Inside Arcadia is an immersive, virtual reality experience of Mātiu/Somes island’s heritage human and animal quarantine sites. Since the return of Mātiu (Te Hokitanga Mai ā Mātiu) in 2009, Te Āti Awa have been Kaitiaki or guardians of this place in Te Whanganui-a-Tara (Port Nicholson) and the islands 700 year old history of human occupation and its animals and plants. There are four interactive scenes to explore a 'quarantine gothic' reflecting the impact of a colonial past of quarantine on the island. These digital scenographies look to the future where Mātiu/Somes island’s quarantine heritage urges us to take better care of our local ecologies.

Showing: 17-20 & 24-27 Feb
Open: 10am - 10pm | FREE

Inside Arcadia

Malcolm Doidge

The pandemic took hold of the ways we operate – a momentarily pause in our evermoving human network.

As the world hit a lockdown – everyday life stood still. Our environment found a window of opportunity and began to heal. In mere months tremendous environmental changes have started to occur in our air and water quality, rewilding our cities, rivers and oceans. In the same moment, communities around the world experienced the most severe weather conditions in living memory. 

Do we embrace the paradigm shift?

Showing: 17-20 & 24-27 Feb
Open: 10am - 10pm | FREE

Regeneration

Dannii Kellett & Knot Theatre

Some Swinging Speakers is a sound art installation utilizing a number of bluetooth speakers hung from the roof of a container playing audio. The audience  are invited to walk through the hanging speakers, with the ability to interact and swing the speakers. As the speakers move back and forth, the listeners can hear how the sounds move around the space and how their movement plays with the sound’s movements. The work seeks to engage listeners through play, interacting with the speakers and each other. This engagement also makes the listeners the composer of the work, giving them agency as to how they experience the piece.

Showing: 17-20 & 24-27 Feb
Open: 10am - 10pm | FREE

Some Swinging Speakers

Jesse Austin-Stewart

Kia Tūhono encourages us to take a moment; to reflect and build connections with Te Taiao (natural world). Via pūrakau narratives and sound explorations of ‘Koro’, an ancient log procured from Wairarapa Moana, we reconnect and recall ancient relationships.

Showing: 17-20 Feb
Open: 10am - 10pm | FREE

Kia Tūhono

Warren Maxwell

Release the Ether from Dominion is an interactive installation in a shipping container that asks us to reconsider our relationship to technology as a relationship to land. While looking over the water at Te Whanganui-a-Tara, interact with sculptures made from recycled e-waste and create rituals that deepen your consideration of the places you inhabit, and the many lands embedded in your devices.

Showing: 17-20 Feb
Open: 10am - 10pm | FREE

Rushi Vyas & Zak Argabrite

Release the Ether from Dominion - A Ritual

“I ngaa wa o mua” speaks of the future times of past, voids and moments. Shift Collective calls upon sound and video projections to evoke, receive calls and announce to each other through these realms. He waka eke noa.

Showing: 17-20 Feb
Open: 10am - 10pm | FREE

Behind the Resonance

Shift Collective

The Poetry Bistro is an exclusive and intimate dining experience for between one and three patrons. Our menus change daily to offer you the freshest locally sourced poetry. We are an ethical business and only uses sustainably farmed, fair trade words.

The Menu includes Poets; Dr Blue, Creatif Kate, Rose Northey, Chris Tse, Miss Leading & Tarns Hood. Menu 'prices' vary based on number of words, poets mood, life trauma, weather and qualifications.

Showing: 17-20 Feb
Open: 10am - 10pm | FREE

Poetry Bistro

Miss Leading & Rose Northey

The Haus of Sin is a Draglesque troupe like no other! Award winning performers meet high glam and camp. This elite Haus of multifaceted entertainers are here to bring joy, wonder, and disarray as they embark on an evening like no other.

This year to the Performance Arcade they bring you the most exciting feast of talent, three of their finest: Braiden Butter, Lynn d'Hour and The Ever Changing Boy.

