Tunes from the Crypt - DEATH LIVES in the Vault of Horror! A die-r situation... hang onto your hats kiddies, this one's a real shocker...

Featuring a creepy cavalcade of metal - grinding death shenanigans from Slave Cadaver, gorenoise offensiveness from Vortekke, murderous metalcore from Cian and Broken By Design melodeath, smashing the final nail in the coffin.

8pm start. $10 at the door, get in early and Uncle Danny might give you a treat... no pay no slay

Wellington, join us for a night of Psychedelic & Melodic Techno featuring 2 international artists Kozy ( Canada), Aztoria ( Australia) supported by Aadhi, Blair & Uday. This event will be hosted at the legendary venue, Valhalla on the 24th of January, 8pm onwards.

Kozy will be playing a 2.5 Hour Extended Set, Aztoria will be playing a 1.5hr set & local legends will be playing an hour each.

International DJ Bio's:

KOZY ( CA)

KOZY aka Jeff Koz is a Montreal-based DJ & Entrepreneur specialising in dark & groovy underground techno music.
KOZY's dedication to music is evident in his tight mixes, solid track selection and inclination towards groovy synths and heavy, disruptive bass.

In 2019, he founded AlpaKa MuziK, a Montreal-based record label pushing world-class underground progressive, minimal and psychedelic techno beats. With releases from some of the biggest names in the game, AlpaKa MuziK has been paving the way for this fast emerging genre with relentless quality music and has become one of the most prominent labels in the psychedelic techno sub-genre.

With over 125 releases and over 650 tracks under their belt, AlpaKa has quickly become a powerhouse label in the underground techno community.

Since early 2022, in a little over 2 years, KOZY has gone on 9 international tours, including 5 euro tours, Australia, South Africa Mauritius, India, Mexico and has played over 150 gigs in 24 months in over 30 countries and counting.

Some prominent festivals he has performed at include, Esoteric in Australia, Hadra in France, Texas Eclipse, Boom Festival and many others, bringing to many of them the AlpaKa MuziK takeovers that showcase the cutting edge psychedelic techno sound through countless live sets around the world.

He recently finished his 4-month long 2025 summer euro tour where he performed at Boom Festival in Portugal and many more AlpaKa Showcases all around Europe and beyond. His 2025-2026 world tour is in motion, with Japan and a large Southern Hemisphere schedule in the works. With an unstoppable arsenal of unreleased, cutting edge bangers, he'll leave you wanting more after every set.

AZTORIA ( AU)

Aztoria is the psytech project of Ashley Zadel, also known as Flow Theory.

For more than 16 years, his melodic bush techno sound has evolved through auditory storytelling on stages across the globe, from Cape Town to London, Israel to Brazil, Portugal, New Zealand and Australia.

Rooted in progressive soundscapes with an organic flavour, Aztoria blends melodic deep house grooves with minimal techno to craft psychedelic atmospheres that ignite the imagination.

Aztoria burst onto the scene with his debut EP Reborn (Dense Nebula Records), hitting #4 on Beatport’s Techno charts. His 2024 single Birds of Paradise (Soliq Records) soared to #33, while his Inner Groove remix landed at #23 in Progressive House (Techgnosis Records). With fresh releases on Techgnosis, Recovery Collective and Puzzles Records and more in the works, Aztoria is carving his path in the underground with relentless energy and innovation.

Whether in the depths of a forest or the heart of a concrete jungle, Aztoria’s tunes will captivate and elevate you with his storytelling magic.

COME GET BLISSED OUT!

Pure infinite bliss will be a night of just that. A lineup of incredibly skilled DJ's spinning tunes which will make your eyes roll back in pleasure.

Featuring:
Miss Thank You
Scarlett
Field Enhancement
DJ Bless U
Stacey Lee

Expect good vibes and harsh drums. This night will explore a wide soundscape - expect anything from techno to happy hardcore to post-club.

Don't miss out on the happiest night of your life!

