Performers 2020
Adoneye
Adoneye are an folk infused alternative band intent on bringing their audience on a journey of tension and release.
| Where: | Ferguson St Stage |
| When: | 8th Mar |
AJA
A truly grounded and powerful musician. Aja is inspired by the everlasting; the elemental; the kindred.
| Where: | Tangata Whenua Stage |
| When: | 8th Mar |
Al Fraser
Ngā taonga pūoro and live electronic manipulations collide to create lush soundscapes of Aotearoa
| Where: | Tangata Whenua Stage |
| When: | 8th Mar |
Alexa Casino and PollyHill
Queer bedroom producer icons coming together to blend dream pop, hard hitting bass lines and lo-fi boom bap rap.
| Where: | Girls Rock Stage |
| When: | 8th Mar |
Androgynous Lemon
Keys dialled up to 11, and energy not far behind, the Wellington four piece forage whimsical hooks, screaming synths, growling low ends and slick, tasty grooves.
| Where: | South Stage |
| When: | 8th Mar |
Annette Esquenet
Annette Esquenet is a singer-songwriter whose songs have a gentle ‘Indie-Folk’ sound.
| Where: | Gordon Pl Stage |
| When: | 8th Mar |
AyN RaNdY
AyN RaNdY - are the graage punk version of the "yass queen' emoji.
| Where: | Ferguson St Stage |
| When: | 8th Mar |
b*tchmagic
Harnessing the power of heart (Billie), strength (Nicole) and bravery (Xanthe).
| Where: | Girls Rock Stage |
| When: | 8th Mar |
Barry and the Crumpets
Barry and the Crumpets are a foot-stomping, barn-romping country dance extravagance.
| Where: | Songs From The Old Country Stage |
| When: | 8th Mar |
Big Girls (Giant Puppets)
Big Girls for International Women's Day 2020
| Where: | Street Parade |
| When: | 8th Mar |
Bog-Wolf
A Farmer out Plimmerton way found something out the back of her property and now the whole of Newtown may pay
| Where: | Death Ray Stage |
| When: | 8th Mar |
Bollywood Dance by SDANZ
An energetic Bollywood Dance using various Indian folk and modern style.
| Where: | Community Stage |
| When: | 8th Mar |
BTD B*tches
The BTD B*tches are ready to bring the galaxy get-down to the streets of Newtown. Specialising in a unique mix of outer-space style, athletic energy, and unreal choreo, the BTD B*tches know just how to get the party started..
| Where: | Community Stage |
| When: | 8th Mar |
Bulgarian Ensemble Horo
Feel the Freedom of the Balkans Down Under!
| Where: | Songs From The Old Country Stage |
| When: | 8th Mar |
Cookie Brooklyn & The Crumbs
Wellington trio Cookie Brooklyn & The Crumbs synergises the unstoppable creative energy of singer / guitarist Mark Williams (Marineville) with the powerhouse rhythmic grooves of Nell Thomas and Erika Grant, both of intergalactic party-starters Orchestra Of Spheres.
| Where: | Living Wage Stage |
| When: | 8th Mar |
crone
crone is the sci-fi goth duo of Emily Berryman and Lucy Reid. Their sound is underpinned by a sustained sense of drama, effected live loops and samples.
| Where: | Newtown Ave Stage |
| When: | 8th Mar |
Dad Jokes
All Hooks and Choruses - Aucklands Premier Party Two Piece.
| Where: | Death Ray Stage |
| When: | 8th Mar |
Dawn Diver
Dawn Diver traverses the untrodden paths between progressive song form, provocative narratives, and sonic freedom.
| Where: | Wilson St Stage |
| When: | 8th Mar |
Dr. Reknaw
Medicinal music for mind, body & soul. Move, groove and shake it to the gals & dudes of the Reknaw crew.
| Where: | Ferguson St Stage |
| When: | 8th Mar |
Everybodys Choir
Everybodys Choir sings high energy modern and old school songs with the backing of four professional musicians.
| Where: | Community Stage |
| When: | 8th Mar |
Fire & Emergency Burning Kitchen
Get a demonstration of what NOT to do in the event of a grease fire as part of Fire & Emergency New Zealand's Kitchen Fire Demonstrator.
| Where: | Activity Zone: Donald McLean St |
| When: | 8th Mar |
French For Rabbits
Dreamy ethereal pop music - performing in trio form for an intimate Newtown Fest set.
