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Topp Twins Continue Tour Celebrating Country Music Greats

Monday, 20 October 2014, 3:27 pm | SWPR

Auckland concerts 24-26 October • New Album #1 in NZ Music Charts • Featuring special guests Tami Neilson, Phil Doublet, Cam Luxton • Fiddler extraordinaire Marian Burns joins the tour More >>

Album Set Features All 32 Beethoven Piano Sonatas

Tuesday, 14 October 2014, 3:53 pm | SWPR

Rattle Records, The Wallace Arts Trust and Victoria University of Wellington are delighted to announce the release of Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas , an extraordinary new work from one of the world’s finest Beethoven interpreters, New Zealand’s ... More >>

Acclaimed Borodin Quartet returns to New Zealand

Wednesday, 1 October 2014, 11:25 am | SWPR

" They are sounding better than ever. Are they now the world's best? All I know is that I never heard quartet playing at quite that level before " – Ottawa Citizen More >>

The Dead Daisies announce NZ Tour Dates with Jimmy Barnes

Monday, 22 September 2014, 11:31 am | SWPR

Contemporary classic rockers The Dead Daisies are heading to New Zealand in November performing four concerts with the legendary Jimmy Barnes. More >>

Elvis’ Original TCB Band and John Rowles in NZ Tour

Monday, 22 September 2014, 11:17 am | SWPR

For the first time ever the legendary Original Elvis TCB Band joins New Zealand music icon John Rowles on an historic, nine-centre, New Zealand tour. More >>

Extra VIP Tickets Released for Raggamuffin

Tuesday, 16 September 2014, 9:35 am | SWPR

Additional VIP tickets have just been released for reggae festival Raggamuffin VIII in Auckland on Saturday 13 December. More >>

Raggamuffin Announces Pre-Parties with Sammy Johnson

Wednesday, 3 September 2014, 10:34 am | SWPR

Fresh off the back of a US tour with Common Kings, Sammy Johnson is set to kick off the Raggamuffin party early with a series of intimate shows across the country. Official Raggamuffin pre-parties will take place in Christchurch, Levin, Porirua ... More >>

Full-flavoured works in bite-sized time slots

Tuesday, 2 September 2014, 2:16 pm | SWPR

Short+Sweet Song 2014 swings into the city this month with nine bite-sized musicals performed each night. More >>

The Eggner Trio Returns

Tuesday, 19 August 2014, 12:04 pm | SWPR

Vienna’s acclaimed family ensemble, The Eggner Trio, returns to New Zealand in September for a 10-centre tour, bringing with them Berlin Philharmonic principal viola player Amihai Grosz. More >>

Topp Twins Celebrate Country Music Greats on National Tour

Thursday, 14 August 2014, 1:08 pm | SWPR

Well-loved New Zealand entertainers Lynda and Jools Topp are back on the road and heading to Wellington in November with a new show paying homage to country music greats and celebrating contemporary Kiwi music, with the Topps' inimitable style ... More >>

The Diceman Cometh Down Under Tour

Monday, 11 August 2014, 10:26 am | SWPR

Controversial and outrageous – American comic Andrew Dice Clay heads to New Zealand for the first time ever, performing one show only in Auckland. More >>

Direct from London’s West End: PEPPA PIG LIVE!

Thursday, 24 July 2014, 11:38 am | SWPR

The stage version of the hugely popular pre-school television show Peppa Pig is on its way to New Zealand! More >>

Raggamuffin Announces First Line-up And Move to Auckland

Thursday, 3 July 2014, 1:04 pm | SWPR

British reggae royalty UB40 and American hip-hop legend Ice Cube will headline New Zealand’s premiere reggae festival Raggamuffin which will take place in Auckland on Saturday 13 December. More >>

National Chamber Music Contest Finalists Announced

Tuesday, 1 July 2014, 9:24 am | SWPR

Chamber music ensembles from Auckland, Christchurch, Wellington, Hamilton and Whangarei make up the 12 semi-finalists in the New Zealand Community Trust Chamber Music Contest National Finals for 2014. More >>

Haka, Didgeridoo & Bagpipes to hit Glasgow Festival 2014

Monday, 23 June 2014, 9:35 am | SWPR

Haka and taonga pūoro will meet didgeridoo and bagpipes in a unique fusion of indigenous pride that will be showcased at Glasgow’s Festival 2014 in July, during the XX Commonwealth Games. More >>

Christchurch’s Isaac Theatre Royal to Reopen in November

Tuesday, 3 June 2014, 10:55 pm | SWPR

Christchurch’s iconic Isaac Theatre Royal will reopen for performances in November this year More >>

Young Wellington Musicians Tune Up for Chamber Music Contest

Friday, 30 May 2014, 9:42 am | SWPR

More than 100 young Wellington musicians are tuning up to compete in the annual New Zealand Community Trust Chamber Music Contest. More >>

James Crompton Joins Menagerie for Birds of Paradise

Thursday, 24 April 2014, 11:52 am | SWPR

Actor And Musician James Crompton Joins Menagerie for Birds of Paradise A Cabaret Bird-Lesque Comedy to Tickle Your Fancy More >>

Touch Compass’ to debut at Wellington’s Performance Arcade

Thursday, 20 February 2014, 1:00 pm | SWPR

Vulnerability, sexuality and disability take centre stage in Touch Compass Dance Company’s new work Pharmakos (scapegoat) which has its premiere at Wellington’s Performance Arcade from next week. More >>

Last Chance for Early Bird Tickets To Raggamuffin

Monday, 16 December 2013, 7:12 pm | SWPR

Christmas Day is fast approaching and with it comes the end of the early bird ticket prices for Raggamuffin 2014. More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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