Showing: 17-19 Feb
Open: 10-10.30pm | FREE

HAUS OF SIN

Braiden Butter, Lynn d'Hour,
The Ever Changing Boy

Container Series

‘Rethinking the unthinkable world without me’ is a performance experiment of the (a)live and dead. Transitioning between absence/presence in time/place, the performative subjects (Neža and Maryam) create a live performance in between ‘no longer and not yet.

They open trans-subjective and trans-contextual communications to allow transgression/transition beyond the limits of conventional narratives of dying and death (as well as living).
 

Alive and/or dead aspects of self are welcomed, safely held, and respected.
 

Content warning: sensitive topic (death and dying)

Showing: 24-27 Feb
Open: 10am - 10pm | FREE

Rethinking the Unthinkable World Without Me

Neža Jamnikar & Maryam Bagheri Nesami

Container Series

Oracle 2.0 can take on the form of any building to converse with humans. She is an omniscient code generated being who lives in cyberspace, but takes on the form of architecture for short periods of time in order to be comprehensible for humans. Come ask this mystical Oracle anything!

Showing: 24-27 Feb
Open: 8.30pm - 10pm | FREE

Oracle 2.0

Erica Sklenars

Live and video reenactments based on the Performance Arcade online archives. Using masks, props, and a lotto machine, RIFF RAFF will be performing opening night speeches, artist interviews and blasts from the present.

How do institutions and artists talk about themselves? How is what they do documented and remembered? In the 11 years that the Performance Arcade has been running, there have been many interviews with artists and 11 opening speeches. A fraction of these were recorded, and form the basis of RR’s looping performance.

Showing: 24-27 Feb
Open: 10am - 10pm | FREE

I Found It On The Internet: A semi-archival semi-reenactment

RIFF RAFF

Waiting Room is a space to reflect on inertia and waiting, punctuated by the ticking of kinetic pendulums and measured by the chaotic motion of the double pendulum clock, infused with expressed evanescent fragrances referring to parosmia and smell distortion due to covid. We are in a climate emergency and a pandemic. How can we afford the time to wait?

Showing: 24-27 Feb
Open: 10am - 10pm | FREE

Waiting Room

Raewyn Turner + Brian Harris

Peer into the condensed world of Divine Estate to watch our bodies fold and collapse under the one metre high low hanging ceiling. Inspired by the underneath crawl space of a theatre stage, choreographer and designer Oli Mathiesen creates a plywood underworld while sweat drips through the floorboards onto the retired performers. Witness what happens beneath the virtuosic proscenium arch performances we usually applaud. The open ended container exposes a
thin rectangular window to enjoy the play of trap doors, surprise tap dancing performances, and sculptural bodies.

Enjoy the intrigue, labour, and golden light of Divine Estate.

Showing: 24-27 Feb
Open: 10am - 10pm | FREE

Divine Estate

Oli Mathiesen

Welcome to the club. The thrill of skin that prickles unlike your own. A pedestal, a concert, a vacuumed throne. How often is it ok to slip from yourself? Welcome to the club.

Don’t miss this free four night only 30 minute dance performance x music gig.

Showing: 24-27 Feb
Open: 6-6.30pm | FREE

Club

Katie Shaw & Violet Hirst

3R explores modes of sustaining togetherness, repairing life-ness and re-considering our value systems under the motifs of 3R: Recycling language through Residual performances for Revenues of anti-waste. In the Performance Arcade 2022, the project takes the shape of a performative art residency, during which we will build an inventory of resources as we seek/find/gather “waste” matters, materials and materialities from the surrounding community.

3R is a 24/7 multimodal emergent performance that desires a changing (and growing) landscape of re-life(d) “waste” to be witnessed through multifarious stages of (re)creation. Audience members are welcome(d) to (re)create with us.

Showing: 24-27 Feb
Open: 10am - 10pm | FREE

3R Performative Art Residency

Janaína Moraes, Joanna Cook, Adam Ben-Dror, Caio Silva

An interactive public performance work where performers prescribe artworks, exhibitions, and more to soothe a variety of ills. From prescriptions for paintings and poetry to over the counter doses of sculpture or scores; Art Chemist will offer creative means with which to tackle woes, gripes and the agonies of everyday life.

