Musical Snapshots of the 1951 Waterfront Dispute

Bands: Chris Prowse and the Waterfront Collective

• Sun 12 Sep - Circa Theatre - Wellington

• Mon 13 Sep - Circa Theatre - Wellington

Departure Lounge is ready to ride with a special performance for the New Zealand Fringe Festival

DJs: OG

Bands: Departure Lounge

• Sat 6 Mar - Mighty Mighty - Wellington

New Zealand's 1951 Waterfront dispute raised serious questions about the importance of civil liberties during times of internal conflict.

Bands: The Waterfront Collective, Eva Prowse, Tessa Rain

• Tue 17 Feb - The Ruby Lounge - Wellington

Australian Multi-Instrumentalist Adam Page is returning to Wellington, but this time he is bringing some friends... The Adelaide Sax

Bands: Adam Page, Adelaide Sax Pack

• Sun 20 Dec - Downstage Theatre - Wellington

The finest talent of Aotearoa's alternative hip-hop scene will be assembled for one night only of rap royalty.

DJs: To be announced

Bands: Rap Authoritar, others TBC

• Fri 12 Feb - San Francisco Bath House - Wellington

The New Zealand Fringe is back for another year and what a very good year it is: It's the 20th birthday of Fringe, so it's going to be one massive candle of creative goodness to blow out in 2010.

Bands: Various

• Sun 7 Mar - Various - Wellington

• Fri 12 Feb - Various - Wellington

The exclusive Island Time party is back- and this time it's bigger, better, and louder.

DJs: Cadence, Linechecker, Tapes, Jungle Fari

Bands: The Nomad, King Kapisi, International Observer, Oakley 'O.G.' Grenell

• Thu 31 Dec - Space Bar - Auckland

A top-notch line-up has been set for the biggest party in Wellington

DJs: Radio Active 89FM's Roots and Culture, Topknot, Ras Twig, Carlito, Misteek

Bands: The Black Seeds, Unity Pacific, Little Bushman, Electric Wire Hustle

• Fri 6 Feb - Hataitai Velodrome - Wellington

Celebrate the launch of their debut album When The Fever Takes Hold

Bands: Spartacus R, Ragamuffin Children and The Biff Merchants

• Sat 31 Jan - Sammy's - Dunedin

Double Album Release

Bands: Spartacus R w/ Ragamuffin Children

• Fri 30 Jan - DuxDelux (outdoor concert) - Queenstown

Celebrate the launch of their debut album When The Fever Takes Hold

Bands: Spartacus R w/ Ragamuffin Children

• Sat 24 Jan - Red Rock Bar - Wanaka

Spartacus R double album release and a week of relaxing and music with Ragamuffin

Bands: Spartacus R w/ Ragamuffin Children, Ryan Prebble & Panda

• Tue 27 Jan - Milford Lodge (Blue Duck bar) - Milford Sounds

• Mon 26 Jan - Milford Lodge (Blue Duck bar) - Milford Sounds

• Wed 28 Jan - Milford Lodge (Blue Duck bar) - Milford Sounds

• Thu 29 Jan - Milford Lodge (Blue Duck bar) - Milford Sounds

Celebrate the launch of their debut album When The Fever Takes Hold

Bands: Spartacus R w/ Ragamuffin Children

• Sun 25 Jan - Stewart Island Festival - Stewart Island

Celebrate the launch of their debut album When The Fever Takes Hold.

Bands: Spartacus R w/Dermania Lloyd and Le Mot Cafe

• Fri 23 Jan - The Harbourlight - Christchurch

Spartacus R bring their celestial psychedelic rock to New Zealand to celebrate the launch of their debut album When The Fever Takes Hold.

Bands: Spartacus R, Dermania Lloyd & Le Mot Cafe

• Fri 23 Jan - Harbour Light - Lyttelton

Spartacus R bring their celestial psychedelic rock to New Zealand to celebrate the launch of their debut album When The Fever Takes Hold.

Bands: Spartacus R & The Undercurrents

• Thu 22 Jan - Al's Bar - Christchurch

Spartacus R bring their celestial psychedelic rock to New Zealand to celebrate the launch of their debut album When The Fever Takes Hold.

Bands: Spartacus R & Jessie James

• Tue 20 Jan - The Mussel Inn - Onekaka

Spartacus R bring their celestial psychedelic rock to New Zealand to celebrate the launch of their debut album When The Fever Takes Hold.

Bands: Spartacus R, Sora Shima & Doteyes

• Sun 18 Jan - The Yot Club - Raglan

Spartacus R bring their celestial psychedelic rock to New Zealand to celebrate the launch of their debut album When The Fever Takes Hold.

Bands: Spartacus R, Ryan Prebble

• Thu 15 Jan - Bar Mode - Palmerston North

• Sat 17 Jan - Leigh Sawmill - Auckland

Enchanting and ethereal sounds of two of New Zealand's finest practitioners of sweet pop and electro.

