Blind Boy Paxton Announces Return To Aotearoa
American blues extraordinaire Blind Boy Paxton has announced his much-anticipated return to our shores for his biggest headline tour of New Zealand to date, playing eight shows across the country this February. With new songs to road test, a myriad of instruments in tow, and stories to tell, these are must see shows this summer!
Patti Smith and Her Band to tour New Zealand in 2020
After an award-winning sell out Australian tour in 2017, the Godmother of Punk – Patti Smith is coming to New Zealand to perform Town Hall shows in Christchurch and Auckland!
World Premiere Play Takes Audiences Behind The Scenes of a 70’s Spaghetti Western
Silo Theatre presents MY HEART GOES THADAK THADAK. In the lead up to the silly season, audiences will get the chance to become extras in a boisterous new play from visionary writer and director Ahi Karunaharan.
The Cavemen Return Home to NZ for Four Shows in December
The Cavemen. New Zealand’s most dangerous rock n roll band.
Chart-topping Aussie pop star, Tones And I, announces NZ headline show!
She’s taken the world by storm with her smash hit ‘Dance Monkey’(currently #1 in New Zealand). Now, Aussie pop sensation Tones And I is about to hit Kiwi shores – announcing her own ALL AGES headline show at Mount Maunganui in January 2020.
Sleaford Mods to Play Powerstation in February
Solid Entertainment are thrilled to announce that for the first time ever SLEAFORD MODS are coming to play in New Zealand.
Whammyfest 2019 THIS WEEKEND! The timetable is revealed!
The annual Whammyfest features two carefully curated nights across three stages. 27 acts representing the finest in punk, rock, folk, hip hop, electronica… and more, will perform. Whammyfest celebrates the diversity of artists that perform at Whammy! and the Backroom each and every week.
Pop sensations Drax Project announce biggest summer tour yet!
Presented by The Edge and Eccles Entertainment, the Drax Project Summer Tour 2019/2020 will kick off in Riwaka on Saturday, December 28, before winding its way through some of New Zealand’s hottest holiday spots and ending with a bang on Friday, January 10 in Havelock North. The tour also takes in Summer hot-spots Whitianga, Oakura, […]
Theatre Review: Owls Do Cry – Q Theatre, October 18, 2019
Red Leap Theatre’s production of Janet Frame’s debut novel, Owls Do Cry, immerses the audience deep in the heart of the author’s masterpiece, loses us in the words, the sounds, the terror, the loss, the sweet moments of pure bliss. It literally left me gasping.
Theatre Review: Sing It To My Face – Auckland Town Hall, October 17, 2019
Sing It To My Face is an intergenerational production performed by 100 individuals split into four groups, each with their own distinct voice and perspective on life – expressing what they think of each other and how their own unique dreams and difficulties shape the world they live in.
Lenny Kravitz Coming to New Zealand in March 2020
One of the most successful and best-selling artists of his generation, Lenny Kravitz has announced that he is coming to New Zealand in March 2020 as part of his Here to Love World Tour.
DAFFODILS: Two headline shows at the end of the month!
After a killer 2019 so far, rising Kiwi indie-darlings DAFFODILS have announced they will play two huge solo shows in Auckland and Wellington at the end of this month.
Drab Majesty 2020 NZ Tour
Having made their live debut in New Zealand across an almost immediately sold out tour in January, Drab Majesty will make their second voyage down under to give their ever-growing and surprisingly diverse followers the headline shows they’ve been begging for.
First World Problems 2.0 – Basement Theatre – 15th October 2019: Theatre Review
Take a stunning cast of over a dozen South Asians of all ages and genders, throw in handfuls of song, dance, colour and exuberant tenacity across seventeen beautifully curated short theatre pieces and you have the spectacular First World Problems 2.0.
State Highway 48 Rocks the Bruce Mason Centre, 15 October 2019: Theatre Review
It’s a rare event to attend an entirely NZ-made rock opera – but Chris Williams‘ State Highway 48 opened to a packed house at the Bruce Mason Centre last night.
Twenty new artists announced for WOMAD New Zealand 2020
A political Jamaican Reggae icon, an ambassador of African music and a group of seasoned musicians from Aotearoa are just a few of the heavy-hitting performers announced for WOMAD New Zealand 2020.
X Ambassadors Head to New Zealand For the First Time In 2020
A powerful and anthemic musical experience delivered with awe inspiring precision, American rock stalwarts X Ambassadors celebrate the release of their much awaited second studio album Orion by locking in their first ever show in Auckland on February 4 at the Powerstation.
Obituary Announce Cause of Death Tour
“CAUSE OF DEATH” NZ TOUR Tuesday January 21st – Valhalla Wednesday January 22nd – Studio TICKETS ON SALE Tuesday October 15th 9.00am utr.co.nz, eventfinda.co.nz, valhallatouring.com Or Buy at → http://bit.ly/ObituaryNZTix In 1990 OBITUARY released the album ‘Cause Of Death’. Considered a classic in the history of the death metal genre, a masterpiece that has […]
Wolfmother, Ladi6 & Valkyrie Added to Bay Of Islands Music Festival Line-Up
The Bay of Islands Music Festival has completed its epic 2-day line-up with the addition of WOLFMOTHER, LADI6 and VALKYRIE.
Violent Femmes announce two New Zealand shows
Plus1 proudly presents Milwaukee’s finest, Violent Femmes live in Auckland and Wellington in March performing so many of those songs we hold dear to their hearts.