Performers 2016

*Full Performance Schedule

You can download a full schedule here

Where: | All Newtown Festival |
When: | 6th Mar |
*STAGE: Mainstreet Stage

Come one, come all! Some of the finest that the Newtown Festival has to offer are on display.

Where: | North Riddiford |
When: | 6th Mar 10:00am |
*STAGE: 'Nice Place' Curbside Cabaret

Soloists and bands with a street cafe vibe

Where: | Emmett St |
When: | 6th Mar 10:00am |
*STAGE: 'VUWSA' Newtown Ave

Featuring contemporary alternative electronic music.

Where: | Newtown Ave |
When: | 6th Mar 10:00am |
*STAGE: Circus Stage

Watch one of the exciting performances and then learn some moves to try out yourself.

Where: | Newtown School |
When: | 6th Mar 12:00pm |
*STAGE: Living Wage Stage

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

Where: | Constable St |
When: | 6th Mar 10:00am |
*STAGE: Newtown New World Community Stage

Some of the best and brightest stars from the Newtown community! At the corner of Constable and Riddiford St.

Where: | Mid Riddiford |
When: | 6th Mar 10:00am |
*STAGE: The Hits Buskers' Pitch

Come and be entertained by some of the best buskers around!

Where: | McDonald's Car park |
When: | 6th Mar 10:00am |
*STAGE: Wilson St

Newtown's favourite side street; with another bangin lineup for 2016!

Where: | Wilson St |
When: | 6th Mar 10:00am |
*Street Rides: Ghost Boards

Ghost Boards - freestyle riding by the Ghost crew + $5 rides

Where: | Rintoul St |
When: | 6th Mar 10:00am |
*Street Rides: Wishbone Bikes

FREE balance bike street rides for littlies!

Where: | Gordon St |
When: | 6th Mar 10:00am |
*Street Theatre: Gloria Bone Puppet Pavilion

An Intimate Evening With Gloria Bone And Friends

Where: | Green St |
When: | 6th Mar 12:30pm |
Aldous Harding

Gothic fairytales. This is folk music, simple and bleak.

Where: | Wilson St |
When: | 6th Mar 12:20pm |
Amba Holly: with Grove Roots

Māori Singer/Songwriter, passionate and determined to express life through music.

Where: | Donald McLean St |
When: | 6th Mar 12:40pm |
Amy Jean

Minimal-centric architect of dusty emotive dance music.

Where: | Newtown Ave |
When: | 6th Mar 11:45am |
Anne Kennedy (poet)

Artist for a Living Wage. Anne Kennedy is an inventive poet and fiction writer.

Where: | Constable St |
When: | 6th Mar 2:00pm |
Anything Left

More songs about the working peoples’ struggles, unions and democracy.

Where: | Constable St |
When: | 6th Mar 10:40am |
Aroha String Quartet

One of New Zealand's finest chamber music ensembles.

Where: | Constable St |
When: | 6th Mar 2:10pm |
Baobab Oasis - Nice Up The Dance

Reggae sound system at Baobab Courtyard

Where: | Baobab Cafe |
When: | 6th Mar 11:00am |
Basketball Jones (busker)

Fun entertainment for all ages and tastes, tricks and pure talent.

Where: | McDonald's Car park |
When: | 6th Mar 10:00am |
Bebemos GARAGE PROJECT Garden Party

Join us for the 20th Annual Newtown Festival & our second Garage Project Garden Party.

Where: | Hall St |
When: | 6th Mar 11:00am |
Biggest Little Circus

An action packed, high energy explosion of circus street theatre!

Where: | Newtown School |
When: | 6th Mar 5:15pm |
Borrowed Cs

Borrowed Cs: synthetic explorations through minimal dance forms.

Where: | Newtown Ave |
When: | 6th Mar 1:00pm |
Brannigan Kaa: with Grove Roots

Probably the most popular recording artist on the Maori Radio Network

Where: | Donald McLean St |
When: | 6th Mar 12:40pm |
Bunnies on Ponies

Ridiculously infectious explosive distorted 90s guitar pop.

Where: | Wilson St |
When: | 6th Mar 6:40pm |
Carcosa Saint Funeral

Playing what could be called ‘pop-indie-alt-country’.

Where: | Emmett St |
When: | 6th Mar 10:00am |
City Housing Choir

Enthusiastic singers Creating Harmony Optimistically In Rhythm – the CHOIR!

