Fringe Festival

Music

Wild Iron: New Zealand Poetry Adapted to Song

Lorenzo Bühne
As a punk-rocker-come -Italian-balladeer, Lorenzo Bühne's music is always surprising - and his talent undeniable. Join Lorenzo as he launches his much-anticipated new album, Wild Iron: New Zealand Poetry Adapted...more

Orpheus Sings

Orpheus Choir of Wellington
The world premiere of a very evocative work by legendary NZ jazz pianist Mike Nock, arranged for choir by Laurie Lewis and set to lyrics by Alwyn Lewis. This is a truly New Zealand music experience, echoing our Maori heritage,...more

Have Voice; Will Sing

Ruth & the Honest 3
What would you do for a dollar? This year Ruth Armishaw, the musical force behind several hit Fringe shows, gets up-front and personal, leading her band the Honest 3 from the piano. Ruth's original songs tell of her journey...more

Transit of Venus vs Nosferatu

Transit of Venus
Transit of Venus vs. Nosferatu is an 84 minute long rock-opera style concept album performed live in accompaniment to a screening of the movie. The music gifts new emotion and narrative to the classic horror film, and beautiful...more

Eidolon

Nervous Doll Dancing
A Phantasmagorical journey into a kaleidoscopic dream world, set to the beautiful and haunting live cello music of Nervous Doll Dancing. This is a theatrical collaboration of music and projection that plays with illusion,...more

Songs From the Bottom of a Hilltop

Sven Olsen's Brutal Canadian Love Saga
Misery never sounded so good. The Svens are a 16 piece Lyall Bay collective that performs with five singers and a string section. Their folk, pop and country love songs are set on the sunless, luckless  slopes...more

Acts for the Frozen Sea

Ready! Steady! Studio!
With influences from Chilean folk to the Violent Femmes, B52s to the Talking Heads, Dear Frontier is a band specially equipped to confront the unique challenges of the 21st century with an innovative combination of heart...more

Flights of Fancy

The Hummingbirds Collective
Do you miss nylons and swing? Do you feel even nostalgia just isn't what it used to be? Wish you could still smoke in planes? The Hummingbirds are here to help with Flights of Fancy! Join this fresh new collective as they...more

ADAM PAGE - Chairman of the Beard

Adam Page
Adam Page is at the forefront of a unique style of performing, recording live instruments into loop pedals and spontaneously composing grooves in a myriad of styles using many different instruments and random objects including......more

ROAD 2 DA RICHE$

RICHE$
RICHE$ make club bangers and aspirational rap hits for the already wealthy who want to be richer. RICHE$ shamelessly celebrate corporate excesses and glorify lifestyles full of celebrity sexscapades and high-end consumer...more
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