Don't miss Uptown Local Voices 2025
FREE GIGS FOR EVERYONE!
Uptown is full of musical people – home to iconic venues, recording studios and a thriving community of creatives.
This May, in celebration of NZ Music Month, we present the Uptown Local Voices Series – a series of free, spontaneous pop-up gigs bringing live music to unexpected spots across the neighbourhood!
Discover the sound of Uptown at our series of performances, popping up in local cafés, community spaces and venues.
Join us on your lunch or coffee break as George VILLA kicks off the series with a relaxed acoustic in the peaceful upstairs courtyard at Benedict’s.
George VILLA is a 22yr old solo artist from Hamilton now living in Auckland.
Fresh off his new single “Keep It All Together” a psychedelic bossanova groove about feeling out of control, 2025 brings new releases fitting somewhere in the folk rock pocket as he continues to develop his sound.
His latest release “Time Gon’ Trickle Down” is out now.
Listen to George VILLA here: https://open.spotify.com/artist/67Wggp3SoXqwxLJ1LJLNQG?si=GdawVMj8SQa33LokCanyrQ
Benedict's
1/30 Benedict's Street.
Join us at Brother’s Beer for a special showcase from Eliette’s Music Academy as they mark their 10th year!
EMA has spent the past decade delivering contemporary, play-based music education to students of all ages. From their beginning in Albany Village, the academy expanded to Uptown in 2022 and opened a third location at Botany Town Centre in May this year!
With over 1,000 students attending lessons each week, performance is at the heart of EMA’s teaching goals.
Brother’s Beer & Juke Joint BBQ
5 Akiraho St, Uptown
Join us on your Saturday brunch or coffee fix to enjoy this special performance.
Imagine stone cold funk elevated by Pacific soul dreaminess and adept production skills. Or don't imagine at all, as you can simply turn up and enjoy.
Listen to Sanguine here: https://noarecords.bandcamp.com/.../tumutumu-mauga-lady...
Coffee Pen
6 Basque Rd, Uptown
24-year-old singer-songwriter, Jenni Smith, happily embodies the girl-next-door trope with her romantic, personal song-writing style being a perfect match for the pop-country genre.
Jenni lives and breathes music, and since joining New Zealand’s vibrant country music scene at the age of 12, highlights include taking out Songwriter of the Year at the 2018 NZCMA Entertainer of the Year Awards, landing her 2024 song ‘T-Shirt’ at #3 on the Official NZ Singles Chart.
There's something for everyone in Jenni's country-influenced writing; whether you want a hoedown, to cry for hours, get sassy, or confess love, you can bet she's got a song for it!
Listen to Jenni Smith here: https://open.spotify.com/artist/67Wggp3SoXqwxLJ1LJLNQG?si=GdawVMj8SQa33LokCanyrQ
The Good Home
37 Normanby Rd, Uptown
Join us after work for a solo set from Finn Johansson at one of Uptown’s newest additions, Puen, a vibrant Thai-Lao restaurant and bar with a focus on music, community and friends!
Fresh from the release of a documentary detailing his latest European tour and hard at work on his next record, catch the much loved, unique and tender songwriter at an exciting and crucial time in his career.
Listen to Finn Johansson here:
https://finnjohansson.bandcamp.com/
https://open.spotify.com/artist/6oxfL8kB3NQG3hrnylQIhH
Puen Eatery & Bar
1 Mount Eden Rd, Uptown
