Performers 2017

* STAGE - 'Niceplace' Curbside Cabaret *

Your indie-rock/singer-songwriter fix

Where: | Normanby St |
When: | 5th Mar 10:00am |
* STAGE - Living Wage Stage *

Wellington musicians and poets bring a message about poverty and inequality to this year’s Festival.

Where: | Constable St |
When: | 5th Mar 10:00am |
* STAGE - Main St Stage *

Dance and sway all around the world and back to Newtown with Aotearoa's prolific and popular performers

Where: | North Riddiford St |
When: | 5th Mar 10:00am |
* STAGE - Newtown New World Community Stage *

Local artists, musicians, performers and dancers

Where: | Mid Riddiford St |
When: | 5th Mar 9:30am |
* STAGE - Renegade Bass Stage *

Dub and Jungle meet inna street party sound system style and fashion!

Where: | Donald McLean St |
When: | 5th Mar 10:00am |
* STAGE - Songs From The Old Country Stage *

Song, cheer, and lament from distant lands and home countries

Where: | Rintoul St |
When: | 5th Mar 10:00am |
* STAGE - Tangata Whenua Stage *

Programmed by Atiawa Toa FM

Where: | South Riddiford St |
When: | 5th Mar 10:00am |
* STAGE - The Hits FM Buskers Pitch *

International street entertainers to shock and amaze!

Where: | McDonalds Carpark |
When: | 5th Mar 10:00am |
* STAGE - VUWSA and Victoria present Newtown Ave Stage *

Alternative electronic music

Where: | Newtown Avenue |
When: | 5th Mar 11:00am |
* STAGE - Wilson St Stage *

Rock n roll, psychedelia, indie, sludgy stoner doom, feminist, garage and surf punk rock

Where: | Wilson St |
When: | 5th Mar 10:20am |
*VENUE - Bebemos*

Get the party shoes on for live music in the garden bar

Where: | Bebemos |
When: | 5th Mar 12:00pm |
*VENUE - Black Coffee*

Come join us for fine coffee, company and 6 hours of fantastic local musical offerings

Where: | Black Coffee |
When: | 5th Mar 10:00am |
Amba Holly

Wellingtons very own RNB pop princess is heating up the capital with her infectious personality.

Where: | South Riddiford St |
When: | 5th Mar 12:40pm |
Anastasia Dolinina & Matias Ceballos

themes of love, injustice, and dreams of better life and equality

Where: | Rintoul St |
When: | 5th Mar 10:40am |
AtiawaToa Fm & Te Upoko Radio MCs

AtiawaToa Fm & Te Upoko Radio MCs

Where: | South Riddiford St |
When: | 5th Mar 10:10am |
Bazurka

Intricate and exotic melodies, driving rhythms and tear jerking ballads

Where: | North Riddiford St |
When: | 5th Mar 10:00am |
Beat Girls

The Beatgirls are a stage show bringing alive the music, fashions and dance of the eras they pay tribute to

Where: | North Riddiford St |
When: | 5th Mar 12:00pm |
Beatcomber

super delayed sonic pop, infused with spasming psychedelia and distortion

Where: | Wilson St |
When: | 5th Mar 6:20pm |
Big Girls

Giant Puppet representatives made by Women of diverse cultures who call NZ Aotearoa home will be out and about at the Fair.

Where: | Riddiford St, Newtown |
When: | 5th Mar 10:00am |
Black Rainbow And Her Big Band

Black Rainbow And Her Big Band is a mélange of electronic afro-futuristic protest music

Where: | Constable St |
When: | 5th Mar 10:45am |
Bulgarian dance workshop with Lilia de Castro

passion for Bulgarian traditional music and dance

Where: | Rintoul St |
When: | 5th Mar 12:00pm |
Cave Circles

the main DJ/ production name for renowned NZ musician Riki Gooch

Where: | Newtown Ave |
When: | 5th Mar 4:15pm |
Chocolate Box Deluxe

A delicious assortment of vinyl selected by delectable divas Vanessa Stacey and Lisa Tomlins bringing funk disco soul and good times.

