Summer Festivals!
Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2011 11:18 am

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A selection of summer festivals from the top to the bottom of NZ (from 1 Dec - 31 Feb)
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StonerFest 2011 @ Whammy Bar and Wine Cellar, St Kevins Arcade, Auckland
Date: 3 December
Feat. Cobra Khan, Soulseller, The House of Capricorn, Arc of Ascent, Shallow Grace and Stone Angels



The Roots Festival @ Auckland Town Hall, Aotea Centre, Auckland
Date: 3 December
Feat. House of Shem, 1814, Darky Roots, Cornerstone Roots, The Midnights, Sweet Mix Kids, Tui Sound System, Dead Fools Fiesta, Thane Kirby and Grassmouth



St Jeromes Laneway Festival 2012 @ Silo Park, Auckland
Date: 30 January
Feat. Feist, The Horrors, Gotye, Laura Marling, Pajama Club, Sbtrkt, Shayne Carter, Washed Out, Twin Shadow, Anna Calvi, M83, Cults, Girls, Ema, Yuck, Toro Y Moi, Wu Lyf, Glasser, Opossom, The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, Austra and Transistors



Sounds of Summer @ Masonic Tavern, Devonport
Date: 18 February
Feat. Jonathan Ulysses, Tim Phin, Bevan Keys, PNC, Jessie G, DJ Reminise, Grant Marshall, Jarrod Phillips, Beat Mafia, Dougal Swift, Zeisha Fremaux, Daniel Farley, DJ Lucas, Canosis, Dean Buchan and Levani



Reggae On The Rock @ Waihapa, Kaeo
Date: 7 January
Feat. Katchafire, House of Shem, 1814, Three Houses Down, Cornerstone Roots and Sons of Zion

Selective Soundz @ Worsfold Farms, Mangawhai
Date: 27 December

Splore 2012 @ Tapapakanga Regional Park, Manukau City
Date: 17 - 19 February
Feat. Gappy Ranks, Tiki Taane, The Yoots, Hermitude, Barons Of Tang, Lord Echo and His Melodies, The Nudge, AHoriBuzz, Earl Gateshead, Shortee Blitz and Erakah Badu

BLOOM Family Festival @ Matakana Country Park, Matakana Coast
Date: 20 - 22 January
Feat. Ladi6, Sola Rosa, Greg Johnson, The Thomas Oliver Band, Dave McArtney and The Pink Flamingos, The Babysitters Circus, The Nukes, Drummania, The ConRays, Groovadelic Orchestra, Trudy Lile Band, The Lewis McCallum Quartet, Latin Aotearoa and Orquestra Amad

Heineken Open Baseline After Party @ ASB Tennis Centre, Parnell
Date: 14 January
Feat. The Phoenix Foundation and Barnaby Weir



Big Day Out 2012 @ Mount Smart Stadium, Penrose
Date: 20 January
Feat. Soundgarden, Kasabian, My Chemical Romance, The Living End, Battles, Girl Talk, Parkway Drive, Royksopp, Foster The People, Gin Wigmore, Cut Off Your Hands, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Cage The Elephant, Beastwars, Ghostwave, Best Coast, MayaVanya, David Dallas, Tony Hawk, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, Nero, The Vaccines, Bassnectar, Cavalera Conspiracy, Regurgitator, Kimbra, Midnight Youth, Das Racist, Six60, Mt Eden, The Adults, I Am Giant, Cairo Knife Fight, Jakob, Bulletproof, Junica, @Peace, DJ Sir-Vere and Nick D



Tuborg Summer Sunday @ Matakana, Warkworth
Date: 29 January
Feat. Fly My Pretties, Kora, The Nudge, Little Bushman, Tahuna Breaks, Electric Wire Hustle, AHoriBuzz and @Peace



Keltic Fair @ Coromandel School, Coromandel
Date: 2 January
Feat. Mamaku Project, Yebiisu and Managers



Parachute 2012 @ Mystery Creek, Hamilton
Date: 27 - 30 January
Feat. Casting Crowns, Relient K, The Almost, The Rocket Summer, The Chariot, Showbread, Aaron Gillespie, Ascend The Hill, Parachute Band, Desperation Band, Avalanche City, Vince Harder, Ruby Frost, Adeaze, Randy Stonehill, New Empire, L27, Bella Kalolo, Lydia Cole, The Jury & The Saints, Julia Grace, Saving Grace, Tami Neilson, The Paper Kites, Edge Kingsland, Magnify, Jayesslee, Citipointe Live, Tim Richards, Young Lyre, Esther Melody Band, Lt. Funk, Seasons, Cub Scouts, Prestige Dance Crew, Limit Break, Chris Cope, Lifestyle, Anna Weatherup, A Kiss Goodbye, Alaska, Alayna Powley, Atlanta Fall, Authentic Dance Crew, Black Boy Peaches, Britta Von Nest, Chasing Ghosts, The Darcy Perry Band, Declaration AD, Drawing North, Elly, Fire At Will, Fistful, For This Cause, Full Hearts, Grace Ikenasio, Have You Seen This Boy, Jay Okesene, Jocee Tuck, Kadet, Kemara Fuimaono, Life Worship, Luke Parker, Massad, No-Limits!, Noughts And Exes, Phebe Starr, Prepared Like A Bride, Reckless Mack, Redruth, Selaphonic, Sleeptalkers, Soul Team, The Glory Sea, The Voyage, Think No Evil, Tigertown, Vices, Zu, [Shift], Avery Hill, Battle On Emerald Hill, CJ Munro, East Of Eden, Forever Facing Up, Jaime Fitzgerald, Jess Lovatt, Liberty Lane, Lydia Hollister-Jones, Nicky Diglin, Nine Mile Stone, Quarter Cast, Rise From The Shadows, Soul Servant, Stay Awake, Stephanie Beck, Strahan, Swifts & Sparrows, Talia Caradus, Te Kooti Brotherhood, The Right Ones, The Soorleys, We Stole The Sun and With Skies Below

