Wellington-Based Sad By Sad South Festival Reveals Line-Up

The line-up has been revealed for the inaugural Sad By Sad South festival which is taking place next month in Wellington. Presented by Papaiti and Lesstalk Records, the newly minted all-ages event is coming to the capital city in the wake of the success of the Sad By Sad West festivals that took place across Melbourne and Sydney last year. With a focus on connecting art communities, the three-day festival aims to showcase art, music and poetry that value connection and challenge divisiveness. Here are the details...

Friday 21st April: Newtown Bowling Club*

Poetry:
Freya Daly Sadgrove
Evangeline Riddiford Graham
Hera Lindsay-Bird
Sinead Overbye

Music:
Thirtysomethings
Soda Boyz
Carb on Carb
Jess Locke
Long Distance Runner

Saturday 22 April - South Coast from 2pm (free - exact location announced on day)

Poetry:
Faith Wilson
Callum Goacher

Music:
Carb on Carb
April’s Fool
Shannen

Saturday 22nd April: Newtown Community Centre*

Poetry:
Hera Lindsay-Bird
Joy Holley
Sudha Rao
Lily Norman

Music:
Fruit Juice Parade
How Get
Girlboss
Grayson Gilmour
Prizegiving

Sunday 23rd April - House Show Crawl from 2pm (door sales only)

Poetry:
Sinead Overbye
Freya Daly Sadgrove
Eamonn Marra

Music:
Bad Friend
Jess Locke
Prizegiving

*Pre-sale tickets available HERE from UTR - individual night $20 +BF / two night pass $35 +BF.

Here's a clip of highlight's from last year's Sydney-based Sad by Sad West festival, shot and compiled by ZK Photo...