There are exhibition openings all over town this week! The opening of the Wintec exhibition class installation Let Me Down Gently saw Damsels and The Colour and the Kids play in a storefront window last night. On Thursday evening, Ariki Gallery launches Post-Digital Primitive, an exhibition of stencil art curated by Glen Leslie (Underwater Collective) and Marama Mayrick. The show starts at 5:30, with live performances by Venomous Mic Technicians. Then on Friday at 5:30, New Friends Gallery presents the opening of Joel Thompson's Science and Myth. New Friends' George Watson hosts her own exhibition, Walking and Falling, in the alleyway beside Thorndon Gallery on Barton Street from 6pm on Wednesday 11 June.

Independent Grocery Hamilton opens its doors (557 Victoria, underneath Auteur House) on Friday 13 June, with live performances from 6:30 pm. It's sponsored by the good people at Mata Beer. I can personally vouch for the deliciousness of their fine product. The Ignition Fringe Festival takes over Hamilton from 13 June, with a Performance Cafe at the Meteor Theatre (1 Victoria Street). Tickets are $10 waged/$7 unwaged. There's a cash bar, and plenty of twisted local talent guaranteed. James Wilson's new collection, Bronwyn Gets Her Death On will be on display in the Meteor foyer during the Ignition festival. Another Ignition event, Adrienne Grant's Camera Obscura will turn New Friends into a human-sized pinhole camera from 3pm, Saturday 14 June. Real Life, an exhibition by Marion Chastelas and Cathleen Tarawhiti, opens at Ariki Gallery, 5:30pm on Monday 16 June with wine, nibbles and live entertainment from Marion and Ray.

Let Me Down Gently, Ramp Gallery, Collingwood Street (now open)

Post-Digital Primitive, Ariki Gallery, 555 Victoria Street (above Mark1), opens 5pm Thursday 5 June

Science and Myth, New Friends Contemporary Art Space, 186 Victoria Street, opens 5:30 Friday 6 June

Walking and Falling, alley beside Thorndon Gallery, Barton Street, 6pm Wednesday 11 June

Hamilton Independent Grocery opening, 557Victoria Street , 6:30 13 June

Bronwyn Gets Her Death On, Meteor foyer, 1 Victoria Street, 13 June

Camera Obscura, New Friends Contemporary Art Space, 3pm, Saturday 14 June

Real Life, Ariki Gallery, Victoria Street, opens 5:30 Monday 16 June

Ignition Fringe Festival, various venues, 13-21 June

Check Hamilton Community Arts Council and Mammoth event guide for more details.