UTR Update: NZ Shows Postponed / Cancelled Due To COVID-19 Restrictions

UPDATE 7/09/21: As readers will no doubt be aware, due to confirmed community cases of Covid-19, Aotearoa is currently sitting at two seperate levels of alert. According to the government website — Auckland is at Alert Level 4. This will be reviewed by the Government on Monday 13 September. The rest of New Zealand moves to Alert Level 2 at 11.59pm Tuesday 7th September. This will be reviewed by the Government on Monday 13 September. Please see the updated Alert Level 2 restrictions info HERE.

This means a raft of live gigs are now being postponed or cancelled nationwide. Here's a rolling list below of which UTR-related shows have been impacted thus far, follow the links below for more details — all ticket holders to UTR events will be contacted via email of the updated event info.

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EVENT UPDATES (more to be announced):

AUGUST

A Tribute To J Dilla — Auckland show postponed to 23rd September, more info here

AJ Bell and The Poets — Auckland show postponed

Alice Tozer and friends — Christchurch show cancelled

Auckland Jazz Orchestra, Caitlin Smith — Auckland show cancelled (at Kumeu Live)

Bad Taste 3 — Wellington show cancelled

Caught Inside — Wellington show cancelled

Clap Clap Riot — Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin shows postponed, more info here

Coolies, Hob, Cuticles, Bad Evil — Christchurch show cancelled

The Dark Eighties — Wellington event postponed to 23rd October, more info here

Deva Mahal — Auckland, Havelock North, Queenstown shows postponed, new dates to be announced

Doons x Sofia Machray — Wellington show postponed [more info here] / Dunedin and Christchurch shows cancelled

The Floral Clocks — Auckland show cancelled

FRED, Joe Keptain — Auckland show cancelled

Good Habits — Carterton show postponed

Hail To the Thieves — Napier show cancelled

HATT Vol. 1 EP Release — Auckland event postponed

Honeybee — Auckland show postponed

In The Shallows — Palmerston North + Wellington dates postponed

The Jac — Hamilton show cancelled

Jordan Luck Band — Hamilton, Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Whanganui dates postponed to October

Kokomo — Thames show cancelled

Kraus, Class War on the Dance Floor, Todd Luffa - Wellington show cancelled

Krispy and The Pooch — Christchurch show cancelled

Lanterns — Havelock North event cancelled

Leaping Tiger & Friends — Auckland show postponed to 7th October, more info here

Love Square — Auckland show postponed

Manuela, Max Earnshaw, and Geoff Ong — Auckland show cancelled

Mind Over Matter — Auckland show cancelled

Nic & Reuben — Christchurch and Dunedin shows postponed / Auckland, Wellington, Raglan dates cancelled

Nightmare Honey — Auckland show postponed

Now! Here! This! Ōtepoti festival — postponed, more info here

N.T. Honey, Wurld Series, Violet French And The Horrible — Christchurch show cancelled

Ocean Beach, The Fuzzies — Auckland show cancelled

Odessa, Revulva — Wellington show cancelled

Otium, Peach Bombs — Whanganui show cancelled

Pocket Money — Auckland show cancelled, Raglan show postponed

Planet Groove — Wellington show cancelled

Scarlett Lashes — Auckland show cancelled

Search For Yeti, Edera, SOG — Wellington show cancelled

Shindig!, Tom Cunliffe - Auckland event postponed

Soul Void presents Chumstock — Auckland show postponed

Storehouse — Auckland show postponed, more info here

Tablefox — Auckland show postponed, more info here

Tesla Coil Live!, Zachariah The Explorer, Isaac vs Drum Machine — Wellington event postponed

That's Not F*cking Ska — Wellington show cancelled

Thunder and Marmite — Wellington show cancelled

Tidal Rave — Wellington show postponed, more info here

TOOMS — Auckland show cancelled

Troy Kingi — Nelson, Christchurch, Dunedin, Wellington & Auckland shows postponed, new dates to be announced.

Venom Dolls — Auckland show cancelled

Violet Highway, Echo Children, The Furr Coats, Kin-kachow — Auckland show cancelled

White Noise Mafia — Auckland event cancelled

Women About Sound Sweet Mix Music Night — Auckland event cancelled

WORD Christchurch 2021 — festival postponed to 10 -13 November, more info here

SEPTEMBER

Albi And The Wolves, Good Habits, Jenny Mitchell — Auckland house concert postponed to October, new date here

ALT70 - Alternative 70s Dance Party — Christchurch show cancelled

Ambient Maladies: Album Release Party — Wellington event postponed to 16th October

Aro tour— Matamata, New Plymouth, Picton, Nelson, Dunedin shows cancelled

Back To The 80s - Glow Party — Christchurch event cancelled

Bliss — Auckland event postponed

Bruci Jordan — Auckland show postponed

Deep Water Creek — Christchurch show postponed, Oamaru and Dunedin shows cancelled

Dimmer — Christchurch and Wellington shows postponed, new dates here

Eighties Forever — Christchurch show postponed to October, new date here

Elizabeth and Juliet — New Plymouth show cancelled

Gitbox Rebellion — Auckland show postponed to December, new date here

The Golden Awesome, Kolya — Wellington show cancelled

Greetings From Club Classic Tour — Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch events cancelled

Hail To the Thieves — Wellington, Tauranga shows cancelled

In The Shallows — Palmerston North show postponed

Jackie Bristow — Auckland, Leigh, Gisborne shows cancelled

Jamie and the Numbers — Wellington show cancelled

Jordan Luck Band — Christchurch, Masterton shows postponed, new dates here

Kendall Elise — Auckland, Gisborne, Reporoa shows postponed, new dates here

Kind Of Green 3 — Christchurch event cancelled

The Lazy-Fi Rock Show — Gisborne event postponed to November, new date here

nicholas Franchise — Auckland, Christchurch, Hastings shows cancelled

NightZilla — Wellington show cancelled

The Others Way festival + To The Front stage — postponed to 12th November, more info here

Paul Ubana Jones — Paekakariki show postponed

Raiden Freeman — Auckland show cancelled

The Remastered Edition — Blenheim event postponed

Sam Bartells — Auckland show cancelled

Search For Yeti, Edera, SOG — Wellington show cancelled

Sulfate — Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin shows postponed to Octoober / November, more info here

Studio Ghibli Gig — Wellington show postponed

Tall Folk, Jo Little And Jared Smith, The Mentalist Collective — Dunedin show cancelled

TOMG Presents: Elevate — Auckland show cancelled

Viices, Dave And The Dirty Humans, Ingrid Saker — Wellington show postponed

Wai Taiko 21st Anniversay Celebration — Hamilton event postponed

Weird Waves — Hastings show cancelled

Whammy Goes Ska — Auckland show cancelled

OCTOBER

Deep Water Creek — Auckland, Leigh shows cancelled

Sacred Reich, Vio-Lence — Auckland, Wellington shows postponed

Whores. — Wellington and Christchurch shows postponed, new dates to be announced