Where: | Mid Riddiford |
When: | 6th Mar 12:00pm |
Cookie Brooklyn and the Crumbs

Wellington psychedelia, 2 parts Orchestra of Spheres and one part Marineville.

Where: | Wilson St |
When: | 6th Mar 1:20pm |
Daniel Boobyer

A haunted ghost blues project by Wellington Daniel Boobyer featuring Mike Benton.

Where: | Wilson St |
When: | 6th Mar 3:05pm |
David Ladderman (busker)

2014 World Buskers Festival Critics Choice winner is back to cavort and contort at his favourite festival!

Where: | McDonald's Car park |
When: | 6th Mar 12:15pm |
Death and the Maiden

Melancholic synth arpeggios, reverb-drenched guitars, and sighing vocal melodies.

Where: | Newtown Ave |
When: | 6th Mar 1:30pm |
DJ No L

Atiawa Toa Fm breakfast show host is founder and member of the band Grove Roots from Waiwhetu

Where: | Donald McLean St |
When: | 6th Mar 3:15pm |
DJ Rhys B

DJing for over 30 years now - crowned NZs first ever DMC champion

Where: | Donald McLean St |
When: | 6th Mar 1:35pm |
Double Ya D

The man witch is about to get busy outside Death Ray. He'll be lickin his fingers and he'll be shakin his shit.

Where: | Wilson St |
When: | 6th Mar 5:15pm |
EPIC Newtown Festival After Party at Moon

Newtown's community venue. Come visit!

Where: | Riddiford St |
When: | 6th Mar 8:30pm |
Faith Wilson (poet)

Artist for a living wage. A writer and artist - 'forever learning how to talk.'

Where: | Constable St |
When: | 6th Mar 11:30am |
Flamenco Wellington

Flamenco - the passionate dance from the south of Spain, accompanied by guitar and cajon. Fiesta!

Where: | Mid Riddiford |
When: | 6th Mar 3:00pm |
Fortunes

Blending the gritty grooves of hip-hop with the raw emotion of R&B.

Where: | Newtown Ave |
When: | 6th Mar 2:45pm |
Frank Burkett Band

A unique blend of blues, country, bluegrass, swing and Scottish folk.

Where: | Emmett St |
When: | 6th Mar 10:45am |
Gamelan Padhang Moncar

Music from the courts and villages of central Java.

Where: | Constable St |
When: | 6th Mar 10:00am |
Glass Vaults

Psychedelic pop - songs of celebration, environment and love.

Where: | North Riddiford |
When: | 6th Mar 3:15pm |
Groeni

Complex textures and dancey beats are both captivating and engaging for listeners of all styles of music.

Where: | Newtown Ave |
When: | 6th Mar 5:15pm |
Grove Roots

A waka – a vessel for singers and songwriters to jam on.

Where: | Donald McLean St |
When: | 6th Mar 12:40pm |
Hawaiian Dance Wellington

Women (ages 25-75) who enjoy dancing hula to beautiful Hawaiian music.

Where: | Mid Riddiford |
When: | 6th Mar 11:45am |
Hypnos

Hypnos explore the murky world of Rebetiko, an urban folk music of the immigrant Greek underclass.

Where: | Rintoul St |
When: | 6th Mar 12:00pm |
Israel Starr

an important part of Aotearoa’s ever-growing Reggae, Dub, EDM and Hip-Hop scenes.

Where: | Donald McLean St |
When: | 6th Mar 4:10pm |
Jaded Nineties Raver (J9R)

Hardware-based and focused on maximising the capabilities of limited equipment.

Where: | Newtown Ave |
When: | 6th Mar 4:45pm |
Keely T

A regular performer at top Wellington venues and events.

Where: | Donald McLean St |
When: | 6th Mar 12:00pm |
Kirsten Te Rito

An award winning singer-songwriter from Wellington

Where: | Donald McLean St |
When: | 6th Mar 12:15pm |
Knights of the Dub Table

Expect a dynamic live journey with uplifting grooves, live dubs, featured guitar riffs and infectious sonic bass.

Where: | Donald McLean St |
When: | 6th Mar 3:20pm |
Kubatana & the Moringa Dancers

The percussive rhythms, sound and dances of Africa

Where: | Mid Riddiford |
When: | 6th Mar 12:15pm |
Maria McMillan (poet)

An Artist for a Living Wage. Two published collections of poetry.

