Albi & The Wolves Announce The Fun-Raiser Tour of Aotearoa New Zealand

Flag-bearers for Aotearoa's indie-folk community from 2014 to right now and beyond, Albi & The Wolves have their sights set on touring Europe and the UK in 2026, and are humbly requesting your help to make it happen. They've announced The Fun-Raiser Tour, a sprawling and ambitious run of gigs taking Chris Dent, Pascal Roggen, Hannah De Koster and Micheal Young all around the motu, starting at Whanganui Musicians Club on 26th September and keeping the ball rolling right up to 8th November — eighteen shows all up! Tūī award-winning live faves who unleashed their Americana-tinted third studio album Light After The Dark in late 2023, head along this spring and throw your weight behind the Wolfpack's quest for world domination...

"We can finally reveal: We are going to Europe! BUT, we need your help to get there. So, in true Albi & The Wolves fashion, we are hitting the road to make it happen! Big tour styles, from Warkworth to Dunedin."

The Fun-Raiser Tour with Albi And The Wolves

Friday 26th September - Whanganui Musicians Club, Whanganui*
Saturday 27th September - Globe Theatre, Palmerston North
Sunday 28th September - Vogelmorn Upstairs, Wellington (4pm start)*
Wednesday 1st October - Hilltop Concerts, Wellington
Thursday 2nd October - Secret Show, Wellington
Friday 3rd October - Room Twenty5, Richmond*
Saturday 4th October - Mussel Inn, Onekaka (6pm start)*
Wednesday 8th October - Donovan's Store, Fox Glacier (three-piece show)*
Thursday 9th October - Sherwood, Queenstown*
Friday 10th October - Port Chalmers Town Hall, Dunedin*
Saturday 11th October - Wunderbar, Lyttelton*
Sunday 12th October - ARoad Concerts, Christchurch (three-piece show)
Friday 31st October - The Tahi Bar, Warkworth (6.30pm start)*
Saturday 1st November - Auckland Guide Centre, Auckland (3pm and 7pm shows)
Thursday 7th November - Artworks Theatre, Waiheke Island
Friday 8th November - The Jam Factory, Tauranga (3.30pm and 6.30pm shows)

*Tickets on sale HERE via UTR

Move your body to 'Next To Me', from Albi & The Wolves' 2023 album Light After the Dark...

Press release:

Award winning folk troubadours Albi & The Wolves have signed with Fresh Music Booking (Poland) to debut in Europe and the United Kingdom next year. But they need your help. So, they are doing what they do best by hitting the road for 17, that’s right 17, shows up and down the country. Big and small. Warkworth to Dunedin. It’s an incredible opportunity for the band, and you can be a part of it by simply spreading the word and showing up to the Fun-Raiser Tour.

Albi & The Wolves rebel against AI, as for them music and life is all about being present in the moment, so leave your phone at home and enjoy something real. Chris Dent, the proud albino frontman, leads the band. His visual impairment and striking appearance do not detract at all from his command of the audience or the strength of his voice. Pascal Roggen is renowned for his skill on the violin, and the physicality of his performance. It is not every day that you see someone run across the room while playing stunningly at the same time, but he’ll do it at almost every show. Micheal Young and Hannah De Koster somehow bind the energy together with slick grooves or thunderous train beats on double bass and drums. Together they have one of the most uplifting and joyous live performances you can see right now.

The show a vessel for relatable alternative folk songs. Songs of love, life, and laughing when no matter what you do, sometimes things go terribly wrong.

Albi & The Wolves have won Best Folk Artist for their debut album One Eye Open, have collaborated with EDM giants Mt Eden Dubstep, have jammed with Dave Dobbyn in the Radio Hauraki studio, performed at WOMAD NZ, played on Stewert Island, written music for Tami Neilson and have been to shy too play it to her, performed live on Cook Islands Television News, took a 12 person crew on the road for their Light After The Dark album launch and so much more.

This is their call for support! Let’s help Albi & The Wolves share their fiery take on folk with the rest of the world!