Indie-pop duo Hugh and Hannah bring their quintessential Di-lemma sound to Space Academy for one night only! With a unique mixture of ages, influences and styles, Di-lemma creates a beautiful alternative-indie sound. After their last sell-out show, bookings are recommended.

Dateline are celebrating the release of their new single Choose Me by going on tour throughout Aotearoa. Katie Everingham's Dateline project returns in 2024 with a new band featuring Hikurangi Schaverien-Kaa (Ebony Lamb, French For Rabbits, Glass Vaults), Phoebe Johnson (Ebony Lamb, Revulva), and Reuben McDonald. Choose Me is the first new music since their critically acclaimed 2022 debut album Dumb For My Age. With her shit-hot band in tow, Choose Me was recorded at Vogelmorn Hall by Jonathan Pearce (The Beths)…

Ōtautahi indie psych rockers Guideless are presenting a night of indie antics, to celebrate their upcoming single Prototype. If they get their sh%* sorted in time that is! We've got support from a bunch of young upcoming bands. Third Junction are making their mark with tight and catchy songs and stellar musicianship. Peppy Baggins are a duo of brothers who combine lush soundscapes and infectious melodies. Self Titled bring surfy vibes and a raw energy. Music starts at 8pm.

Simurgh is a Christchurch-based fusion ensemble of traditional instruments from Iran, Afghanistan, Turkey, India, and the Arabic world. The group was born out of the collaboration between multi-instrumentalists Esmail Fathi, Liam Oliver, Nelson & Pragunya Myers-Daly, as well as other local musicians and singers experienced in these rich music traditions. Esmail and Liam are known for co-founding the eponymous Simurgh Music School, Aotearoa’s first organization aimed to teach the performing arts from Persia and surrounding regions. Nelson and Pragunya are…

Ōtepoti indie rockers the Audio Visual Drop Kicks are heading to Ōtautahi for their first out-of-town gig this year! Joining them at Space Academy will be slow core experts Palo Alto and local legends Pool House. With tickets just $10 this is not one to miss! Limited door sales available at $15.

From 8pm on the 19April at Space Academy, KWASI headline their first major show. You might know them from singles such as “Glide” and “Pulling Strings”. Join them and their friends Moider Mother and The Tiny Dangers. $10 from UTR or on the door. KWASI comprise RMF Thomas (Mad Frank) and James Robinson (notv). Their fusion yields fun, unpredictable tracks. Each tune feels like a cosmic adventure, blending infectious beats with dreamy melodies. KWASI defies genre, pushing boundaries with innovative…

Ōtautahi artist Mim Jensen is celebrating her birthday with a very special show at Space Academy with support from CAITLIN, Amber Carly Williams and Wayward Summer. You can expect good times, great music, party games and a party hat on the house! Rock up early so you don't miss out on any of the fun!

Dr Joctopus live at Space Academy 3rd of May 2024 Following the success of his debut show in September of last year, Doctorjoctopus, (Jono Blackie), returns for a second round at Space Academy, presenting an electrifying new live set on a 360-degree stage. Starting in 2022, Jono's passion for blending live acoustic drums with traditional computer and DJ-dominated music genres, such as drum and bass, was sparked by an idea from his older brother. Inspired by the utilization of 60s…

Proudly endorsed by Melted Ice Cream, Paulo Santo + Greg Malcolm's Just Like Jim and Slightly Imperfect Paulo Santo - is the alias of Sam White, well known jazz guitarist and multi instrumentalist. These songs are an internal exploration. The mind is as endless as the universe and Paulo Santo doesn’t have any space ships, but they have pens and journals and guitars and excited to share what they found. The songs are a collection of nonsensical word vomit, heartbreaking…

Agnes Aleesy (Alice Tanner) returns to 03 Sessions to share new songs, reimagine old ones, and join together to find some beauty in the existential dread. Known for her comedic interludes and oversharing between sad songs, she is a spectacle not to be missed. Come and hear all the stories and bathe in the dreamy vocal sounds. A mix of folksy jazzy RnB-y soulful sausages and whatever happens. Gotta be there to find out. PLEASE NOTE: the printed poster for this season of…

