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FREE SHOW: Radio On Proto Punk/Punk Showcase plus RDU’s Missy G
Radio On have been broadcasting Proto Punk and Punk classics to Otautahi audiences throughout 2024. The 5-piece band features the local legends Gene-Pool Belmondo on vocals and guitar and Mark Android on lead guitar and vocals. They pride themselves on delivering the music they grew up on with the reverence it deserves. Featuring songs by artists such as: Sex Pistols, The Clash, Ramones, Bowie, Buzzcocks, T-Rex, Magazine, The Stooges, The Velvet Underground, plus more! Plus RDU's Missy G (Girlschool Radio)…
EUPHONY – House, Progressive & Trance
Following a string of successful shows in Auckland and Queenstown, Lost In Sound is heading to Christchurch for the very first time this May with their multi-city experience: EUPHONY. 🔥 Join us for a dance with one of your favourite electronic brands, Lost In Sound with a night of house, progressive and trance with DJs Ramz V (AKL), Hitman (AKL) & Christchurch's very own, Will Percy. Expect deep grooves, euphoric melodies, and a dancefloor anthems! Tickets are only…
Moonflower + Mudbelly
Moonflower have entered their new phase as four. With the tasty grooves and sweet harmonies from new drummer/ backing vocalist Adrian Barnett, the band invites you to witness their first show with the new line-up. Bunny Reid has stepped out from behind the kit and is ready to blow the roof off with some of the biggest vocals you’ll hear from a human being. The four are playing a lengthy set and have the lovely Mudbelly opening the show with…
Pateras/Russell, Poltroon, Zeug Gezeugt Et Al.
Anthony Pateras is an Australian composer, pianist and electronic musician who occasionally crosses the Ditch. He works across many contexts: modern classical, acousmatic diffusion, film soundtrack, free improvisation, experimental rock, and various mutations of electronica. He’s written for leading ensembles & avant-garde musicians, composing a 90+ catalogue of pieces which combine instruments, electronics, improvisation and notation in idiosyncratic ways. Pateras has over 50 releases on labels including Tzadik, Editions Mego, Ipecac, Another Timbre, Futura Resistenza, Shelter Press, Cave 12 &…
Bootleg Rascal | Christchurch
Kia ora, New Zealand! Get ready to groove as Bootleg Rascal hits our shores for an epic tour this May! The Aussie legends are bringing their infectious mix of reggae, rock, and hip-hop to four amazing cities, and they’ll be joined by special guests The Darlings from Tauranga. Tour Dates: - Thursday, 15th May 2025 - Auckland - The Mothership - Friday, 16th May 2025 - Wellington - San Fran - Saturday, 17th May 2025 - Christchurch - The Loons…
Powder Chutes Album Release Tour – Lyttleton
Powder Chutes debut album will be released on 11th April, and to celebrate it we're heading out on tour. “Everybody wake up… these boys have got the sauce!” – Johnny Stevens, Highly Suspect Along the way we'll be trying to play with as many epic guest bands as possible. Lyttleton it’s your turn and we're bringing our old friends RED WEEKEND (Christchurch) and fecking rock legends HAAST HUNTER (Hamilton) along for the ride...Boom! Tickets on Under The Radar Get amongst…
Moonflower + Mudbelly
Moonflower have entered their new phase as four. With the tasty grooves and sweet harmonies from new drummer/ backing vocalist Adrian Barnett, the band invites you to witness their first show with the new line-up. Bunny Reid has stepped out from behind the kit and is ready to blow the roof off with some of the biggest vocals you’ll hear from a human being. The four are playing a lengthy set and have the lovely Mudbelly opening the show with…
National Treasures
Continuing our bold kickoff as Euphonic and Boom Candy present - National Treasures: Mt Eden, Trei, and Burnzy, with support from Mish & Greeen and Bad Birds Prepare yourselves for a night a homemade talent. For NZ Music Month, Euphonic and Boom Candy proudly present: National Treasures. To celebrate the artistry that our lovely set of islands have to offer we have brought together a triple headliner with some of biggest names in NZ bass music. Firstly: Burnzy, the Auckland-based…
