Plenty more to come for NZ Music Month

The Whiskey announces more celebratory gigs

BRIDGET JONES

Just a week in and local venue The Whiskey has announced the second-half of their mammoth New Zealand Music Month celebration.

The Ponsonby bar is hosting the series of 99 local acts shows over 25 nights and the latest additions to the line-up include Cut Off Your Hands, Hollie Smith, Iva Lamkum and Tiki Taane.

This year will be the third annual instalment of the month-long, intimate celebration - the venue has a capacity of only 100 people.

Along with the music, organisers are testing out a few new features including a Vodafone RedRoom VIP experience and sponsor Becks is hunting for New Zealand's next big thing to perform on the closing night of the mini-festival.

The Whiskey owner Andrew Bruce says the turn out so far has been impressive, with a handful of shows selling out before May 1.  He says there are still a couple of secret shows still to be announced.

"The response to the first ten nights has been amazing. This next release will no doubt continue the momentum, and I can't wait to announce the remaining acts we have in store," he said.

The Whiskey Live:

May 8 - Don McGlashan with Lisa Crawley (DJ Art Heist)
May 9 - Annabel Fay & Bulletproof with Jamie McDell (DJ's MayaVanya)
May 10 - OPSHOP with Jonny Love (DJ Clarke Gayford)
May 11 -  People of Paris with Sons of Vegas & Black White Dynamite
May 12 -  Hello Sailor with Coast (DJ Thane Kirby)

Latest announcements:

May 15 -  Nathan Haines with Jennifer Zea (DJ Jason Eli)
May 16 -  Cut Off Your Hands with Cool Rainbows (DJ Arash)
May 17 - Hollie Smith with Seth Haapu (DJ Manuel Bundy)          
May 18 -  Tiki Taane, Aaron Tokona (Cairo Knife Fight & AHoriBuzz) with Iva Lamkum (DJ Bobby Brazuka)
May 19 - Weird Together - Nick D & Dick Johnson with Boy Crush (DJ Uncle Barnie)
May 22 - Peter Urlich Sextet with Nairobi Trio (DJ Phoebe Falconer)

Tickets for the new shows go on-sale at 2pm on May 9 via Ticketmaster.

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