Final line-up announced for Titirangi Festival of Music 2012

Final line-up announced for Titirangi Festival of Music 2012

Tickets are now on sale, the programme announced, and the countdown is on to the Titirangi Festival of Music 2012.

A great way to end the summer festival season, the lush, green cultural hub of Titirangi will be buzzing with music from Wednesday 28th March until Sunday 1st April.

Bringing in acts from all over New Zealand, blending emerging artists with high profile New Zealand bands, the weekend includes workshops, concerts, street performers, and more.

Amongst those performing is hip hop/soul sensation Iva Lamkum, who was recently named the fifth ‘Real Diva of the World’ by MTV and compared in her vocal delivery to the late Amy Winehouse. Iva will be playing with BlackSand Diva who have just released their second album, Rāwāhi. Also on the festival bill are the Trons, the garage rock band from Hamilton with no human members (all instruments are played by robots built from junk and salvaged electronics), rock band Luger Boa, who have been compared by The Press as being dipped in mustard and interrogated by the devil, and Indie rock favourite Clap Clap Riot.

The range of activities in the festival includes interactive workshops from some of New Zealand’s top music and arts specialists, including ukulele, guitar and drumming for every age and everyone; a ‘Family Day’ held on Sunday 1st April with the storytelling of Tanya Batt and musician Craig Denham, a Marimba group performance by Fraser Bruce and Mhara Marimba, poi making at an art table running for the day, a performance by the Tahini Jam ukulele band, and a unique performance from award-winning children’s songwriter and entertainer Mr Robberelli.

The Festival officially kicks off with the karakia and opening at Arataki Visitors Centre on Sunday 25th March at 2.30pm, with musician Matt Reece’s world sounds and Titirangi’s own Fringe Ukes. This is a free event and all are welcome to attend.

Tickets are available from Titirangi Pharmacy and iticket.co.nz. See titirangifestival.com and follow on Facebook for further information and updates.

What: Titirangi Festival of Music.
When: Wednesday 28th March to Sunday 1st April
Where: Various locations in Titirangi Village, West Auckland

FESTIVAL PROGRAMME

Following is a sample from the programme of the key festival artists. There is lots more happening including workshops, the Village Day packed with free events and street performers, The family fun day, The late night festival club, The Hardware Café jazz club, Up to the Top’s Rhythm & Verse and Acoustic Smoothie, and Jazz Brunch.

Young Guns
Wednesday 28 March, 7pm
ZEAL – Alderman Drive, Henderson
Organised and hosted by Green Bay High School students and ZEAL, some of the finest and freshest new talent from West Auckland High Schools cover every genre from Blues to Rock, Hip Hop and Funk. Two of the top chosen performers will get the chance to play a spot on the main stage on Friday and Saturday night. Accompanying the live music will be presentations from students from the Musical Forces project

Do the nudge…
Thursday 29 March, 8.30pm, Titirangi RSA
Kicking off the festival with a bang is Wellington’s psychedelic blues band The Nudge. With a sound that has many fingers in many pies and a concoction of a blues and rock base, a deep swamp filling, and a raucous party crust. The Nudge has delivered blistering performances at many of New Zealand’s biggest festivals and opened for Little Bushman, The Black Seeds and Fly My Pretties. What a way to start! With support from Benadam – the experimental project of renown Israeli guitarist Arli Liberman (expect original compositions which combine the colours of the Middle East
and the world of rock, funk, and jazz).

Cabaret in the theatre
Sally Stockwell & The Dark Tourists with special guest Nigel Gavin
Thursday 29 March, 7pm – Titirangi Theatre
A new voice on the New Zealand music scene, Sally Stockwell and the Dark Tourists fuse earthy jazz, blues and soul with a contemporary edge, bringing a sophisticated twist to alternative pop. The Dark Tourists include Finn Scholes on keys/trumpet, Jo Shum (bass), Dan Kennedy (drums), and Nigel Gavin (guitar).

Femme Fatale
Fleur Jack & The Jandals
Friday 30 March, 7pm – Titirangi Theatre
Fleur Jack has played music in Australia, Hong Kong, all over New Zealand and most recently navigated solo for five weeks of shows across Canada and all down America’s wild west. In 2010 she became the 51st artist in the world to successfully raise to target on the website funding platform ‘Sellaband’, which she went on to fund the recording of her debut solo album. Her alt/country and rock/pop styles of Ghosts of Cimarron has recently been released in 2011. She has released previous albums with Pavlova & The Jandals and with her West Auckland rock band The Twitch (2005 NZ winners of Battle of the Bands).