DJs: Module aka Jeremiah Ross

Bands: Ragamuffin Children, Module

• Fri 21 Nov - Bar Bodega - Wellington

The AMI Pop Star concert series matches the best of New Zealand contemporary music with the power and grace of a full live orchestra for an unmissable concert experience.

Bands: Dave Dobbyn and the Wellington Orchestra

• Tue 11 Nov - Michael Fowler Centre - Wellington

She is a performer unlike anyone else in Godzone.

Bands: Sheba Williams

• Sat 22 Nov - San Francisco Bath House - Wellington

She is a performer unlike anyone else in Godzone.

Bands: Sheba Williams

• Sat 15 Nov - Khuja Lounge - Auckland

Party-goers have a refreshingly new option this New Year's Eve with an exclusive event planned for Auckland's Waiheke Island this year.

DJs: The Nomad, Yonisis, R.I.A., Cadence, Range, Benjammin,

Bands: The supervisions (VJ's)

• Wed 31 Dec - Sandbar - Auckland

The Nomad says haere ra to Aotearoa with the Walkabout tour in September / October 2008

Bands: The Nomad

• Sat 18 Oct - Bar Baralla - Rotorua

The Nomad says haere ra to Aotearoa with the Walkabout tour in September / October 2008

Bands: The Nomad

• Sat 11 Oct - Denniston Dog - Westport

The Nomad says haere ra to Aotearoa with the Walkabout tour in September / October 2008

Bands: The Nomad

• Fri 10 Oct - Double Happy - Christchurch

The Nomad says haere ra to Aotearoa with the Walkabout tour in September / October 2008

Bands: The Nomad

• Sat 4 Oct - The Phat Club - Nelson

The Nomad says haere ra to Aotearoa with the Walkabout tour in September / October 2008

Bands: The Nomad

• Fri 3 Oct - Sandwiches - Wellington

The Nomad says haere ra to Aotearoa with the Walkabout tour in September / October 2008

Bands: The Nomad

• Sat 27 Sep - Revolver - Queenstown

The Nomad says haere ra to Aotearoa with the Walkabout tour in September / October 2008

Bands: The Nomad

• Fri 26 Sep - Modaks - Dunedin

The Nomad says haere ra to Aotearoa with the Walkabout tour in September / October 2008

Bands: The Nomad

• Sat 20 Sep - Basement bar - New Plymouth

The Nomad says haere ra to Aotearoa with the Walkabout tour in September / October 2008

Bands: The Nomad

• Fri 19 Sep - Lazydaise Bar - Palmerston North

The Alternative Rugby Commentary is back, on the ball and full of all the clichés, calls and controversy you won't hear in your average rugby commentary.

Bands: The Jed-Eye - Jed Thian

• Sat 5 Jul - The Loaded Hog - Wellington

• Sat 12 Jul - The Loaded Hog - Wellington

• Sat 26 Jul - The Loaded Hog - Wellington

• Sat 2 Aug - The Loaded Hog - Wellington

• Sun 17 Aug - The Loaded Hog - Wellington

• Sat 13 Sep - The Loaded Hog - Wellington

New Zealand electronic musician The Nomad presents a tour of New Zealand to promote his new album Selected Works, a collection of his favourite originals, new tracks and remixes.

DJs: The Nomad and guests

Bands: The Nomad

• Sat 19 Jul - Revolver - Queenstown

• Thu 24 Jul - The Phat Club - Nelson

• Sat 16 Aug - Rakinos - Auckland

• Sat 12 Jul - Soho bar - Gisborne

• Fri 18 Jul - Red Rock Bar - Wanaka

• Fri 25 Jul - Denniston Dog - Westport

• Sat 26 Jul - Double Happy - Christchurch

• Fri 15 Aug - Sandbar - Waiheke Island

• Fri 4 Jul - Sandwiches - Wellington

NZ's electronica legend The Nomad returns to Sandwiches with his live band of Welli allstars, featuring special guest Module

DJs: The Nomad, Module, Range

Bands: The Nomad, Module, Antsman, Ras-Stone, MC Jazz, Lorenzo, Redbird Jr

• Sat 15 Mar - Sandwiches - Wellington

Imagine, if you will, a concert where the audience enter a new dimension; a dimension not only of sight and sound but of the mind

Bands: Spartacus R, Giles McNeil

• Sat 16 Feb - Paramount Theatre, Courtenay Place - Wellington

One Love is the big music festival for Wellingtonians on February 6, Bob Marley's birthday

DJs: Radio Active's Roots and Culture DJs

Bands: J Star, Hikoikoi, The Yoots

• Wed 6 Feb - Hataitai Velodrome - Wellington

The glitz, the glamour and the Grande Finale!

Bands: TBC

• Sun 2 Mar - Paramount Theatre - Wellington

Fringe turns up the heat with Surfin' On The Fringe, featuring three of the hottest surf bands in New Zealand.

