An Emerald City at Canaan Downs

[ January 1, 2009; 7:00 pm; ]

An Emerald City play Canaan Downs on the 1st January 09.

New Zealand’s favourite New Years Festival is back. Found at the legendary location of Canaan Downs on Takaka Hill. Many people bring together the energy and goodness of Aotearoa to celebrate New Years in our most enduring Festival destination which marks the 12th anniversary of […]

An Emerald City play Rhythm & Vines

[ December 30, 2008; 7:00 pm; ]

An Emerald City play Rhythm & Vines on the 30th December.
Expectation is building for Rhythm and Vines as event organisers announce all earlybird tickets are sold out and remaining tickets are selling at a record rate.
 
Now festival fans have even more reason to head to Gisborne this December; the festival has released another taster of […]

The Hot Grits and Batucada Sound Machine

[ October 18, 2008; 9:00 pm; ]

Batucada Sound Machine and the Hot Grits
Safari Lounge 18th October 2008
Doors approx 8:30pm

Batucada Sound Machine are forging new paths in global music. Their massive mix of brazilian beats with afrobeat, funk and hiphop has taken them throughout Australasia and the UK including gigs at the WOMAD Reading Festival and Edinburgh Fringe Festival. They received rave […]

Bond Street Bridge support Willard Grant Conspiracy

[ October 3, 2008; 9:00 pm; ] Willard Grant Conspiracy is the musical collective that surrounds songwriter Robert Fisher. With their last five records and their brand new album, Pilgrim Road, the band has quietly gone about putting together one of the most impressive catalogues in the alt/country / post punk-folk rock genres. The records have been met with critical acclaim and […]

Bond Street Bridge - The Mapmakers Art

Bond Street Bridge is the creation of Auckland-based multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Sam Prebble.  Sam has been playing music for as long as he can remember, and ‘probably before that as well,’ as he puts it. Bond Street Bridge is currently a solo project, but Sam has always played in bands, orchestras and choirs.  For the […]

The Hot Grits play Thank Funk It’s Friday

[ October 24, 2008 10:00 pm to October 25, 2008 2:00 am. ]

Gypsy Fever 5

[ December 13, 2008 9:00 pm to December 14, 2008 2:00 am. ]

Gypsy Fever returns to the Kings Arms for the fifth instalment of Auckland’s favourite world music dance event on Saturday 13th December.

Be prepared for some dazzling musicianship and on stage antics from Club Manouche, The Mamaku Project and the Benka Boradovsky Bordello Band with Gypsy Fever resident DJs Balkanetic and Rasa. As always it promises […]

The Hot Grits at the Festival of Lights

[ January 9, 2009; 8:00 pm; ]

The Hot Grits play live in the lush surrounds of New Plymouth’s Pukekura Park as part of the Festival of lights on Friday January 9th.

The festival’s origins date back to 1953 when in commemoration of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II a fountain with feature enhancing lights was installed in one of the lakes in […]

The Benka Boradovsky Bordello Band at the Festival of Lights

[ January 12, 2009; 8:00 pm; ]

The Benka Boradovsky Bordello Band will be appearing at the Festival of Lights in New Plymouth Pukekura Park on the evening of Monday January12th.

The festival’s origins date back to 1953 when in commemoration of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II a fountain with feature enhancing lights was installed in one of the lakes in Pukekura […]

The Hot Grits at Prana Festival

[ January 1, 2009 10:30 pm to January 5, 2009 10:30 pm. ]

Fancy a jam-packed, family five day festival full of workshops, healing, shopping-stalls, speakers, films, live sounds, dj’s and food to make your taste buds tingle and sights to amaze? Well, this year’s PRANA festival is just the ticket, as this New Zealand-renowned extravaganza, famous for its unrivalled family-friendly atmosphere, once again welcomes people to the […]

The Hot Grits at Highlife New Years Eve

[ December 31, 2008; 3:00 pm; ]
Highlife New Years Eve 08/09 Matakana

with The Hot Grits, Open Souls, Moto Blanco, Recloose, Kolab plus many more

The Matakana Country Park, 1 Omaha Flats Rd, Matakana Coast, New Zealand, Auckland North
Ticket Information
Ticket: $125.00
iTicket - 09 361 1000

THE HIGHLIFE NYE EXPERIENCE

For the past two years Highlife Entertainment has delivered one of the top New Years Eve […]

The Hot Grits Winter Tour - Auckland with Dam Native

[ September 6, 2008; 9:00 pm; ]

The Hot Grits released their long awaited debut full-length album ‘It’s Too Drunk To Be This Early’ on Monkey Records in early May. Following an 8 date North Island tour in May and three gigs on the Monkey Magic tour, the Grits are on the road again in August with a 13 date winter tour […]