Melted Ice Cream endorses PLUCKY SUNDAYS Vol.2 Featuring TG SHAND, BLAIR PARKES & ADMIRAL DROWSY! Doors 7pm Show 7.30 * TG Shand Described most often as “dreamy”, T. G. Shand brings a modern nostalgic vibe for lovers of lush, twangy guitar pop. These beats-driven tracks come with a classic 90s shoe gaze twist, with influences from the likes of Curve, Chapterhouse, Medicine and equally from modern R&B/hip hop heroes. *Blair Parkes Blair Parkes is the Te Karoro Karoro / New…

Space Academy & Southpaw Brewers present \Tastemaker 2\ and it's right around the corner! A monthly excuse to get out on a Wednesday night to expand your taste through good music and cheap pizza! Space Academy/Pizza Trap will be open 5pm - 9pm with $3.50 Neo-Neapolitan Pizza Slices (Cheese & Pepperoni) and $9.50 Southpaw Pints available to ticket holders Explore the shoegaze, indie pop sounds of VELVETEEN alongside the worst grunge band in Ōtautahi STONECHILD Tickets are available through UTR…

Interstellar psychedelic fuzz rock band S.E.I.S.M.I.C will be crash landing in some of Aotearoa's finest cities. Join them as they tour the country in celebration of their incoming debut album, releasing on the 22nd of May in partnership with Moonbase Record Collective. A line up of six shows!! May 25th Space Academy, Christchurch May 31st The Crown, Dunedin June 14th Last Place, Hamilton June 15th Eight Ball, New Plymouth June 21st Underground, Auckland June 22nd Moon, Wellington The Space Academy…

Melted Ice Cream endorses PLUCKY SUNDAY'S VOL 3 Featuring SALAD BOYS + PAPA ODYSSEY Papa Odyssey, the cosmic rock adventurers, defend Earth from relentless Martian invaders through their otherworldly riffscapes. With pulsating bass lines, mesmerizing synths, and noisy six strings, they lead listeners on a mind-expanding journey. Their live performances invite all to join their astral mission. Papa Odyssey is the psychedelic spaceship experience, where the moon is the shield, Earth a sanctuary, and music the universal language in the…

A one night only celebration of Sam Bambery's sophomore album Rubricator, out May 17th via Under Underground Records. A red letter night of dance, emotional indie rock music and downtempo musings on steel guitar. WITH Jobs Holly Kimber Craigslist Soundsystem (DJ set) Early birds $10 GA $20

Melted Ice Cream endorses PLUCK SUNDAYS (vol.4!) Featuring * Opawa 45's * Pyyrhic * Meri Rose *Guaranteed to disappoint, The Opawa 45s are a genre-fluid band centered around a guitar-slinging duo who can’t make up their minds. Moving between surf-guitar standards, kraut rock, drone, and country and western, the Opawa 45s are more interested in certain sounds, mostly emanating from the 3rd quarter of the twentieth century. First hitting the airwaves with their ’Sleepwalk 17’ seven-inch in 2017, their double…

The 3rd month of Tastemaker is around the corner ??? A monthly excuse to get out on a Wednesday night to expand your taste through local music and cheap pizza! We're stoked to have 2 brilliant bands from the underground scene in Ōtautahi, MONOTONES (Indie/Garage rock) alongside RAGWEED (Alt Metal) Pizza Trap will be open 5pm - 9pm with $3.50 Neo-Neapolitan Pizza Slices (Cheese & Pepperoni) and $9.50 Southpaw Pints available to ticket holders. Tickets are available through UTR.com

Come down to Space Academy for our fundraiser! All profits will be sent to charities and families on the ground in Palestine. Featuring a lineup of some of the best and brightest acts in Ōtautahi.

⚡️ Tastemaker IV is bringing the FUZZ ⚡️ A monthly excuse to get out on a Wednesday night to expand your taste through good music and cheap pizza! Our fourth instalment brings you Post-Punk noise makers HOIHOI alongside Ōtautahi's brightest and loudest emo outfit ONLY YOU Space Academy/Pizza Trap will be open 5pm - 9pm with $3.50 Neo-Neapolitan Pizza Slices (Cheese & Pepperoni) and $9.50 Southpaw Pints available to ticket holders Tickets are available through UTR July 17, Save the…

Midweek Melodies is a cozy night of jazz and pop to celebrate Snow Valormae getting into USC Thornton School of Music Studio Guitar Course in California USA! Come down to Space Academy and support some local Stars, have a drink, something to eat and enjoy a night of music to support Valormae's achievements.

