Shady Nasty forged their own ultra-contemporary brand of post-punk / avant-rock / gritty dungeon rap with their 2025 debut album TREK and now have sights squared on Aotearoa New Zealand. Teaming up with DJ / producer superstar Fred again.. and KETTAMA on brooding brand new single 'Air Maxes, the Sydney trio of Kevin Stathis, Haydn Green, and Luca Watson have just announced local headline dates at Pōneke's Valhalla and Tāmaki Makaurau's Whammy Bar, with special guests to be revealed. All signs point towards Shady Nasty's debut NZ shows being packed-out ragers — better grab tickets quick smart...

DOORS AT 8pm - Tickets: utr.co.nz
EB: $25 | GA: $30 | FR: $35

Eyegum Music Collective presents GREAT SOUNDS GREAT, a multi-venue music and arts festival taking over Pōneke's Cuba Street precinct for one night only on Saturday 6 September 2025. Showcasing 40 of Aotearoa's best artists across 10 neighbouring venues, this is one big party you shouldn't miss.

Eyegum has worked hard to curate a programme that is sure to offer something for everyone, from first time gig-goers to seasoned live music obsessives. The eclectic lineup includes perennial indie maestros The Bats, capital hometown heroes The Phoenix Foundation, hip hop superstar JessB, troubadour-turned-party starter Anthonie Tonnon, captivating genre-bender Reb Fountain, the incredible local-by-way-of-Naarm Jen Cloher, plus a selection of up-and-coming artists handpicked from Eyegum's Free Wednesday weekly showcase series, and everything in between. There will also be plenty more to be announced soon including more music, poetry, live-scored cinema, and a travelling DJ stage curated by Tonic Collective.

Get ready for Wellington's ultimate tribute party as RIOT FEST brings together the most explosive tribute acts under one roof! This high-energy night celebrates the biggest names in rock, metal, punk, and grunge with authentic performances that will transport you straight to the mosh pit.

Featured Tribute Acts:

•KAOSIS - Nu-Metal Party Band

•SLIPKNOT Tribute by The Feeders

•THE PRODIGY Tribute by The Firestarters

•NIRVANA Tribute by The Neverminds

•GREEN DAY Tribute by Greendaze

•MARILYN MANSON Tribute by The Anti-Christ Superstar

Plus Special Guest DJs:

•DJ Apernut (Nu-Metal)

•DJ Suddop (Grunge)

Doors at 6pm | Tickets from: www.railtix.net

Join the 'Feast' with Danica Bryant and her iconic three-piece not-a-girl-band! This live show celebrating the release of Bryant's debut album is the band's third national tour, sure to be a pop-rock party for the ages.

Wellington support from Kingston Rose

Doors at 8pm | Tickets $15 from UTR.co.nz

TAKE BACK THE POWER

By popular demand. We are back in 2025

The Ultimate Rage Against The Machine Experience: DAVE AGAINST THE MACHINE. Delivering their world class show with all the aggression, power and passion of the original band.

If you love Rage Against the Machine, you will LOVE this band.

Doors at 8pm | Tickets $30 from UTR

Noise Drone Repeat LXXIII

Is winter over yet? Can I turn the heater off?
More audio madness to warm your brain, new stuff, old stuff, blue stuff.

Performing for us are the following wonderful (I assume) people (I assume):

# Leo McKinnon
# Solysium
# Pursuiing
# Loam

Doors at 8pm | Door Sales -> $10 cash only

Chur whānau — we’ve got a stacked lineup of raw, homegrown hip hop coming through, and every act is set to bring the heat. Energy, talent, and underground flavour all night long. Pull up, show love, and support the movement.

Keegz | Broke Haven | Bayway | Drity Mike

Doors at 7:30 | Online sales $20 | Door Sales $25

Vagina Dry single(s) release tour!
Pōnoke !!! Wellington !!! First show of the north island line up at Valhalla with :
Lavendermenace and No sector

To celebrate our final single release: privileged man.

