February 2026
Party Of Special Things To Do – night 1
Festival of adventurous music and deep listening February 7th Concert - Lyttelton Coffee Co. 8pm February 8th Deep listening wananga - Red-zone location TBC 2pm Concert - Space Academy 8pm Mahina Kingi-Kaui Rory Dalley / Michael Kime / Haimoana Palmer / Luka Reardon Anna Fält (Finland, supported by Swedish Arts Grants Committee) Jean-Philippe Gross (France, supported by Rise / La Muse en Circuit - Musica, and La Spedidam) Raquel Thomas / Stephanie Engelbrecht Ira Hadžić (Germany, supported by the Goethe-Institut)…
Find out more »Friday 13th Party – Katharticus, Narcotic Tonsils, Leahevil
Don your darkest outfit, bring your unlucky charm, cast a good-time spell and celebrate Friday 13th with us! Music by: LeahEvil Narcotic Tonsils Katharticus (Ōtepoti Dunedin) This event will be just $10 at the door, or score a super deal online with $5 tickets from Under The Radar. Doors - 8pm R18. R.O.A.R.
Find out more »RADIO WITHOUT PICTURES DJ Music Night
Sanctuary Events present Radio Without Pictures - DJ Music Night For a generation of music fans before the internet, Radio with Pictures (1976 - 1989) was a vital link to the music that mattered — and essential viewing before TV2's Sunday night horror flick. Revisit the classic tunes from the late 70's and 80's as DJ's Regress & Selecta Buddub take you on a journey of iconic music featuring punk, new wave, synth pop, indie, post-punk and more. Tickets from…
Find out more »An Evening Out With StupidSaysWHAT!? And Ratcry
Ladies, Gentlemen, and everyone else please put your hands together for “An Evening Out with StupidSaysWHAT!?”. On a mission to release their first album this year, StupidSaysWHAT!? take to the stage bringing you with them on a musical journey through nostalgia. With a set full of classic covers and pop-punk inspired originals, get ready to be taken all the way back to the 2000s. Joining them at darkroom for the first time are the incredible punk-powerhouse 'RatCry'. With an impressive…
Find out more »All Ages | Only You | Evergreen Terrace | ANTIBODY
LIVE FAST, DIE YOUNG PRESENTS: All Ages Gig w/ Only You, Evergreen Terrace & ANTIBODY. Performing live at Space Academy on February 27th! Only You are a female-fronted emo band blending 90s emo nostalgia and the intensity of modern hardcore. Inspired by Title Fight, Scowl, Have Heart, and pretty much anything else that is suffixed by "core." Evergreen Terrace are a new 4-piece emo/melodic hardcore adjacent band from Springfield, or close enough! (Ōtautahi, Aotearoa). Taking inspiration from bands like Modern…
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