Where: | South Riddiford St |
When: | 5th Mar 4:20pm |
Clube Do Choro

Clube do Choro are New Zealand’s very own Brazilian Choro band

Where: | Emmett St |
When: | 5th Mar 10:30am |
Corin

a gathering knot of permutations—the sound of something meticulously ruined and renewed

Where: | Newtown Ave |
When: | 5th Mar 5:45pm |
Darren Watson

He plays a little Gibson acoustic guitar and says he sings songs about real life.

Where: | Constable St |
When: | 5th Mar 12:15pm |
DJ Panda

the panda will be playing music from the mid to late 80s for those of you NOT in the know, so don't be asking for requests.

Where: | Constable St |
When: | 5th Mar 11:40am |
Emilio Bertrand and Alexander Gunchenko

Emilio Bertrand and Alexander Gunchenko

Where: | Rintoul St |
When: | 5th Mar 1:10pm |
Emily Fairlight

She writes lyrics straight from her heart to yours

Where: | Normanby St |
When: | 5th Mar 5:15pm |
Emmett Sutherland

Emmett Sutherland is a Wellington based musician recently graduated from the New Zealand School of Music.

Where: | Black Coffee |
When: | 5th Mar 10:00am |
Eva Prowse

Eva Prowse ventures in folk, indie, alt-pop, and childhood dreamscapes

Where: | Normanby St |
When: | 5th Mar 2:50pm |
Eyes Down Sound

Dub and Jungle meet inna street party sound system style and fashion!

Where: | Donald McLean St |
When: | 5th Mar 10:00am & 12:00pm |
Fraser Hooper

Fraser Hooper will dare to challenge all comers in a three round bout of pure comedy carnage.

Where: | McDonalds Carpark |
When: | 5th Mar 11:30am & 2:30pm |
Freak Magnet

Inspired by dogs, cars, getting too wasted/comfortable to leave your friends place, and a general distain for human existence, the songs of Freak Magnet lull you into a partied stupor in preparation for the apocalypse.

Where: | Wilson St |
When: | 5th Mar 5:00pm |
French For Rabbits

Their live shows are a mesmerising experience, punctuated by the sideways charm of their lead vocalist

Where: | North Riddiford St |
When: | 5th Mar 3:00pm |
Gemma Lipana

Gemma Lipana is 10yrs old, she goes to St Teresa's School Karori

Where: | Emmett St |
When: | 5th Mar 12:25pm |
Girlboss

Girlboss is a girl-and-boy band. Girlboss is a riff on a hashtag. 'Girlboss-splain' is not yet a word and won't become one by the end of this biography, it is not very catchy. Girlboss is best explain

Where: | Normanby St |
When: | 5th Mar 3:45pm |
Greek dance workshop with Jo Mellas

Greek dance workshop with Jo Mellas

Where: | Rintoul St |
When: | 5th Mar 11:10am |
Gypsy Hendrix

a new and just slightly irreverent take on the work of rock history's most influential guitar hero

Where: | Mid Riddiford St |
When: | 5th Mar 3:15pm |
Hawaiian Dance Wellington

consists of a group of women ages 25-75, who enjoy dancing hula to beautiful Hawaiian music.

Where: | Mid Riddiford St |
When: | 5th Mar 10:20am |
Hex

HEX is the heavy triumvirate of Liz Mathews and GG and Kiki Van Newtown.

Where: | Wilson St |
When: | 5th Mar 7:20pm |
i.ryoko

analogue synthesiser, drum machine and voice combine in kaleidoscopic layers

Where: | Newtown Ave |
When: | 5th Mar 6:00pm |
Joe Blossom

Joe Blosssom is the collaboration project lead by long time artist Sean O’Brien.

Where: | Wilson St |
When: | 5th Mar 11:20am |
Kemara Samuel

His band is a Whanau affair jamming covers and originals

Where: | South Riddiford St |
When: | 5th Mar 2:15pm |
Klezmer Rebs

Klezmer Rebs are a 7 piece Wellington band formed in 2002 that plays (mostly) klezmer music.

Where: | Constable St |
When: | 5th Mar 1:10pm |
Latino/Filipino stage: Opening Remarks

Latino/Filipino stage introduction/opening remarks

Where: | Emmett St |
When: | 5th Mar 12:30pm |
Madagascan dance workshop with Lala Simpson

She has taught West African dances, led dance and singing workshops at seminars, music camps, choirs and schools, led workshops and performed at International Dance Day, Cubadupa and Africa day.

