Great opportunity to practice performance with a real audience and a friendly social setting at the Café, Finn.
2 Beach Rd, Paekakariki
Ring Danilo for information -
0275555670, or just turn up and discover
KLMC's Next Club Night
When you're ready to perform,
do a song or three with a receptive audience and great sound set-up
at a club evening black-board session.
This month's Acoustic Routes concert at the Ruby Lounge will feature Bob Cooper-Grundy in two incarnations: B-side and Grits and Gumbo.
Bob Cooper-Grundy is one of the region's hottest country blues and alt-country exponents. Bob is based in the Wairarapa, but has also lived in the USA, and he's known for his southern-style guitar picking and finely crafted original songs, often with wry observations on life.
Support: Philippa Boy and Peter Denee
Support: Don Franks
Aug 1st
Songwriter Sessions
Poplar Avenue, Raumati South
koha
4pm
This gig starts with an informal open mic at 4 pm then we host special guest Donna Deans who is on world-wide tour - she’ll tell you about that. One week you'll find Donna singing her originals at a jump-blues gig, the next at a folk gig and then there's the Bluegrass connection. Named the 'New American Queen of Bluegrass' by the Wall St Journal, Rhonda Vincent, cut Donna's song "Destination Life" which made the title track of Rhonda's album released on Rounder Records in Nashville in 2009. The album was nominated for a Grammy January 2010. Come on down. Donna is a classy live act and rising kiwi talent at its best. Her new album will be on sale. Koha entry
15 Aug
Oli Brown
The Ruby Lounge
14 Bond St, Wellington
9:00pm
Barely out of his teens, Oli Brown is being hailed as the great
white hope of British blues, with glowing reviews for his live
and recorded work. Uncut magazine describes his guitarplaying
as a cross between Rory Gallagher and Steve
Cropper.
Fri 20 Aug
The Volunteers
Poplar Avenue, Raumati South
$10
8pm
Sun 22 Aug
Rob Joass
Poplar Avenue, Raumati South
4pm
-
Rob is from Hobnail Boots and the Shot Band.
Fri 22nd
Pasio'n Latina
Poplar Avenue, Raumati South
$10
7:30pm
-
What do a Kiwi and a Caribbean have in common? A passion for syncopated rhythms, evocative tunes and uncompromised lyrics. An unusual mix for sure, but that’s what Latin America is all about - a melting pot of races and cultures that generates the Latin passion for exuberant self-expression through music.
Fri 29 Aug
Niels Gedge CD Launch
Ruby Lounge, Bond Street, Wgtn.
7:30pm
The first half will feature:
Amanda and Sean O'Connor (The O'Connors)
Helen Dorothy and Fiona Smythe
Marian and Barry Carter (Inish)
These musicians will be joined by George Barris (upright bass), Anje Glindeman (drums), Al Witham (big bad bass voice), Lester Mundell mouth harp), Jesse Rivest (Reverb guitar) so that...
I'll get by with a little help from my friends
Yippee!
Niels
Fri 29 Aug
poets to the people...
Poplar Avenue, Raumati South
4pm
Guest poet but we don't know who yet
Oct 23
Wellington Folk Festival
Oct 31
Eric Bogle
Ruby Lounge, Wellington
Eric ("The band played Waltzing Matilda") Bogle is doing a 'final tour' of New Zealand later this year, and Acoustic Routes is lucky enough to be hosting his only Wellington concert on October 31 at the Ruby Lounge.
So this is a heads-up, folks: Eric Bogle is heading our way the weekend after the Wellington Folk Festival, and this may be your last chance to see him.
For more info about Eric Bogle, check out his website, www.ericbogle.net
First Wednesday of the months Feb to Nov inclusive
KLMC acoustic evening
Valhalla
Poplar Avenue Raumati South
A chance to play in a group of musicians for practise and for feedback etc. in a low key, non-amplified setting amongst a variety of musicians for fun and feedback if required.
2nd & 4th Wednesday of each Month
Danillo's Open Mic Night
Finns Café Paekakariki
Free entry
7:30pm
to
10pm
If you sing and/or play an instrument, you are welcome to come and play, or you can sit back and listen.
When you buy a drink and write your name on the list on the couter, then later on the evening a name will be drawn for a nice bottle of wine.
5 nights a week - Monday is a break
"The Ruby Jam" at Ruby lounge
14 Bond St., Wellington
we'll invite a fabulous, talented individual and they will then invite some friends for dinner and a jam - for their own, and our entertainment and of course any other punters in the house! This will be high calibre spontaneity and an opportunity for Wellington musicians to mix it up a little and create a special one time only brew!
2nd & 4th Fridays of each Month
Mojo's Acoustic
Mojo Coffee Bar, Willis Street.
$5
7pm
Mojo is a small coffee bar – with a licence so you can buy a great range of café snacks, good coffee, and some rather smart boutique beers and wines to accompany great, real music.
