November 2025
Alphabethead, Displeasure, Birdparty & Desire Path at Lyttelton Coffee Co.
Please join Alphabethead, Displeasure and Birdparty this December as they traverse Aotearoa on a journey to present genre-expanding music that seeks to stimulate the brain, and move the body! These three acts differ widely from one another but are unified in friendship and the shared pursuit of life-affirming, body-moving combinations of rhythms, bass and formidable sound design. Alphabethead is celebrating the release of “My Name Is David", his debut album of electronic music on Sunreturn. Displeasure release "Billionaire Death Drive",…
Find out more »Tom Cunliffe & Ali Whitton
Come get some folk songs! Laugh, cry, dance, drink, gasp, dream and go home with a belly full of music. Tom Cunliffe returns with 'Spit Out Your Gum' – his fourth album and most intimate release to date. Vivid, offbeat, and full of heart, the record captures Cunliffe at his most direct, delivering a collection of songs that glow with warmth and humanity. Across its tracks, Cunliffe takes listeners on a journey from the streets of London to the bright…
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Darkroom Open Mic Night
Join us for our Open Mic Night, on the first Weds of each month! Doors open 6:30pm with music from 7pm Sound person, drum kit, mics, and bass and guitar amps provided. Sign up on the blackboard on the night to play for up to 15mins. Spots are limited, first in first served. Musicians and bands of any genre, and any musical ability/experience level welcome to perform. Solo acts and group acts all welcome! Free entry R18 R.O.A.R.
Find out more »Nadia Reid Enter Now Brightness Tour
This December acclaimed songwriter Nadia Reid journeys back to New Zealand and Australia in celebration of Enter Now Brightness; her critically lauded fourth album which was released on Chrysalis in February 2025. December 5 / Christchurch / The Piano Presale 10am (NZST), Wednesday 16th April General on sale 10am (NZST), Friday 18th April Register for presale at banishedmusic.com/subscribe The Manchester-based expatriate New Zealander is known for her ruminative and well-crafted folk-inflected songwriting, and with Enter Now Brightness she presents a…
Find out more »Carnival For Change
Celebrate resistance, block coal, and dance ya socks off at this festival-protest celebrating activism and art in Ōtautahi! Everyone is invited to this festival of arts, music, kai, and learning. The problems we face are even bigger than just climate and ecological breakdown. That's why those working for peace, protecting Te Tiriti, defending workers rights, and other aligned causes are also invited to help create the big allied movement that we need. The festival is being organised by Climate Liberation…
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