Mr Bruce 15th February 2023 Globe Theatre, Palmerston North, New Zealand. Review by Rob Harbers. Photography by Amanda Hodge. Just over 30 years back, Mick Jones and his fellow B.A.D. actors sang of dimming the lights and having a ballContinue Reading
Grant Haua Explosion 10th February 2024 The Filter Room, Meeanee, New Zealand. Review by Rob Harbers, photography by Andrew Caldwell. On a typically toasty Hawkes Bay summer afternoon, the fourth iteration of ‘A Day Out With The Blues’ took placeContinue Reading
Pony Baby 9th February 2024 Common Room, Hastings, New Zealand. Review by Rob Harbers, photography by Andrew Caldwell. The latest chapter of Arahi’s ongoing process of evolution is his pairing with Jazmine Mary, in a duo with the collective nameContinue Reading
Mick Harvey & Amanda Acevedo 2nd February 2024 Meeanee Memorial Hall, Meeanee, New Zealand. Review by Rob Harbers, photography by Andrew Caldwell. One of the positive outcomes from the rethink and reconstruction that occurred post-pandemic was the genesis of theContinue Reading
Sissos 11th January 2024 Poukawa Hall, Poukawa, New Zealand. Review by Rob Harbers, photography by Andrew Caldwell. Australian, but resident in Berlin, Stephanie and Georgie Fisher are, collectively, Sissos, and they’re bringing their special something to the Small Halls ofContinue Reading
Nest Fest 2024 5th + 6th January 2024 Tomoana Showgrounds, Hastings, New Zealand. Review by Rosheen FitzGerald, Rob Harbers & Hayley Osterfield. Photography by Hayley Munro, Jessie Broad & Felix Goetze. Right at the place where Hastings changes from rural to urban, TomoanaContinue Reading
Jackie Bristow & Barry Saunders 7th December 2023 Elsthorpe Community Hall, Elsthorpe, New Zealand. Review by Rob Harbers, photography by Andrew Caldwell. In a nicely circular way, one of the stars of the very first run of Small Hall Sessions,Continue Reading
C.R. Avery & The Storm Collective 25th November 2023 Common Room, Hastings, New Zealand. Review by Rob Harbers, photography by Andrew Caldwell. Some say lightning doesn’t strike twice. But they don’t know fuck all, because tonight, for the second timeContinue Reading
Hot Potato Band 9th November 2023 Paisley Stage, Napier, New Zealand. Review by Rob Harbers, photography by Andrew Caldwell. Like a shot of molten metal, the hyperactive Hot Potato Band last night dropped in to Napier’s coolest little venue™ andContinue Reading