Where: | Constable St |
When: | 6th Mar 12:20pm |
MC Hillsy

Wilson Streets official rock n roll MC for the 3rd year in a row.

Where: | Wilson St |
When: | 6th Mar 10:00am |
Mehana

Travel vicariously on the feverish rhythms and soulful laments across Balkan Peninsula

Where: | Rintoul St |
When: | 6th Mar 11:00am |
Mighty Ukes

We love to network and build happy fun communities. Our motto is "Uke & Spread the Love"

Where: | Mid Riddiford |
When: | 6th Mar 11:00am |
Miles Calder & the Rumours

Atmospheric Americana nestled somewhere between Ryan Adams, Bob Dylan and 70s Neil Young.

Where: | Emmett St |
When: | 6th Mar 1:30pm |
Mongo Skato

Mongo Skato is Thomas E Richards, an electronic music producer from Wellington.

Where: | Newtown Ave |
When: | 6th Mar 3:30pm |
Mono Sonic

The Baddass Fuzzed Out Primitive Trash Stomp Death Party Beer Lightning Chancellor.

Where: | Wilson St |
When: | 6th Mar 4:10pm |
Move It Danceworks

Dance school - Tap, Jazz and Ballet. For 3 year olds right through to adults.

Where: | Mid Riddiford |
When: | 6th Mar 10:01am |
Mr Fungus (busker)

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

Where: | McDonald's Car park |
When: | 6th Mar 10:45am |
Mr sterile Assembly

Outsider-punk noise experimental rock two-piece from Aotearoa New Zealand.

Where: | Constable St |
When: | 6th Mar 11:40am |
Newtown Rocksteady

Newtowns favourite sons - an infectious combination of mellow rhythms and upbeat dance tunes!

Where: | Donald McLean St |
When: | 6th Mar 5:00pm |
Orchestra of Spheres

Part Sun Ra otherworldiness, part Sublime Frequencies and part ESG.

Where: | Constable St |
When: | 6th Mar 3:00pm |
Pascal Ackermann (busker)

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

Where: | McDonald's Car park |
When: | 6th Mar 1:00pm |
Pie in the Sky

NZ and UK based artists who design playful tournaments, mini-festivals and celebrations for people.

Where: | Rintoul St |
When: | 6th Mar 10:00am |
Pip Adam

An Artist for a Living Wage. Writer -short stories, novel.

Where: | Constable St |
When: | 6th Mar 2:50pm |
Rainbow Country

Keeping it strictly Roots as a reflection of New Zealand's beautiful landscape and culture.

Where: | Donald McLean St |
When: | 6th Mar 11:20am |
Raskolnikovs -cancelled

Drunken Russian polka-rock - a cross between some kind of Eastern European music and The Munsters.

Where: | Wilson St |
When: | 6th Mar 10:20am |
Raw Collective

This is Raw Collective: a funk, jazz, and hip-hop sound, born with a livewire.

Where: | Moon |
When: | 6th Mar 8:00pm |
Red Sky Blues

An awesome sludgy, psych, fuzz stoner band from Wellington and some of Newtown.

Where: | Wilson St |
When: | 6th Mar 5:35pm |
Richter City Rebels

A raw, heavy and soulful show with loads of singing, dancing and beads - come and join the Mardi Gras Party!

Where: | Mid Riddiford |
When: | 6th Mar 3:45pm |
Rick Sahar : MC

Community Stage MC: an award winning Wellington entertainer.

Where: | Mid Riddiford |
When: | 6th Mar 10:00am |
Roidz

Roidz are proving to be one of New Zealand's most exciting bands.

Where: | 121 Skate Festival: Treetops |
When: | 5th Mar |
Salvation Army

The Wellington South Salvation open their doors and showcase their style of music on their front door step, along with awesome activities for all ages!

Where: | Mid Constable St |
When: | 6th Mar 10:00am |
Sam Manzanza Afrobeat band

Hot, spicy rhythms to make you dance and feel good

Where: | North Riddiford |
When: | 6th Mar 12:15pm |
Secret Knives (solo)

Secret Knives write pop songs: scaffold for melancholia, effects-heavy guitar, ambient debris.

Where: | Newtown Ave |
When: | 6th Mar 11:00am |
Sendam Rawkustra

Turning madness on its head into something special, unique, and creatively rich.

