Mixing whānau, whakapapa and whenua, Ariana Tikao's (Kāi Tahu) brand new show Ōhākī explores through music, the dying words of her ancestor, Tamati Tikao. His Ōhākī was spoken to his family at Opukutahi, on Banks Peninsula on September 27, 1885.

Bernadette Hall is a well-known, award-winning Canterbury poet. In 2007 she spent six months in County Cork on the Rathcoola Fellowship. The Lustre Jug, her 9th collection of poetry, arises from this Irish experience.

Scarlet Stories takes us back to the smoky nightclubs of 1930s Berlin and Paris as Caroline Nin channels Piaf, Dietrich and Minnelli with a songbook ranging from Irma La Douce, through Liebertango, Amsterdam, Johnny, to The One and Only You, a song Marc Almond wrote especially for her. Leave your troubles outside and step into the dark of the cabaret club.

Dave Dobbyn reflects on some of his favourite songs, reinterprets them and offers fresh new versions, in this intimate night of musical celebration.

David Berkman is a fiery pianist from New York. Rhythmically propulsive, melodically engaging, harmonically adventurous, Berkman blends his influences - Herbie Hancock, Thelonious Monk, McCoy Tyner, Keith Jarrett - into a convincing and intriguing blend of swinging rhythms, featuring strong improvisation and dramatic melodies.

Brazilian born Fernando Aragones is a singer/ songwriter currently creating an original blend of rustic roots/folk/reggae from his base in Sydney Australia. His gentle harmonious tunes combine with an undeniable samba influence.

Christchurch’s late night variety cabaret presented in the TelstraClear Club. Featuring some of the most diverse performing artists from Christchurch and beyond, Fringe Club goes up after the sensible audiences have gone home to bed.

This Finnish three-piece band have made headlines across Europe with their cool blend of classic jazz and modern stylings. Comprising piano, guitar and human beatbox, the Trio takes jazz and fuses it with influences from international and street music to create a totally unique musical soundscape.

Julia Deans is known primarily as frontwoman of Fur Patrol. The possessor of one of modern rock's most interesting voices, Deans is able to shift elegantly between soaring falsetto and assured growl.

LA Mitchell has firmly established herself in the New Zealand music scene, having recently toured Europe with music legend Dave Dobbyn – as his keyboardist and backing vocalist. Back in Christchurch, you can hear her original music spliced with new tracks and reinterpretations of classics.

Slava & Leonard Grigoryan, two of the greatest guitarists in Australia, have an astonishing blend of sound, virtuosic ability and mesmerising stage presence which has won them a vast following as a guitar duo.

Incredibly entertaining, Lindon Puffin's quirky heartfelt songs and quick witted humour secured him support slots with Billy Bragg and Tenacious D. Famous for his acclaimed road trip movie Figure 8000 and his recent Auckland celebrity sendup song along, 'We are Forth', this is a must see show!

Words powered by music, songs powered by poetry, this session of live poetry & music features The Eastern, Ragamuffin Children, Le Mot Café, Ben Brown, Marissa Johnpillai and Ciarán Fox.

Ireland’s leading jazz and blues singer, Mary Coughlan returns to Christchurch following the release of her new album, The House of Ill Repute, for what is set to be three unforgettable nights in the TelstraClear Club.

Dark humour prevails as Naomi Ferguson relives the sights and sounds of her mother’s world in 1970s Christchurch with Songs My Mother Taught Me.

Pacific Underground presents PU Soul Me. Pacific Underground will once again warm up your soul with original funk, soul, rhythm and blues in the Festival Club, joined by some of their flashest friends.

After sell-out seasons at festivals in Edinburgh and Australia, Christchurch plays host to one of the world’s greatest singer/songwriters as the legendary Paul Kelly brings his A to Z in an exclusive, Christchurch-only series of concerts.

Ragamuffin Children liken their sound to something written in a graveyard whilst holding a tea party and singing nursery rhymes.

A Retrospective of Cubano Music and Dance.

Slava & Leonard Grigoryan, two of the greatest guitarists in Australia, have an astonishing blend of sound, virtuosic ability and mesmerising stage presence which has won them a vast following as a guitar duo. Their performances include forays into Latin, jazz, folk and contemporary music fuelled with improvisation and technical virtuosity.

Adam McGrath and Jess Shanks aka The Eastern bring backpacks full of road songs, battered acoustics and no name electrics, banjo and glockenspiel, mandolin, harmonica, foot stomps and old time singing, straight from the gut, the fist and the heart.

The Pioneers is the remarkable true story of the journey undertaken by the early settlers to New Zealand, told through a mesmerizing musical performance.

The Godfathers of the alt-cabaret movement celebrate 20 years of dark and deviant theatrics in the TelstraClear Club.

The Woolshed Sessions was borne when eight well-known Wellington musicians got together in an old woolshed to record some songs.

Echoes of folk, country, 1920s swing jazz and hillbilly blues wash over the assortment of songs that were written by various members of the collective.

Tom Warrington, one of the busiest acoustic and electric bass players in Los Angeles has performed and recorded with a long list of great artists, including Freddie Hubbard, Billy Childs, Denny Zeitlin, Bob Florence, Joe La Barbera, Mose Allison, Arturo Sandoval, and Peggy Lee.

Commanding the four-string like you’ve never heard it before, the Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra has become New Zealand’s hottest music/comedy ensemble.