FULL LINE-UP REVEALED!
BANISHED MUSIC & STRANGE NEWS PRESENT
STRANGE UNIVERSE - AUTUMN EDITION - MARCH 2026
If you weren’t already cancelling all your plans for March, Banished Music and Strange News have just gone and added a whole lot more musical mashed potato to your plate with the extraordinary full line-up for Strange Universe: Autumn edition revealed at last!
That’s right, this phenomenal series of shows in your favourite venues across Tāmaki Makaurau just added 200% more phenom! We’ve gone and added three whole new shows into the mix for your troubles, and announced a bunch of pretty incredible support acts! Check out this line-up, including new shows from Annahstasia (USA), Jolie Holland (USA), a DJ set from Nabihah Iqbal (UK), and the addition of support acts Guitar Wolf (Japan), Erny Belle, WAIWHAI., Steve Abel, Sulfate, Na’amah Cheiban, and HalfSisteR!
SMERZ (NORWAY) & ERNY BELLE (DUO)
WEDNESDAY 4 MARCH - DOUBLE WHAMMY
THE BATS CELEBRATE CORNER COMING UP (NZ)
& HALFSISTER
SATURDAY 7 MARCH - HOLLYWOOD AVONDALE
NABIHAH IQBAL (DJ SET) & MARIAM
SATURDAY 7 MARCH - NECK OF THE WOODS
TY SEGALL (USA) & GUITAR WOLF (JAPAN)
TUESDAY 10 MARCH - POWERSTATION
ANNAHSTASIA (USA) & NA’AMAH CHEIBAN
WEDNESDAY 11 MARCH - PITT ST METHODIST CHURCH
JOLIE HOLLAND (USA) & STEVE ABEL
FRIDAY 13 MARCH - PITT ST METHODIST CHURCH
DERYA YILDIRIM & GRUP ŞİMŞEK (GERMANY)
& WAIWHAI.
SUNDAY 15 MARCH - DOUBLE WHAMMY
LES BIG BYRD (SWEDEN) & SULFATE
TUESDAY 24 MARCH - DOUBLE WHAMMY
Tickets and info from www.banishedmusic.com
THE BATS CELEBRATE CORNER COMING UP & HALFSISTER- SATURDAY 7 MARCH - HOLLYWOOD AVONDALE
The local legends of our line-up, The Bats scarcely need any introduction, but just in case you’ve been living under a rock. For over forty years this reliably delightful Flying Nun quartet have been responsible for soothing us, getting us dancing, and creating some of the most note perfect South Island sound you’re ever likely to hear. With their eleventh album Corner Coming Up just released to audience acclaim, there’s no finer time to catch this perfect pop band for their first Tāmaki Makaurau headline show in yonks. They invited the wonderful HalfSisteR to open for them at the iconic Hollywood Avondale! HalfSisteR are newly minted, and feature members of Jean-Paul Sartre Experience, Superette, Drorgan, and more!
Tickets from www.banishedmusic.com
Amazing artwork by Anns Taylor
