Lines of Flight 2023

Following the initial lineup announcement in July, we are excited to announce the balance of the performers for the Lines of Flight festival, to be held in Otepoti Dunedin later this year.

Los Angeles noise musician Gabie Strong brings a lifetime of art and activism to the festival, and Shape of a Mouth combines the prepared piano magic of Hermione Johnson with multi-instrumentalist Ro Rushton-Greene.

Melbourne-based Ov Pain (Renee Balance/Elan Vital and Tim Player/Opposite Sex) make a welcome return visit to Otepoti, as do the beautiful improvised soundscapes of guitarist/field recorder Peter Wright.

A Dream is Like a Magic Cloak pairs the improvised twin violin attack of Motoko Kikkawa and Ro Rushton-Greene with the guitar of Peter Porteous, and the hymnal folk of Angelica Archangelica (Kate Reid) and sonic artistry of Rose James complete the strong local contingent.

To close out the festival, DJ Kiran Dass will now be joined by Ducklingmonster and Grans Remedy – the Uniform Mobile Disco!

There will also be some associated events happening on the streets of Port Chalmers during the festival, so keep an ear to the ground.

The much-loved Lines of Flight experimental music festival returns after a four year absence. First held in 2000, the festival will be celebrating its twelfth iteration. Founder and key organiser Peter Stapleton died in 2020, and this festival will be a tribute to his amazing and inspiring contributions to the underground musical landscape of Aotearoa.

The full line-up is as follows:

The lineups for each show have now been confirmed for the Lines of Flight festival in October, as follows:
Thursday 26th October, 7pm, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin
Peter Wright
Ov Pain (AUS/NZ)
Shape of a Mouth
Gabie Strong (US)
Aotearoa Snuff Jazz Ensemble

Friday 27th October, 7pm, Port Chalmers Town Hall
Hoha
Children’s Letters to God
Sunset Temples
A Dream is Like a Magic Cloak
People Skills (US)
Surface of the Earth

Saturday 28th October, 1pm, Port Chalmers Town Hall
Rose James
Fleshbug
Charles Ives Singers (AUS)
Roy Montgomery

Saturday 28th October, 7pm, Port Chalmers Town Hall
Angelica Archangelica
Grvdggr
Little Deaths
Abigail Aroha Jensen & Tash van Schaardenburg
Seymour Glass (US)
Dead C
Uniform Mobile Disco


Tickets are now available at Under the Radar - $25 per show, and $80 for a 3-day / 4-show festival pass.

There will be a festival bus returning to town after the Friday and Saturday night shows.

Dates are as follows:

Thursday 26th October, 7pm, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin
Friday 27th October, 7pm, Port Chalmers Town Hall
Saturday 28th October, 1pm, Port Chalmers Town Hall (afternoon show)
Saturday 28th October, 7pm, Port Chalmers Town Hall (evening show)

For a history of the Lines of Flight festival, click here:

Lines of Flight - A Personal History (pyramidclub.org.nz)