Joan As Policewoman
Critically acclaimed multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter Joan As Police Woman returns to Aotearoa New Zealand in May 2025 for a three-date career-spanning solo tour including material from new album Lemons, Limes & Orchids. Lemons, Limes & Orchids - out now via Play It Again Sam - promises an intimate journey through the unique soundscape of Joan As Police Woman (aka Joan Wasser) - blending jazz, ambient, and electronic elements. This tour offers a chance to experience Joan’s artistry up close, as…
Free Artist Development Session – Developing Safer Music Communities
Darkroom’s free, informal, peer-run sessions are back - and this time, we’re diving into the real shit that doesn’t get talked about enough in the music world. Want to be part of creating a safer, more inclusive music scene? Wondering how to use your words, art, and presence to help set a positive tone in our community? Not sure what to do if you see or experience something that makes you feel uncomfortable? Want to find out about what tools,…
Darren Pickering Small Worlds – ‘Three’ (Album Release Show)
Renowned Ōtautahi pianist Darren Pickering returns to the Space Academy stage yet again, to celebrate the release of his 3rd album 'Three'. Come hear his 'Small Worlds' jazz project live at 03 Sessions, with Heather Webb (guitar), Pete Fleming (bass), & Jono Blackie (drums). "With the 3rd instalment of their series of albums (following on from critically acclaimed ‘Volume One’ & ‘Volume Two’), Darren Pickering Small Worlds continue their through-composed & improvisational explorations into the melding of jazz, folk, song-based…
Monotones, Swipers, Rappids And Isolar Playing Music In Technicolor
Monotones are returning to Darkroom to play some music in technicolor and we'll be bringing our loud n lovely pals from Swipers, Rappids and Isolar to make some extra fuzzy noise for all who know a good lineup when they see one... So come one, come all for only $10 see 4 stellar bands playing loud original groovy tunes with maybe a crowd pleasing cover or two thrown in. It'll be something much needed for you ears, and you might…
Martin Sagadin – Martin iz Zgornje Bele – Album Announcement Show
Martin Sagadin’s debut solo album weaves together their Slovenian roots with Aotearoa’s rich folk music scene. Martin iz Zgornje Bele refers to the village Martin grew up in, and the album transports the listener to a pastoral but deeply internal space, casting a meditative and emotionally charged spell. An album announcement show is to take place at Space Academy in Ōtautahi Christchurch, as Martin’s first headlining show with support from Georgia Knight. The album was produced by Brooke Singer (French…
Adrenochrome Babies, Slightly Imperfect, Carne Verde
Adrenochrome Babies are back... After a busy couple of months of recording and fighting off systemically induced malaise, we’re looking forward to performing live again for the first time in 2025 and bringing you more of that internet-rotted, drug-addled, spoken word mania you know and love. Completing the lineup on this musically varied evening will be the poly-rhythmic musings of CARNE VERDE and the surreal folk duo Slightly Imperfect. CARNE VERDE - CARNE VERDE is the malformed brainchild of percussionist…
Techno Tunnel
Geezers Playing Tunes & Speaker Fraker NZ Present: Techno Tunnel!! Wunderbar Lyttelton 23/05/25 9pm - 2am Loose yourself in mind-bending beats, pounding baselines, and hypnotic melodies, welcome to a night of pure techno energy! Local Artists: Krispy (Speaker Freaker) DJMJ (Speaker Freaker) Solo (Speaker Freaker) Lou Bizzle (Geezers Playing Tunes) Tom7 (Geezers Playing Tunes) Tickets Available- Under the Radar - $10 + booking fee $10 on the Door Check yo self…..offer alert!!! Early Bird 2 x Tickets = $10 +…