ROCK out at the end of summer with Wellington's chief purveyors of sonic pop and angular rock n roll. Kaboom.

Bands: Captain Sergeant Major, Force Fields

• Fri 30 Mar - Bar Bodega - Wellington

Classic cool reggae band Cornerstone Roots celebrate new single Journey.

DJs: Tui SoundSystem

Bands: Cornerstone Roots, Ria Hall

• Fri 9 Dec - San Francisco Bath House - Wellington

Place your order now for the not-to-be-missed ONE DROP featuring Fat Freddy's Drop and The Nudge at Black Barn Vineyards in Havelock North.

Bands: Fat Freddy's Drop, The Nudge

• Sat 7 Jan - Black Barn Vineyards - Enter City

Place your order now for the not-to-be-missed ONE DROP event reuniting the original marauders of Aotearoa roots music Fat Freddy’s Drop, TrinityRoots and Cornerstone Roots.

Bands: Fat Freddy's Drop, TrinityRoots, Cornerstone Roots

• Mon 2 Jan - Ascension Wine Estate - Enter City

Keen? Keen!! Get a slice of The Nudge as they bring their neo primitive field holla again to San Francisco Bath House.

DJs: DJ Eclectica

Bands: The Nudge, Rio Hemopo

• Sat 22 Oct - San Francisco Bath House - Wellington

Big Nudge Pie Tour

Bands: Fraser Ross, Fraser Ross

• Sat 20 Aug - 12 Below - Dunedin

• Sun 21 Aug - The Penguin Club - Oamaru

• Fri 19 Aug - The Brewery - Christchurch

• Tue 23 Aug - The Good Oil - Dunedin

• Fri 5 Aug - San Francisco Bath House - Wellington

• Fri 26 Aug - Barluca - Invercargill

• Sat 27 Aug - Revolver - Queenstown

• Fri 9 Sep - Golden Dawn - Auckland

Fat Freddy's Drop Live at The Mercury Theatre & The Front Room

DJs: Mikki Dee

Bands: Fat Freddy's Drop

• Sun 22 May - The Mercury Theatre - Auckland

• Fri 20 May - The Mercury Theatre - Auckland

• Sat 21 May - The Mercury Theatre - Auckland

• Sat 4 Jun - The Frontroom - Wellington

The Woolshed Sessions proudly announce a rare reunion, playing two shows in Wellington and Hawke’s Bay this March.

Bands: Jess Chambers, Peter Hill, Andy Hummel, Lee Prebble, Al Fraser, Justin Firefly Clarke, Brett Skinner and Age Pryor

• Thu 24 Mar - San Francisco Bath House - Wellington

• Sat 26 Mar - Blackbarn Winery - Hastings

Music & art mash up Tiger Translate unleashed on the lush surrounds of The Opera House, Wellington City.

DJs: Zoloo (Mongolia), Electric Wire Hustle Sound System, Jewell School, Alphabethead

Bands: Adi Dick Summer Puha; Julien Dyne, Rikki Gooch and Parks; Scratch 22; Orchestra of Spheres

• Fri 26 Nov - The Opera House - Wellington

FFD NZ Summer Tour

Bands: Fat Freddy's Drop

• Tue 4 Jan - Brewers Field - Mount Maunganui

• Thu 6 Jan - Mangawhai Tavern - Mangawhai

• Fri 7 Jan - Mangawhai Tavern - Mangawhai

• Sat 8 Jan - Opononi Hotel - Enter City

• Tue 28 Dec - The Station Village Complex - Lower Hutt

• Wed 29 Dec - Butlers Reef, Oakura - New Plymouth

• Fri 31 Dec - Riwaka Hotel - Nelson

• Sun 2 Jan - Waihi Beach Hotel - Waihi

• Mon 3 Jan - Coroglen Tavern - Whitianga

French bohemian roots, Pacifica dub and electro-Oriental-jazz

Bands: Mamaku Project

• Sat 15 May - The Crater Room - Taupo

It’s time to play the music, it’s time to light the light, it’s time to meet Fat Freddy’s Drop on The Freddy’s Show, At a Theatre Near You.

