Upcoming Events

TRISKE
Gate opens 7pm
Music Starts 7.30pm
Saturday 21 March 2026
Triske are a Wellington-based folk trio blending Celtic traditions with a modern energy. Drawing on Irish, Scottish and Breton influences, their music moves easily between lively dance tunes and reflective songs, creating performances that are warm, intimate and richly melodic.
The band features Em Griffiths on vocals, fiddle and whistles, whose expressive playing and clear, engaging voice sit at the centre of the group’s sound. With a background in classical violin and traditional music, Em brings both precision and emotional depth. Ceara McAuliffe Bickerton shapes the music’s character on flute and whistles, adding lift and lyrical colour. On guitar and vocals, award winning
Bob McNeill provides rhythmic drive and harmonic foundation, drawing on many years in New Zealand’s folk scene.
Their debut EP, Flightless (2023), showcases both original songs and traditional arrangements.
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Bill Lake’s Slow Bake
Gate opens 6.30pm
Music Starts 7pm
Saturday 18 April 2026
Come along and be entertained by Bill’s Lake‘s life encompassing songs with melodic backing from the ensemble, including
Alan Norman and Steve Hemmens.
Wonderful Music, Great Stories and Brilliant Lyrics
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The Wooden Box Band
Gate opens 6.30pm
Music Starts 7pm
Saturday 6 June 2026
Winners of the NZ Folk Alliance “Best Original Album” 2025 for “Broken River” The Wooden Box Band blend rich harmonies, acoustic warmth, and electric flair. Heartfelt NZ storytelling, layered vocals & dynamic live performance steeped in craft & connection.
The band comprises singer songwriter Jessie Moss (late of Jessie James and the Outlaws) on vocals and guitar. Alongside is Emily Clemmet/Show Pony from the Balkanistas, Cumbrio Bros and other bands on trumpet, fiddle and singin’ and writing.
Also making a noise is Paddy Burgin who strums and picks a cedar topped jumbo guitar, blows strange harmonica notes and plays slide guitar too. He also sings, sometimes his own songs and sometimes other peoples’. Anchorman is Murray Costello on bass who used to do this job in the Mockers and a hundred bands since then. Lead guitar duties are taken by Jeremy Desmond who sandwiches the band in with Newtown Rocksteady commitments and a growing family. The drumming stool is usually personned by Olivia Campion.
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Rag Poets Matariki Gig
Gate opens 6.30pm
Music Starts 7pm
Friday 10 July 2026
The Rag Poets are back to celebrate Matariki. The band features Carl Evensen – vocals and percussion (Fourmyula), Rob Clarkson – drums, Alan Norman – accordion and 12 string guitar, who along with Rob played for many years with NZ’s seminal Country band The Warratahs, and Gary Creary on guitar. Gary hails from Toronto and has extensive experience including a stint in the fabled Hawks Nest Band. George Barris, on bass, was a member of The Underdogs, Jigsaw, Fresh Air, Highway, Blerta, and now also plays with Laura Collins and the Back Porch Blues Band.
The Rag Poets play many of those ‘heady’ Wellington hits from the 60’s & 70’s era, as well as new material they’ve written and a bunch of covers from the likes of John Prine, Boz Scaggs and Neil Young.
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