Good Habits Returning To New Zealand For Nationwide Tour

Featuring Bonnie Schwarz on cello and vocals with Pete Shaw on accordion, Manchester folk duo Good Habits were "happily stranded" in Aotearoa during our turbulent pandemic era of '20 / '21. Returning for an extensive nationwide tour from New Years Eve onwards, the songwriting pair launched their latest album Antipody after they departed our shores in 2021 — "a collection of uniquely personal musical stories informed by the valuable life lessons this mad year has offered". Joined by fellow UK folk travellers Mishra for a handful of dates, Good Habits' marathon itinerary includes festival appearances at WOMAD NZ and Golden Bay's Lunasa Festival, tour details below...

Good Habits

Sunday 31st December - Regent Theatre, Greymouth*
Friday 5th January - Musical Instrument Museum, Waiheke w/ Mishra*
Saturday 6th January - Kumeu Arts Centre, Kumeu w/ Mishra
Sunday 7th January - The Woodshed, Whangarei w/ Mishra
Thursday 1st February - Lunasa Festival, Golden Bay*
Saturday 3rd February - Tākaka Hill, Tākaka*
Saturday 17th February - The Mussel Inn, Tākaka*
Sunday 18th February - Fairfield House, Nelson
Saturday 24th February - Donovan’s Store, Ōkārito
Friday 1st March - Geraldine Performing Arts
Saturday 2nd March - The Grand Hotel, Akaroa*
Sunday 3rd March - Christchurch Folk Music Club*
Monday 4th March - Le Cafe, Picton Friday 15th to
Sunday 17th March - WOMAD NZ, Brooklands Park and the TSB Bowl of Brooklands, New Plymouth△ Monday 18th March - Devonport Folk Club*
Tuesday 19th March - Nivara Lounge, Hamilton
Wednesday 20th March - The Arts Junction, Katikati*
Thursday 21st March - Space Studio Gallery, Whanganui
Friday 22nd March - Snails, Palmerston North
Wednesday 27th March - Meow, Wellington*
Friday 29th March - St. Peter’s Hall, Paekākāriki

Tickets available HERE via UTR
*Ticket details available at www.goodhabitsband.com
△WOMAD tickets on sale now from www.womad.co.nz

Watch Good Habits cover Kate Bush's classic 'Running Up That Hill' on a grassy slope in front of The Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol...

Press release:

One of the most exciting new folk duos to come out of the UK, Good Habits’ award-winning, genre-fusing sound has received international critical acclaim in the short 3 years they have been performing, resulting in performances at Glastonbury, and other major festivals around the world. In 2020-2021 they: performed in NZ at CubaDupa and TSB Festival of Lights; played over 150 gigs around the country; and recorded their last album “Antipody”.

Composed of Bonnie Schwarz (cello + vocals) and Pete Shaw (accordion), the pair mix virtuosic musicianship and vocal harmony with vivid storytelling, drawing on their diverse musical tastes and weaving them into an action-packed narrative of folky goodness. After a pandemic spent happily stranded in New Zealand, they returned back to the UK to spread their joyous music throughout Europe.