Gig Guide

Invercargill’s popular Homestead complex will swing open its doors once again tomorrow, (Thursday 12th December) marking the completion of an extensive refurbishment. The revamp of both The Homestead Restaurant and The Ave adds a dynamic new hospitality option to the city’s repertoire. ILT chairman

Hi there team. With our friends at Little Fire MusicWorks on Dee St we continue our unofficial series on top songs from 1979 – 40 years ago. Here’s a couple of crackers, great songs then and still great songs now. Dr Hook and the Village People. Just turn them up and get on down! Enjoy […]

Phillie Holmes was certainly understating the case when she said The Pillowman wasn’t your typical Roger Hall-style feelgood play – disturbing, yes; harrowing, definitely; not for a moment is it comfortable. It’s a psychological crime drama set in a dystopian dictatorship that echoes Orwell’s 1984 w

In 2009 Left or Right unleashed their debut five-song album “Nuggety” upon an unsuspecting Southland populace at Saints and Sinners. If you weren’t there or your memory is a little fuzzy, Chris Chilton described the trio’s performance that night as having “all the incendiary firepower required to bu

Vinyl – a format that was believed by some to have died decades ago – is now on the verge of outselling CDs for the first time since the mid-1980s, Rolling Stone magazine reports. Last year, a report from the US suggested CD sales were declining three times as quickly as vinyl sales were growing. […

Not the best way to start the week with news that The Cars front man Ric Ocasek passed away at the age of 75. No cause of death has been published at this point. Originally from Boston, The Cars discovered that the world was waiting for them when they appeared in the late 70’s. Success […]

Staying true to the genuine values of the quintessential Southern man comes naturally for newly appointed Speights Ale House manager Sam Harpur. He’s just a few weeks into his new role and already relishing the chance to lead one of Invercargill’s most popular establishments. “I’m really excited to

We’re excited to announce that the 2020 Summer Concert Tour has completely sold out. A total of 49,000 tickets have been snapped up for next year’s three-date tour with each location having sold out in record time. Five massive international artists – each a headlining act in their own right – and s