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Bill Hammond: Playing the Drums
3 August 2019 – 19 January 2020 A selection of work by Aotearoa New Zealand's favourite painter/drummer From his early frenetic interior views where crazed rock singers scream for attention, to his famous paintings of elegant bird-humans staring silently into the distance, this curatorial collaboration between artist Bill Hammond and curator Peter Vangioni provides a welcome opportunity to view works by one of Aotearoa New Zealand’s favourite painters. Hammond is also a musician – a drummer – and musical references…
Lee Martin live at O.G.B
Come and enjoy the live acoustic sounds of Lee Martin at the award winning bar O.G.B
SCAPE Public Art Season 2019
Local and internationally renowned artists will bring a sense of solidity and location during this year’s six-week Season in central Christchurch from 5 October – 20 November 2019. Focusing on materiality and place, the artworks will be linked via the SCAPE Public Art Walkway and the theme of Rock (heft, in terms of both physicality and concept). Managing Curator, Emma Bugden has designed the Season as the first of a 3-year programme entitled Rock : Paper : Scissors, which invites…
Lee Martin live at O.G.B
Come and enjoy the live acoustic sounds of Lee Martin at the award winning bar O.G.B
Lee Martin live at O.G.B
Come and enjoy the live acoustic sounds of Lee Martin at the award winning bar O.G.B
Lee Martin live at O.G.B
Come and enjoy the live acoustic sounds of Lee Martin at the award winning bar O.G.B
Wunderbar Showcase & Open Mic
EVERY TUESDAY: WUNDERBAR OPEN MIC We love open mic night at the Wunderbar and we're now giving you even more time to play. Open mic will now play from 7-10pm, with no showcase to break up the flow. Why the change? Part of our M.O. is to develop talented local musicians. While the showcase was good, it just wasn't growing our musicians to the next level. We have some big plans for our experienced musicians, those who are ready for…
Strange’s Comedy – Free open mic night
Strange's Comedy! Seats fill up fast so get in early! Show starts at 8pm Strange's Comedy is one of NZ's premier open mic comedy nights! Come see the freshest talent giving it a go and some experienced pro's trying out some of their freshest material. Winner of Best Regular Show at the Chch comedy awards. Held at the Winner of Best Venue - Strange & Co. It will no doubt get a little strange, heck it'll even get a bit…
The RDU 98.5FM & Three Boys Electronic Live Sessions
RDU 98.5FM & Three Boys Brewery present: A LIVE TO EAR series featuring our city’s best live electronic acts at the city’s best brewery. Featuring: Beacon Bloom- November 8th ＴＯＹＯＴＡ - November 14th Fight Legends - November 22nd THE RDU LIVE ELECTRONIC SESSIONS Free Entry from 5 PM on the above dates - with the best beer in town on tap.
Ecstatic Dance Christchurch – November
What is Ecstatic Dance? It's like a dance club... but without the shoes, phones, spectators, booze, smoke or drugs... it's a guaranteed evening of REALLY good music that moves you in ways you didn't know you could! It's a dance floor for 2 hours only... where you can be free to dance deep without inhibition or interruption. Simple, sensual and spectacular. Expect epic peaks & deep warm depths... finished off with a mini sound healing meditation.
Hermitude | Christchurch
Hermitude are taking their new songs on tour around the world! Aus/NZ friends, sign up https://arep.co/t/Hermitude-AUNZ-2019 to score *exclusive pre-sale* tix and prizes Keep an ear out for their new song ‘Northern Lights’ featuring Grammy nominated Soaky Siren and Vory. The Australian duo (AKA Luke Dubs and El Gusto) have also just announced a whopping big world tour with Australian dates scheduled for this November. The tour kicks off in Hong Kong and will see the duo travel throughout Asia,…
Summer Party 2019 (Christchurch show)
Welcome to Summer Party 2019!! (Christchurch show) Featuring - Skinny Hobos (Akl) Captives (Aus) Pieces of Molly Animalhead (Akl) Streakers Enfire House of Mountain Hawaiian Maiden ***Please keep in mind the Chch and Akl shows have slightly different lineups ^^ This is the full Chch lineup above ^^ *** Boomboombookings is proud to present Summer Party 2019, featuring surely the best rock lineup the South Island has seen this year! It's going to be a huge night of massive bands…
The Sad Party
Come find your inner emo and have a bawl with us at the Sad Party! 3 LIVE BANDS of misfits and loners to dance and cry with... Pretty Dumb! Ken's Tea Band! Fuzzy Pump! It's ok to be sad sometimes, so come have a wallow with us and we might even turn your frown upside down! Koha entry, and spot prizes for costumes! *** If you or anyone you know is experiencing real problems, we encourage you to reach out.…
Dominic Hoey, Michael Pedersen, Omar Musa – Christchurch
WORD Christchurch is pleased to announce the return of three of the biggest hits of the 2018 festival. Poets Omar Musa (Australia), Michael Pedersen (Scotland) and Dominic Hoey (New Zealand) will once again come together from different parts of the globe to regale you with poetry. Omar Musa is a Malaysian-Australian author, rapper and poet from Queanbeyan, Australia. He has released four hip hop records, three poetry books his debut novel “Here Come the Dogs” was long-listed for the International…
Ecstatic Dance Christchurch – November
What is Ecstatic Dance? It's like a dance club... but without the shoes, phones, spectators, booze, smoke or drugs... it's a guaranteed evening of REALLY good music that moves you in ways you didn't know you could! It's a dance floor for 2 hours only... where you can be free to dance deep without inhibition or interruption. Simple, sensual and spectacular. Expect epic peaks & deep warm depths... finished off with a mini sound healing meditation.