Every Friday
Traffic Bar, Otaki (Railway Station car park)
Our point of difference to other music venues is @ traffic. we don't charge a door charge and would like to keep it that way for our Friday night events.
We pass around a bucket, asking people if the have enjoyed the music to contribute to the cost but as you can imagine this varies greatly.
Free Entry
7:30
We have regular live music every Friday from 7.30pm, ranging from soloists through to 4-5 piece groups.
The musicians booked appreciate that their audience is varied - some a solely there for the music, others to unwind at the end of the week, others to dine, (and the music is a bonus).
3rd Sat of month
St. Michael's Church Hall in Kelburn, Wellington
$10 for adults, $5 for children or unwaged adults or $25 for a family
starts at 7:30pm pot luck supper half way through finish by 11pm. Come anytime after 6pm
No partner required, all dances are taught and the emphasis is on fun, exercise and socialising.
monthly, usually (but not always) on the 3rd Sunday of the month
the Loaded Hog Ballroom upstairs above the Loaded Hog Bar near Queens Wharf Gates on the Wellington Waterfront
Admission
$15.00
Students
$7.50
Members
$12.00
Student members
$ 6
Our format is a sing around where everybody is invited in turn to do something to contribute to the evening. we then have tea/ coffee and scones and then if we have a guest artist booked, they do their thing. The club is very participatory and intimate and a night with 20 people is reasonably normal.
3rd Friday of every month
WBS Society nights
Wellington Bluegrass Society, 54 Richmond Street, Petone - adjacent to the Petone Community Library
$10/$5 children
8:30pm
The WBS meets in a superb acoustic venue, which
is adjacent to the Petone Community Library, 54 Richmond Street, Petone. There is plenty of free parking adjacent to the building.
NOTE: meetings start at 8:30pm, except concerts,
which start at 8:00pm. Tea, coffee and biscuits are provided free at all meetings. A licensed bar is provided for your convenience, including a quality
range of non alcoholic drinks.
Full details can be found in the WBS Email News
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WBS black-board
$5
8:30pm
First Sunday of each month
Otaki Live Music Club
Senior Citizens Hall,
Rangatira Street , Otaki
$2
7pm
Blackboard concert for all music genre, new performers and music lovers welcome
Contact:
Cavan Haines
Ph.
06 3648991
email:
2nd Tuesday every month, Feb - Dec.
Mayfair Café
116 Main St.
Upper Hutt
$10 entry
7.30 pm - 10.30 pm
Initial contact can be made with Kevin & Susan Meehan on 04 970 4008
Second Wednesday of each month
Acoustic Routes at the Katipo Café
Katipo Cafe, upstairs at 76 Willis Street (opposite Mercer Street)
Koha
Friendly informal atmosphere -- newcomers welcome. Practise up a song or instrumental piece to share. Blackboard concert starts at 7.30 (one item each), followed by an informal singaround. Meals available till 9, drinks and coffee all night.
Fourth Sunday of each month
Acoustic Routes at the Ruby Lounge
Ruby lounge
14 Bond St., Wellington
Every Third Sunday of the Month
Acoustic Routes Jam Session
The Back Room, Wellington Arts Centre, 61 Abel Smith
Admission $5
7.00pm
Our new but regular 3rd Sunday session. The emphasis is on making music together as a group - joining in and having the opportunity to lead or add your own flavour to the mix. Murray Kilpatrick will facilitate but everyone will have the opportunity to lead a song or tune.
Every
Thursday Night
Mad
Genius Singer Songwriter Night
Bluenote
Bar Cuba St
Wellington
Free
from
8.30 pm till late
A
great place to share your original music and chill with other song
writers with Tyree Robertson.
This
regular night showcases Wellington's fine Roots and Blues musicians.
A great night of blues & boogie!
1st Sunday of each month
The TWO MAN BAND + drummer
Monteiths in Paremata on the 1st Sunday of every month 7-9pm,
no cover
7-9pm
Kevin Clark & Chris Schnack Piano, trumpet, double bass, tuba, trombone, vocals, and depending on the phase of the moon, swanee whistle, harmonica, ukulele, spoons. MUSIC WITH A DIFFERENCE Ragtime, Oldtime, Goodtime, Alltime, Anytime, New Orleans, jazz, Swing, and depending on the phase of the moon, some heavy metal from Deep Purple and Led Zeppelin. --you hum it, we'll play it.
contact
First
Sunday
Sunday
Jazz (see above)
Waterfront
Raumati Beach
Free
4
to 6 pm
The
perfect way to wind up the weekend. Smooth jazz and a sunset that
fills the sky. Watch the roadside blackboard for acts.
Second
Friday of the month
Levin
Folk Club
Scottish
Society Hall, Cnr Bartholomew and Middlesex Streets
$5 supper provided
7.30
pm
Blackboard
concert followed by guest act.
Last Sunday of the month
Jazz Scene
Kapiti Club
McLean Street
Paraparaumu Beach
2 to 5 pm
Come along and enjoy local jazz enthusiasts serve up some of the hottest local Jazz on offer.
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