Violet Hirst & Michael Llewellyn Spring Duet Tour Announced

Aotearoa luminaries in their own respective songwriting realms, Violet Hirst and Michael Llewellyn are banding together for a double headline Spring Duet tour. Sometimes ring-in Office Dog member, Violet Hirst's debut album Donegal ("a love-letter to Hirst's time spent between Pōneke and Te Waipounamu") was a standout local release of 2023, while Llewellyn entranced listeners with "moonlit ballads sparkling with deep feeling, romance and drama" on his 2025 studio long player I'm Gorgeous. They'll be playing intimate scale shows all around the motu from 1st October onwards, join them at the following dates...

Violet Hirst And Michael Llewellyn - Spring Duet

Thursday 1st October - Rhyme x Reason Brewery, Wānaka
Friday 2nd October - The Blue Door Bar, Arrowtown
Saturday 3rd October - Ophir Peace Memorial Hall, Ophir
Sunday 4th October - Wunderbar, Christchurch
Thursday 8th October - Hataitai Bowling Club, Wellington
Friday 9th October - Dawn, Ōakura
Sunday 11th October - Unitarian Church, Auckland

Tickets on sale HERE via UTR

Hit play on Violet Hirst's 2024 single 'FOR YOU'...

Experience 'The Fish Song' from Michael Llewellyn's 2025 album I’m Gorgeous...

Press release:

Violet Hirst & Michael Llewellyn present 'Spring Duet' an intimate run of shows across Aotearoa.

Born and raised in Tāhuna Queenstown, Violet's musical journey began the day she was born: opening night of her mother's musical Kitchens. Her songs and live performance embody the theatrics and ballads that surrounded her childhood. Quoted as one of Aotearoa’s “most quietly distinctive contemporary songwriters,” (13th Floor) she gains comparisons to Aldous Harding and Julia Jacklin. Earning recognition on SRN and Radioscope scharts, Violet has received wide support from Vice, RNZ, Flying Nun and Rolling Stone. Combining layered vocal melodies with meditative rhythms and poignant lyrics from a young woman, Violet's songs showcase a unique artist at work.

Michael Llewellyn is a songwriter from Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Aotearoa, known for raw lyricism, magnetic live performances, and emotionally vivid storytelling. Drawing from indie rock n roll, alternative folk, and poetic balladry, his songs have earned support from RNZ, Rolling Stone AU/NZ, NZ Student Radio, and audiences across New Zealand. He has shared stages with Marlon Williams, The Veils, Fazerdaze, and French For Rabbits, and is currently preparing the release of his third studio album ‘Strange Horses’.