| Where: | Girls Rock Stage |
| When: | 8th Mar |
Freya Daly Sadgrove
Freya Daly Sadgrove is a writer and performer from Pōneke.
| Where: | Living Wage Stage |
| When: | 8th Mar |
Fun and Funner
Karen and Tom are ECE teachers who write and perform amazing hilarious songs about helicopters, ballet, sharing and poo amongst other things.
| Where: | Colombo St Stage |
| When: | 8th Mar |
Gale Force Gospel Choir
Wellington’s Gale Force Gospel wow us with their traditional African-American sound. A glorious mix of acapella four-part harmony and irresistible rhythms.
| Where: | Gordon Pl Stage |
| When: | 8th Mar |
H4LF CĀST
Tastefully mixing the new with the old, the H4LF CĀST crew create soulful Reggae/DUB grooves.
| Where: | Tangata Whenua Stage |
| When: | 8th Mar |
Hans.
Hailing from Auckland, Hans. is part of the newest wave of exciting Korean artists and has been proving to be one of the rising stars of NZ hip-hop.
| Where: | Newtown Ave Stage |
| When: | 8th Mar |
Heartbreak Club
Heartbreak Club are an all girl pop/punk band made up of four local teens. They formed at Girls Rock! Pōneke and have since kept on making music together.
| Where: | Girls Rock Stage |
| When: | 8th Mar |
Hedge Fund Trader
Post-Hardcore three piece from Hamilton, New Zealand.
| Where: | Ferguson St Stage |
| When: | 8th Mar |
Inano Dance Group
Inano Dance is a Cook Islands dance school and company, perpetuating and enhancing Cook Islands music, dance, culture and arts.
| Where: | Tangata Whenua Stage |
| When: | 8th Mar |
Israel Starr
Israel has learnt from the best and is now notorious for his energetic yet mature live shows.
| Where: | Tangata Whenua Stage |
| When: | 8th Mar |
Jason Brown
World renowned performer Jason Brown is back, with a new show!
| Where: | Buskers Pitch |
| When: | 8th Mar |
Jörmungandr
An aggressive Viking metal act that incorporates powerful imagery and eclectic musical influences to deliver a visual and aural spectacle
| Where: | Ferguson St Stage |
| When: | 8th Mar |
Kiva and Riki
Father and son duo will play a selection of original music with Kiva (7) on the sp404 sampler and his dad Riki (27) on the drumkit.
| Where: | Living Wage Stage |
| When: | 8th Mar |
Kubatana & the Moringa Dancers
African style moves and grooves to get you rocking.
| Where: | Songs From The Old Country Stage |
| When: | 8th Mar |
L(())VE & HOPE
Troy Kingi, Mark Vanilau & Mara TK are L(())VE & HOPE
| Where: | Colombo St Stage |
| When: | 8th Mar |
Last Exit
We are a band of kids from Wellington, run by the Rock Academy.
| Where: | Community Stage |
| When: | 8th Mar |
Louis Baker
A powerhouse voice that’s capable of a primal RnB scream or tear-inducing plea, and a talent for writing deeply personal, stirring songs.
| Where: | South Stage |
| When: | 8th Mar 1:00pm |
Louisa Nicklin
Louisa Nicklin is joined by Eamon Edmunson-Wells and Mason Fairey to bring an engaging and frank performance.
| Where: | Girls Rock Stage |
| When: | 8th Mar |
Malcolm S.
Malcolm S. is a producer of semi-ambient electronica from Aotearoa.
| Where: | Newtown Ave Stage |
| When: | 8th Mar |
Mara TK
New waiata performed alongside harpist Michelle Velvin and drummer Cory Champion
| Where: | Tangata Whenua Stage |
| When: | 8th Mar 3:00pm |
Momentum
Aotearoa’s premier Jungle collective bringing back the classic 90’s bass and breaks sound.
| Where: | Renegade Bass |
| When: | 8th Mar |
Museum Stork
Museum Stork is a brand new three piece band who perform bright, earnest and gently emomusic.
| Where: | Girls Rock Stage |
| When: | 8th Mar |
Na Noise
Na Noise is a candied lo-fi pop duo based in Tāmaki Makaurau.
| Where: | Wilson St Stage |
| When: | 8th Mar |
No mans heath
Fusing intricate finger style guitar with sorrowful vocals.
