AdministrationCTFMost Recent BlogsBloggersThe Liberal Agenda The Liberal Agenda – Under The Radar Auckland Gig Guide By The Liberal Agenda - March 20, 2025 0 62 FacebookTwitterCopy URL Featured Interview: Kristin Hersh (Throwing Muses) – Touring Aotearoa NZ This Week US alt-rock star is touring nationwide, joined in Wellington by Ugandan songwriter Jon Muq. —Read more Delaney Davidson Announces Anniversary Tour 2025 Lyttelton songwriting icon tours with his group The Anniversaries in July and August. —Read more Spotlight: ‘Head South’ Is Streaming Now On AroVision Jonathan Ogilvie’s feature film reimagines Canterbury’s post-punk era of the late 1970s. —Read more - Sponsor Promotion - Tickets On Sale Nathan Haines DJ/live Set, The Yard Lady Shaka Presents Whaea (Show 1 Friday) [OFFSITE] Michael Morley (The Never Quartet) / Sonya Waters / Oghum Teamsquad ‘Apocalipsync’ EP release party – featuring Brother Sister Kristin Hersh + Jon Muq Search For Yeti – Dark So Soon Aotearoa Tour Yurt Party – Single Release Tour ‘The Gambler’ Dbldbl’s Mā Te Wā Tour w/ Iti Bubbas and Caru Womb – Album Release Tour – NZ/AUS Popular coming up Stone Temple Pilots / Radiohead / Nirvana Tribute – The Loons, Lyttelton, Sat Mar 22nd Other Voices – Post-Punk Showcase – Dunedin – Pearl Diver, Dunedin, Sat Mar 29th The Big Blues Slam – Big Fan, Auckland, Fri Mar 21st Other Voices – Post-Punk Showcase – Auckland – Whammy Bar, Auckland, Sat Apr 5th Silk Cut | Ocean Beach | Rodney Fisher – Whammy Bar, Auckland, Thu Mar 20th Lady Shaka Presents Whaea (Show 1 Friday) – Double Whammy, Auckland, Fri Mar 21st Pitch Black – Freqs In Flux Tour – Neck of the Woods, Auckland, Sat Apr 12th Elliot & Vincent – Goblin Akl, Auckland, Fri Mar 21st Muckaround Comedy: April – Whammy Bar, Auckland, Thu Apr 3rd Search For Yeti – Dark So Soon Aotearoa Tour – Whammy Bar, Auckland, Thu Mar 27th Donny Benét Intimate Desires NZ – Double Whammy, Auckland, Thu Apr 3rd Lady Shaka Presents Whaea (Show 2 Saturday) – Double Whammy, Auckland, Sat Mar 22nd Seismic State Are Back! – Paisley Stage, Napier, Sat Mar 22nd Rancho Mirage – Big Fan, Auckland, Sat Mar 29th On this weekend: Thursday: Alien Weaponry Official Afterparty Feat. Hollow Ground – Asgard, New Plymouth Cupido Stupido – Alternative Comedy Night – Cupid Bar, Auckland Dónal Gunning And The Bucks – Single Release / Your 1 – MOON, Wellington Goblin Life Drawing With Summer – Goblin Akl, Auckland Matt Joe Gow – Wunderbar, Lyttelton Nick Hyde – New Horizons – Album Release Tour – Western Community Centre, Hamilton Silk Cut | Ocean Beach | Rodney Fisher – Whammy Bar, Auckland Wytones, Abandoned Carparks, Horsehands. – darkroom, Christchurch Friday Blair Jollands And The Band Of Ghosts – The Tahi Bar, Warkworth Bri Louise w/Tārin, Mon-day, Burnee and Hāmuera – MOON, Wellington Dave Flynn – Celtic Guitar Journey – The Boathouse, Nelson Elliot & Vincent – Goblin Akl, Auckland Finnegan Tui The Homecoming – Raumati Social Club (RSC), Raumati Gothic Prom Night – Paisley Stage, Napier Greer Castle – The Undercurrent, Wellington Lady Shaka Presents Whaea (Show 1 Friday) – Double Whammy, Auckland Lemonridge One Trip Round The Sun – darkroom, Christchurch Mandate Rip – The Crown Hotel, Dunedin Miss Kaninna (AUS) – Valhalla, Wellington Nathan Haines DJ/live Set, The Yard – The Yard Cafe & Venue, Raglan Nick Hyde – New Horizons – Album Release Tour – The Cabana, Napier Post Office | Single Release Show – Space Academy, Christchurch Pretty Stooked & The Knews – The Loons, Lyttelton Sector 1010 – Orange Nightclub, Auckland Seismic State Are Back! – The Stomach, Palmerston North Shooless ‘Lonely Playground’ Tour – Auckland – Galatos Basement, Auckland Speed Dating And Friends Present: Localised Feedback – Last Place, Hamilton Superfuse Live – Ponsonby Social Club, Auckland Talmar Takes On Kirikiriroa! – Nivara Lounge, Hamilton The Big Blues Slam – Big Fan, Auckland Yancey – The Mothership, Auckland Saturday Blair Jollands And The Band Of Ghosts – Kumeu Live (at Kumeu Arts), Kumeu Captured Kings In Napier – The Cabana, Napier Chasing South, Sprawl, Unwanted Subject, Back To The Hillside – Cityside Baptist Church, Auckland Cruelly Tour Fundraiser w/ Half/Angel and Danse Macabre – 13 Garrett Street, Wellington Death Chemist “VICES” EP Release Show – Big Fan, Auckland Equinox : A State Of Trance – Galaxy Bar, Christchurch Every Year Is My Birthday: Sincere Sapling And Friends – SMALL GODS TAPROOM, Auckland Lady Shaka Presents Whaea (Show 2 Saturday) – Double Whammy, Auckland Mandate Rip – Yours, Dunedin Matthew Bannister Album Launch, With The Changing Same – Cupid Bar, Auckland Miss Kaninna (AUS) – Whammy Bar, Auckland Nick Hyde – New Horizons – Album Release Tour – Keirunga Creative Arts Venue, Havelock North Phoebe Rings – Rogue and Vagabond, Wellington Running Stitch, These Former Things And Superturtle – Kaipara Tavern, Auckland Scorched Earth 2025 – Gisborne – Smash Palace, Gisborne Seismic State Are Back! – Paisley Stage, Napier Soulstroke – Forsworn – In Shade; And Mayhem For All – 605 Morningside, Auckland Sounds From The Motherland – Ato Jazz Club, Auckland Stone Temple Pilots / Radiohead / Nirvana Tribute – The Loons, Lyttelton Teamsquad ‘Apocalipsync’ EP release party – featuring Brother Sister – The Yard Cafe & Venue, Raglan The Audio Visual Drop Kicks: ‘Betterland’ Release Tour – The Crown Hotel, Dunedin The Daze, Third Junction And Monotones – darkroom, Christchurch The Upbeats | Truth | Sound Delinquents – Roots Bar, Takaka The Weather Machine At Firebird – Firebird Café, Levin [OFFSITE] Michael Morley (The Never Quartet) / Sonya Waters / Oghum – Pyramid Club, Wellington Sunday Black Spider Stomp – The Old Dairy Factory, Norsewood I Press Cafe Sunday Session – IPress Cafe, Auckland Khellsey-Anna & Band – Threes & Sevens Records, Invercargill Kristin Hersh + Jon Muq – Old St Paul’s, Wellington Nick Hyde – New Horizons – Album Release Tour – Smash Palace, Gisborne Sunday Jazz – The Undercurrent, Wellington + heaps more! —See full list of tickets