Raggamuffin 2012 @ International Rugby Stadium, Rotorua
Date: 27 - 28 January
Feat. Ali Campbell, Kora, Three Houses Down, Cornerstone Roots, Sons of Zion, Sweet & Irie, Tomorrow People, Soljah, NRG Rising, Billy Ocean, Marvin Priest, Big Mountain, Junior Marvin, Nkulee Dube, Foundation, DJ Sir-Vere, Poroufessor and Beau Zee



Blues, Brews and BBQs @ Waikoko Gardens, Hawkes Bay
Date: 14 January

Mission Concert @ Mission Estate Winery, Napier
Date: 25 February
Feat. Rod Stewart

Winchfest 2012 @ Surf Highway 45, Oakura
Date: 28 - 29 January
Feat. Katchafire, The Upbeats, Cornerstone Roots, Tijuana Cartel, The Red Eyes, OKA, PNC, Batucada Sound Machine, Timmy P, Urusai, Karn Hall, Ballistics, Felony MC, Passive Tradition Sound System, Kritikl Breakdown Eternal Grove, Dirty Sneakers, Dreadrock, Soulovus, Ire Exit, RAYJAH45 and DJ Stace

Camp A Low Hum @ Homedale
Date: 10 - 12 February

Jim Beam Homegrown 2012 @ Wellington Waterfront, Wellington
Date: 18 February
Feat. Shihad, Blacklist, The Feelers, OpShop, The Checks, Black River Drive, The Thomas Oliver Band, Shotgun Alley, Fat Freddy's Drop, Kora, Six60, The Black Seeds, Sola Rosa, 1814, Sunshine Sound System, Kids Of 88, Zowie, Smashproof, David Dallas, P Money, K-One, Kidz In Space, Homebrew, Computers Want Me Dead, Optimus Gryme, Bulletproof, State of Mind, Karn Hall, Dick Johnson, MayaVanya, The Adults, Tiki Taane, King Kapisi, Che Fu, Manuel Bundy, AHoriBuzz, Concord Dawn, Nick D, Yewela Sound System, Downtown Brown, Minuit and Gamelan



Rhythm and Alps @ Terrace Downs, Canterbury
Date: 28 - 29 December
Feat. Tali, Soulsystem, Dubwise, MC Silva, Homebrew, 1814, Dub FX, Grandmaster Flash, Knuckles, Soul Trader, Nacoa, Partido, Kev Freash, DJ Substance, Fried Chicken Sound System, Brooks Bros, Netsky, The Eastern, Soulware, AHoriBuzz, Stinky Jim, LTJ Bukem, MC Tali, Six60, Flying Lotus, Foreign Beggars, Skream and Benga, Reality Chant, Confucius and Dave Boogie, Ghost, Tim Sargent, Toby Nice, Seth Hamilton, Cyril Orson and Antix



StonerFest 2011 @ The Venue Music Bar, Christchurch
Date: 10 December
Feat. Cobra Khan, Left Or Right, Second Gear Grind, Osmium, Made In China and The Lounge Vibration



Rise Up 2012 @ Okuku River Gorge, Christchurch
Date: 7 - 8 January
Feat. Truth, Digital, Distance, Artificial Intelligence and Organikismness



Kaikoura Roots @ Old Beach Road, Kaikoura
Date: 14 - 15 January
Feat. Stinky Jim, Mighty Asterix, Wicked Draw, DJ Dubhead, Peasants Of Eden, DJ Dubhead, Soulware, Sunshine Sound System, Soulsystem, DLT, Soljah, Cornerstone Roots, Budspells, Ash Grunwald, Ahoribuzz, Kora, Salmonella Dub, Phil Darcy Dredford, Jungle, DJ Dredford, Dub FX, DJ Digital, DJ Ill Figz, DJ Phil, DJ Darcy, Tui Soundsystem, Ecophonik, Amiria Grenell, Left or Right, Rio Hemopo, The Nudge and Ben Brown

Summer Soulstice 2011 @ Napenape, North Canterbury
Date: 3 December
Feat. Sensient, Kevin Energy and Sharkey



Luminate 2012 @ Canaan Downs, Takaka
Date: 1 - 8 February



Under The Big Sky @ Alpine Springs, Lake Tekapo
Date: 3 December
Feat. Aly Cook, Coalrangers, Eddiesimon and Blue Train



Rippon Festival 2012 @ Rippon Vineyard, Wanaka
Date: 4 February
Feat. Kora, The Datsuns, TrinityRoots, Katchafire, Street Chant, Disasteradio, AHoriBuzz, The Yoots, Orchestra Of Spheres, Sunshine Sound System, Lord Echo, Colour Classic, Anika Moa, Anna Coddington, Julia Deans and Flip Grater



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