Tickets available via UTR

DARTZ have been away for a while - unacceptable. January 2026 we're back for 3 shows in 3 cities: Wellington → Christchurch → Auckland.

Come through for a headline set from NZ's reigning defending champions of rock music, complete with:
* new songs fresh from the Album 3 hangi pit
* old friends from TBFWNZ & DDTBACO
* warm smiles & firm handshakes for merch buyers
* NZ’s sharpest stage banter this side of Dennis Marsh & the Highwaymen

Support from Buffcat

DARTZ is Daniel Vernon, Clark Mathews, Hakopa Kuka-Larsen, and Christan Pianta.

Tickets on sale now, see you in 2026

Goth trip-hop/alt-rock with our secret ingredient of being, like, really really really sad. With special guests Diplopoda and Chaotic Tea.

It's our last show with our bass player! Come along and help us send him off! Doors at 8pm first act at 8:15pm. Tix $10

Insta: @diplopoda.muzic, @chaotic_tea_, @tragediesnz

Ovus present their latest EP CASCADE, live on 18th Jan 2026 at Valhalla Tavern (Wellington Anniversary Weekend).

With support from the mega talented KOKOA NASHI and local powerhouse LADYREIGN.

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Doors 7:30 // First Band 8pm

OVUS
KOKOA NASHI
LADYREIGN

Tickets $25 +b.f. via Cosmic Ticketing (Live soon). Limited door sales.
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Ovus are Wellington's premier instrumental progressive metal act. A massive sound that crashes soaring guitar melodies into mind boggling rhythms with a finesse that keeps a catchy through-line in every song. Their live show is high energy, immersive and packed full of riffs.

New Zealand's 2025 Battle of the Bands National Championship winners Kokoa Nashi bring a vibe like no other. Blending hip hop with progressive rock and metal sensibilities, you've never heard anything like it, and you'll have a blast experiencing it!

LadyReign is a six-piece alternative-metal band fronted by two powerful female vocalists. Fresh off the release of their newest single Crowd, LadyReign fuzes soulful melodies with the crushing heaviness of modern metal to create a sound that is both haunting and refreshing.

Hot Goth Summer has arrived!

Gathering Shadows, Aotearoa's biggest mini goth festival, returns for a two-night ritual at Pōneke's Valhalla in January.

This year's festival showcases artists from a wide range of styles while still honouring the ethos of crushed velvet and candelabras.

//2026 Lineup//

Night 2
* buffcat
* Breaches
* Kolya
* Varda
* TV DiSKO (dj)

Early Bird tickets for one-night and two-night passes are on sale from Under the Radar until 1 December when GA ticketing begins.

Tickets at Under The Radar

Hot Goth Summer has arrived!

Gathering Shadows, Aotearoa's biggest mini goth festival, returns for a two-night ritual at Pōneke's Valhalla in January.

This year's festival showcases artists from a wide range of styles while still honouring the ethos of crushed velvet and candelabras.

//2026 Lineup//

Night 1
* Erase Everything
* Crone (dj set)
* Talmar
* Dead Queens
* Integument
* Gravedigger (dj)

Early Bird tickets for one-night and two-night passes are on sale from Under the Radar until 1 December when GA ticketing begins.

Tickets at Under The Radar

District presents...

BASS DISTRICT 1, An Electronic DJ, Hip-Hop & Art event in the capital city of New Zealand.

Get ready for a night packed with Techno, DnB, House and more EDM genres. Complimented by live instruments!

Followed by an epic ending by local hip-hop & RnB artists from all around New Zealand

Tickets available soon...
www.undertheradar.co.nz

Ochre and Wince are welcoming you into the new year with some cheeky Wednesday metal! Come down and start 2026 right by blasting your eardrums

$10 cash at the door

Bringing it back to where we started at Valhalla.