Bands: Fat Freddy's Drop

• Fri 28 May - Bruce Mason Centre - Auckland

• Mon 31 May - Theatre Royal - Nelson

• Tue 1 Jun - Theatre Royal - Nelson

• Fri 4 Jun - Isaac Theatre Royal - Christchurch

• Sun 6 Jun - The Regent - Dunedin

• Fri 21 May - The Opera House - Wellington

ERUPT Lake Taupo Festival 2010 is set to rumble for 11 action packed days this May.

• Thu 6 May - Taupo Region - Taupo

• Fri 7 May - Taupo Region - Wellington

• Sat 15 May - Taupo Region - Wellington

• Sun 16 May - Taupo Region - Wellington

• Sat 8 May - Taupo Region - Wellington

• Sun 9 May - Taupo Region - Wellington

• Mon 10 May - Taupo Region - Wellington

• Tue 11 May - Taupo Region - Wellington

• Fri 12 Mar - Taupo Region - Wellington

• Sat 13 Mar - Taupo Region - Wellington

• Fri 14 May - Taupo Region - Wellington

Grouse Line Up At Black Barn

Bands: Fat Freddy's Drop, Lady 6, Little Bushman & The Turn Around

• Sun 7 Mar - BlackBarn - Hastings

Soul sensation Fat Freddy’s Drop is trading the big city lights for classic Kiwi holiday hot spots in The Summer Shakedown Tour.

DJs: DJ Fitchie (Mu)

Bands: Fat Freddy's Drop

• Sun 27 Dec - Brewers Bar - Mount Maunganui

• Mon 28 Dec - Coroglen Tavern - Whitianga

• Tue 29 Dec - Waihi Beach Hotel - Waihi

• Thu 31 Dec - Riwaka Tavern - Motueka

• Sat 2 Jan - Mangawhai Tavern - Mangawhai

• Sun 3 Jan - Mangawhai Tavern - Mangawhai

Sacred and Contemporary Rhythms from Minas Gerais, Brazil

DJs: Segio Perere

Bands: Segio Perere, Geovane Sassa, Santonne Lobato, Aloisio Horta

• Fri 16 Oct - Memorial Theatre (Victoria University) - Wellington

Dr Boondigga Album Shakedown

Bands: Fat Freddy's Drop

• Sat 7 Nov - The Powerstation - Auckland

• Sat 31 Oct - The Frontroom - Wellington

• Tue 6 Oct - The Powerstation - Auckland

Matterhorn- Every Thursday RavenMasters Jo Lindsay & Jeremy Taylor host fine music

DJs: Fur Patrol, Lawrence Arabia, The Friendly Barnacle, Mingus Bohannon, Sam Scott

Bands: The RavenMasters will present;Canapés, Ed Zucculo Trio, Sacha Vee, Roda de Samba, Station Delux & Jeremy Taylor

• Thu 8 Oct - The Matterhorn - Wellington

• Thu 15 Oct - The Matterhorn - Wellington

• Thu 22 Oct - The Matterhorn - Wellington

• Thu 29 Oct - The Matterhorn - Wellington

• Thu 5 Nov - The Matterhorn - Wellington

Matinee Session for Black Barn

Bands: The Woolshed Sessions

• Sun 26 Apr - The Underground Wine Cellar, Black Barn - Havelock North

String Us Along in The Underground Wine Cellar

Bands: The Woolshed Sessions

• Fri 24 Apr - The Underground Wine Cellar - Hawke's Bay

Discover the phenomenon that is The Woolshed Sessions.

