August 2026
Brain Storm – A Musical Journey of Recovery by Bryony Matthews
Brain Storm is an immersive live music and storytelling experience exploring the realities of traumatic brain injury and the long road to recovery. Created by Ōtautahi singer songwriter Bryony Matthews, the show weaves together original songs, personal storytelling, and evocative visuals to share a deeply human story of loss, resilience, and adaptation. Drawing on Bryony's own experience of life-changing head trauma, Brain Storm offers a rare and honest glimpse into the often-unseen challenges of living with an acquired brain injury.…
Find out more »You Should Be Dancing @ The Loons
You Should Be Dancing is back again for one last dance! A disco dancing celebration. A boogie wonderland featuring classic tunes groovy enough to make even a statue move. A club night of super danceable disco hits! If you love disco, or just want to shake your thing and have a great time, this night is for you. All kinds of nice people are welcome. Dress up or down. Good times will be had on the grooviest dance floor with…
Find out more »OPIUO
OPIUO returns to Christchurch after a 4 year hiatus. Join us for a funk fuelled basstastic evening of good vibes and tasty sonic treats at the Sydenham Underpass - Friday 14 August. DOORS at 2000. Opiuo is a genre-bending plethora of auditory and visual masterclasses. Born in 1984 in ruralNew Zealand, his parents provided the land upon which music festivals were held. This extremely formative growth surrounded by the early incarnations of Aotearoa’s electronic music scene exposed him to the…
Find out more »Women in the Mix: Sweet as Sin (1st Birthday)
It's our first birthday and we're celebrating… sinfully. Take a bite of the forbidden fruit and join us for one year of WOMEN IN THE MIX! An all-wahine, all-night, multi-genre takeover at Sin After Dark. Friday, 14 August | 10:30PM – 3AM Original Sin 76 Hereford Street, Christchurch Central City, Christchurch 8011 Featuring: BNZY (DNB Liquid Rollers), BAD BIRDS B2B SAVVY (DNB), DAMAGE CONTROL (Dubstep), INDECISIVE (UKG), MISS JANE (Tech House) , SPACELLA (DNB), MC JENNALYNN
Find out more »Hine – Ka Mua Ka Muri EP Release Tour
KA RONGO KOE KI TE WAIATA O TE KŌIWI? Can you hear the song of the bone? Supported by Creative NZ - Gigi Crayford under 'HINE' presents the debut EP ‘KA MUA KA MURI out 25th July’. A music journey tracing the threads of Whakapapa, exploring relationship to Atua, Pūrākau and the transformation of learning an ancestral tongue. Recorded on ancestrally affiliated land with full instrumentation by herself and her whānau, this project is drawn from deep wells of meaning…
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