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    • Squiggla Making Space 
      • A creative gymnasium for young and oldon Donald McLean Street. Respond with improv playful mark making to the festival’s dance, music and street sensations.

    • Kenzie From Welly
      • Kenzie From Welly is a proud Samoan-Māori artist whose music is deeply rooted in culture, community, and creativity. Born and raised in Pōneke (Wellington), Kenzie carries the vibrant rhythms of her whakapapa in every verse and melody.A natural storyteller, Kenzie weaves together her love for the arts, a strong sense of synergy, and a deep […]

    • Ria Hall
      • Ria Hall emerged onto the Aotearoa music scene in 2011 as a commanding, uncompromising voice. An award-winning artist, she is known for fusing hip hop, roots, and soul energy with richly layered vocals in te reo Māori and English, creating a sound that is cinematic, confrontational, and deeply grounded in story. Her music refuses neat […]

    • Makayla
      • Signed to renowned, multi-platinum Aotearoa band SIX60’s Massive Recordslabel, 21-year old Makayla is defining what it means to be a new generation Māoripopstar. Makayla’s debut single under Massive Records, ‘Nature of Love’, finds theartist blending contemporary pop melodies reminiscent of Ariana Grande withsoaring soul and R&B, infectious chanted background vocals, and bubbly, groovingreggae tinged production, […]

    • Star Time
      • Wellington’s own 10 piece Afrobeat Jazz powerhouse, Star Time, have been setting the city’s dancefloors on fire since their debut at the WLG Jazz Festival in 2024. They have just come fresh out of the studio where they finalised their debut album, to be released later this year.In 2025, Star Time embarked on an unprecedented […]

    • Imani-J
      • Haitian New Zealand teen Imani-J is already carving out a powerful voice in the Afrofusion and R&B scene. An artist in the truest sense of the word – singer, songwriter, dancer and performer. Imani-J’s music brings you to a world of rich lyrical vulnerability and smooth melodies with vibrant and rhythmic beats. It’s a sonic […]

    • Mercury Fèng
      • Mercury Fèng (formerly Fèng) transports listeners to intimate dreamscapes by weaving together threads of yearning and introspection with shimmery synths, fuzz-laced guitars and her glassy vocals. In April 2025, MF self-released the album ‘archive for humble stones’, which saw the single ‘Heaving’ featured on the NTS Breakfast Show hosted by Flying Nun Records x Tonic. […]

    • Club Medder
      • Club Medder is a DJ, producer and broadcaster born and raised in Te Whanganui-a-Tara. A lover of all things electronic since his youth. Influenced heavily by early drum & bass culture in New Zealand from the early 2000’s, then the raving house and techno scenes of Europe in his late teens and early 20’s. Combining […]

    • Joseph Pod
      • In a country where guitar-driven indie and Kiwi hip hop have long dominated the soundscape, Afrobeats remains a genre bubbling just beneath the surface. But Joseph Pod is ready to change that. Hailing from Wellington, New Zealand, and proudly Ethiopian-bred, Joseph Pod is more than just a singer-songwriter. He is a cultural force in the […]

    • First Reserve
      • First Reserve is inevitable. Before adopting the moniker in 2023, Ryan Connaghan had been prolifically writing music that communicated their experiences in life, love, and loneliness. These themes are all approached on songs like “Last One” and “Me & My Friends” – the first offerings from First Reserve’s debut EP “There’s A God” set for […]

    • 2026 Programme Announcement!
      • We are incredibly proud to unveil the lineup for the upcoming Newtown Festival! Heartfelt thanks to our dedicated collaborators for their mahi in bringing you this bill. The Newtown community and the creative community have come together to produce yet another stacked and jam-packed lineup showcasing many talented artists from Newtown and beyond. A huge […]

    • So So Modern
      • So So Modern emerged from the strange happenings of New Zealand’s underground music scene in late 2004. Fuelled by a healthy dose of Southern Hemisphere naivety and good luck, they became one of the most internationally active bands of their era, touring the globe on a string of releases. Shaped by their collective experiences, the […]

    • Groove Council
      • When it comes to the dancefloor, Pōneke-based jazz-house band Groove Council means business. On their agenda is an uninterrupted dose of live, jazz-house dance music guaranteed to keep feet moving and hearts smiling all night long. When in session, they fuse DJ sensibilities with hypnotic soundscapes and jazz-informed improvisational flare to craft relentlessly groovy nonstop […]

    • WellyPutt
      • WIN FREE MINI GOLF FOR A YEAR! We’ve joined the circus! Wellington’s highest-rated mini golf experience, WellyPutt are heading out and joining the party! Their carnival themed mini-golf hole will be out on the streets of Newtown, giving you the chance to win big! So step right up and test your skills with WellyPutt, and […]