Bands: Hollow Grinders, The Damned Evangelist, The Tape Men

• Fri 9 Feb - San Francisco Bath House - Wellington

The city provides the space and inspiration, the Fringe provides the chalk and you transform the waterfront with colour, inspiration and artistic abandon

DJs: n/a

Bands: n/a

• Fri 16 Feb - Civic Square - Wellington

Grab the kids or the flatmates and soak up the sun at Fricnic, the Fringe’s picnic with a twist.

DJs: TBC

Bands: TBC

• Sat 16 Feb - Civic Square - Wellington

Fringe 08 promises a feast of live theatre, comedy, outdoor events, visual arts, dance, music and so much more – all of it is creative, artistic boundary-pushing and passionate

DJs: Festival - multiple performances

Bands: Festival - multiple performances

• Thu 1 Mar - Multiple Venues - Wellington

• Thu 22 Feb - Multiple Venues - Wellington

• Fri 8 Feb - Multiple Venues - Wellington

• Thu 15 Feb - Multiple Venues - Wellington

L.A. Mitchell is set to unveil her live show to national audiences

Bands: LA Mitchell

• Wed 14 Nov - Fat Eddies - Christchurch

• Thu 15 Nov - Matterhorn - Wellington

• Sun 18 Nov - Shanghai Lil's - Auckland

New Zealand's national contemporary dance company Footnote Dance present their 2007 Forte season featuring Miniatures, choreographed by Malia Johnston.

Bands: Footnote Dance Company, Choreographer Malia Johnston, music by Eden Mulholland (Motocade)

• Fri 12 Oct - Regent Theatre - Dunedin

• Sat 6 Oct - James Hay Theatre - Christchurch

• Sun 21 Oct - Bay Court Theatre - Tauranga

• Fri 26 Oct - The Opera House - Wellington

• Sat 27 Oct - The Opera House - Wellington

• Tue 16 Oct - Sky City Theatre - Auckland

Mandatory are hosting a spectacular fashion, music and visual arts event for their tenth birthday

DJs: Daimon, Kava, Marek

Bands: Scribes of Ra, Dallas Temaira, Nektar Visuals

• Fri 20 Jul - San Francisco Bath House - Wellington

Acclaimed New Zealand band Rhombus return to Napier for one show only

DJs: Koa, Choice1

Bands: Rhombus, Tropical Downbeat Orchestra

• Fri 27 Apr - Latitude Live - Napier

The Nomad drops live tunes from his new album and old favourites, with King Kapisi and O.G.

DJs: The Nomad, Lemon, Choice1

Bands: The Nomad, King Kapisi, O.G.

• Fri 27 Apr - Sandwiches - Wellington

The Phoenix Foundation will play a one-off show April 28 to help raise funds for their assault on the United States

Bands: The Phoenix Foundation, Grand Prix

• Thu 19 Apr - San Francisco Bath House - Wellington

New territory for New Zealand contemporary dance and music culture is being explored in the debut of Made in New Zealand

Bands: Footnote Dance Company

• Sat 19 May - Hastings Opera House - Hastings

• Thu 3 May - The Herald Theatre, Aotea Centre, Auckland CBD - Auckland

• Fri 4 May - The Herald Theatre, Aotea Centre, Auckland CBD - Auckland

New territory for New Zealand contemporary dance and music culture is being explored in the debut of Made in New Zealand

Bands: Footnote Dance Company

• Fri 27 Apr - The Opera House, Courteney Place - Wellington

The Nomad drops live tunes from his new album and old favorites, with King Kapisi and O.G.

DJs: The Nomad, Lemon, Choice1

Bands: The Nomad, King Kapisi, O.G.

• Fri 27 Apr - Sandwiches - Wellington

One Love 2007, celebrating a decade of giving Wellingtonians a superb day out in the Waitangi Day sun.

DJs: TBA

Bands: TBA

• Tue 6 Feb - Hataitai Velodrome - Wellington

This year's New Zealand Fringe Festival is back, better and more chaotic than ever before

DJs: Various - see www.fringe.org.nz for details

Bands: Various - see www.fringe.org.nz for details

• Fri 9 Feb - Wellington City-wide - Wellington

Talvin Singh, creator of the Asian Underground sound and winner of the coveted Mercury Prize for music DJs in NZ for the first time ever

DJs: Talvin Singh, Big Badda Boom Crew, DJ Art

• Fri 8 Dec - Sandwiches - Wellington

• Sat 9 Dec - Studio - Auckland

The nationwide cutting-edge music video awards for creative kiwis returns for its ninth year. Check Video Here...

Bands: Finalists include videos for: The Sorecocks, Charlie Ash, Onanon, Missing Teeth, Video Kid, Anji Sami, The Gladeyes, Battle Circus, Arkitype, HDU, Boss Christ, Agent Alvin, Thrashing Marlin, Mathew Saville, Flip Grater

• Wed 20 Sep - The Embassy Theatre - Wellington