Where: | Rintoul St |
When: | 5th Mar 1:50pm |
MC Hillsy

MC Hillsy is stoked to be back on the Wilson Street Stage for the 4th year in a row.

Where: | Wilson St |
When: | 5th Mar 10:00am |
Mehana

a 5-piece ensemble with a unique repertoire influenced by traditional Balkan and gypsy music styles

Where: | Rintoul St |
When: | 5th Mar 12:15pm |
Mel Parsons

award-winning indie folk artist Mel Parsons has a dynamite live show with a red hot band not to be missed.

Where: | North Riddiford St |
When: | 5th Mar 1:45pm |
Melting Faces

ranges from the relaxed, the mellow, through to the psychedelic and beyond into the realms of heavier and darker territory

Where: | Mid Riddiford St |
When: | 5th Mar 2:00pm |
Mischancerie

A collage of fractured beats, swooning synths and transfigured samples

Where: | Newtown Ave |
When: | 5th Mar 3:30pm |
Momentum

Aotearoa’s premier Jungle collective bringing back the classic 90’s bass and breaks sound

Where: | Donald McLean St |
When: | 5th Mar 11:00am & 1:00pm |
Move It Danceworks

You'll be seeing routines and some dances from our 2016 show "Heroes and Villains".

Where: | Mid Riddiford St |
When: | 5th Mar 10:00am |
Mr Fungus

Check out the latest nonsense from ‘New Zealand’s Loudest Mime’ MR FUNGUS.

Where: | McDonalds Carpark |
When: | 5th Mar 1:00pm |
Mundi

a duel of woodwind and strings, hypnotic grooves and haunting melodies, percussion and drums, dancing and merriment

Where: | North Riddiford St |
When: | 5th Mar 4:15pm |
New Age Leper

a musical journey that may require an exorcism afterwards

Where: | Wilson St |
When: | 5th Mar 1:20pm |
New Dawn

Transcend your astral being through the dimensional barriers and into the New Dawn

Where: | Newtown Ave |
When: | 5th Mar 7:15pm |
Newtown Festival Official Opening

The Newtown Festival Street Fair Day Official Opening is on the Newtown New World Community Stage

Where: | Mid Riddiford St |
When: | 5th Mar 9:30am |
Norac Salad - The Magic Little Shed

Nestled in a row of five gritty garages is Norac Salad, New Zealand’s only dedicated origami bookshop and studio

Where: | Garage 4, 13 Newtown Ave |
When: | 5th Mar 9:00am |
Not The Day Job

Not The Day Job play their music with passion and a definite political edge

Where: | Constable St |
When: | 5th Mar 10:00am |
Opening Ceremony/Shambleland Radio Show

Opening Ceremony/Shambleland Radio Show

Where: | Colombo St |
When: | 5th Mar 11:00am |
Oy Azoy

the band bring a vibrant and colourful mashup that'll get you moving!

Where: | North Riddiford St |
When: | 5th Mar 11:00am |
Pacifiesta

This group perform multicultural performances and have travelled the world sharing our Pacific culture

Where: | South Riddiford St |
When: | 5th Mar 1:40pm |
Palmerston North Filipino "Rondalla"

Palmerston North Filipino "Rondalla"

Where: | Emmett St |
When: | 5th Mar 1:45pm |
Pascal Ackermann

A Swiss clown has fallen off the mountain in his homeland and finds himself sailing the high seas.

Where: | McDonalds Carpark |
When: | 5th Mar 12:15pm & 3:15pm |
Prizegiving

Newtown-based, Papaiti-associated coffee-punks Prizegiving deliver honest and catchy emo pop

Where: | Wilson St |
When: | 5th Mar 2:20pm |
Raw Collective

Raw Collective started when producer/emcee Raw Deezy was looking for a musician to help craft and create something new, and found what he was looking for in Pauly Plum. Local DJ Art-Official asked

Where: | South Riddiford St |
When: | 5th Mar 3:00pm |
Ready Sett

Based in Wellington, New Zealand, Ready Sett began working on material in early 2014

Where: | Normanby St |
When: | 5th Mar 10:00am |
Sam Manzanza

hot and spicy afro beat to take you to the moon and dance non stop

Where: | North Riddiford St |
When: | 5th Mar 12:15pm |
Saritah

SARITAH is on a worldwide musical mission to uplift, inspire and heal.