Showing: 17-20 & 24-27 Feb
Open: 10am - 10pm | FREE

Art Chemist

Audrey Baldwin

Due to close contact audience engagement being an integral part of Into the Light, under COVID-19 Level Red we have decided to postpone this event until later in the year.

"My thanks and aroha to everyone involved for their support, we look forward to bringing you this exciting event safely soon." - Into the Light artist Amber Strain

Showing: 13 Feb - 6 Mar
Open: 9pm - 12am | FREE

Into the Light

Amber Strain

NZ Fringe Festival is coming to the Arcade with whānau fun event, Chalk the Walk, an interactive experience hosted by Indigenous pop culture, visual and sculpture artist, Ariki Arts.

Being of Māori, Rarotongan and Tahitian descent, Ariki's beautiful works reflect her joy of expression and our beautiful environment. Bring the kids and your imagination to the Wellington waterfront on Saturday 19th Feb and let's get creative!

Showing: Sat 19 Feb
Open: 2pm - 5pm | FREE

Chalk the Walk

Ariki Arts

NZ Fringe Festival

Kia ora, we're Taco Addicts!

Taco Addicts is a small, local business serving taco lovers in/around Wellington. Owner & Chief Taco Maker Amber Sturtz, and the small team, create delicious Austin style, Tex-Mex tacos for you, right here.

The emphasis is on fresh, seasonal and local ingredients available in New Zealand. We value environmental responsibility, composting, and recycling whenever possible. We like to think we’re a food truck with a difference!

 

Taco Addicts

Austin style, Tex-Mex tacos

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Food Truck

Those of you familiar with the Harbourside Markets will know and love these delicious $14 meals. Whether it's your favourite Mie Goreng or Nasi Goreng, Garuda will be joining us all Arcade, so come on down for your Indonesian street food fix!
 

Garuda

Indonesian Street Food

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Food Truck

Firmly on the ‘ones-to-watch’ list, KITA’s sound builds a dreamscape of synth-pop, with stunning melodies layered over soulful beats. The three-piece – consisting of vocalist, guitarist, and writer Nikita 雅涵 Tu-Bryant, keyboardist Ed Zuccollo (The Black Seeds, Trinity Roots, Troy Kingi), and drummer Rick Cranson (Little Bushman) – happily play in the space between genre, melding a distinctive style peppered with moments of modern jazz, vintage rock, polished pop, and grounding soul.

Showing: 9PM, 18 Feb (Fri)

KITA

Psychedelic Soul

Music Series

Miles Calder is a far too self-reflective songwriter from Wellington who's been waking up from unconscious monotony. His recent album
Autopilot Life, lyrically wanders through different stages of living an unexamined life, while Miles and his band move between understated folk-rock and swirling psychedelia, evoking early 70s Lennon as much as contemporaries like Kevin Morby or Father John Misty.

Miles’ five piece band presents a dynamic new live show with a psych-tinged palette of cascading synths, atmospheric noise, and searing guitar solos to complement the frontman’s superb vocals.

Showing: 9.15PM, 26 Feb (Sat)

Miles Calder

Psychedelic Folk-Rock

Music Series

Alice Agnes is leading the new wave of Pōneke club talent. Under the tutelage of legends like DJ Raw and Alphabethead, Alice developed a style that melds the vast possibilities of electronic music with the playful yet focused demeanour of a turntable wizard.

Outside of the booth, Alice is 1/3 of Practice, a collective and event series that showcases underground sounds and celebrates local artists.

Showing: 10.45PM, 18 Feb (Fri)

Alice Agnes

Femme n Bass | Techno

Music Series

Birkenthot was born in the melting pot of wubs and swampy basements of Te Whanganui-a-Tara. Not content with messing with one genre they blend silky wubs with sexy, eclectic genre bending, weird mashups and heavy basslines.

