February 2024
Jack Page Brings The Funk
JACK PAGE brings the FUNK A ferocious night of groove is upon us, from a band newly reunited - Jack Page and the Usual Suspects are back in Ōtautahi bringing the FUNK of James Brown & Curtis Mayfield. Featuring a 4-piece horn section, a stacked line-up of singers and plenty of the city’s familiar faces. Make sure to bring ya dancing shoes. DOORS 8:00 MUSIC 9:30 Flux Friday February 9th
Find out more »South For Winter – Southern Lights Tour
South For Winter - Dreamy acoustic duets, bluesy murder ballads and foot-stomping folk. Tickets are available through The Little Andromeda BIO: With a blend of dreamy acoustic duets, foot-stomping folk and bluesy murder ballads, New Zealand-formed and Nashville-based South for Winter’s sound is as eclectic as their origins. The act is comprised of New Zealander Nick Stone and Coloradan Dani Cichon, and together the two multi-instrumentalists and songwriters combine elements such as percussive acoustic guitar, resonator guitar, mandolin, suitcase stomp,…
Find out more »Calexico – Feast Of Wire 20th Anniversary Tour
BANISHED MUSIC & STRANGE NEWS TOURING PRESENT: CALEXICO Feast Of Wire 20th Anniversary NZ Tour - February 2024 Friday 9th February - Opera House, Wellington Sat 10th February - Loons, Christchurch Sun 11th February - Powerstation, Auckland Banished Music Pre-Sale - Friday October 27th, 10AM General on sale - Monday October 30th, 10AM Tickets from www.banishedmusic.com Boy oh boy, do we have some scorching hot news for you? Tucson, Arizona’s favourite sons, Calexico, are finally making their long-awaited return to…
Find out more »Party Of Special Things To Do
Duo Guylaine Cosseron / Diemo Schwarz (FR) Ōtautahi musical adventurers (watch this space) Guylaine Cosseron is an animalistic singer exploring a 'total voice' where all components of vocal sound are part of musical expression. Diemo Schwarz is based in Paris and an active contributor both to improvised music practice using computers, and to emergent research on concatenative synthesis, a technique where tiny particles of sound are re-assembled algorithmically into new sonic realities. Their duo folds exploratory voice and fragmented electro-acoustics…
Find out more »Clare Sands
Clare Sands 'Ná chaill do chéoldán' Tour 2024 (Don't lose your inner song Tour) Wed 31st January - Mussel Inn, Onekaka Sunday 4th February - Dunedin Folk Club, Dunedin Sunday 11th February - Wunderbar, Lyttelton Sands excavates into Ireland's ancient myths & landscapes whilst exploring the political exigencies of it's here and now… A bold, beautiful album brimming with ideas. - Songlines Magazine Channeling the music of her ancestors, Clare Sands is a unique force in Irish music. Weaving traditional…
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