The Tuning Fork, 95bFM & Undertheradar present
Southern Fork
Americana Fest 2019
The Tuning Fork, 95bFM and Undertheradar are proud to announce the return of the Southern Fork Americana Fest, back for its sixth year in Auckland! Enjoy a star-studded lineup to celebrate the roots of Americana, Country and Blues music. The festival will cover six nights at Spark Arena’s budding companion venue, The Great South Pacific Tuning Fork.
Among the headliners, this year are The Felice Brothers (US), Pokey LaFarge (US), Tami Neilson(NZ), Jonny Fritz (US), Joshua Hedley (US), Molly Tuttle (US), Dee White (US), and Albi & the Wolves (NZ). See below for more details and keep an eye out for the full lineup and support announcement!
Ticketmaster pre-sale from Tuesday 9th July with limited full festival passes available at early bird prices. For the last few years, full festival passes have flown out the door so don’t hesitate to swipe one of these up!
,Thursday, 10th October
The Felice Brothers
Saturday, 12th October
Albi & the Wolves
Sunday, October 13th
Molly Tuttle / Dee White
Friday, 18th October
Pokey LaFarge
Saturday, 19th October
The Jonny Fritz & Joshua Hedley Show
Sunday, 20th October
Tami Neilson
Ticketmaster presale: from 8 am, Tuesday 9th July
General Public: from 9 am, Thursday 11th July
To once again offer enthusiasts the chance to see more acts and to encourage music fans to discover new artists, the festival will have a special ticket pricing scheme, enabling them to receive discounts on multiple ticket purchases.
The Felice Brothers
Ian and James Felice grew up in the Hudson valley of upstate NY. Self taught musicians, inspired as much by Hart Crane and Whitman as by Guthrie and Chuck Berry, they began in 2006 by playing subway platforms and sidewalks in NYC and have gone on to release nine albums of original songs and to tour extensively throughout the world. The Felice Brothers’ latest release, Undress,was recorded straight to tape with very little overdubbing. It’s their most personal and reflective album to date.
Pokey LaFarge
Ever since his first record, 2006’s self-released Marmalade, LaFarge has been a difficult specimen to pin down, indeed. Though he was raised on a healthy diet of blues, bluegrass, ragtime, Western swing and old-time country — and though he has consistently demonstrated a decided affinity for pre-1950s menswear — the Illinois native is by no means a throwback or a museum piece. Timelessness, and refined good taste, is LaFarge’s raison d’être, and his influences are as multi-hued and wide-ranging as the rhythms that buoy his starkly poetic songs — rhythms that are steeped in the very essence of jazz.
Tami Neilson
Multi award-winning Canadian-born, New Zealand singer-songwriter Tami Neilson needs no introduction. Having become one of NZ’s most beloved artists of the modern era, blending country, soul and rockabilly into her signature high-octane performances, Neilson’s songs have tugged at our heart-strings and soothed our souls. Accompanied by Tami’s brother and longtime co-writer/collaborator Jay Neilson, the Big Boss Mama will bring her extensive songbook to the Tuning Fork this October in the middle of her nationwide tour.