With special guests:

Intercite
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61567817171384

Broken By Design
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61584884579244

Courtney and the Unholy Reverie
www.facebook.com/courtnaylowmusic

If you saw us at the last show… here’s your chance to see us again… and with a longer set to play more of the songs we all love so much!

Pre-sale Tickets: $10
Door Sales: $15

FTF PRESENTS: TRUANT & RAREMAN

We are super excited to be hosting the Te Whanganui a Tara leg of truant and rareman NZ tour. Come down to Valhalla on the 9th of jan to kick off your new year with bang. With multiple releases with the only Juan Forte Truant and Rareman are creators some of the most unique sounds in Dubstep and soundsystem music.

TICKETS VIA HUMANITIX

SUPPORT FROM:
BUNA &WILLYJ
CAPTAIN BEMO
BABETECH
FOWARD STANCE

POWERED BY BREAKAWAY

Signature Socials Presents
REWIRED NYE – Wellington
2 Venues | 1 Ticket | 1 Epic Party

Wellington, it’s time to bring in 2026 in style!
Join us for the most epic New Year’s Eve celebration right at your doorstep. Get ready to experience the best of all worlds — from house and techno to psytrance and trance — as we take over two venues for one massive night of sound and celebration.

Lineup Highlights
• Aadhi – Psytrance
• Ashwynz – Psytrance
• Capt. Tranc3 – Trance
• Dani – House
• Quamay – Trance
• Nick Collings – 2-Hour House Special
• Nomis – Techno
• Orithev – Trance
• UDay – Techno

Venues:
• Valhalla – 154 Vivian Street (Doors open 8 PM)
• Nolita – 203 Cuba Street

Tickets: 3333events.flicket.co.nz

Two venues. One ticket. Infinite energy.
This is where house meets techno, trance meets psy, and Wellington unites to dance into the New Year together.

Valhalla Xmas Shindig V

Crying Club, Deathtrippa, Western Haikus, and Dave and the Dirty Humans join forces to honour the age old tradition of kiwi holiday screamo in the loudest and most festive fashion.

Doors at 7pm
$10+bf tix from UTR

Libbianski return for the end of 2025 to release their brand new EP - "Episode 1" along with some great bands across the motu.

LIBBIANSKI -

"Libbianski returns to the music screen as a thunderous 3-piece tightening their sound adding grungy, post metal influences whilst still keeping their ethereal shoegaze background. With their most recent single "CONTINUE THE SAD" released in late November, their next musical offering is "EPISODE 1", a raw DIY album recorded with Over The Hill Records that promises to deliver."

WINCE -

"Wince - A showcase of absurdity, Wince strives to make you just a little bit uncomfortable with their disorientingly dissonant grind and groove"

COLD CEILING -

"Cold Ceiling is a three piece based in Auckland, offering their latest record I Must Be Closer to the NZ scene in April 2025. Their brand of blackened post metal is just what Kurt wanted for his birthday and by god is he going to get it?"

Tickets are $20 on the door , presale tickets are $15 through UTR

Welcome back to another Psilly Psychedelia. A celebration on life.
This year will sound a bit different to last year as we have a couple of Dubstep djs to throw down some fat, gangster tunes.

I will be celebrating my 21st bday and hope that everyone will join. This is a public event for anyone's entertainment. We will also be celebrating James' bday, a legend who I'm sure most of you will know.

The night will start with some groovy psytech which will shortly flow into Dubstep. It will stay at Dubstep/Bass music for most of the night and will eventually end with some experimental psy.
I will also be trying something interesting with the visuals which I haven't seen done quite like this before. a bit of an experiment really.

Lineup:
7 - 7.45. Psilo
7.45 - 8.30. ZiggyYiggy
8.30 - 9.15. Lejam x Gandoof
9.15 - 10.15. Skulli
10.15 - 11. Dr. Pseuss
11 - 12/Close. Surprise

Entry will be $10 on the door to cover venue fee.

