Embracing the culture of now
Kia Ora,
Welcome to the Village Stage!
This family friendly Stage will bring you musical wonders of all kinds.
As well as tickling your eardrums with beautiful melodies from well-known local and international acts, this Stage is also open to collaborative jams, open mics, circus shows and maybe even performances put together at one of the many workshops during the festival.
There will be a blackboard day filled with spontaneous performances for little people and big,
so get your musical boots on and experience culture being created.
Welcome to the Village Stage!
This family friendly Stage will bring you musical wonders of all kinds.
As well as tickling your eardrums with beautiful melodies from well-known local and international acts, this Stage is also open to collaborative jams, open mics, circus shows and maybe even performances put together at one of the many workshops during the festival.
There will be a blackboard day filled with spontaneous performances for little people and big,
so get your musical boots on and experience culture being created.
Village Stage Line-up:
Mad Hallelujah Tribe
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International collective Mad Hallelujah Tribe travels the globe inviting audiences to join them on journeys of ecstatic, heartfelt, intricately crafted "Mystic Glory Folk."
Inspired by the wilderness, mystical & psychedelic experiences, and epic jams on the ramblin' road, their songs feature deep lyricism, big vocal harmonies & sing-along chants, infectious grooves, soaring string solos, and healthy doses of weirdness, humour, and improvisation. “Musical medicine, deeply tangible immersive gypsy folk, inducing uncontrollable limb flailing and feet stomping. Raw. Personal. Shamanic Ecstasy.” - Jake Graffy, Dancer, UK |
Mudwood
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MudWood music is timeless and ageless. Crossing boundaries of cultures, weaving sweet harmonies with powerful and transformational lyrics, Amira and Jo MudWood are an acoustic, multi-instrumental duo. At times adding other elements to the MudWood sound. “With their gentle, love-lingering themes, haunting melodies and captivating, faultlessly elegant musical prowess, MudWood make music that is younger than Springtime . . . yet older than the hills. As a Sixties musician, Music Therapist and Sound Healer, I’m also inclined to observe that their beautifully-crafted live performance has the capacity to relax the mind and massage away the aching strains of everyday life’s pulled muscles quite like no other.All-in-all, MudWood get into the blood.” ~ Dr Les Willmore, Earth Holme. 31 October, 2014. |
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Scattered Ashes
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Scattered Ashes is the live performance alias of Steve Carter, a writer, artist and musician who has a particular focus on work exploring the human condition. Formerly a Mental Health Promoter with the Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand, and with a career dedicated to community development and activism, he has just released a new album 'A Question of Identity'. The album is designed to provoke dialogue about such issues as mental health, diversity and social change, with live shows presenting the songs as a narrative that shadows a journey of recovery and discovery. Listeners can expect equal measures of blunt honesty, self-effacing humour and incisive social commentary and are positively encouraged to join the conversation. |
Feraliza
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Cosmic Minstrel Feraliza Feral Eyes Returns to Aotearoa after her 6 year grass roots boots walking tour all over Australia. Her lyrics are heartfelt and passionate with strong themes of humanity, identity and liberation.
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