Bands: The Woolshed Sessions

• Sun 19 Apr - MonteCristo Room, Toto - Auckland

• Sat 18 Apr - Leigh Sawmill - Auckland

Over My Shoulder tour

Bands: Mel Parsons & The Rhythm Kings

• Sat 21 Mar - Al's Bar - Christchurch

• Sat 28 Mar - Circadian Rhythm - Dunedin

• Mon 30 Mar - Le Cafe - Picton

• Fri 27 Mar - Dux De Lux - Queenstown

• Wed 18 Mar - Aunt Daisy's Cafe - Wellington

• Fri 20 Mar - Yaza - Nelson

• Wed 25 Mar - Buller Workingmen's Club - Westport

• Thu 2 Apr - The Mighty Mighty - Wellington

• Tue 17 Mar - Matinee - Taranaki

• Fri 13 Mar - Eggscentric Cafe - Whitianga

• Sat 14 Mar - The Wineceller - Auckland

Freddy's Buzz Powerstation

DJs: Usual suspects

Bands: Fat Freddy's Drop, Rio Hunuki Hemopo

• Sat 4 Apr - The Powerstation - Auckland

• Fri 3 Apr - The Powerstation - Auckland

Stellar line up led by big hitter Fat Freddy’s Drop for Sandwiches Summerset 09 Day-Nighter at Wellington’s iconic Basin Reserve.

DJs: Nick Warren, DJ Lynx with MC Kemo, Bass Kleph, Stuart Dun, DJ Dunsta, Pvans, Redbird Jnr, DDog, Dirty Needles, Marek and Takas

Bands: Fat Freddy's Drop, The Nextmen, Hollie Smith, Charlie Ash, Pitch Black , Module, Whiskey 'n' Sly

• Sat 18 Apr - The Basin Reserve - Wellington

Like Nothing You've Heard Before Baby

Bands: Ginger Brown & Special Guests

• Sat 17 Jan - Whammy Bar - Auckland

Rhombus Tour of Duty

DJs: Koa & Choice1

Bands: The Retainers

• Fri 5 Dec - TBC - Auckland

Rhombus Album Tour

DJs: Koa, Choice1 & whanau

Bands: Rhombus, special guests

• Fri 31 Oct - Sammy's - Dunedin

• Sun 7 Dec - Harbour Light - Lyttelton

• Thu 6 Nov - FLOW - Hamilton

• Fri 7 Nov - The Colosseum - Tauranga

• Sat 8 Nov - LakeHouse Hotel - Rotorua

• Sat 29 Nov - The Loaded Hog - Wellington

• Sat 25 Oct - Great Lakes Centre Theatre - Taupo

• Sat 29 Nov - Blue Lake Festival - Rotorua

• Fri 28 Nov - Loaded Hog - Levin

• Thu 30 Oct - Subculture - Queenstown

• Sat 6 Dec - The Phat Club - Nelson

• Fri 14 Nov - Butlers Reef, Oakura - New Plymouth

• Sun 16 Nov - Craggy Range, TOAST Martinbourgh - Martinborough

• Thu 27 Nov - Mangawhai Tavern - Mangawhai

• Thu 4 Dec - Cabana - Napier

• Sun 26 Oct - Boiler Room - Whakatane

FFD Live @ Civic, Chch

Bands: Fat Freddy's Drop

• Sat 25 Oct - Civic - Christchurch

Mashing it up with Aotearoa rap king, Dam Native.

DJs: Dj Raw Kerb 1 & Ninjastep

Bands: Flowz and the Usos, Dam Native

• Fri 24 Oct - Bar Bodega - Wellington

Lashings of lap-steel guitar and lush vocal harmony sing-a-longs.

Bands: Age Pryor - guitar/vocals; Andy Hummel - guitar/vocals; Jess Chambers - guitar/vocals; Justin Firefly Clarke – guitar, banjo, vocals; Al Fraser - taonga puoro, guitar/vocals; Lee Prebble - lap steel; Peter Hill – bass; and Brett Skinner – drums.

