Early bird tickets flew out the door on the festival announcement last week. Now, The Others Way Festival is elated to announce over 30 incredible acts from around Aotearoa and beyond, set to perform at Auckland’s most exciting music festival and street party. Delve deeper into these artists and familiarise yourself with the talent taking over Karangahape Road district this October.
“We are over the moon about our artist line-up featuring local gems, legends, luminaries and next-big-things! We think you’ll be pretty dang happy! After numerous postponements and cancellations these last few years, we can’t wait for the festival’s return this October. It’s going to be an unmissable show across Karangahape Rd.” – Festival Director Matthew Davis.
THE OTHERS WAY FESTIVAL 2022 ARTIST LINE UP
IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER:
ANTHONIE TONNON | BLEEDING STAR | CHE FU & THE KRATEZ | DAFFODILS | DANCE EXPONENTS | EARTH TONGUE | FRANCISCA GRIFFIN & THE BUS SHELTER BOYS | HALF HEXAGON | HANS PUCKET MIDNIGHT KARAOKE CHALLENGE | JUNO IS | JULIEN DYNE | LANDLORDS | LAURA JEAN (AU) | LEAO | MAXINE FUNKE | MIRROR RITUAL | MNDSGN & THE RARE PLEASURES (USA) | NADIA REID | NEWMATICS | POLLYHILL | PROTEINS OF MAGIC | REPAIRS | RITA MAE | SHEPHERDS REIGN | SOFT PLASTICS | STEVE GUNN (USA) | SWIDT | TE KAAHU | THE COOLIES | VANESSA WORM
The Others Way Festival 2022 line-up includes legendary NZ band Dance Exponents for a very special performance celebrating the upcoming 40th Anniversary reissue of their chart-topping debut studio album Prayers Be Answered. In addition, Aotearoa music icon and hip hop pioneer Che Fu and the Kratez make an unmissable Others Way debut performance, while festival favourite Nadia Reid returns to entrance audiences this October, along with Anthonie Tonnon off the back of his 2022 Taite Music Prize-winning album Leave Love Out Of This.
Stellar internationals on the bill include; Brooklyn songwriter and guitar virtuoso Steve Gunn (USA), prolific Los Angeles beatmaker MNDSGN & The Rare Pleasures (USA), and acclaimed Sydney-based musician Laura Jean (AU).
More music from some familiar names; early 80s New Zealand ska-punk pioneers Newmatics. Onehunga-bred hip hop collective, SWIDT are set to drop electrifying beats and bars. Plus The Coolies, once described by Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore as “punk no-wave sonic heartstring buzzing clatter rock n roll”.
Post-punk band Daffodils join the festivities, along with DJ and performer Vanessa Worm, renowned percussionist and production wiz Julien Dyne (Avantdale Bowling Club), and Theia‘s reo Māori project TE KAAHU. Don’t miss Wellington’s ever-popular garage pop act Hans Pucket hosting their infamous Midnight Karaoke Challenge where you too can live your popstar dream, fronting the band with a song of your choice. Sign-ups opening soon, with limited spaces!
Celebrated artists from all corners of Aotearoa are set to perform; heavy psych-fuzz two-piece Earth Tongue, dream-fuzz group Mirror Ritual, indie outfit Soft Plastics, and melodic noise rockers Bleeding Star, all hailing from Pōneke/Wellington. Ōtepoti/Dunedin’s underground folk soloist Maxine Funke and psych-pop artist Juno Is.
While from Tāmaki Makaurau, guitar crew LEAO (Noa Records), led by songwriter and vocalist David Feauai-Afaese, multi-format artist Kelly Sherrod with her mesmerising solo project Proteins of Magic, MC and rapper PollyHill, five-piece Polynesian metal band Shepherds Reign, and rising songwriter Rita Mae. Along with super trios; Half Hexagon and Repairs.
Plus, Kirikiriroa/Hamilton four-piece Landlords, and Port Chalmers-born Francisca Griffin (Look Blue Go Purple) with her band, the Bus Shelter Boys, all making a welcome appearance.
Tickets are on sale now for the first The Others Way Festival on Tāmaki Makaurau’s Karangahape Road in three years taking place Saturday, October 22 2022 via Flying Out and Undertheradar.
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The Others Way Festival 2022 makes its triumphant return this October, bringing Auckland’s most exciting music festival and street party back to Karangahape Road for the first time in three years!
Get your tickets! Saturday, October 22, will see over thirty of the finest live acts perform at multiple local venues across Karangahape Road! After a two-year Covid hiatus, the multi-venue extravaganza is taking place during Labour Weekend, giving festival-goers two whole days to recover, plus the perfect opportunity for attendees outside of Auckland to experience this one-of-a-kind music event.
Festival Director Matthew Davis says: “Off the back of multiple cancellations through lockdowns and date changes, we are incredibly excited to be back to celebrate our music community and the beloved Karangahape Road.
“Not only can we look forward to seeing the festival go ahead in October 2022, but we are also looking forward to presenting another amazingly talented and diverse lineup performing across some of the finest live music venues in Auckland.”
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