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
LES BIG BYRD & SULFATE - TUESDAY 24 MARCH - DOUBLE WHAMMY
Rounding out the month is the cosmically charged sonic Swedish force that is Les Big Byrd. Launched into cult stardom in their early years when Brian Jonestown Massacre's Anton Newcombe championed their sound, the band have gone on to become a revered entity in the world of psychedelic rock. Local critic Graham Reid recently sat them alongside the likes of Spiritualized, Can, and Tangerine Dream, while one blogger evoked quite an image, inviting the listener to imagine “the Pixies playing in a subway station on LSD opening for Enigma”. They will be joined in support by the fiercest trio in the land right now, Sulfate! Reunited, reinvented, and fully reinvigorated, you won’t experience a deeper head trip than a Sulfate show any time soon, and we’re stoked to have them on the bill.
Amazing artwork by Anns Taylor
