Riften and Vines Festival Lineup Announced - Swizl Jager, Michael Logie, Ron Gallipoli, LEIGH, Internet Death, Hōhā, EUG + More

Riften and Vines festival hosts a glorious cross-section of Aotearoa's noisy underground for lucky windy city punters in less than two weeks time, a baker's dozen uncompromising acts cramming into Underground Tavern on Saturday 12th July. Special guests from beyond the capital include Tāmaki Makaurau bilingual rapper Swizl Jager, Ōtepoti noise-punks Hōhā, electronic synapse-scrambler Michael Logie (The Mint Chicks, F In Math), transgender art-pop artist LEIGH (touring her excellent new album Empathy for My Future Self), the inimitable Ron Gallipoli (whose An Imposter original cast recording launches this Wednesday), Ōtautahi digital hardcore specialist Internet Death and Whanganui synth-punk XRVR — joining in-the-red local mavericks EUG, Into Orbit, Side Eye, Mud Goose, and Goya.

There'll be an art market "3 cool raffles" and a "bone lottery", plus there's an official Cool Whanganui Side Show happening at Porridge Watson the night before, including the absolutely scorching DISPLEASURE along with selected acts from the main fest. Two smashing lineups, blimmen heck...

Riften and Vines, One Day Music Festival
Featuring... Swizl Jager, Michael Logie, Ron Gallipoli, LEIGH, Internet Death, Hōhā, EUG, XRVR, GOYA, Into Orbit, Mud Goose, Side Eye
Saturday 12th July - Underworld Tavern, Wellington (doors 1pm)
Tickets on sale HERE via UTR

Riften and Vines, Cool Whanganui Side Show
Featuring... Michael Logie, DISPLEASURE, XRVR, Hōhā, Ron Gallipoli
Friday 11th July - Porridge Watson, Whanganui
Tickets on sale HERE via UTR

Check out Swizl Jager's self-directed clip for 'Better With Time' featuring Kyla Greening...

Succumb to the AI-assisted, shark-infested horror of Michael Logie's 'You Cant Help Me'...

Here's LEIGH's swoony 'I Still Love the Moon' featuring Finn Grieve, from Empathy for My Future Self...