New Zealand Music Month 2016

May is New Zealand Music Month! Celebrate New Zealand music throughout May with Christchurch City Libraries - there's a lovely batch of NZ Music Month events at your libraries.

Free gigs at your local library

Here's the full list of performances at libraries.

Gig guide flyer
Download the NZ Music Month gig guide [1.36 MB PDF]

NZ Music Month photos

Our NZ Music Month photos on Flickr.

NZ Music Month launch

Alternative radio: RDU98.5FM since 1976

Celebrate 40 years of iconic Christchurch radio station, RDU98.5FM in a new exhibition at Canterbury Museum. 18 March - 14 August 2016. Find out more.

The following RDU gigs take place in NZ Music Month:

RDU Live to air
A performance by a local Christchurch musician. Special Exhibitions Hall, Canterbury Museum
Sunday 1 May, 12pm

RDU Live to air
A performance by a local Christchurch musician. Special Exhibitions Hall, Canterbury Museum
Saturday 14 May, 12pm

RDU Live to air - Stef T
A performance by a local Christchurch musician. Special Exhibitions Hall, Canterbury Museum
Saturday 21 May, 12pm

RDU LIVE GIG! Kill your television
Featuring Scythes, Transistors, Salad Boys and The Bats. Canterbury Museum, Saturday 28 May from 7pm. Tickets available via dashtickets.co.nz from 2 May.

NZ music resources

NZ Music Month launch - Sunday 1 May, 7.30pm

Kane Strang at the Christchurch Art Gallery
Sunday 1 May, 7.30pm All ages gig.
Photos from the launch.

Kane Strang band
New Zealand Music Month launch gig at Christchurch Art Gallery. Sunday 1 May 2016. Flickr 2016-05-01IMG_4033