Nau mai, haere mai! Papakura power pompers The Situations are coming to Ōtautahi to celebrate the release of their forthcoming fourth album Winning Home and Away! The trio will be slinging songs from the new record, as well as some favourites from their extensive catalogue, and a selection of their coveted covers. Joining the fun is Biters NZ, the world’s premier Biters tribute act, playing a plethora of punk piledrivers to get you pogoing like it’s 1978. Get tickets now…

Roster is playing at Space Academy on the 9th of August from 8pm to 10pm. If you missed them before, nows your chance to groove the night away with this high energy funk band. Be there or be square.

After the success of Volume I, Poets & Prophets is back with two new artists, hosted again by Reuben Ishrahm. Poets & Prophets is a space for artists to present their art at it's most vulnerable. Set in a writers round, artists take turns sharing the deep cuts, the personal and raw songs that you may not usually hear at a traditional show - and the stories that shape them. This will be an intimate event, showcasing a side of…

Friday night fun at Space Academy.. William John Hooker no.1 Bad Blues Band The baddest of bad blues from William John Hooker and his no.1 Bad Blues Band, featuring W.J Hooker on cigarbox guitar & vocals, Joseph 'Carrots 'n' Eggs' McCallum on drums, Heather 'the Katipo' Webb on bad bass and Reuben 'Bubblecheeks' Derrick on horns. Moider Mother Aotearoa's original dance-punk dream-pop miserablist Nick Harte (Shocking Pinks — Flying Nun / DFA) is back with his wholesome family band. Fed…

Earlier in the year, a trio of brave musicians known as Beware the Goatman successfully summoned the Goatman from the crags of Lyttelton. Since that night, the Goatman has been rampaging his way across the city, leaving chaos and goat hair in his wake. Beware the Goatman have enlisted their friends S.E.I.S.M.I.C and Bin Day to help capture the Goatman - join us for; THE ABDUCTION. Venue Details: SPACE ACADEMY Doors: 8pm AGE: R18 - Wheelchair accessible ACTS: Beware The…

Daniel Madill and Violet French, both from the icy depths of Otepoti Dunedin, channel the great “Southern Storyteller” through the voice of Big Jamie Little. Songs of love, loss and living off the land, tell the tale of days gone by. French and Madill aim to make the stories of Southland and Otago alive once more, through the influence of Little.

Dunedin Band Seafog coming up to Christchurch to play with Coal. Seafog are performing songs from their new album this August 17th at Pearl Diver in Ōtepoti and 31st at Space Academy in Ōtautahi. Having received some exceptional press, the band is over the moon with the work that Thomas Bell has done with the production and recording, the band thought time to deliver. Seafog, a four-piece band hailing from Koputai, Ōtepoti , has been active since 2006. Over the…

Peter Gutteridge is considered a giant in New Zealand music for his hand in forming some of Flying Nun’s most celebrated bands such as The Clean, The Chills, The Great Unwashed, and Snapper. Sunday September 15 marks 10 years since his death. Whether you knew and loved Peter as the Christchurch label broke onto the scene (some called him the “architect of the Dunedin Sound”) in the 1980s, were lucky enough to bear witness to his musical renaissance in the…

Two modern day troubadours brought together by the poetry of two Sylvia’s. Just Janie and Sig Wilder are banding together to tour their new double single 'Sylvia'. Fusing nostalgic Laurel Canyon folk and alt-country grit onstage in a 'songwriter rounds' format, they will be sharing the songs and stories of the music that made them. Sig and Janie met earlier this year in Te Whanganui-a-Tara and realized they'd both written songs titled 'Sylvia', influenced by poetry collections from Sylvia Plath…

Paulo Santo is the alias of Sam White, well known jazz guitarist and multi instrumentalist. These songs are an internal exploration. The mind is as endless as the universe and Paulo Santo doesn’t have any space ships, but they have pens and journals and guitars and are excited to share what they found. The songs are a collection of nonsensical word vomit, heartbreaking love songs and just some good ol’ rockers.

