When: Saturday 25 January
Where: Laundry Bar – 240 Cuba Street, Wellington
Featuring: Crucial B, Steve the Hat and Winston Spliff
9pm start, no cover charge
Crucial B from Crucial Vibes Sound System – the original sound outta Hamburg, Sankt Pauli – touches down in Wellington for the first time! (more…)
When: Saturday 18 January
Where: Afrika – 18 Cambridge Terrace, Wellington
Featuring: Jah Red Lion, DJ Art and DJ Dozen
$5 on the door, 10pm start
Dancehall Nice Again returns for another night of red hot dancehall business, this time with special guest, Jah Red Lion.
Born in Chile and based in Auckland city, Nico ‘Jah Red Lion’ Reyne is a reggae singer with a conscious message, combining high melodies full of soul, with huge stage presence. (more…)
When: Saturday 4 January
Where: Havana – 32 Wigan Street, Wellington
10pm kick off, free!
The Wake the Town Crew are back in session for 2014, this time featuring NiceUp selectas, Conviction Roots (direct from London Town) and Winston Spliff spinning killa tunes old and new!
Vibes galore!
When: Friday 13 December
Where: Laundry – 240 Cuba Street, Wellington
9pm till late, free!
Join the NiceUp Crew for the annual end-of-year mash-up, with an all-star line-up and all-crew in session!
Featuring: Art Official, Steve the Hat, RedRobin, Ras Stone, Rudie Bam Bam, Max, Winston Spliff, Christoph, The Shady Lady, Range, Antsman and Skaman!
Big thanks to Laundry Bar and Peoples Coffee!
When: Saturday 9 November
Where: Afrika – 18 Cambridge Terrace, Wellington
$5 on the door, 10pm start
One of Aotearoa’s hottest dancehall talents, Lock Steady, reaches Welly to link up with DJ Art and Israel Starr from the NiceUp Crew.
Red hot dancehall business!
When: Saturday 12 October
Where: Mercat Cross Hotel – 456 Queen Street, Melbourne
Get ready for musical fire once again, as Chant Down Sound blaze it up in the Mercat Cross Hotel basement for Australia’s longest running reggae and dancehall night.
Residents Ras Crucial and Jesse I will be joined in October by guest selectors Hawk-I (representing New Zealand’s Nice Up crew), Kid Militan’, and Basenji-Dog. Plus ‘I Love Dancehall’ MC contest winner, A-Mac The Don, performing live.
When: Friday 4 October
Where: Afrika – 18 Cambridge Terrace, Wellington
DJ Art (Newtown Sound) brings a night of reggae dancehall vibes!
Free entry!
11pm till late.
When: Saturday 21 September
Where: Havana Bar – 32 Wigan Street, Wellington
10pm kick off, free!
The Wake the Town Crew are back in session for September, this time featuring NiceUp selectas, Steve the Hat, Paradox and RedRobin spinning killa tunes old and new!
Also a farewell session for Paradox before he leaves NZ, and a welcome home to RedRobin, back from Europe with a load of big tunes!
Vibes galore!
When: Saturday 14 September
Where: Dux Live – 363 Lincoln Rd Addington, Christchurch
Bass Factory Sound system in association with RDU and The Dux Live, will once again host one of the biggest bass culture events of the year!
Representing the true essence of sound system culture,
last years winner KINDRED SOUND SYSTEM will go head to head in a 3-way sound battle against SUBTLE SOUND SYSTEM and the BASS FACTORY SOUND SYSTEM.
All three systems will compete on a round by round basis before a panel of judges. They will be judged on who brings the biggest sound, the biggest vibe, and the biggest tunes. (more…)
When: Saturday 31 August
Where: Tardis Bar – Cow Lane, Queenstown
Free!
Featuring:
DJ Art
Israel Starr
DJ Pops (more…)