Doors open at 8pm | Presales $15

MIDWEEK MELTERS 003

Warm yourself up this winter with some MIDWEEK MELTERS! This is Pōneke's newest midweek DNB night, created and curated by the people, for the people.

PORCELAIN | BIG FERG LH | INTEC | FE B2B HNR8

Doors open 8pm | Online Tickets $5
Door sales - $5 before 9pm / $10 after 9pm

Klo-Promotion presents the Klo-Promotion Fundraiser Gig, raising funds for Kloey Shaw's new event promotion business at university. Join us on Thursday, July 31st at Valhalla.

Starring RENÉE, Jayme Morpeth, Jeline, and Bri Louise with Molly.

Doors open at 7pm

Early birds: $5 + BF
General admission: $10 + BF

Ngahuia, Cicada and Cordelia's

The hauntingly beautiful music of singer-songwriter NGAHUIA opens the show.
She'll be followed by the raw and ragged brilliance of transsexual disaster folk-rock band CICADA,
before a stunning closing set from feminine rage folk trio CORDELIA'S.

This show's a must-see for anyone who likes their acoustic music intense, ferocious and gay as all hell.

DOORS AT 7:30 - $10 from UTR

Dillon Jo | Sol Fide | Jayme Morpeth

Dillon Jo Headlining Show (with support from Sol Fide and Jayme Morpeth)

Doors Open 8pm
Tickets: $10 from UTR

KULT – ACT I

Enter in the shadows and feel the groove
This is the first of three KULT events taking place this winter in Wellington, NZ.
Each party will dive into the underground — new artists, evolving sounds and deep energy.
KULT is a tribute to electronic music, a night where local techno artists meet the raw energy of Europe’s rave culture, and where we could all celebrate what matters.

LINE UP:
Open decks | Doitz | Jacquart | U-day

Doors open at 7pm for open Decks
Tickets: EB - $5.50 | GA - $11

TOWER OF FLINTS + UNDERWIRE

Post-Punk Indie-Rock Wellingtonians Tower of Flints are joined by the mighty Underwire at Valhalla for a night of kick-ass original music with serious attitude!

Doors open early, with Underwire taking the stage at 8pm and Tower Of Flints at 9pm.

The night will be completed with the Dark 80s Disco (tickets sold separately.) A discount will be given to anyone with pre-sales for the Dark 80s Disco.

Doors at 7:30pm | Tickets $15 or $10 with a Dark 80’s Pre-sale

Two of Aotearoa’s most rungle hardware acts are joining forces for a mid-winter tour across the country this July. Armed with new releases and a reckless lack of MIDI cables, longtime pals Synthetic Children and Diesel Jenny are packing gear into the whip for a trip up and down the motu.

Via hardware synths and drum machines, Synthetic Children (Te Papaioea’s Celina Goacher) is bringing bubbly synths, auto-tuned vulnerabilities, and sub-rattling beats.

Diesel Jenny’s (Pōneke’s Josh Finegan) live set will blend brain-breaking breaks with sugar-rush synths and 3D club energy years. This tour will celebrate the inaugural release of Diesel Jenny’s white label series with a rock-solid RUC-exempt two-tracker.

Ekho Laliah is an Aotearoa based artist who stitches together elements of dream pop, freak folk, and ethereal electronica into sonic tapestries with experimental production as the backbone.

Tickets $15 through UTR or $20 at the door

Daily Keyno, the brain child of Mark Sommerville, is proud to announce the release of their debut album, That’s my jc, available on all major streaming platforms starting September 25th.

"That’s my jc is a personal project, featuring 8 tracks that explore themes of love, loneliness, fatherhood, past reflections. The album showcases Daily Keyno’s signature spacious, crystal like guitar, while pushing into new sonic territory.

Warm Regards are a Te Whanganui-a-Tara based country dream-rock band.
They are great mates, and have over 150 years of experience playing in bands and being human beings.
They recently released this song. Listen to it!!