    • Manisah
      • Newtown-born Manisah is a DJ known for playful, well-curated sets that balance groove, rhythm, and feel-good energy. Her selections move through spectrums of house and tracks from around the world, blending sounds that feel both fresh and familiar. With a strong sense of flow, she builds sets that invite people in. Whether listeners come to […]

    • Francesca & Misha
      • Francesca Fagan is a Wellington born soprano of Polish descent. She’s just back from Poland, where she took third place in the 20 to 25-year-old category of the Stanisław Jopek International Vocal Competition held by Poland’s prestigious Mazowsze National Folk Song and Dance Ensemble, one of the largest folkloric groups in the world. She is […]

    • Dillon Jo
      • ‘Dillon Jo’ is the genre defying project of Wellington Based artists Betty Smith and Georgie Levien. Dillon Jo built paths between the elements of dream pop, shoegaze, folk, alt rock, and indie pop to create their genre defying sound. Having made quite the stir in Te Whanganui-a-Tara recently, playing numerous shows around the motu. Having […]

    • Rugby
      • Noise funk laser beam jam sandwich, experimental (mental) dog rock band. Hi we are Rugby. We have come out of the depths of Newtown with crash cymbals, jokes and coherent musical ideas. We love to play music and we love to have you listen to it. Dancing is optional but we’ll tickle you with the […]

    • Zuke
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    • Mystori
      • Mystori serves up a hearty helping of funky house grooves, bouncy bass lines, sweet whispers of hip-hop and nostalgic nonsense. She creates a recipe for maximum mischief, a delicious dance floor, and a potential trip to Chonky Town.

    • Mi Casa Su Casa
      • These two scallywags have the Welly wind in their sails and a groove in their hearts. They’re the duo behind the capital’s much loved club night, Mi Casa Su Casa, now rockin’ for over 15 years. They’ve also had the pleasure of playing some of NZ’s most legendary shindigs like Shipwrecked, Off The Radar, Kiwiburn, […]

    • Love Party
      • Wellington’s Love Party is a punk band that only sings love songs. Led by Kate Yesberg (vocals/bass) and Dayle Jellyman (vocals/guitar), their fuzzy power-pop feels like a children’s birthday party for adults. Energetic, mischievous and down-to-earth, Love Party combine tasty guitar figures and duo vocals with driving drums and irresistible bass lines. The live show […]

    • Lala SIMPSON
      • Harilalao “Lala” Simpson is a vibrant singer, songwriter, and song leader who grew up in beautiful Madagascar and now calls Aotearoa home. Known for her ready smiles, joyful energy, and mischievous sense of humour, Lala brings music to life wherever she goes. She leads two lively community choirs in Wellington and hosts singing workshops and […]

    • Krakerjack
      • Captivating audiences since 2022 Krakerjack celebrates Poland’s rich cultural heritage.Rich harmonies, powerful Polish and Yiddish vocals as well as lively dance numbers will stir your souls, get you moving and create a sense of togetherness wherever you are from!

    • HOPE
      • HOPE is an emerging Māori soul/R&B artist creating honest, emotive music rooted in vulnerability, healing, and self-expression. With a gentle yet powerful voice, her songwriting invites Aotearoa whānui into moments of reflection and connection, marking her as a compelling new voice in Aotearoa’s music landscape.

    • 9cups
      • 9cups is the latest musical venture from longtime musician, beatmaker and now emerging DJ, Maz Hermon. 9cups is a house producer & DJ who grew up on boom-bap hip hop but later found a love of dance music through messing around with samplers, synthesisers, and drum machines and jamming with friends. 9cups’ happy place is […]

    • Burn My Records Crew
      • Burn My Records is a Whanganui-a-Tara (Wellington, New Zealand) based alternative music label which specialises in music production and artist development services. Our team is skilled in producing, writing, arranging, sound design and mixing for a wide variety of music projects across a wide number of genres. We believe in fostering talent and supporting artists […]

    • Averie
      • Averie’s sound reaches past the common singer-songwriter, delving into the exploration of neo-soul and alternative jazz, filling the void in Aotearoa’s sound and music industry with the melodies that it craves. Charlotte Avery, known professionally as Averie, is a 23-year-old Filipino-Kiwi artist Her music experiments with a unique yet beautiful interplay between luscious vocals, playful […]

    • Shifting Centre
      • Indigenous artist collective Shifting Centre join forces with dear friends, DJ collective 6IXHAND, to take over the Good World Stage for a night built on rhythm and collective joy. The night opens with a 7 to Smoke, a fast-paced battle format hosted by Shifting Centre that puts Pōneke’s dance community front and centre. Seven dancers […]

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