The South Island’s biggest New Year’s festival’s 10th-anniversary line up has been announced!
Three days – Four unique stages – 100% Aotearoa line up!
2020 sees Rhythm & Alps celebrate ten years as the premier summer festival of the South Island. Today sees the release for the first announcement of the New Years festival with 100% local artists.
Home-grown talent is where it’s at this year and Rhythm & Alps festival couldn’t be more stoked to welcome to the Cardrona Valley some of the world’s highest-regarded artists right now, all proudly hailing from Aotearoa.
We really look forward to welcoming kiwis from all corners of the country to the region on their summer road trips. Pack the chilly bin full of kai, make sure you’ve got your jandals, togs, stubbies, whānau and friends and get your Kiwi summer playlist ready for the roady. This is going to be one sweet as summer… It will be worth the drive!
RHYTHM & ALPS 2020
SIX60 | FAT FREDDYS DROP | SHIHAD | BENEE | THE PHOENIX FOUNDATION | QUIX | CHAOS IN THE CBD | WAX MUSTANG | REB FOUNTAIN | RACING | TRUTH | TREI | FAIRBROTHER | FERBY | K2K | THERE’S A TUESDAY | Plus more to be announced…
29 – 31 December 2020 | Cardrona Valley | Wanaka
R&A pre-sale Tuesday, 7th July.
GA sale Wednesday, 8th July.
Tickets on sale from rhythmandalps.co.nz
Press Release:
From December 29 to 31, 2020 the breathtaking Cardrona Valley will play host to some of the biggest names in New Zealand music.
The highest New Zealand ticket selling artist and ultimate live band SIX60 will perform as an exclusive festival appearance.
Internationally regarded as one of the world’s finest live draws FAT FREDDYS DROP return to Rhythm & Alps alongside New Zealand’s best live rock band SHIHAD and the unapologetically kiwi international pop superstar BENEE.
These world-class acts will be joined by one of New Zealand’s most accomplished indie-rock acts THE PHOENIX FOUNDATION, internationally renowned electronic producer QUIX and New Zealand’s finest exponents of house music CHAOS IN THE CBD.
Evolving as the kiwi rap scenes next big thing WAX MUSTANG will perform at this years summer line up. 2020’s breakthrough songwriter REB FOUNTAIN will be delivering her standout much-loved album with the full band. Premiere rock n roll band RACING, party-rocking DJs TRUTH and international leader in the drum and bass scene TREI are all performing.
Get ready to get down with drum and bass artist FAIRBROTHER, the finest producer of trap and sad girl music FERBY, the multi-talented artist and techno DJ K2K and indie-pop-dream-folk-duo THERE’S A TUESDAY.
“We’ve carefully hand-picked these acts from around Aotearoa to highlight the diverse talent that New Zealand has to offer,” Rhythm & Alps festival director Alex Turnbull says. “This is a one-off quintessential Kiwi all-star festival, with a second announcement still to come!”
The festival, which welcomes 10,000 partygoers and more than 5,000 campers to the stunning Wanaka area, is immeasurably proud of its decade-long reign as the ultimate New Years party.
Turnbull says. “We are elated to be celebrating our tenth year anniversary with possibly our best line up yet, immaculate stage production set in a stunning and relaxed atmosphere. This year, we’re more proud than ever to be able to deliver a world-class festival in Wanaka’s spectacular Cardrona Valley.”
From when the gates open on Tuesday, December 29th until the last act finishes Thursday, 31st December 2020, the stunning site of Rhythm & Alps will be filled with thousands of happy people for the hottest kiwi summer indulgence in Aotearoa music, food and celebration.
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