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4EPS Release Celebration – Sivle Talk, Sogg, U-No Juno, Vagina Dry
4EPS is a stellar collaborative double-vinyl EP from DUN Records. Paying homage to the iconic 1982 Dunedin Double, it features four distinct EPs by Ōtepoti (Dunedin) bands: Sivle Talk, Sogg, Vagina Dry, and U-No Juno. And the bands are celebrating!
Bloody Hell Album fundraiser with Desoration and Castrator
Bloody Hell are raising funds for their second album, joining them are Desoration and Castrator! Merch available on the night, as well as a raffle for some Bloody Hell merch!
Foundations
The Music Managers Forum Aotearoa (MMF) is proud to announce FOUNDATIONS, a refreshed evolution of its long running Back to Basics seminar series. Presented in collaboration with Ka Korokī Ka Maranga | Māori Music Industry Collective, FOUNDATIONS is a free two hour workshop for artists and self managers in the early stages of building a music career. For this session, we will be joined by Mikee Carpenter (Manager - Georgia Lines) and Minnie Robberds (Artist, There’s A Tuesday) SECURE YOUR…
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.…
Hanne Jøstensen The Lighthouse Winter Tour
Wellington singer-songwriter Hanne Jøstensen’s delicate and stirring songs carry the sort of intimacy you find in a good friendship. Her intricate second EP ‘The Lighthouse’, released in autumn 2026, reached #10 on the Aotearoa Album Chart and spent three weeks in the top 20. Hanne's music navigates her unique upbringing on a tiny Norwegian island (where her grandfather was a lighthouse keeper), woven into modern day life on the wild south coast of Aotearoa. She is celebrating the release of 'The…
Joyful Revolution – Intersectional Fundraising Gig
In support of 𝗣𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗔𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗼𝗮 (𝗣𝗦𝗡𝗔) and 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗟𝗶𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗼𝗮 (𝗖𝗟𝗔). This night we come together in joy and solidarity. Recognising that we are all fighting the same fight and that joy is the fuel for the revolution. We will start the night with poetry and storytelling, followed by live performances from 3 incredible acts. With different flavours of music to suit a wide range of tastes, we will build the energy together through the night finishing with…
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.…
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…
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…
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
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…
The Rainfall – Death Of My Youth Album Release Show
Space Academy - 371 Saint Asaph Street, Christchurch Central City The Rainfall return to Space Academy on Saturday, August 15 for a special all-ages headline show celebrating the release of their sophomore album. With support from Not Exact from the Bay of Plenty and Christchurch’s Face First, expect a high-energy night of emotionally charged pop-punk, new songs, fan favourites, and the kind of chaos that only a Rainfall show can bring.
Pieces of Molly Live! At A Rolling Stone.
Fresh off the release of their latest single 'Alligator', Pieces of Molly are heading out a rock n roll tour starting at A Rolling Stone on the 15th of August! Joining them are Otautahi's 90's legends Slim and up and comer rockers Mental Joy.
Wild East EP Fundraiser
Oh yeah! Wild East are back at the Wunderbar, this time to raise funds for their upcoming debut EP. It will be a night of brand new alt rock/indie tunes direct to you from one of Christchurch's most exciting current bands. Joining them will be Abel Carson, who will be warming up the PA with a solo set Doors at 8pm, don't miss your chance to hear these songs before they are let loose on the big wide world!
Born Under Punches w/ YEA
Born Under Punches is a new ensemble comprised of improvisers Reuben Derrick, Theo Henderson and Reece McNaughten. Together they will play quiet sounds, loud sounds, gentle sounds, crude sounds, wise sounds, foolish sounds… sounds brought screaming into the world, sounds abandoned in the dark, sounds raised up into the terrible light. Y.E.A is the experimental sonic culmination of two musician doppelgangers taking a stab at a miasma of local social afflictions, shared observations of sardonic hedonism in the information age,…