Music in Parks

FREE SUMMER EVENT

Music in Parks provides free concerts to the public and brings Auckland together. It also fosters the local music scene and industry, and has helped profile Auckland artists such as Goldenhorse and Nathan Haines in the early stages of their careers.

2008 Music in Parks calendar consisted of over 40 concerts and marked 15 years of Auckland City Council proudly presenting free kiwi music in Auckland's parks and reserves.

Summer Sounds featured popular music concerts
The Culture Garden had niche genres of music
Jazz at the Rotunda was for jazz lovers
Movies in Parks screened New Zealand feature films with pre show live music.

The 2008 season is now over. View image gallery.

Artists can contact us with enquiries for the 2009 season.

Summer Sounds

Picture of a crowd cheering. Summer Sounds was set to the backdrop of some of Auckland's most stunning parks including Great Barrier Island and Waiheke Island.

Headline acts for 2008 season included:

Don McGlashan
Greg Johnson
SJD
One Million Dollars
Batucada Sound Machine
Unity Pacific
P Money
Ardijah
Midge Marsden
Billy TK junior.

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Jazz at the Rotunda

Picture of a couple enjoying a concert at the band rotunda. Jazz at the Rotunda is Auckland's longest running annual jazz festival.

In 2008, 12 weekly jazz concerts were programmed and set in the historic Auckland Domain band rotunda.

The artists included:

Karen Hunter
the Peter Wood Quintet
Mojave
Go Blow
Thrive
Lippizanes
Roger Manins Hip Flask
The Blue Bottom Stompers
Jazz Campus
Mr Miyagi Project.

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The Culture Garden

Picture of people attending a concert in a park. The Culture Garden presented a wide range of niche musical genres in Auckland's more intimate park settings. This year the tea dance series provided the opportunity to foxtrot, lindy hop or mambo.

The Culture Garden 2008 artists included:

Johnny Devlin and the Tornadoes
Ray Columbus
Whirimako Black
Kantuta
Bravura
Waitaiko Japanese Drummers
Habbadam
the NBR New Zealand Opera
Four Brothers Saxophone Quartet
Jubilation
National Dixie
Orquesta Nueva Zelanda
Quantum Swing.

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Movies in Parks

Picture of people viewing a movie on the inflated screen. An exciting new addition in 2008 was Movies in Parks - a series of midweek iconic kiwi films screened in Mt Eden's Tahaki Reserve.

Live Kiwi music set the scene for the feature film, projected after sunset onto a large inflatable screen.

The feature films this year were:

Whale Rider
Sione's Wedding
Sleeping Dogs
Goodbye Pork Pie
The Worlds's Greatest Indian.

The bands included:

Jonny Corker
The Benka Boradovsky Bordello Band
Luke Hurley
The Nudie Suits
Kink Rat.

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Sponsorship

Sponsorship for Music in Parks 2009 is currently under review. Contact us for further information.

Be sunsmart and burn-free at this event. Protect yourself and your whanau. Remember to bring your hats, a sun umbrella, a shirt, some shades and your SPF30+ sunscreen and help us make it safe for everyone in the sun. Remember- slip, slop, slap, and wrap and have a great time this summer!

Updated June 2008