Captain Sergeant Major & Force Fields
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
Cornerstone Roots Journey
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
ONE DROP Black Barn
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
ONE DROP Matakana
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
The Nudge
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
The Nudge
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
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
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
Tiger Translate Wellington
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
Fat Freddy's Drop The Road to Opononi
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
Mamaku Project
French bohemian roots, Pacifica dub and electro-Oriental-jazz
Bands: Mamaku Project
- Sat 15 May - The Crater Room - Taupo
The Freddy's Show
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
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
Fat Freddy's Drop + Special Guests
Grouse Line Up At Black Barn
Bands: Fat Freddy's Drop, Lady 6, Little Bushman & The Turn Around
- Sun 7 Mar - BlackBarn - Hastings
Fat Freddy's Summer Shakedown
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
Tambolele & Afro Sambas of Baden Powell
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
Fat Freddy's Drop Live
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
The RavenMaster Series
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
The Woolshed Sessions
Matinee Session for Black Barn
Bands: The Woolshed Sessions
- Sun 26 Apr - The Underground Wine Cellar, Black Barn - Havelock North
THe Woolshed Sessions Live at Black Barn
String Us Along in The Underground Wine Cellar
Bands: The Woolshed Sessions
- Fri 24 Apr - The Underground Wine Cellar - Hawke's Bay
The Woolshed Sessions
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
Mel Parsons & The Rhythm Kings
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
Fat Freddy's Drop at The Powerstation
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
Sandwiches SummerSet
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
Ginger Brown
Like Nothing You've Heard Before Baby
Bands: Ginger Brown & Special Guests
- Sat 17 Jan - Whammy Bar - Auckland
Rhombus
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
Jam Session
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
The Woolshed Sessions
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
MPC Championship Of The World
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
FLOWZ & RIO Jam Sessions
FLOWZ & RIO Jam with Live Bands
Bands: FLOWZ & The USOS, Rio Hemopo & Band
- Thu 26 Jun - Bar Bodega - Wellington
Bluff Nets Freddy's
Freddy's Live at Bluff Town Hall for Oyster Festival
Bands: Fat Freddy's Drop
- Sat 24 May - Bluff Town Hall - Bluff
New Zealand String Quartet & Richard Nunns
ERUPT Taupo Festival special in Turangi
- Fri 16 May - Tongariro School, Waipapa Rd, Turangi - Taupo
The Poet
Erupt Taupo Festival Presents
Bands: Tower Voices New Zealand and New Zealand String Quartet
- Sat 17 May - The Crater Room - Taupo
Richard Gilewitz
Finger Gymnastics at ERUPT Taupo Festival
Bands: Richard Gilewitz
- Tue 13 May - The Crater Room - Taupo
New Zealand String Quartet with Richard Nunns
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
Moana and The Tribe
Moana & The Tribe Live at ERUPT Taupo Festival
Bands: Moana And the Tribe
- Sat 10 May - The Crater Room - Taupo
Flowz - In The Heart Of The City
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
Un-cut Apple Album Release Tour
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
A Bush Party
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
Sandwiches Summerset 08
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
The Big Drop Off
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
Good Laika Debut Album Release
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
Happy Cones
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
Sandwiches 4th Birthday
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
Whiskey and Sly
Warm up on Fri with the Sly
DJs: Rosco and Jake Silverbeat
Bands: Whiskey and Sly
- Fri 20 Jul - Sandwiches - Wellington
Live At Sandwiches
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
Tama Waipara, Dirty Laundry Set with host MC Jeremy Taylor
DJs: MC Jeremy Taylor
Bands: Tama Waipara
- Mon 25 Jun - Matterhorn - Wellington
Age Pryor Shanks’ Pony National Tour 2007
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
Fat Freddy's Drop
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
Derrick May
Detroit Hi-Tek Soul Pioneer
DJs: Derrick May, DJ Coda, + Guests
Bands: Sandwiches
- Sat 2 Jun - Sandwiches - Wellington
Dirty Laundry
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
Coldcut
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
DJ DK
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