spontaneous moments you couldn't plan if you tried, this is shaping up to be one of the biggest days in Button Factory history.

Nau mai, Haere Mai, welcome to this home for arts & creativity. Here's two another cycle around the sun! ☀️

📅 SATURDAY 13TH JUNE
❤️ IN THE HEART OF TĀMAKI
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Life is a work in progress. That's how things are feeling like at the factory these days. We're well underway with our fit-out and renovations. Making multiple decisions on the fly...pulling up our sleeves working this labour of love. The grit, the graft the sawdust and paint.

If you feel like mucking in — drop by for a visit! It's beautiful to see this community space take shape by many hands that contribute to this project.

But does it ever end? The scaffolding comes down as art goes up on the walls. The painting on the walls are done as the drapes are sewn for hanging.

We realise this place is ever evolving, sometimes rough round the edges, but with a steadfastness to create a home for the creative principle that is ever unfolding. A dynamic canvas that contains something of the mystery that inhabits the silence. The space around the spoken words or familiar objects of perception. What will we see here in the future?

Will you weave your thread through this button? What will you bring together in the aftermath of the chaos. Is there a method to this madness? Will you be the show? Or simply show up.

A big heartfelt love to all the buttons working day & night to bring life into this concrete box within a concrete cityscape that longs to breathe and blossom.

😂 COMEDY SHOWCASE ⭐️THE BUTTON FACTORY TURNS TWO 📅 SATURDAY 13 JUNE 💥As part of The Button Factory's 2nd Birthday celebrations, we're bringing together an incredible lineup of comedians from across Tāmaki Makaurau for an hour of laughs, absurdity and delightful chaos.

🥁 GRAB TICKETS NOW
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Headlined by 2026 Billy T Award winner Joel Vinsen, the showcase also features Comedy Festival favourites, award winners, RAW Comedy Quest finalists, rising stars, and some of the most original voices currently working the Aotearoa comedy circuit.

✴️ Featuring:
🔹 Annie Guo
🔹 Elliot "Woody" Wood
🔹 Laura Donaghey
🔹 Sophie Stone
🔹 Anjula Prakash
🔹 Alex Petropavlovskiy
🔹 Adi Das
🔹 Joel Vinsen
🔹 Maca

The showcase has been curated by Ryan "Maca" Macauley, who has worked tirelessly to bring this lineup together for our birthday celebrations. A comedian, writer, performer, and creative force in his own right, Maca has become a familiar face on the Auckland comedy scene, known for his uniquely absurd perspective and razor-sharp writing.

From absurd observations and cultural commentary to deadpan brilliance, immigrant tales, millennial disappointments, and stories that probably shouldn't be told in public, expect a night of laughs from a lineup that represents the depth and diversity of comedy in Aotearoa.

The comedy showcase kicks off the evening before we roll into live music, a 10-piece Afro-jazz fusion orchestra, DJs, contemporary dance, fire performance, installations, food, drinks, and a whole lot more!

🏭 The Button Factory
📅 Saturday 13 June
⏰ Comedy Showcase: 6:00pm–7:00pm

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🟠 COMING UP 🎛️ BLEND: ELECTRO-ACOUSTIC JAM 🎧 WEDNESDAY 17 JUNE 😍 Blend brings musicians and live electronic artists together to explore, improvise, and create music collaboratively.

Blend is a curated electro-acoustic jam where experimentation takes centre stage. No fixed genre. No prescribed outcome. Just a room full of creative minds listening, responding, and building something unique together in real time.

Over four hours, musicians rotate through a series of evolving collaborations using live instruments, electronic setups, drum machines, modular gear, vocals, effects and more. Every session is different.

PLEASE NOTE Performer spots are now sold out, but audience tickets are still available.

🏭 The Button Factory
⏰ 7:00pm – 11:00pm
⚡️ Audience Tickets: $10
👉 Book now: thebuttonfactory.co.nz/events/blend/

🔥 Te Ahi Ora @ The Button Factory 🔥 For thousands of years, humans have gathered around fire. It healed us. It connected us. It made us whole.

We're bringing that back.

Te Ahi Ora has worked with 80,000+ participants across 184 schools - and we believe fire & flow arts could be one of the most powerful tools to unite and strengthen our communities against the many modern ailments currently impacting us all.

🌀 Come watch. Come feel. Come play 💫 On June 13th, at The Button Factory's 2nd Birthday, you get to Enter the Circle. Ever wanted to learn to dance with fire? This is your moment. Our systems make learning easy and fun - and ensure the safety of all involved.
Our highly trained staff will bring you in, equip, and empower you to dance with fire.
Safety note: If you wish to participate, no wigs or long wispy clothing - tie back or cover long hair.

😍 This could be the beginning of something 💥 If enough of you feel the call, we'll begin hosting regular fire nights & lessons right here at The Button Factory.

📝 Help us make it happen - tap the link and register your interest.
👉 forms.gle/JvD2gQ9ZAnNbBT6fA

Find out more about us: teahiora.co.nz
Te Ahi Ora 🙌

☀️ THIS SATURDAY MORNING 🧘‍♀️ We're getting excited here for Yoga and Pancakes. 🥞 Join Dani from Yoga Aotearoa for vinyasa flow followed by bottomless pancakes and cacao. Come for either or, or both!

😍 BOOK NOW: gather.rsvp/zgtm3hr

YOGA: 9am-10am: Dani’s teaching style weaves together creative movement, compassion and curiosity to help you feel more connected to your body and your self. All abilities are welcome.

PANCAKES: 10am – 12pm: Pancakes & Purple Peony Cacao. We will have vegan and GF options & a selection of toppings, bring any random things in your fridge that need using up 🙂

Please note: walk ins are welcome but this event won’t run if we can’t cover the budget for ingredients, so grab your tickets early to make sure this happens!

💛 BOOK NOW: gather.rsvp/zgtm3hr