Music Programme for Day in the Bay
Sunday the 12th of February
Cumbia Blazera
Band Rotunda Shorland Park
11.30am
Cumbia Blazera feature members from some of Wellington's most prominent bands and when they eventually got together they tapped into their Latin style of football and just started playing Cumbia music. Some say it was magic but others say it was probably the easiest music for them to all remember quickly!
Cumbia, for those yet to experience the ‘latest’ in latin song and dance (the genre actually dates back to the 18th century), began as a courtship ritual among the slave population of Panama and Colombia, and is a mash-up of indigenous Indian, European, and African instrumentation and rhythms.
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Taonga Puoro
Band Rotunda Shorland Park
12.35pm
Alistair Fraser (Pākehā) is a player, maker, composer, and researcher of ngā taonga pūoro. His performance background enables him to provide a sensitivity that suits the intimate nature of these remarkable instruments.
Bazurka
Band Rotunda Shorland Park
1.10pm
Wonderfully invigorating Balkan, gypsy, folk music. Bazurka are a six piece instrumental Balkan music ensemble. Forged in the fires of the cultural melting pot that is Newtown, and tempered by passion, heartache, and a dash of madness, their music is bold, brooding, and beautiful. They’ll make you laugh, they’ll make you cry, they’ll make you dance like your life depended on it.
Tahini Bikini
Band Rotunda Shorland Park
2.45pm
Tahini Bikini are a femme fronted, powerhouse 6 piece band. Self titled “salad-funk” specialists from the shores of Te Whanganui-a-Tara, their sound is a genre bending blend of funk, soul, disco, hiphop, surf rock served with extra sauce.
The Woods
Band Rotunda Shorland Park
4pm
‘The Woods’ are a quartet from Wellington, NZ, playing original instrumental music. Their influences are broad, taking in jazz artists like Pharoah Sanders and Henry Threadgill, the blues of John Lee Hooker, Zimbabwe highlife, Peruvian mountain music, Ethio Jazz etc.
Members of ‘The Woods’ have featured in a number of Wellington bands including The Noveltones, Mean Bones, Kita, Little Bushman, The Phoenix Foundation
Ride like the wind
Band Rotunda Shorland Park
5pm
‘Ride like the wind’: An 80s Yacht Rock Covers Band. Get so ready to get so smooth. Grooving in your boat shoes and slacks. Golden Hits from the 80s Yacht Rock era!!
Set sail on the good ship Chicago, Logins, Doobie, Hall and Oates.
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Sans Souci
Reef Street Stage
11.45am
Locals Rachel France and Tom Callwood are delighted to perform their repertoire of French Chanson at the Island Bay Festival this year. Having performed around the Wellington region and Aotearoa over the last 19 years, Sans Souci will entertain you with their soaring vocals, playful arrangements and repartee, drawing on the extensive songbook of French Chanteuse, Edith Piaf. Vocals, guitar and accordion.
The Henderwood Band
Reef Street Stage
12.45pm
Locals, ‘Henderwood’ are one of Wellington's collaborations, essentially an indie-pop outfit, with some classical influence. Singer/songwriter Gillian Henderwood is joined by partner Mark Henderwood and a team of creative and adept musicians who entertain audiences from first to last note. Insightful songs with bittersweet wit.
Wellington High School Junior Band
Reef Street Stage
1.40pm
Performing a mix of covers and originals, these local students will bring their wonderful talents to the community stage of Day in the Bay.
Western Dip
Reef Street Stage
2.30pm
Two dudes from Te Whanganui-a-Tara / Wellington out to make some noise and bring a vibe people can dance to. A foundation of live synth performances plus a few edits. Chicago House and Detroit Techno inspired jams from two people who grew up mainly on east coast boom bap hip hop sounds.
Mel Stevenson
Reef Street Stage
3.30pm
Mel Stevenson are an award-winning teenage horn-driven, long-haired, jazz and funk band from Wellington.
They have a growing reputation in the Wellington music scene, as Cuba street regulars that draw huge crowds busking on Friday and Saturday nights.
They play a mix of originals and beautifully crafted covers, and have won best band and best instrumentalist prizes at competitions across the country. They also are about to release their first album of all originals.
They are experts at getting people dancing!
Bleeding Star
Reef Street Stage
4.30pm
Also performing at ‘The Others Way’ and ‘Newtown’ festivals, Bleeding Star play beautiful melodic noise rock. They are inspired by Bailter Space, JPS Experience, Sugar/Bob Mould and Greg Dulli.