| Where: | Gordon Pl Stage |
| When: | 8th Mar |
ODA Dance Studio
To touch, to move, to inspire. This is the true gift of dance.
| Where: | Community Stage |
| When: | 8th Mar |
Ounce
Auckland based psych rock band. Duo drums and a heavy dose of fuzz.
| Where: | Wilson St Stage |
| When: | 8th Mar |
Ovus
With a foundation in Metal and a fusion of other influences, Ovus seeks to blend genres and time signatures to carve it's own unique place in the instrumental scene.
| Where: | Ferguson St Stage |
| When: | 8th Mar |
Paper Plates
Wellington based alt pop duo Paper Plates brings light to mental wellbeing within the music industry as well as the wider NZ community.
| Where: | Colombo St Stage |
| When: | 8th Mar |
Pencarrow
Pencarrow offer a modern twist on classic progressive rock, balancing lush keyboards with searing guitars and dramatic rhythms to deliver punchy and thought provoking music.
| Where: | Ferguson St Stage |
| When: | 8th Mar |
Polaroids of Polarbears
A familiarity, and a longing for a simpler time.
| Where: | Ferguson St Stage |
| When: | 8th Mar |
Power Nap
Power Nap is the solo electronic project of Tāmaki Makaurau’s, Chris Cudby. His debut album 'Shaped Canvas' dropped in mid-2019.
| Where: | Newtown Ave Stage |
| When: | 8th Mar |
Ptwiggs
Hailing from Sydney, Australia, Ptwiggs otherwise known as Phoebe Twigg is a producer and qualified audio engineer.
| Where: | Newtown Ave Stage |
| When: | 8th Mar |
RadioActive.FM DJs
RadioActive.FM will have DJs on the RadioActive.FM and Coffee Supreme South Stage all day.
| Where: | South Stage |
| When: | 8th Mar |
Rangatahi o te Pene
Rangatahi o Te Pene are a collective of young Māori writers, Ko tatou te rito o te harakeke.
| Where: | Living Wage Stage |
| When: | 8th Mar |
Requin
Requin are one girl and three boys from Brisbane Australia, who create intricate, art-focused pop music.
| Where: | Death Ray Stage |
| When: | 8th Mar |
Rubita
Rubita, infuses her sweet and sparkling indie pop with sultry, addictive melodies.
| Where: | Gordon Pl Stage |
| When: | 8th Mar |
Scattered Wreckage
Newtown's own string band bringing you a cheerful songs about murder lust betrayal and the false hope of salvation
| Where: | Gordon Pl Stage |
| When: | 8th Mar |
Shut Up & Dance
Performing at the Newtown Festival is our opportunity to believe that we were good enough to be accepted into a professional dance troupe, so come along for the ride.
| Where: | Community Stage |
| When: | 8th Mar |
Sianne
Grounded and humble in appearance yet powerful in song and performance with a spine tingling voice like no other.
| Where: | Tangata Whenua Stage |
| When: | 8th Mar |
SOFIA
Incorporating moody folk ‘SOFIA’ is an alternative indie group based in Wellington, New Zealand.
| Where: | Gordon Pl Stage |
| When: | 8th Mar |
Solid Gold Dance Crew NZ
Bombastic retrotastic futuristic dance crew!
| Where: | Community Stage |
| When: | 8th Mar |
Sounds Almighty Sound System
Sounds Almighty Sound System is a custom built Jamaican Music Sound System.
| Where: | Sounds Almighty Sound System Laneway |
| When: | 8th Mar |
Sounds Like Us
Sounds Like Us' is a Wellington based group that performs traditional and folk music from Persia, the Middle East and the Balkans.
| Where: | Songs From The Old Country Stage |
| When: | 8th Mar |
Ssendam Rawkustra
Multi-psycho-schizo-mani-phobia-neurosis/Even though the sound of it is something quite atrocious/If you say it long enough you'll know your diagnosis/Multi-psycho-schizo-mani-phobia-neurosis
| Where: | Community Stage |
| When: | 8th Mar |
Strange Stains
glossy, smokey industrial pop and electronic beats complete with reverb-heavy vocals and swirling forboding synth.
| Where: | Girls Rock Stage |
| When: | 8th Mar |
Sub:Bass
With a passion for heavy bass and crashing breaks, The SUB:BASS crew are cementing their place into the Wellington Drum and Bass scene.