Where: | Emmett St |
When: | 5th Mar 2:20pm |
Sendam Rawkustra

a multi-headed rhythm beast which first emerged from the murky depths of the south Wellington mental health scene

Where: | Mid Riddiford St |
When: | 5th Mar 12:25pm |
Sew Love - Free creative activity

Sew something colourful to wear or wave throughout your festival day

Where: | Gordon St |
When: | 5th Mar 9:00am |
Slim F. Pickings

He is ergonomically designed for enhanced shape and has a relatively handsome appearance.

Where: | McDonalds Carpark |
When: | 5th Mar 10:00am & 1:45pm |
Só Samba

The group offers a high-energy exposition of Brazilian culture, showcasing an authentic and vibrant experience of Rio de Janeiro’s traditional “rodas de samba” (samba circles)

Where: | Emmett St |
When: | 5th Mar 11:30am |
SoccerPractise

a genre-bending multimedia musical and visual experience which incorporates English and Te Reo Māori lyricism, electronic beats and electric guitar

Where: | Newtown Ave |
When: | 5th Mar 2:00pm |
Sophie Ani

She brings the soul and jazz to her renditions of classic waiata.

Where: | South Riddiford St |
When: | 5th Mar 11:10am |
Syrian community musicians

traditional Middle East folks songs from the period 1960 - 1970

Where: | Rintoul St |
When: | 5th Mar 1:00pm |
Taikoza Wellington

Taikoza Wellington is a group committed to the perpetuation of the local rhythms known to have been played for hundreds of years.

Where: | South Riddiford St |
When: | 5th Mar 2:45pm |
Te Kahu Rolleston

Te Kahu is a rising talent in slam poetry and spoken word. Hailing from the Tauranga area, he is now based in Wellington.

Where: | South Riddiford St |
When: | 5th Mar 12:20pm |
The All Seeing Hand

Sound-wave tsunami, surging forward to pick up all and everything.

Where: | Constable St |
When: | 5th Mar 3:10pm |
The Vinyl Burns Rock & Roll Circus

brimming with inept sophistication, extreme stunts and surprisingly polished skills

Where: | McDonalds Carpark |
When: | 5th Mar 10:45am & 4:00pm |
Tidal Rave

Tidal Rave is a wall of sound garage-pop-surf five piece from Wellington

Where: | Living Wage Stage |
When: | 5th Mar 2:10pm |
Tonic & Co

Be prepared to be transported to Greece with nostalgic melodies

Where: | Rintoul St |
When: | 5th Mar 11:25am |
Tui Mamaki

an evocative and sensual voice, colored by her many musical travels

Where: | Rintoul St |
When: | 5th Mar 10:00am |
TUMA (Maori Martial Arts)

taking Maori Martial Arts to a new level.

Where: | South Riddiford St |
When: | 5th Mar 10:50am |
Warrick and The Wankers

warwick and the wankers - one man blues band - no backing tracks - no loopers - no drum machines - no bullshit.

Where: | Wilson St |
When: | 5th Mar 4:00pm |
Waterfalls

deconstructed modal pop music balances a strong melodic sensibility with hypnotic, ostinato cycles and invocations of mood via her exploration of analog synthesisers and processed flute and vocal timbres

Where: | Newtown Ave |
When: | 5th Mar 11:45am |
Wellington Batucada

Bringing the flamboyant world of samba from Brazil to Wellington. Image credit: Geoff Infield

Where: | Parade: Rintoul St to Newtown Ave |
When: | 5th Mar 3:30pm |
Wolf Witch

An unholy amalgamation of fuzzed-out wild surf guitar set to the metronomic fervour of the disco drum machine.

Where: | Wilson St |
When: | 5th Mar 6:00pm |
Womb

psychic siblinghood, dreamlike logic and a deep-seated love of nature

Where: | Wilson St |
When: | 5th Mar 5:20pm |