• Sat 11 Oct - BATS Theatre - Wellington

• Fri 10 Oct - BATS Theatre - Wellington

• Thu 9 Oct - BATS Theatre - Wellington

• Thu 23 Oct - Founders' Mainstage - Nelson

Who Will Clinch The Supreme Title?

Bands: Imon Starr, MU, Jetlag Johnson, Clubba Laing, Dobie Blaze, Riki Gooch, Rio, Fulla Flash, Submariner, Jeremy Ota, Julien Dyne, Killamanraro, P-Money & Kava.

• Thu 25 Sep - Bar Bodega - Wellington

Jam Sessions @ Bodega

Bands: FLOWZ & The USO'S, Whiskey & Sly

• Thu 31 Jul - Bar Bodega - Wellington

Welli hip hop battle on the big screen

DJs: DJ Kerb

• Fri 25 Jul - Paramount - Wellington

FLOWZ & RIO Jam with Live Bands

Bands: FLOWZ & The USOS, Rio Hemopo & Band

• Thu 26 Jun - Bar Bodega - Wellington

Freddy's Live at Bluff Town Hall for Oyster Festival

Bands: Fat Freddy's Drop

• Sat 24 May - Bluff Town Hall - Bluff

ERUPT Taupo Festival special in Turangi

• Fri 16 May - Tongariro School, Waipapa Rd, Turangi - Taupo

Erupt Taupo Festival Presents

Bands: Tower Voices New Zealand and New Zealand String Quartet

• Sat 17 May - The Crater Room - Taupo

Haunting Sounds at ERUPT Taupo Festival

Bands: Richard Nunns

• Thu 15 May - The Crater Room - Taupo

Finger Gymnastics at ERUPT Taupo Festival

Bands: Richard Gilewitz

• Tue 13 May - The Crater Room - Taupo

Erupt Taupo Festival Special in Taupo

Bands: NZ String Quartet & Richard Nunns with Alexa Still

• Thu 15 May - St Andrew's Church Titiraupenga St, Taupo - Taupo

LIVE AT ERUPT Taupo Festival

Bands: Alexa Still

• Fri 16 May - The Crater Room - Taupo

Live at ERUPT Taupo Festival

Bands: Batucada Sound Machine

• Sat 17 May - The Crater Room - Taupo

STRIKE Hit Turangi

Bands: STRIKE Percussion

• Tue 13 May - Tongariro School Hall - Taupo

Moana & The Tribe Live at ERUPT Taupo Festival

Bands: Moana And the Tribe

• Sat 10 May - The Crater Room - Taupo

Partake in the recording of live grooves

Bands: LA Mitchell

• Wed 23 Apr - The Matterhorn - Wellington

Album Release Whoop whoop

DJs: Dj Sir Vere (Akld) Kerb (Welli)

Bands: FLOWZ & The Usos

• Fri 18 Apr - Bar Bodega - Wellington

• Fri 11 Apr - Zen - Auckland

Tokyo-based Maori musician Ben Kemp brings his unique 'Polyn-Asian' sound to the shores of Aotearoa

Bands: Ben Kemp and Uminari with Anna Coddington (AK), Good Laika (WGTN)

• Thu 6 Mar - The Classic - Auckland

• Thu 13 Mar - Mighty Mighty - Wellington

• Fri 14 Mar - Harbour Light - Lyttleton

Sunday Picnic Session Added To Bush Party

DJs: Mu, Cian, Slave, Thief

Bands: Fat Freddy's Drop, Flowz & The Usos

• Sun 24 Feb - Music Mountain Matakana - Matakana

• Sat 23 Feb - Music Mountain Matakana - Matakana

Squad Confirmed

DJs: Norman Jay(UK), Tom Middelton(UK), Downtown Brown, LTJ Bukem(UK)

Bands: Shapeshifter, CrazyP (UK) Opensouls, Rhombus, The Black Seeds, Sunshine Sound System and more

• Sat 22 Mar - Basin Reserve - Wellington

Flowz in the Fale

Bands: Flowz and The Uso's and guests

• Thu 22 Nov - Sandwiches Club - Wellington

Contraband sounds dropping this NYE

DJs: Mu, Cian, Kava

Bands: Ladi6 & Parks, Fat Freddy's Drop, Shapeshifter

• Mon 31 Dec - Shed 1, Queens Wharf - Wellington

In the past, Wellington band Good Laika has created much but shared little. This is all about to change...

