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Louie and The Hotsticks – Two Final Shows!
Exciting news for all those people who remember those fun filled nights at the MARINE TAVERN in Sumner with LOUIE and the HOTSTICKS. The band is coming back for one final time this NOVEMBER, 6 and 7 . Two shows are booked. November 6th - Lyttelton Arts Factory - Fully Seated November 7th - The Loons - All Standing Sadly both Wayne Beecroft and Wayne Jamieson are no longer with us but we have found two John's to take their…
OH MY GOTH! Dark Music Club Night
Sanctuary Events present OH MY GOTH! Dark Music Club Night DJs Regress & 59 to 1 will take you on a journey celebrating the Dark 80s featuring Goth Rock, Post-Punk, Dark Wave, Industrial, Death Rock, Future Pop, Cold Wave, Synth Pop +more Expect to hear music from a selection of these artists and more; ALIEN SEX FIEND, AND ONE, BAUHAUS, CABARET VOLTAIRE, CHRISTIAN DEATH, CLAN OF XYMOX, COCTEAU TWINS, COVENANT, DEAD CAN DANCE, DEATH CULT, DEPECHE MODE, ECHO AND THE…
Downriver
Spring has sprung, and there are no promises - Downriver is rolling down the Tahunanui hills to a town hall near you! With the release of their debut album looming, the six-piece folk-rock troupe is hitting the road. From Blenheim to Christchurch, Greymouth and Takaka, no stone shall be left to rock alone. Prepare yourself for a barn-burning, harp-bleating, flannel-fraying evening. WHAT TO EXPECT Pragmatic poetry takes centre stage while the rustic twang of an acoustic guitar drives the band.…
Finding Balance Album Launch/Live Concert Recording – Alex Boot
I’m really excited to present and record my debut solo album, Finding Balance. This project draws on influences from modern jazz, hip-hop, fusion and cinematic soundscapes. The work will be performed by a six-piece jazz ensemble featuring Cameron Pearce, Nick Pitts, Sam McKay, Luke Belcher, and Cameron Finlay. The music shifts between energetic, groove-driven passages and more spacious and atmospheric moments. I want my album Finding Balance to reflect the journey so many people go through at high-pressure moments in…
Gareth Thomas
The Christchurch show on a cosy Sunday evening. Performing songs from a huge 30 year catalogue - from Goodshirt through to the new Bits album. Expect a mixture of familiar & new and a healthy dose of experimentation.
Flight of the Conchords: New Zealand Tour 2026
After 14 years, New Zealand's self-proclaimed fourth most popular guitar-based digi-bongo acappella-rap-funk-comedy folk duo Flight of the Conchords are embarking on a nationwide tour.
Negative Approach 2026 AUS & NZ Tour
Check it out! At long last, one of the most vital bands to ever help start the movement are finally bringing their legacy-level, household hardcore anthems to Aus & NZ! Negative Approach. Yep, that one. Formed back in 81 and thought to be gone soon after, NA left us a short but permanent set of songs that still stand strong above the majority to this day. Reformed again only in 06, they pummelled their way right back through with even…
vegetable.machine.animal, w/ DSLB, Kina:suttsu(Japan), & Cloud Pepper
vegetable.machine.animal (vma) will tour Aotearoa New Zealand from 27 September to 28 November 2026 in support of TRIO, the project’s new album, co-released by Audio Foundation Records and skirted Records. The 20-event tour runs from Whanganui to Invercargill, taking in main centres and out-of-the-way venues alike. This show also features the wonderful guests - DSLB, Cloud Pepper, & Kina:suttsu(Japan) TRIO is billed as the “interspecies trio” — a collection of music grown from the interaction of drums, modular synthesis, and…
Dropper And Homing: Ōtautahi
DROPPER & HOMING: SOUTH ISLAND SHOWS Christchurch & Dunedin, November 2026 Two of Pōneke's most exciting emerging guitar bands are heading south this November for two nights of loud guitars, infectious melodies and raw live energy. DROPPER deliver emotionally direct songwriting amid dense, distorted guitar textures, creating compelling alternative rock that balances melodic immediacy with powerful, raw intensity. If frenetic melodies and emotional intensity are touchstones for you, this is your band. Following the release of their debut album Be…
Imperial Slave – Existential Threat Tour – Christchurch
Friday The 13th gig! IMPERIAL SLAVE unleash their third album EXISTENTIAL THREAT - October 16th 2026 on LP, CD and digitally. Produced by legendary German producer WALDEMAR SORYCHTA who has worked with some of the biggest names in Metal. Most notably DAVE LOMBARDO, CHUCK SCHULDINER, OVERKILL and produced GRIP INC., SODOM, UNLEASHED, SENTENCED, MOONSPELL, LUCUNA COIL and so many more.... WALDEMAR has bought a more professional sound to the band, as well helping out with arrangements and even plays some…
Ha The Unclear – Astigmatic! EP Release Tour
Ha the Unclear have announced their first new material since 2024, 'Cumberland St (Astigmatic)'. It's the first single from the group's forthcoming EP, Astigmatic! – due out 16 October. Of the track, vocalist Michael Cathro says: The song came from living in Dunedin after being away for a long time – Cumberland Street is this stretch of State Highway 1 going through the city, past the hospital and the university with heaps of traffic lights. The way the phasing is…
vegetable.machine.animal, w/Kina:suttsu(Japan), Gem.FM
vegetable.machine.animal (vma) will tour Aotearoa New Zealand from 27 September to 28 November 2026 in support of TRIO, the project’s new album, co-released by Audio Foundation Records and skirted Records. The 20-event tour runs from Whanganui to Invercargill, taking in main centres and out-of-the-way venues alike. This show also features the wonderful guests - Kina:suttsu(Japan), and local act GemFM TRIO is billed as the “interspecies trio” — a collection of music grown from the interaction of drums, modular synthesis, and…
Ha the Unclear – Astigmatic! EP Release TOur
In 2024, Ōtepoti | Dunedin indie band Ha the Unclear released their amalgam album A Kingdom in a Cul-de-Sac (Think Zik!/Virgin). Described in the French press as "a kaleidoscopic and surreal pop journey” (FIP), the band played their debut European headline show in Paris to promote the release following a stint back in Dunedin where songwriter Michael Cathro was writing songs in a shared space by the wharf. Those songs are now rearing their heads on the new 5-track EP,…
vegetable.machine.animal, w/ DSLB – Talk (5pm) & Performance (7.30pm)
vegetable.machine.animal (vma) will tour Aotearoa New Zealand from 27 September to 28 November 2026 in support of TRIO, the project’s new album, co-released by Audio Foundation Records and skirted Records. The 20-event tour runs from Whanganui to Invercargill, taking in main centres and out-of-the-way venues alike. This show also features the wonderful DSLB. There are two events - Talk at 5pm, performance at 7.30. The talk is koha entry, and is a presentation & discussion on vma's approach to more-than-human…
More-than-Human Music: An Introduction to the Interspecies Trio vegetable.machine.animal
Join visiting Pōneke percussionist Kieran Monaghan in conversation with multimedia artist-researcher Dr Jo Burzynska This talk introduces vegetable.machine.animal (VMA), an innovative biosignal-informed project exploring interspecies music-making. Visiting artist Kieran Monaghan will share the ideas, processes, and sound-thinking behind VMA, while discussion with multimedia artist-researcher Dr Jo Burzynska will draw connections with broader artistic approaches to collaboration across species and ecological systems. VMA is a project facilitated by Kieran Monaghan: kit drummer, percussionist of found sounds, and sonic explorer. Monaghan was…