13th Floor New Song Of The Day: Makeshift Parachutes – Be Kind Rewind
Just weeks after they recorded a 13th Floor Video Session, Makeshift Parachutes have released a single titled Be Kind Rewind.
Girls of the Sun: Film Review
In a world full of films about war, where men dominate the silver screen in heroic battles that far too often glamorise the futility of it all, how refreshing it is to see a story told from the female side.
Fat Freddy’s Drop Summer Record Tour 2020
The invincible Fat Freddy’s Drop has invited a swag of New Zealand’s finest musicians and international DJs to spark up their annual summer roady.
Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals Announce Their Return to NZ Shores
Ben Harper and The Innocent Criminals will return to New Zealand early next year for a five-date tour.
Masina Returning Home: New performance for audience with profound and multiple learning disabilities
NEW ZEALAND’S TOUCH COMPASS AND UK’S FROZEN LIGHT THEATRE CREATE GROUNDBREAKING WORK FOR AUDIENCE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES New Zealand’s leading inclusive performing arts company, Touch Compass, has collaborated with one of the UK’s foremost multi-sensory theatre companies, Frozen Light, to create a pioneering new dance theatre work for audience members who have profound and multiple […]
Filet685 Productions Inc presents aloFA
SECRETS UNCOVERED AND LIES EXPOSED IN EPIC SAMOAN FAMILY DRAMA Having performed to great acclaim in Samoa and Western Samoa, the play that captures the beating heart of a Samoan family makes its Auckland premiere at Q theatre from 20-21 September and at the Māngere Arts Centre from 25-27 September. The Auckland run follows premiere […]
Watch: Cavalcade Recorded Live at The 13th Floor!
They were known as Luke and Amberly, now they are Cavalcade.
Auckland Live presents: Sing It To My Face
Face to face. Voice vs. voice. One hundred Aucklanders sing about their generations. Award-winning theatre-maker Jo Randerson (Barbarian Productions) and musical maestro Julian Raphael (Community Music Junction) direct a 100-strong cast of everyday Aucklanders for a one-of-a-kind event at the Concert Chamber, Auckland Town Hall from 17– 20 October.
How We Survive: A Feminist Poetry Show
Lift Women’s Voices. Burn The Patriarchy Down. How We Survive is a feminist spoken word performance featuring internationally acclaimed poets Olivia Hall and Carrie Rudzinski. This two woman show presents a powerful and honest narrative on what it is to be a woman living and surviving in 2019.
Southern Fork Americana Fest Support Acts Announced!
The Tuning Fork, 95bFM and Undertheradar announce six new acts to join the Southern Fork Americana Fest 2019 line-up!
13th Floor New Song Of The Day: Supergrass – Next To You
To the surprise of virtually no one Supergrass have announced a reunion tour and massive box set.
WHAMMYFEST 2019 Lineup Announced!
On the last weekend of October, we’ll be celebrating another year of Whammy!
Pax Assadi Comedy Festival Encore Shows at The Basement Theatre
After a sold-out run during the Comedy Festival Pax Assadi is back for 6 shows only!
Aotearoa To Become The Choral Music Capital Of The World In July 2020
Thousands of choral music performers, presenters and practitioners are headed to Auckland for the 12th World Symposium on Choral Music 11-18 July 2020
One-Man Star Wars Trilogy – NZ Season Announced
The critically acclaimed theatrical experience ONE-MAN STAR WARS TRILOGY – the hit comedy that condenses all three movies into 60 minutes of side-splitting fun – is coming to Auckland this November.
Watch: Katie Thompson at The 13th Floor!!
We are thrilled to present this live session from Christchurch-based musician Katie Thompson.
Interview: Tami Neilson Talks Touring With Her Brother and Chickaboom!
There’s been big news out of the Tami Neilson camp. Last Friday Tami released Hey, Bus Driver, the first single from her next album, Chickaboom! due out next Valentines Day. And…Tami announced a special NZ tour in October, an intimate evening with just her and her brother Jay, who has co-written many of Tami’s biggest […]
13th Floor New Song Of The Day: Belle and Sebastian – This Letter
This Letter just arrived at The 13th Floor and we thought we’d share it with you.
Green Grove Announce a Tour of Aotearoa to Celebrate the Release of ‘Machine Music’
September 9, 2019: Green Grove (the musical project of Durham Fenwick), has just announced a string of live shows to celebrate the release of his debut album ‘Machine Music’, out September 27 on Sunreturn.
Ballet Preljocaj’s Snow White to Headline AAF 2020
“Mirror mirror on the wall … who is the fairest of them all …” French company Ballet Preljocaj performs its darkly delectable contemporary retelling of the classic fairy tale Snow White in its New Zealand premiere, exclusive to Auckland Arts Festival.