Strange Universe Autumn Edition Full Lineup Announced

It's a scientific fact our Strange Universe is expanding at an ever-accelerating rate. Getting even more macro by the moment, Banished Music and Strange News have announced a slew of new acts for their already phenomenal Strange Universe: Autumn Edition, a world class cluster of musical happenings throughout Tāmaki Makaurau during the month of March. They've not only revealed today special guest stars galore, they've also completed the full lineup with three brand new shows, spotlighting boundary-pushing artists from all around the globe.

Newly announced headliners include the return to Aotearoa of London producer, DJ, curator and broadcaster Nabihah Iqbal, the debut local performance by Los Angeles songwriter Annahstasia, and US folk luminary Jolie Holland with special guest opener Steve Abel — the Aotearoa songwriter and Green Party MP's first solo set in yonks.

They're completing an absolute cracker bill, including already announced headliners The Bats (celebrating their new album Corner Coming Up), US riff lord Ty Segall, Norwegian duo Smerz, Swedish heavy psych dynamos Les Big Byrd and Anatolian psych-folk stars Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek. New local guests include Erny Belle, WAIWHAI., Sulfate, HalfSisteR, Mariam (Hafleh, Sonic Hapori) and Na’amah Cheiban. All this plus none other than Japanese garage-punk gods Guitar Wolf will rock The Powerstation to its foundations with Ty Segall. Get out and about this March and enjoy a full platter of top class shows — here are the updated details...

"Woah, turns out we’re even more crazy than we were when we thought we were crazy before!" - Reuben Bonner, CEO of Banished Music

BANISHED MUSIC & STRANGE NEWS PRESENT
STRANGE UNIVERSE AUTUMN EDITION - MARCH 2026

SMERZ (NORWAY) & ERNY BELLE (DUO)
Wednesday 4th March - Double Whammy

THE BATS CELEBRATE CORNER COMING UP (NZ) & HALFSISTER
Saturday 7th March - Hollywood Avondale

NABIHAH IQBAL (DJ SET) & MARIAM
Saturday 7th March - Neck Of The Woods

TY SEGALL (USA) & GUITAR WOLF (JAPAN)
Tuesday 10th March - Powerstation

ANNAHSTASIA (USA) & NA’AMAH CHEIBAN
Wednesday 11th March - Pitt St Methodist Church

JOLIE HOLLAND (USA) & STEVE ABEL
Friday 13th March - Pitt St Methodist Church

DERYA YILDIRIM & GRUP ŞİMŞEK (GERMANY) & WAIWHAI.
Sunday 15th March - Double Whammy

LES BIG BYRD (SWEDEN) & SULFATE
Tuesday 24th March - Double Whammy

Tickets and info from www.banishedmusic.com

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