A long-time attendee of underground electronic gigs and avid listener of all genres Birkenthot started mixing during the first lockdown of 2020 and has been hooked ever since. They are constantly expanding their collection and taking every opportunity that comes their way to share their love and passion for electronic music. Fresh off the heels of their sets at Twisted Frequency festival they are bringing a break heavy and weighty sound to Performance Arcade.

Showing: 10.30pm, 24 Feb (Thu)

Birkenthot

Femme n Bass | Jungle / Breaks

Music Series

One third of the Femme n Bass crew, Lexi became known for playing sets consisting exclusively of Britney Spears Toxic mashups at some of NZ’s finest underground festivals. With a love for femme hip hop & soul, Lexi is deep in the local scene, and has played sets at Chur Burn, Twisted Frequency Festival, and currently co-hosts the Friday Drive with Stella-Rae on Radio Active FM.

Expect 100% pleasure, 0% guilt.

Showing: 8PM, 27 Feb (Sun)

Gallexi

Femme n Bass | Hip-Hop/Soul

Music Series

Japes is the alias of Pōneke songwriter, producer, and DJ Mia Kelly. Coming from a background in sonic art and angsty guitar music, she creates dreamy DJ sets which range from groovy break-beats, to lush techno, and all the strange sounds in-between.

Aside from Japes, she has released spatial audio and electroacoustic works under her own name, being featured on a Works for Loudspeakers compilation, and sound installations around
the city. Tonight she comes to you from behind
the decks as a part of the Femme n Bass collective, with a selection of tunes to get you grooving all night long.

Showing: 10.30pm, 26 Feb (Sat)

Japes

Femme n Bass | Electronica

Music Series

Sultry sounds from around the equator with a passion for South American rhythms. Abundance. Golden yellow. Guavas. Global electronica/tropical house/synesthetic sloth disco.


Showing: 10.45pm, 19 Feb (Sat)

JOAVA

Music Series

Femme n Bass | Global Electronica

Zaira Dj puts on an eclectic mix that will set your feet a'grooving. Hailing from Italy she’s sampled the crowds with heart for playing what you love to dance to. Expect a fusion of Funk/Disco with a taste of Rock n Roll.

Her set is an eclectic mix that will set your feet a'grooving.

Showing: 8pm, 27 Feb (Sun)

Zaira DJ

Femme n Bass | Funk/Disco

Music Series

Whether you are an avid orchestral nerd or don't know your Mozart from your Beethoven, this space is for you! Grab a beer, your mates and get ready for classical tunes from Wellington's finest.

Showing: 5.30PM, 20 Feb (Sun)

Pōneke Classical Session

Classical for the People

Music Series

Wiri Donna began as the indie-folk alter-ego of SOG's Bianca Bailey. Bringing to The Arcade dinky riff rock designed for sweet summer moments and music that will make you sigh and think about stuffs.

After hitting the scene as a solo artist in early 2020 and having her singles 'Mānuka Money' and 'Wandering Willies' chart across the SRN, this was quickly transformed into a haunting and inspiring live show. Bianca has been no stranger to live bands after growing up as a drummer in a thriving all ages scene in Tāmaki Makaurau. However, she's more recently found herself centre stage rocking a
5 piece band, rapidly finding her feet as a
front-woman.

Showing: 9PM, 19 Feb (Sat)

Wiri Donna

Dinky Riff Rock

Music Series

Infused with indie-soul, contemporary jazz and indie-pop sonics, Pōneke local Alba Rose performs a set of original tunes live with her band. Her timeless tales, spun with vitality and groove, Alba digs into an eclectic composition for warmer days and slower nights.

Having performed across the country to sold-out tours and performances at New Zealand festivals across the summer of 2022, Rose’s music provides an eclectic composition of genres and influences, suitable for all hours of the day. She performs live with her band consisting of ex Te Kōkī School of Music students Rory Johns (keys), Elijah Mulheron (double bass), Rafe Swan (drums), Tyaan Singh (sax).