Girls In Space is an immersive party that highlights and celebrates incredible female musicians. With beautiful music to hear, sparkly decorations to look at, 'Girls In Space' cocktails to taste, raspberry oils to smell, as well as bubbles and dress ups to play with, Girls In Space will blast you into its own sparkly stratosphere for a night like no other! Girls in Space creates an atmosphere to explore some of our brightest and most talented female musicians and what…

SOMEBODY DO SOMETHING shot into the Christchurch music scene in 2020, and have since paved a way for themselves across the motu with their unique set up and genre-bending live shows. They draw on the bands backgrounds of classical, metal, jazz and pop to create the SDS soundworld of soul-fuelled, funky alt-rock and R&B. Leading the group with delicious husky vocals is Marlee Spear, hailing from Portland Oregon. The band weaves together violin, sax, spine-tingling harmonies and lush liquid grooves…

The Daze are a rock and roll band based out of the Dunedin student scene, set to release their debut single, 'Pretty Girls Break Hearts,' on the 4th of October. The single is a tune about one of those stubborn facts of life we all come to face - musically, it calls back to the days when the Beatles and Elvis ruled the world, and picks up the attitude of bands like the Clash and Oasis along the way. Two…

Kraus returns to Christchurch on his 2024 NZ tour, with support from Blenheim duo Twin Rudders, and Stonehenge Aotearoa, featuring Gemma Syme and Bek Coogan. Kraus (aka Pat Kraus, he/him) is a producer of psychedelic music based in Tāmaki Makaurau. Starting his musical life as a drummer in Ōtepoti bands such as The Futurians, Kraus has released over twenty solo albums since the turn of the millennium and performed widely in Aotearoa, Australia and Europe. Drawing on an extremely wide…

Sam Bambery is a songwriter and impresario from Ōtautahi/Christchurch, currently based in Naarm/Melbourne. Exploring his love of semi-psychedelia through a twisted folk-rock lens, Bambery writes effectual and spacious songs burrowing into emotional identity and exhaustion. His sophomore album Rubricator released in May with local micro-label Under Underground Records, earning praise from RNZ Music's Tony Stamp as "...very considered, like Bambery lived with the album in his head for a while before bringing it into the world...a hint of mystery hangs over things...it's as ornate as these well-crafted tunes". Bambery presents all…

A night of noise at space academy with extraterrestrial overlords S.E.I.S.M.I.C and loud grungy bullshit rock band RAPIDS supporting crazy freakshow VELVETEEN in their comeback/single release be there or be square

It's the spookiest time of the year, and that means it's time to come have a boogie at The Space Academy with your favourite bands! Be prepared to dance and sing along to fantastic originals and classic creepy covers as Alice Tozer and Pixie Platoon give you a late halloween to remember. Stay to the end for a special supergroup session. Dressing up is heavily encouraged but not mandatory, there will be a prize for best dressed so dust off…

Look out!! The prodigal sons of kiwi country-soul SIN CITY are returning to Aotearoa! Currently based in Melbourne, the 70s country rock loving pair were last on home shores back in 2022 after the release of their much acclaimed, Delaney Davidson produced debut LP. Now they're back with 'Another Round,' their sophomore long player recorded in the wild Victorian hinterlands and to celebrate, this November SIN CITY will be bringing their raucous live show back home! With their leery eyed…

For one of her last performances of 2024, jazz vocalist Betty Barouni has created a show with original Jazz music from around New Zealand. Originally instrumental songs have been rearranged for vocals with brand new lyrics, written by Betty. Music includes work from Callum Allardice, Cameron Finlay, Darren Pickering Small Worlds and SPACE FOE. Supporting Betty are Jono Blackie (drums), SungWoo Han (piano), Theo Henderson (double bass). Come down and enjoy some Kiwi jazz.. with a vocal twist! Pizza, snacks…

Leather Jacket Records presents Living Clipboards & Minisnap! Living Clipboards is a Dunedin/Wellington trio made up of Mark Williams (MarineVille, Cookie Brooklyn and the Crumbs) with Denise Roughan (3Ds, Ghost Club) and Jim Abbott (Ghost Club). Their debut album All Over Tawa features nine songs that veer between “low-slung menace, petulant snarl and languid pop”. All Over Tawa was recorded on equipment rented from the Wellington public library, then mixed and mastered by Tex Houston. Originally released on Record Store…