Newtown Festival 2019 Lineup Announced

Wellington's annual free outdoor Newtown Festival has announced a massive lineup for the multi-stage event, returning for its 23rd year in early March. Spread across 14 streets and 13 stages with 7 activity zones, a jaw-dropping selection of stellar local artists will be busting out tunes in the summer sun, including BEING., Bic Runga, fruit juice parade, Grayson Gilmour, Imugi 이무기, Mermaidens, Miss June, Rogernomix, Totems, WOMB and a whole lot more. Explore the full lineup here...

Newtown Festival 2019
Sunday 3rd March - Newtown, Wellington

Featuring... Ana Te Kōtiro, Anahita, Annabel Lee, Ant Dub, Archie The Brave, Art Vandelay, Balkany, BEING., Ben Woods Group, Bic Runga, BIG FAT RARO, Big Girls, Brannigan Kaa, Bric a Brac Ravers, Bulgarian Dance, C-26, Céilí Mór with Wellington Irish Sessions, Church of Goya, CRYSTAL, D. Tyrone, Dr Reknaw, E/N/T, Earth to Zena, Everybodies Choir, Fortitude, fruit juice parade, Grayson Gilmour, Hawaiian Dance Wellington, Holy Serpent, Hot Drugs, i.e. crazy, Imugi 이무기, Ingrid And The Ministers, IT, Jaggers X Lines, JDK, Julie Lamb, Kubatana the Moringa Dancers, La Cura, Ladyfruit, Linen, Mamazita, Manaiatoa, MaracaTui, Maxwell Young, Mermaidens, mHz, Mimi Gilbert, Miss June, Move it Danceworks, Mr Fungus, mr sterile Assembly, Mr Wizowski, Nation, Niche, Nurakami Taiko, Nutron, NZ Myanmar's Cultural Performance, O-Boy!, OgKushhh, Orangefarm, Pascal Ackermann, Qualen Mathlay, RadioActive.FM DJs, Ria Hall, Richter City Rebels, Rogernomix, Rythmatix, Sam Manzanza, Samba Coletivo Aotearoa, Samba de Roda, Sendam Rawkustra, Septic Steamfish, Shaw Shot, Ska Pai, Sky Canvas, Skye Broberg, Solid Gold Dance Crew, Spook The Horses, Summer Body, T Bone Trio, Tai Chi, Tangata Circus Company, Tazo & Wozza, The Bloodbags, The Brooklyns, The Cosmonauts, The Gracious Deviants, The Loose Cannons, The Night, The Scallywags, The Spectre Collective, The Thirsty Night Music Club, The Toni Smith Show, Tidal Rave, Tohorā, Totems, UKNW, Unchained XL, Ursula Le Sin, VANDEL, Vic Manuel and Ruby Mae Hinepunui Solly, Vox Ethno, Wellington Batucada, Wellington New Chinese Friendship Association, Wistful Tunes, WOMB, Yayné

Here's Miss June's anthemic latest single 'Twitch'...

Watch Mermaidens' thrilling clip for their song 'Fade'...

Check out a recent live video of Grayson Gilmour playing 'Twenty-One Tattoo' w/ ensemble, live at BATS...

Watch a live clip of BEING. Playing her latest single 'Count Me In'...

Here's Imugi 이무기 playing their radio hit 'I Am' on 95bFM...

Press release:

The glorious Newtown Festival in Wellington is approaching once again on Sunday 3 March 2019. The hugely popular free festival promises to have something for everybody across 14 streets activated with 13 stages and 7 activity zones, bringing together music, traditional cultural performance, community groups, dance, buskers, circus, parades, fun for the kids, and more.

Among the fabulous lineup of over a hundred acts from Newtown and beyond, including the already announced headlines Ria Hall and Bic Runga, Newtown Festival presents a programme featuring emerging talent alongside established favourites.

Local venues are participating during the festival as well as hosting after parties.

The 2019 Newtown Festival will mark its 23rd year as a street festival, and 25th year as a celebration of the suburb, which began more modestly in Carrara Park. Newtown Festival is the largest free music festival and street fair in New Zealand.