Showing: 7.45PM, 19 Feb (Sat)

Alba Rose

Soul

Music Series

Welcome to Benji's Palace! Home to a solo musical venture from Wellington-based musician Ben Gibbons. Benji's Palace is not a real place, but that shouldn’t stop you from having a look around. Enjoy your stay!

In much the same way that a palace has many rooms, Benji’s Palace is where Ben’s influences, feelings, thoughts, opinions, shortcomings and triumphs come together and share a space. The music draws on themes of self awareness, restraint, desires and inhibitions. Benji’s Palace is represented today by Ben Gibbons and Markus McCraith, with his cajon and bag of tricks. We hope you enjoy your tour of the palace!

Showing: 3.30PM, 27 Feb (Sun)

Benji's Palace

Indie-Soul-Funk

Music Series

Betty’s distinctive voice is clear and crisp with smoky depth. Combined with Loose Heads’ tight
& technical musicianship the pairing carry their audiences effortlessly through their self-penned songs. Betty and the boys plan to wow their hometown audience with an extraordinary combination of alt pop & indie rock tracks - something for everyone.

Showing: 3.30PM, 20 Feb (Sun)

Betty & The Loose Heads

Alternative Indie Pop

Music Series

In Chile, no party is complete without cumbia music. Chica la Cumbia is here to make sure Wellington gets the message and has a great
time doing it! Expect driving Latin rhythms and high energy!

Showing: 6.45PM 27 Feb (Sun)

Chica La Cumbia

Cumbia

Music Series

Pōneke artist Greta O’Leary’s songs are thick with imagery and emotion. Her lyrics are rich with yearning, and her lens shifts skilfully from fine detail to soaring overview. Her voice has this incredible expansiveness to it, and draws you deep into her world, time slows, opens.

Greta O’Leary’s songs are thick with imagery and emotion. Her lyrics are rich with yearning, and her lens shifts skilfully from fine detail to soaring overview. Her voice has this incredible expansiveness to it, and draws you deep into her world. She guides us through a polaroid album created by some visual artist in the early days of photography. The images are foreign and nostalgic and awake archaic parts of my being.

Showing: 5.15PM, 18 Feb (Fri)

Greta O'Leary

Alt-Folk

Music Series

HUMMUCIDE formed at jazz school, and planted their roots playing the house party circuit in Pōneke. Playing jazz-influenced music to an indie audience proved to be a point of difference, and soon they were playing sold-out festivals such as Tora Bombora, Welcome to Nowhere and Twisted Frequencies.

They have enjoyed collaborating with local talent, such as guitarist Luca Sturny on their track ‘Exothermic’, and Fynn Hanson who created the artwork for their debut EP - released in October 2020. This has since accrued over 100 thousand streams on Spotify.

Showing: 7.45PM, 18 Feb (Fri)

Hummucide

Jazz Fusion

Music Series

South African-born artist InDuna brings Africa to Wellington with his afro-pop infused, alternative hip-hop sound. Highlighting his childhood experiences, he offers emotive melodies with his soulful vocals that will give you something intriguing to take home with you from this vibrant and colorful show.

InDuna will be performing music from his upcoming EP, Roots, to be released in 2022.
The content of his show will address some topics he discusses on the EP including acceptance, having pride in his heritage and finding self-love despite his shortcomings.

Showing: 8PM, 25 Feb (Fri)

InDuna

Afropop

Music Series

The Doghouse Jazz Jam Session is hosted by some of Pōneke’s rising jazz musicians, and is a chance to play and enjoy some jazz standards on our sunny waterfront. Featuring NZSM graduates Phoebe Johnson (REVULVA), Ben Stewart (HUMMUCIDE), Luca Sturny and Lennox Grootjans (HUMMUCIDE) in the house band, who knows where the evening will take us.

Showing: 4PM, 19 Feb (Sat)

Doghouse Jazz Jam Session

Jazz

Music Series

Inspired by modern soul revival, classic soul cannon, R&B, funk and indie sounds, Louis TM brings his unique style of soul to the fold.