Bands: Good Laika with Age Pryor opening

• Thu 30 Aug - The Mighty Mighty - Wellington

Live Debut

DJs: Dj Hopepa

Bands: Happy Cones feat Iain Gordon, Maaka McGregor, Rio Hemopo, Aaron Tokona, Toby Laing & Andreas Lepper

• Sat 25 Aug - San Francisco Bath House - Wellington

Family big shots are gathering to shoot the breeze, drop funky beats and raise glasses to four years of good times at Sandwiches

DJs: Mu, Downtown Brown,Takas and Jake Silverbeat

Bands: Ladi and Parks, KPz and The Sunshine Sound System Mc Mana

• Sat 18 Aug - Sandwiches - Wellington

Warm up on Fri with the Sly

DJs: Rosco and Jake Silverbeat

Bands: Whiskey and Sly

• Fri 20 Jul - Sandwiches - Wellington

Ep release for Lost Companions

Bands: Matt Langley and Band

• Sat 28 Jul - Happy - Wellington

Down Courtenay Place way, every Wednesday evening, the mood at Sandwiches kicks back with glass clinking, foot tapping sonic jazz grooves. Led by the Ford / Tipping / Wise Trio, the weekly residency at Sandwiches was recently recorded for posterity and t

Bands: Charmaine Ford, Nick Tipping and Richard Wise

• Wed 25 Jul - Sandwiches - Wellington

Tama Waipara, Dirty Laundry Set with host MC Jeremy Taylor

DJs: MC Jeremy Taylor

Bands: Tama Waipara

• Mon 25 Jun - Matterhorn - Wellington

Riding to a town near you

Bands: Age Pryor Live Band

• Thu 28 Jun - Sarjeant Gallery - Wanganui

• Fri 29 Jun - T House - Napier

• Fri 22 Jun - Leigh Sawmill - Auckland

• Thu 21 Jun - Schooner Tavern - Auckland

Freddy's Live @ The Front Room

Bands: Fat Freddy's Drop

• Fri 8 Jun - The Front Room - Wellington

• Sat 9 Jun - The Front Room - Wellington

Detroit Hi-Tek Soul Pioneer

DJs: Derrick May, DJ Coda, + Guests

Bands: Sandwiches

• Sat 2 Jun - Sandwiches - Wellington

Singer/songwriters air their Dirty Laundry @ The Matterhorn

Bands: Flip Grater, Grayson Gilmour, Adi Dick, Ryan Prebble

• Mon 9 Oct - Matterhorn - Wellington

• Mon 23 Oct - Matterhorn - Wellington

• Mon 30 Oct - Matterhorn - Wellington

• Mon 6 Nov - Matterhorn - Wellington

Sound Mirrors extravaganza: deep grooves, audio & visual jams + digi content

DJs: Stinky Jim, DJ MU

Bands: Coldcut, Juice Aleem, Pitch Black

• Thu 28 Sep - St James - Auckland

• Fri 29 Sep - Opera House - Wellington

Morphing Ninja styles to the Welli dancefloor with a 4 hour club set

DJs: DJ DK

Bands: DK, LOOP VJs, plus The Silverbeats & Carlito

• Sat 3 Jun - Sandwiches - Wellington

Freddy's On The Road!

DJs: Fitchie

Bands: Fat Freddy's Drop

• Thu 16 Jun - St James - Auckland

• Sat 30 Jul - Town Hall - Christchurch

• Fri 29 Jul - Sammy's - Dunedin

• Thu 28 Jul - Town Hall - Wanaka

• Sat 23 Jul - Shed 6 - Wellington