03 December 2021 - 0 Comments

The Others Way Festival returns to take over Tāmaki Makaurau's Karangahape Road district for Auckland's most exciting music festival and street party of 2022!

Today, the festival adds ten new heavy-hitters to the already stacked lineup including Troy Kingi, Diggy Dupé and Julia Deans.

Also joining the festivities: Christchurch dream-pop band There's a Tuesday, Psych-Fuzz two-piece Earth Tongue, Pōneke's Flying Nun star Vera Ellen, and indie goodness from Lips.

Plus more music from synth-techno-pop Hybrid Rose, prolific singer-songwriter Dianne Swann, Southland DJ/Producer Eden Burns and Tāmaki's electronic maestro Power Nap.

As announced in November, The Others Way Festival will now be a one-off midsummer celebration on Auckland's Anniversary Weekend, Saturday, January 29 2022. Kicking off at 4 pm, brand new stages, venues, and schedules are set to take advantage of our glorious hot days and long golden summer evenings. Stay tuned for more surprises about The Others Way on Flying Out's Facebook and Instagram.

Festival spokesperson, Matthew Davis reflects:

"This has been one of the most challenging and complex periods for the NZ music community. From the 2020 festival cancelling through to lockdowns and date changes, we want to sincerely thank everyone who has supported and worked with us through it.

Not only can we look forward to seeing the festival go ahead in January 2022, but we are also thrilled to present another amazingly talented and diverse all local lineup across some of the finest live music venues in Auckland. Plus, we have some exciting site changes and additions to the set-up that we will be announcing soon."

The Others Way has long been recognised for the vibrancy of the industry and local business and Jamey Holloway, CEO of The Karangahape Road Business Association, says, "The Others Way is a total calendar highlight for Karangahape Road. Can't wait for the summer edition."

THE 2022 FESTIVAL LINEUP FEATURES;

Electronic folk artist Anthonie Tonnon, the original lineup of the 70's glam-rock band Space Waltz, one of Aotearoa's most potent psychedelic, dream-pop artists of the decade Fazerdaze, fan favourites, eclectic pop-star Princess Chelsea and fuzz-pop heartbreakers Voom.

Lawrence Arabia will be performing his Taite-award winning classic album, Chant Darling and Julia Deans (of Fur Patrol) is now performing solo.

We're super excited to have Troy Kingi back again, after he played an amazing set in 2018, he’s written 3 albums since, he’ll be bringing his amazing talents with a killer band to Karangahape Rd once more. Also joining the bill is Diggy Dupé - bringing his friends along to provide us with a set like no other. Performing songs from critically acclaimed The Panthers series with a star-studded band (Adam Fuhr, Chip Matthews, Elijah White & GARETHXMF).

The January festival will feature some familiar names; The Coolies, once described by Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore as "punk no-wave sonic heartstring buzzing clatter rock n roll". The 1980's Flying Nun indie-pop band Dead Famous People, and Francisca Griffin of Look Blue Go Purple fame, with her band The Bus Shelter Boys. Plus award-winning, instrumental post-rock band Jakob and Auckland's first theatrical/political punk band from the 70s' The Plague.

Notable acts from all corners of Aotearoa are set to perform; Ōtautahi heavy psych-rockers The Fuzzy Robes and indie dream pop band There's a Tuesday. From Ōtepoti; lavish psych-pop artist Juno Is, Flying Nun alum Jay Clarkson and the Ōtepoti all-stars The Containers, and drum and double stringed diddley bow iconic duo Night Lunch. From the deep South (Waihōpai) comes DJ/Producer Eden Burns. While from Pōneke comes; reformed loud shoegaze 4-piece The Golden Awesome, dream-fuzz group Transistor, the infectiously fun punk pals DARTZ, garage-rock trio Soft Plastics and Wellington-via-Los Angeles, Flying Nun signee Vera Ellen with her critically acclaimed indie power-pop plus, the 7-piece lush supergroup Recitals.

Tāmaki Makaurau's Dark, heavy and cathartic three-piece Sulfate, jangly post-punk super-group Guardian Singles, and post-punk trio Repairs are performing across the multi-venue festival.

Heavy Psych-Fuzz two-piece Earth Tongue joins the lineup alongside one of Aotearoa's most prolific singers and songwriters Dianne Swann, electronic artist Power Nap and Percussionist/Beat Maker Lucky Paul.

Post-punk band Daffodils, lush orchestral jazz group, Carnivorous Plant Society, electronic-punk-rockers Grecco Romank, bold and edgy alt-pop artist Theia, dream pop project Phoebe Rings, and critically acclaimed Hip Hop trio Team Dynamite are scheduled to perform.

Psychedelic Joe Ghatt, eclectic rapper Kamahumble, indie-pop Merk, Hybrid Rose and their Shimmery Synth-techno-pop, home-grown indie goodness from Lips, dream-folk artist Jazmine Mary plus PollyHill with their hypnotic beats and witty raps, and musician, rapper and percussionist Phodiso are among the artist set to wow.

To The Front, All-Ages Stage will be back and featuring a selection of bands from the campers plus some special performances from some of the artist’s playing the festival. More info in January

Delve deeper into these performers, and get yourselves familiar with the talent performing The Others Way Festival 2021 (now in 2022) with The Others Way Spotify playlist.

Beloved indie heroes, The Beths, who was scheduled to perform, will instead be taking Karangahape Road to the world as they tour the United States and Europe - and we wish them well. Fur Patrol will also not be performing as they cannot get a critical member back over from Melbourne for the date - Julia Deans will instead be performing solo. And, Proteins Of Magic who were scheduled to play in 2021 have headed back to Nashville.

Third time's a charm - and we’re tremendously proud to present The Others Way 2021 (now in 2022!)

THE PERFORMERS OF THE OTHERS WAY FESTIVAL 2022,
IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER:

ANTHONIE TONNON * CARNIVOROUS PLANT SOCIETY * COOLIES * DAFFODILS * DARTZ * DEAD FAMOUS PEOPLE * DIANNE SWANN * DIGGY DUPE & FRIENDS PRESENT THE PANTHERS * EARTH TONGUE * EDEN BURNS * FAZERDAZE * FRANCISCA GRIFFIN & THE BUS SHELTER BOYS * THE FUZZY ROBES * THE GOLDEN AWESOME * GRECCO ROMANK * GUARDIAN SINGLES * HYBRID ROSE * JAKOB * JAY CLARKSON * JAZMINE MARY * JOE GHATT * JULIA DEANS * JUNO IS * KAMAHUMBLE * LAWRENCE ARABIA PLAYS CHANT DARLING * LIPS * LUCKY PAUL * MERK * NIGHT LUNCH * PHODISO * PHOEBE RINGS * THE PLAGUE * POLLYHILL * POWER NAP * PRINCESS CHELSEA * RECITALS * REPAIRS * SOFT PLASTICS * SPACE WALTZ * SULFATE * TEAM DYNAMITE * THEIA * THERE’S A TUESDAY * TRANSISTOR * TROY KINGI * VERA ELLEN * VOOM

All existing tickets remain valid for the newly rescheduled date, refunds for anyone that can't make the new date are available until the 17th December 2021. Please email [email protected] with any ticketing questions.

Please note that if you wish to attend The Others Way festival, you will need to be vaccinated and show your 'My Vaccine Pass' on entry to all venues. There are three ways to get your My Vaccine Pass — online through My Covid Record, over the phone, and in-person at a pharmacy.

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