Where: | Mid Riddiford |
When: | 6th Mar 1:00pm |
Sergio Velcro's Sexy Morning Workout Class

World renowned fitness guru and tantric healing master travelling the world promoting the life changing power of his sexy workout fitness DVD's.

Where: | Rintoul St |
When: | 6th Mar 10:00am |
Shocking Pinks

Shocking Pinks is the project of singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Nick Harte.

Where: | Wilson St |
When: | 6th Mar 7:45pm |
Shogun

his rap flow is of international quality and use of words are second to none

Where: | Donald McLean St |
When: | 6th Mar 2:50pm |
Shoutin' Preachin'

Auckland Hip Hop/ Brass crew, Shoutin' Preachin' are making the trip to Wellington to show us what we've been missing.

Where: | Wilson St |
When: | 6th Mar 4:30pm |
So Laid Back Country China

Self proclaimed Canyon Rock band from Wellington.

Where: | Emmett St |
When: | 6th Mar 3:00pm |
Só Samba

Wellington's first roots samba band: a high energy exposition of Brazilian culture.

Where: | Rintoul St |
When: | 6th Mar 12:30pm |
Street Sports - Hoop Club Wellington

Providing children the opportunity learn and develop key basketball skills.

Where: | Arney St |
When: | 6th Mar 11:00am |
Street Sports - Push Play

The Push Play team will be out with fun equipment and exciting games to keep everyone active and entertained – even the adults.

Where: | Arney St |
When: | 6th Mar 10:00am |
Street Sports - The First Tee Values Coaching

Local youngsters from all different backgrounds are getting the chance to learn the art of golf.

Where: | Arney St |
When: | 6th Mar 11:00am |
Street Sports - Wellington Floorball

Keen to try a new and exciting sport?

Where: | Arney St |
When: | 6th Mar 11:00am |
Super Duper Girl (busker)

Flying in to save the day with stupendous stunts and amazing escapes…

Where: | McDonald's Car park |
When: | 6th Mar 11:30am |
Taikoza Wellington

Passionate about Taiko Drumming, with beautiful, strong bass tones, powerful group rhythms and dynamic choreography.

Where: | Donald McLean St |
When: | 6th Mar 4:45pm |
Tape Wolves

100% Esoteric surf trash morphs from a one man haunted figure to 3 wolves

Where: | Wilson St |
When: | 6th Mar 7:25pm |
The Eggs

Roll up the rugs and stack the chairs - The Eggs are cooking once again.

Where: | North Riddiford |
When: | 6th Mar 11:15am |
The Spines

Playing a fiery brand of rock love songs, totally original and honest

Where: | Rintoul St |
When: | 6th Mar 1:15pm |
The Tyson Smith Band

Wellington based swampy roots blues folk band.

Where: | Wilson St |
When: | 6th Mar 3:25pm |
The Underground

Bringing The Underground party to the Bebemos back yard.

Where: | Hall St |
When: | 6th Mar 12:00pm |
TrinityRoots

A boil-up of ingredients that seem to embody the very essence of our home, land and sea.

Where: | North Riddiford |
When: | 6th Mar 1:45pm |
TUMA (Tu mau rakau, tu mau taiaha)

An old one and a good one taking Maori Martial Arts to a new level.

Where: | Donald McLean St |
When: | 6th Mar 10:30am |
Tyna Keelan

Tyna's music is a mix of the best - old school Soul to hardcore Hip Hop and more.

Where: | Donald McLean St |
When: | 6th Mar 2:15pm |
Vaa Nui Dance Group

Sharing experiences from all of the pacific cultures, expect a massive Aotearoa cultural experience.

Where: | Donald McLean St |
When: | 6th Mar 10:55am |
Wellington Batucada

Bringing the flamboyant world of samba from Brazil to Wellington.

Where: | Parade |
When: | 6th Mar 4:00pm |
Wellington Community Choir

Music from different choral traditions from the world's cultures, including New Zealand Aotearoa.

Where: | Mid Riddiford |
When: | 6th Mar 2:25pm |
Wellington New Chinese Friendship Association Dancing Group

A dancing group showcasing Chinese culture.

Where: | Mid Riddiford |
When: | 6th Mar 2:15pm |
Wellington Youth Circus

Watch talented young students performing at the Newtown School Circus Stage

Where: | Newtown School |
When: | 6th Mar 12:00pm |