Based in New Zealand’s cultural capital city Wellington for over 15 years, Louis Thompson-Munn is a piano, keyboard player & vocalist & is a graduate of the NZ School of Music’s jazz program. Louis regularly performs in a variety of styles & ensembles with many thriving Wellington & New Zealand musicians all over the country.

Showing: 4.45PM, 27 Feb (Sun)

Louis TM

Soul

Music Series

Soft and raspy, poetic and bouncy, Michael Llewellyn & the Darlings are a six piece band based in Te Whanganui-a-Tara. After the release
of their debut record 'Oh My Darling' and the gentle touring of te ika a Māui they look forward to another year of sweltering hot storytelling and raw grooves. Organic, earthy and honest.

Showing: 6.45PM, 26 Feb (Sat)

Michael Llewellyn & the Darlings

Indie-Dirt-Folk

Music Series

If you like funk, you like jazz and you like having a good time, then we can guarantee that when you see Mel Stevenson you will fall over and be in need of serious medical attention.

Mel Stevenson are a group of seven dedicated, and obsessed young musicians ranging from 14 to 17 years old. Following their blow out success playing the Wellington City Council Gardens Magic Series in 2021, they have developed a growing reputation in the Wellington music scene. They are Cuba street regulars where they draw huge crowds of 120+ busking on Friday nights playing a mix of originals and re-made covers and they have won best band and best instrumentalist prizes at competitions across the country.

Showing: 6.30PM, 19 Feb (Sat)

Mel Stevenson

Jazz Funk

Music Series

Miss Leading is a solo electronic music producer, singer and spoken word poet. Her music is a fusion of contemporary electronic art pop, with conscious lyrics aimed to get your mind thinking and your body moving.

Miss Leading is a New Zealand born music producer, singer and poet of Indian and Pakeha heritage. She produces happy melodic Art-Pop music that sits as a juxtaposition to her depressing lyrics on social topics of environment and inequalities using the Wellington made Synthstrom Deluge which she affectionately calls ‘The Delorean’.

Showing: 9PM, 20 Feb (Sun)

Miss Leading

Art-Pop

Music Series

Astonesian native, NahBo, is sad about colonisation, then writes beats about it.

NahBo is a character designed by Te Whanganui-a-Tara-based artist Taranaki Ah Young-Grace (of Ngati Ruanui, Ngati Tuwharetoa, Samoa, China, the UK, Ireland, Germany, and France) who they say is an Astronesian native traversing and lamenting the realities of colonisation and capitalism after being shot back over 300 years in time into the body of a human born in 1993. The sonic aesthetic of NahBo relies heavily on Taranaki's time studying vocals in the jazz performance course at the University of Auckland as well as their love for neo-soul, indie rap, hip hop, DIY shit, and sticking it to "the man".

Showing: 6.45PM, 25 Feb (Fri)

NahBo

Leftist Neo-Soul

Music Series

Young rising singer songwriter Peyton brings her powerful vocals and moving lyrics which captures her audiences with her emotional performance.

Peyton performs her own original music which deals with a lot of issues facing young people today. Her lyrics are very moving and mature. Her sound is soulful, powerful and contemporary with big vocals. Peyton accompanies herself on guitar or with her own backing tracks she has mixed in her home studio.

Showing: 4.30PM, 20 Feb (Sun)

Peyton Morete

Indie Pop

Music Series

Extraterrestrial envoys from the planet Nibiru? Murderous mechanoids escaped from the ruins of lost Atlantis? The last avatars of long-forgotten chthonic deities? Theories abound on the true origin and purpose of these mysterious beings. What cannot be denied is the uncanny effect their cool cacophony has upon the masses - the jerking of limbs, the lustful shrieking, the euphoric elation of ego-death.

Take a truckload of funky synth-pop nostalgia, throw in a fistful of industrial grit, a half-tab of psychedelica and feed it all to a delirious street preacher. Take the unholy shit that comes out the other end and you’ve got something like the Radar Angel experience.

Showing: 8PM, 24 Feb (Thu)

Radar Angel

Alien Synth-Pop

Music Series

SMP Ensemble is an artist-run cooperative for composers and performers focusing on producing contemporary classical music in Pōneke, Aotearoa.

