Primer: Punk It Up V - Two Night Tāmaki Punk Festival

Dust off your tartan and lace up your Docs, the fifth ever Punk It Up festival is coming to Tāmaki Makaurau's Powerstation this July for not one, but TWO debaucherous nights of A-grade local and international punk rock, and we've rustled up a handy cheat sheet ahead of the event. Two years in the making thanks to the decidedly unpunk pandemic, both dates in the foot stomping two-nighter boast sets from punk covers crew bankRobbers and rowdy '80s troublemakers No Tag, the latter of which are performing their last ever shows as part of this year's festival. Also in the mix are art-punk pioneers The Plague, Tigers (credited as NZ's first ever Māori punk band), heavy-hitting Gisborne teens Sit Down In Front, Australian cowpunks The Johnnys and a punk-tonne more...

Punk It Up V

Friday 1st July 2022 - The Powerstation, Auckland
Featuring... Proud Scum, The Plague, No Class, Shotgun The Couch, Cootie Cuties, bankRobbers, No Tag

Saturday 2nd July 2022 - The Powerstation, Auckland
Featuring... The Johnnys, Sit Down In Front, The Bludgers, Memory Foam, Tigers, bankRobbers, No Tag

Tickets available HERE via UTR

Watch The Johnnys flirt with an entire party in the clip for their first single 'I Think You're Cute'...

Sit Down In Front will take over the Punk It Up stage on night two with shout-a-long hits like 'Pixie Caramel'...

From their ripping album Steel Magnolias, skyrocket your heart rate with Memory Foam's 'Choo Choo Train' feat. Baby Zionov...

Melbourne via Aotearoa punk troupe No Class will be rarking up the night one crowd with fresh noisy numbers like 'Here Comes Trouble'...