Victoria Girling-Butcher
Saturday 31 March, 7pm – Titirangi Theatre
Having performed previously at TFM with the well-known sound of dreamy pop band Lucid 3, songwriter Victoria Girling-Butcher has earned a reputation as one of NZ’s key popular music composers. Her new album Summit Drive has swiftly gained the big thumbs up from some of our music industry’s toughest critics. She has also played in bands with Dave Dobbyn, magical multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Andrew Keoghan, and more. This is a rare chance to catch Victoria and her band, (with a secret special guest line up) in an Auckland setting such as this.

Main stage
Luger Boa, Clap Clap Riot, Invader Cain, Heroes for Sale, The Loud Ones
Friday 30 March, 7.30pm – Titirangi War Memorial Hall
A night of top class New Zealand Indie Rock featuring Luger Boa, Clap Clap Riot, Invader Cain and Heroes for Sale. Luger Boa is fast accelerating to New Zealand rock royalty after constant nationwide touring, support slots for Meat Loaf and showcasing their killer riffs. This is true rock ‘n roll swagger at its furious best! Clap Clap Riot have deservedly gained a cult reputation as an indie rock favourite with a sound that embodies a clash between the seething, gritty guitar riffs of rock ‘n’ roll, laced with infectious toe tapping pop melodies. Support is from Invader Cain, new young talent Heroes for Sale and our selected Young Guns winner.

Groove is in the Heart!
Paddy Free, Iva Lamkum, BlackSandDiva, Dale Soul
Saturday 31 March, 7.30pm – Titirangi War Memorial Hall
A big night of funking grooves featuring Paddy Free, Iva Lamkum, BlackSandDiva, and Dale Soul.
Wellington based hip hop/soul sensation Iva Lamkum first rose to fame as the voice behind the Sola Rosa hit Turn Around, and her unique groove and sassy style is fast gaining her the title of one of New Zealand’s most unique and captivating female artists. Warming things up are the funk/soul styles and unique Sth Pacific jazz grooves of BlackSandDiva, who launch the new album R-aw-ahi, with a TFM line up of special guests, and the fresh talents of Avondale College band Dale Soul, who blew away festival goers in 2011. There is support from our local Young Guns winner, dancing and more! But thats just for starters... Paddy Free is one half of world renown electronica group Pitch Black. The Piha based producer and musician is legendary for his energetic live shows, captivating visuals, multimedia art and catchy trance beats that will keep your feet on the floor till the wee smalls.

West of the Border
The Nukes and Paul Symons Band
Friday 30 March, 7.30pm – Titirangi RSA
Titirangi’s favourite ukulele trio The Nukes return with their catchy songs, full of good humour and charm, and a certain something that makes audiences tap their toes and grin from ear to ear.
Having now made quite a name for themselves nationwide in festivals such as SPLORE, WOMAD, Taranaki Arts Festival and Melbourne Ukulele Festival, a home crowd concert is hard to beat for David Parker, Ben Collier, and Snapper (David Thiele). Not to miss before is the fabulous Paul Symons Band. Growing up a Taranaki farm boy, and soaking up the musical styles of the 70’s fused with adventure on the road, Paul’s eventual settling in West Auckland led to the acclaimed album Spaceman and the recently released Shooting Stars. With a fabulous band that includes Lott Larrsen (double bass) Des Mallon (drums/percussion) Janek ‘Buck’ Croydon (Steel guitar), and special guest vocalist/guitarist Sarita Murdoch.

Closing concert
The Trons
Sunday 1 April, 7pm – Titirangi Theatre
The end to a fabulous week has got to be special – and so we have it with The Trons, New Zealand’s (and the world’s!) first original ‘robot band’! The band has no human members, all instruments played by robots built from junk and salvaged materials. Their original songs influenced by the likes of the Velvet Underground and fellow garage kiwis, The Clean. The Trons have performed over 100 shows, two trips to Europe to music festivals in Prague, art galleries in Vienna, and seedy alley hangouts in Berlin. UK Guardian proclaimed them “the most exciting electronic band since Kraftwerk”. The show includes live video feeds from miniature cameras on the machines, the images projected giant sized over the top of the band, highlighting the members in all their junky mechanical glory. Curious audience members will be welcome to check out the band close up.

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