| Where: | Renegade Bass |
| When: | 8th Mar |
Sugarfoot Stomp
Sugarfoot Stomp is a swing dance collective in Wellington celebrating and showcasing the joy of swing and other vintage dances.
| Where: | Community Stage |
| When: | 8th Mar |
Tangata Circus Company
Three Wellingtonians demonstrate spectacular skills in this high energy circus show
| Where: | The Circus Hub Stage |
| When: | 8th Mar |
Tarrant Dancers Parking Angels
Tarrant Dancers are committed to being a visual, vibrant, unexpected and moving part of Wellington.
| Where: | Street Parade |
| When: | 8th Mar |
Tary Bary
We take the original tunes and songs of the 18-19-20 century and perform them in a funny and entertaining style.
| Where: | Songs From The Old Country Stage |
| When: | 8th Mar |
Te Kapa Haka o Te Kura o Ngā Puna Waiora - Newtown School
Our Kapa Haka rōpū is diverse and ranges from year 4-8 students.
| Where: | Tangata Whenua Stage & Colombo St Stage |
| When: | 8th Mar |
Te Mana
Te Mana is a revolutionary R&B, Rock, Reggae fusion band delivering a message of peace, love and unity.
| Where: | Tangata Whenua Stage |
| When: | 8th Mar |
Terry Shore and the VolunTerry Band
Terry Shore is a well known Wellington-based singer/ songwriter/entertainer who has played in various venues such as open mic nights and other gigs for over 25 years.
| Where: | Colombo St Stage |
| When: | 8th Mar |
The Birdmann & Egg
Fly to the future in an award-winning comedy circus concert from Australia and Japan.
| Where: | Buskers Pitch |
| When: | 8th Mar |
The Doubtful Sounds and Te Arokura
Wellington's funkiest little choir, teams up with the Aro Valley's favourite childrens Kapa Haka group.
| Where: | Living Wage Stage |
| When: | 8th Mar |
The Wellington Youth Circus
A group of talented young performers.
| Where: | The Circus Hub Stage |
| When: | 8th Mar |
The Wooden Box Band
Goose bump harmonies and runaway instrumental solos.
| Where: | Colombo St Stage |
| When: | 8th Mar |
Tidal Rave
Tidal Rave are a six-piece garage rock band from Te Whanganui-a-Tara - Wellington
| Where: | Living Wage Stage |
| When: | 8th Mar |
Tiny Ruins
A rare blend of eloquent lyrical craft and explorative musicianship, the songs of Tiny Ruins have been treasured by crowds and critics for almost a decade.
| Where: | South Stage |
| When: | 8th Mar 4:00pm |
Traditional Capoeira Angola Roda
Wellington Capoeira Crew performing the Traditional Afro-Brazilian Dance/fight game...live music, singing and cunning moves.
| Where: | Activity Zone: Donald McLean St |
| When: | 8th Mar |
Transistor
Psychedelic rock trio hailing from the Hutt - conjuring up lush walls of sound, injected with fuzzed-out grooves.
| Where: | Death Ray Stage |
| When: | 8th Mar |
Upper Hutt Posse
Aotearoa’s seminal rap-reggae-funk group with a fluid lineup coalescing around leader Te Kupu on bass/vocals
| Where: | South Stage |
| When: | 8th Mar |
Vox Ethno
The 15 member ensemble Vox Ethno is a female vocal group that performs traditional (ethno) folk music from the Balkans and Europe.
| Where: | Songs From The Old Country Stage |
| When: | 8th Mar |
Wellington Chinese Sports and Cultural Centre
An exciting and highly energised Chinese Dragon combining strength, team work, and flexibility to produce an entertaining masterpiece for the eyes and ears.
| Where: | South Stage & Street Parade |
| When: | 8th Mar |
Wellington Fire and Flow Club
A passionate collective of performers showcasing the ever-growing Wellington circus, fire, and flow community.
| Where: | Community Stage |
| When: | 8th Mar |
Whaea & The Rumble
Industrial, indigenous. Explorations of identity, pain and history. Ideas for the future.
| Where: | Newtown Ave Stage |
| When: | 8th Mar |
Zane & Degge
This show is for everyone who enjoys having a good time. Famous for their unique kiwi humour, "Zane and Degge" could build rapport with your angry uncle!
| Where: | Buskers Pitch |
| When: | 8th Mar |