We curate and present various programmes from classical chamber music, electroacoustic music to the most experimental inter-disciplinary work.
SMP is a platform for independent local artists to reach new audiences, showcase accessible programmes, feature new, early and mid career artists, and showcase New Zealand music SMP Ensemble is a volunteer run collective, and roster of like-minded performers and composers who work in close collaboration on projects.

Showing: 8PM, 20 Feb (Sun)

SMP Ensemble

Contemporary Classical

Music Series

SMP Ensemble

Contemporary Classical

Music Series

SMP Ensemble is an artist-run cooperative for composers and performers focusing on producing contemporary classical music in Pōneke, Aotearoa.

We curate and present various programmes from classical chamber music, electroacoustic music to the most experimental inter-disciplinary work.

SMP is a platform for independent local artists to reach new audiences, showcase accessible programmes, feature new, early and mid career artists, and showcase New Zealand music SMP Ensemble is a volunteer run collective, and roster of like-minded performers and composers who work in close collaboration on projects.

Showing: 8PM, Sun 20 Feb

A tearer-upper of dancefloors, Strange Stains is the solo project of producer, performer, costumer, and visual artist Aimee Cooki M.

Strange Stains is currently residing in Te Whanganui-a-Tara and has evolved from a quite minimal DIY style to a much more footwork, dance, and industrial pop-based style. Correlating electronic experimentation with echoes of industrial post punk, Strange Stains brings this sonic world together on the dancefloor, alongside sweet-nothings lyrics and fabulous outfits.

Showing: 6.45PM, 24 Feb (Thu)

Strange Stains

Industrial Pop

Music Series

TAYLAH is the motivational, self-loving, aunty-energy you never knew you needed. Her effortless vocals cradle your ears as they are carried
along the warm waves of her melodies. When
you put all of the elements together you get an auditory cuddle.

TAYLAH had a grassroots beginning involving herself in Kapa Haka and church choir from a young age and her love of soul music bloomed even earlier. So, with a beaten up acoustic guitar and about 4 chords in her arsenal, TAYLAH began her songwriting journey at the ripe age of 14.

Showing: 6.30PM, 18 Feb (Fri)

TAYLAH

Soul-Pop

Music Series

Te Kahureremoa is a multi-dimensional artist based in Te Whanganui ā Tara. Her music is inspired by her māoritanga, motherhoodville
and her ordinary extraordinary life. She is a practitioner of tāonga pūoro, and her vibe is
both ancient and futuristic and her mission with music and performance is to feed her people
and boost the mauri.

Her debut album ‘Acts of Service’ is set for release in April 2022 and will be available on all platforms.

Showing: 7.30PM, 17 Feb (Thu)

Te Kahureremoa

Taonga Pūoro

Music Series

Violet is a Pōneke and Te Waipounamu split artist and singer-songwriter. Her music is meditative, nostalgic and fatally romantic - hoping to hang in your head.

Violet is a Te Waipounamu born singer-songwriter. Her music is nostalgic, meditative, and fatally romantic - hoping to hang in your head. Her debut EP Kindhearted was released in December last year, along with a short film "Lay With Me in Barns" - a black and white portrait set in some-version of the Middlemarch singles ball, following a young girl trying to navigate a world where people rarely say what they mean. The video was shared by Flying Nun, who drew comparisons in her work to Aldous Harding. The rest of the EP can be heard on SRN’s around the country.

Showing: 5pm, 26 Feb (Sat)

Violet Hirst

Alt-Folk

Music Series

Formed from some homies jamming in a flat, to playing an abundance of shows around the country; Will McClean & The Zooks deliver live hip hop that has yet to be seen before in Aotearoa.
Will McClean & The Zooks bring two worlds together with their live Hip Hop showcase; one being Will’s conscious lyrics and stage presence, whilst the other being the melodic and groovy tunes provided by The Zooks.

The live hip hop aspect is fresh and powerful, and is guaranteed to get you singing and dancing along.

