6 piece Soul/Hip Hop Wellington band play Moon for the first time with support from Sam Fowles (solo) and Lucy Summerfield (solo with cello accompanied)

What started as some jams for a Master's level project between a couple of the bros has evolved into a soulful, hard-hitting band. While this project is fresh, each of the musicians either has a degree in music or has vast experience in the industry. High-energy Kiwi raps in English and Te Reo, accompanied by a powerful band and driven by a locked-in rhythm section.

13th of May at Moon Bar, 6.30pm start with koha entry

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Footnote New Zealand Dance present the return season of the critically-acclaimed MODERN GOD by Jeremy Beck. Six influencers collide in this high-energy dance-theatre work exploring fame, consumerism, and our digital obsessions.

Stunts will be attempted. Records broken. Memes made. Content consumed. Advertising sold. Lives ruined. Heroes formed. Modern God is a high-powered, darkly funny show, straddling the worlds of contemporary dance and physical theatre.

Suitable for the whole family. On for a limited season at Circa Theatre, 14 - 23 May, tickets on sale now from circa.co.nz

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For the very first time, the Dome Under Film Festival is coming to Aotearoa New Zealand, exclusively at Space Place.

Dome Under Film Festival is Australasia's only international festival dedicated to full dome cinema. From astronomy to arthouse, see it all in 360-degrees.

Space Place’s ‘Best of the Fest’ screenings feature eight films from Museums Victoria’s 2026 festival line-up including the award-winning and highly commended films.

The festival is on 14–16 May. To book tickets and to view the festival programme, go to spaceplace.nz.

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Tāmaki Makaurau-based four-piece The Sour are a band of wāhine bonded by a shared love of grunge, punk, and all things loud and heavy. They have released their highly anticipated debut EP, Daughters. Daughters captures the band’s love of heavy riffs, gritty hooks, and unapologetic attitude, while also celebrating friendship, whakapapa, and the power of wāhine making loud music together.

To celebrate the release of Daughters, The Sour are performing two shows in Te Ika-a-Māui this May.

Catch them live at Auckland’s Whammy Bar on Saturday May 9th, joined by Maebh & The Morrigan and Paul Cathero. They’ll then head to Wellington’s Moon Bar on Saturday May 16th with support from Dateband and The Early 20’s.

Tickets onsale from undertheradar.co.nz

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S-ence returns to the Cuba St Tavern Courtyard with a special concept night to warm up your winter blues. ESSENTIAL SELECTIONS feat. Matt Drake • Jen Kyle • Coda After playing together at Arkadien last year, this powerhouse trio came up with the idea for a night where each selector could go a little more free-range - playing sets and tracks that riff off each other throughout the evening. Not quite a B2B, but definitely just as much fun. S-ence is proud to welcome Matt Drake back to the capital. A long-time champion of timeless electronic music in Aotearoa, Matt blends cosmic house, hypnotic Detroit techno and Balearic grooves into sets that are deep, driving and full of energy. Jen Kyle’s cult following continues to grow, known for genre-spanning sets that move through techno, disco, punk, funk, soul, hip hop, new wave and beyond. Rounding out the lineup, Coda returns to the CST courtyard fresh off sets at CubaDupa and Baobab @ Newtown Festival. Expect plenty of groove, curveballs and dancefloor moments. Expect essential selections across early and late sets from all three DJs, with lots of fun on and off the decks. Saturday 16 May 7PM - 1AM Cuba St Tavern Courtyard House through to techno and beyond. 🎟 Tickets on sale now via Humanitix ...

Join us for an evening of lively music trivia. Support To the Front Pōneke by bringing a team of your music loving friends and showing off your smarts.

Girls Rock Aotearoa is a charity that offers holiday programmes and workshops for young women, trans, intersex, takatāpui, queer and gender-diverse youth where music is the medium to build confidence, empowerment and foster social change.

This July To the Front Pōneke is hosting their annual youth music programme. The quiz is to help fund this incredible programme that sees youth join a band and with the support of industry professionals write and perform an original song.

We also have an awesome raffle with goodies from Swimsuit, Great Sounds Great, Lighthouse, Apostle and many more!

This is an all ages event, tickets start from $20 ...

Celebrate 1 Year Of Glasshead!

Glasshead Records is one year old, so we’re putting on a show.

Come spend the night with us enjoying live music, connection, and a stacked local lineup. Headlining is Pearly*, the noise-pop outfit out of Ōtepoti, alongside Badtab from Te Whanganui-a-Tara.

You’ll also catch our amazing Glasshead artists Felix Bird, TWIAY, Dillon Jo, and Her Dead Bride, plus a special appearance from Wellington favourites Dartz.

Would be great to see you there. 4th of June at San Fran. Tickets from moshtix.co.nz

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