⁦https://open.spotify.com/track/3Sg0WWWoBh8PKSGQ1HdE55?si=anjNyNvaRhqi0Z_eABeFbQ⁩

DOORS OPEN 7:30 - TICKETS $10 from UTR

Music for the Ministry is a charity gig aimed at raising funds for the Downtown Community Ministry, an organisation that helps those living rough on the street by providing them with shelter, food, medical care and much more.

In September of 2024, it was found that 464 people were living it rough on the streets. Compared to 330 in September 2023, that's a 40% increase, and it can only be on the rise with the current cost of living crisis.

6 bands have come together to thrash it out on stage and raise some money for DCM. Alongside the gig, there will also be food donation bins present at the venue! A list of what DCM needs for its foodbank will be posted in this event.

Come down to Valhalla on the 12th of July and put some money to a good cause and catch some of Wellingtons loudest noisemakers!

Before the gig begins there will also be a market at Valhalla from 2pm to help raise additional funds for DCM. Artists and stalls to be announced soon!

If you're unable to make it or would like to make further donations, please visit DCM's website at www.dcm.org.nz

Glasshead Presents: Mallgoths Last Show In Wellington

Over the past 3 years, post-punk/hardcore/cringecore band Mallgoth have blessed Wellington listeners with their huge sound. Unfortunately this will be Mallgoth's last show in Te Whanganui-a-Tara for some time. However, Mallgoth has granted us ONE MORE show!

Supporting Mallgoth will be THEWORLDISAGAINSTYOU bringing loud drones and Sailorboy, a hyperpop artist gaining traction online.

Doors at 8pm - Early Bird Tickets - $5 from UTR

Digital Nightmares II - the unholy confluence of breaks, riffs, and noise.

Big Ferg LH (Dark Jungle/DnB) 8pm-ish
Screenburnt (Nu Metal) 9pm-ish
Integument (No-Input Mixing/Noise) 10pm-ish

We'll also be selling some Screenburnt patches for $5 cash.

The Digital Nightmares dancefloor/moshpit is inclusive of all genders, sexualities, and ethnicities. Let's pick each other up when we fall.

The first installment of Digital Nightmares back on 20 February went hard, this one will be even better!

artist links:
Big Ferg LH - https://www.instagram.com/djbigferg and https://www.instagram.com/warpathpromotions
Screenburnt - https://www.instagram.com/screenburnt
Integument - https://www.instagram.com/integumentsounds

Doors open 7:30 | $10 cash only

GlassHead Presents: Park Flyers

Park Flyers' music sounds like I love the 90s and I wish I existed back then, except they are just Massey students who like to yell. Starting in Tauranga in 2021, Park Flyers was born as a side project.

Opening for the duo is the talented Elly Mae Lawson, her music consists of a combination of folk, dreampop, shoegaze and everything in between.

With new music and a new direction, this is a show you do not want to miss!

Doors at 8pm - Early Bird Tickets - $5 | GA - $10 from UTR

To celebrate the release of their latest single ‘Pemmican,’
Marsha are coming to Wellington

Playing alongside favourit’s Bleach and Danse Macabre.

Doors at 8pm - Tickets

MIDWEEK MELTERS! This is Pōneke's newest midweek DNB night, created and curated by the people, for the people.

Inspired by tales of Aotearoa's drum n bass scene in the early 2000s and Tuesday night raves back when Valhalla was Valve Bar

This time around we've got 4 donnies, each with their own flavour, spinning a range of the finest artisan drum n bass and jungle. Get acquainted with each of them below!

JAVA https://soundcloud.com/jaycob-haynes-927950885

PEARLY https://soundcloud.com/maggie-hunt-759052144

OHIMESAMA BREAKS https://soundcloud.com/umami33

LARCEN https://soundcloud.com/larcen-85609

We know it's a bit tough out there at the moment, so we're making our early birds FREE!

Online tickets are only $5 - door will be $10 or $5 before 9pm
Lock in now and prepare for some MIDWEEK MELTERS!

Drive | Their Eyes Were Flowers | Marrowspawn
Play loud music!

Get your ears destroyed for only $10!
https://www.undertheradar.co.nz/ticket/29375/Drive-Their-Eyes-Were-Flowers-And-Marrowspawn.utr