Showing: 9.15PM, 25 Feb (Fri)

Will McClean & The Zooks

Hip Hop

Music Series

Zö is an evocative singer who is unafraid to bare her vulnerabilities to the world through her intimate and unfiltered pop songs.

In 2019, ZÖ debuted a modest three-track EP that revealed what is at the heart of it all - to be unashamedly honest and vulnerable in her music while inviting others to do the same. Not only that, but she solidified herself as an evocative and empowering songwriter who validates and brings to light experiences that other people are afraid to talk about, or don’t know how to express themselves.

Showing: 8PM, 26 Feb (Sat)

Zö

Alt-Pop

Music Series

Burnt Out Graduate is a five piece indie-emo/alternative band from Wellington, New Zealand. Taking elements of Midwest Emo and Shoegaze and making it their own Burnt Out Graduate are ready to make you two-step and make sure you check on your homies. Formed in 2021 at Massey University, Burnt Out Graduate have been working on their first EP release set
for mid 2022 with a couple of singles scattered along the way. Burnt Out Graduate is Sam White (Bass/Vocals), James Lindsay (Guitar/Vocals), Brandon Gill (Lead Guitar), Robbie Pattinson (Noise), Billy Bathgate (Drums).

Showing: 3PM, 25 Feb (Fri)

Burnt Out Graduate

MAWSA Live Lounge | Indie Emo/Alt

Music Series

Emma Jonathan, best known as E.J is a young Māori singer/songwriter who is based in Wellington, New Zealand. She performs a balance of contemporary R&B/soul that is gathered
from influential artists such as, H.E.R, SZA and Summer Walker.

E.J’s sound is able to present the world that she thrives in through nostalgic value and timeless beginnings. The soft tones and mellow harmonies will slip you into a dream of pure bliss. She first made her appearance on the conjoined R&B/Hip Hop album, Session 188 and is now preparing to promote and release her debut EP called ‘Time’. All tracks will consist of R&B and māori influences with a concept of sharing her first experiences
and memories.

Showing: 3PM, 25 Feb (Fri)

EJ

MAWSA Live Lounge | R&B/Soul

Music Series

Wellington based futuristic pop-star Hybrid Rose has been making waves in the underground music scene with her loveable nostalgic style.

Exploring shimmery Synthpop from the 80s with notes of 90s techno-pop, creating a distinctive frequency that cultivates a sugar-high of bubblegum debauchery.

Hybrid takes influence from Charli XCX, Aqua, Spice Girls and Sophie for cantankerous textures, fast-paced grooves but filled to the brim with emotion, making you feel like you’re at the boss level of a video game.

Showing: 3PM, 25 Feb (Fri)

Hybrid Rose

MAWSA Live Lounge | Hyperpop

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REID is an upcoming singer-songwriter who combines features of a wide range of musical genres into his own, putting his own spin on pop music. Writing music from experiences through both his eyes and those around him, he aims to create stories of honesty and relevance to ignite an emotional connection between his music and the listener.

REID. is a pop-r&b singer-songwriter that is still young but has many stories to tell. The Wellington-based artist is making his way into the music scene, embodying the way boundaries between genres continue to collapse, especially in the pop realm.

Showing: 3PM, 25 Feb (Fri)

REID

MAWSA Live Lounge | Pop/R&B

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Indigenous pop-culture artist of Māori, Rarotongan and Tahitian descent, based in Te Whanganui-a-Tara. A member of Nautilus Creative Space Art Collective creating art full time under the name Ariki Arts, most of her works are based on traditional story telling, focusing on her ancestors and the history of the land creating murals, sculpture to digital art to share the indigenous stories of Aotearoa and Hawaiki to the world.

Ariki is also a passionate DJ known as Big Punch, putting together her own dedicated reggae sound system Bigbada Boom, playing strictly on vinyl focusing her tunes on the old school beats of Ska and Boss Reggae.

Showing: 10.30PM, 25 Feb (Fri)

DJ Big Punch

Reggae

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