Hope to see new and old faces there

Katelyn Henshall fuses pop, R&B, and soul into something uniquely her own. Well suited for a whiskey lounge- with a voice described as smoky and rich, like a chocolate stout, that quickly has you craving more.

This December, Katelyn is beyond excited to play alongside a full band, joined by Dónal Gunning, Angus Webb, and Oliver Dudziak. After their debut as headliner in October they are looking forward to getting back up on stage. Stay tuned to hear reimaginings of her singles “Incandescent” and “You’d Be The One (Now I Know It Too)”, in addition to her other originals.

Support by Extra Butter and MamaLouder.

The butter baby was born when three mates teamed up with two beautiful strangers for a jam. Since their 2020 debut, Te Whanganui-a-tara based indie rock/alternative band Extra Butter have evolved into a six piece ear treat consisting of vocals, saxophone, guitar, bass, keys and drums. The soundscape of Extra Butter provides sonic illustrations for a variety of scenarios from cicada season hangs in the backyard and sultry smoke filled speakeasies to gravel pits under peak heat and swamps with both treasures and tricks waiting to be found. The band’s debut EP, Zephyr, released last year, offered the repertoire of the band’s formative years. Their next releases are to be expected in the coming season, offering a smorgasbord of sounds. Drawing on the paradoxical complexities of relationships and the human condition, Extra Butter is an ever evolving unit of introspection as sound and performance.

Mamalouder! Wellington based band of Latin flair and Kiwi soul. This 5-piece band brings you soulful original blues rock, born from the cultural melting pot of Latin America and Aotearoa. Get ready for stirring guitar riffs and soulful vocals that'll move you! Kia ora, vamos a rockear!

Rounding out the year with a special W.A.S.P Tribute by The Headless Children!

With support from
Plagueditch
Broken By Design
Buffalo Temple

Doors @ 8:30pm
First band @ 9pm

WELLINGTON! WE ARE BACK! ARE YOU READY?

Prepare for a night where you can be as rowdy as you like, to the sounds of riffing and yelling!

BAD SCHEMATICS

with support from:
FLUX
DONAL GUNNING AND THE BUCKS
+ TBA (who could it be?)

GET YOUR TICKETS NOW!

Noise Drone Repeat LXXVI

For a night filled with lovely accessible christmas music and hymns, with all your favourite supermarket stars. This is our last outing for the year, hope to see you there!

# Low Impact Bounce
# Box of hammers
# Juniper May
# geist.

Doors at 8pm. $10 on the door, 8.30pmish first act.

Ps. I may be lying about the christmas music.

One last show to see us through into the New Year, we're back at live from Valhalla December 10th, being joined by fellow Wellington heavy hitters, UltraViolet ScrapHeap and Parentheses for what is gonna be a fun night filled with loud and exciting tunes.

Tickets are available via Under the Radar.

Door tickets will also be available for $15 (final price tbc, won't be anymore than $15)

We hope to see as many of you peeps there as possible as we bid farewell to 2025 and start moving on forward!

Siege Machine's First Venued Gig!

With the Acoustic Duo of Faith and Zach.
And spellcasting Rockers of Wizzard Finger.

Doors at 7:30pm | Online Tix $10 from UTR

The Music of
THE CURE

Performed Live by
OTHER VOICES

Doors at 8pm | Online Tix $30 from UTR

CROOKED ROYALS | CREATE ME | ERASE ME

Doors at 7:30pm | Online Tix $35

WARHOUSE JUNGLE 8

Arekatera | Caspian | DJMALLGOTH |
J-Kon | Whaea G | Big Ferg L.H | P-S-I

Doors at 7:30pm | Online Tix $15

Australia’s filthy speed metal punks REAPER are crawling out of the gutter and crossing the ditch to bring New Zealand to its knees.
Fusing the venom of punk with the raw aggression of speed metal, this is a blitzkrieg of riffs, fury and total graveless rebellion.

Supports: Pervertor | DAHTM | Dole Bludger

DOORS AT 8pm - Tickets: $20 from UTR