Our Credo here at DIG THE GIG is simple..
Giving the characters and personalities behind our incredible NZ university bands a chance to strut their swagger live on stage is what DIG THE GIG lives for - showcasing & promoting the bands live performance and songs to our domestic & international audiences that should know about them but probably don't is our PROMISE.
DIG THE GIG is the coolest University Band Competition in the world that exposes and unearth's the bands through the FANS. There are no Judges - the bands are carried through the heats and into the grand final by a DECIBEL METER.
That’s right the band that brings the best live show and the LOUDEST crowd night after night will be crowned winners of DIG THE GIG.
Each DIG THE GIG University Competition has four heats and the final.
Each band has to play three songs in their heat - one cover and two originals.
DIG THE GIG has been created to nurture, mentor and help guide our incredible NZ University Bands through to the next level of their musical careers. The colourful doors DIG THE GIG is opening for these awesome bands here in NZ and abroad is heartwarming to say the least.
DIG THE GIG was established in twenty twenty one to create a musical movement - a movement to get student bands out their flats/halls of residents and into a live music venue to put on a kick ass show and connect to humans that should know about them but don’t.
There hasn’t been a musical vehicle or platform that bridges the gap between RockQuest and the real world for our live bands & artists leaving high school - DIG THE GIG has taken care of this.
To date DIG THE GIG has exposed, promoted & celebrated over 215 NZ University Bands over four seasons across our four boldest NZ University’s.
A total of 546 original songs have been played live across the four seasons of DIG THE GIG to audiences in the thousands.
DIG THE GIG has recorded over 36 singles for the winning bands and produced & activated 11 music videos.
