Homegrown Music Festival (New Zealand)

Homegrown Music Festival
Homegrown Music Festival
Genre	Rock, indie, electronic, dub & roots
Dates	April/March
Location(s)	Wellington, New Zealand
Years active	2008 - present
Website	homegrown.net.nz

Coordinates: 41°17′14″S 174°46′44″E / 41.287256°S 174.779005°E / -41.287256; 174.779005

Homegrown Music Festival has been held annually in Wellington, New Zealand, since 2008. It showcases artists from New Zealand.

2008[]

Saturday 26 April 2008

Line-up

Rock stage	Indie stage	Electronic stage	Dub & roots state
Shihad	The Mint Chicks	Concord Dawn	Salmonella Dub
Kora	The Phoenix Foundation	Minuit	The Black Seeds
Pluto	The Checks	Sunshine Soundsystem	Tiki
The Feelers	Motocade	Recloose and Tyna	Cornerstone Roots
Opshop	So So Modern	Dick Johnson	Ladi6
Elemeno P	The Rabble	Takas	Little Bushman
Goodnight Nurse	The Coshercot Honeys	Tim Phin	Mike Fabulous
Autozamm	N/A
The Valves	N/A

2009[]

The 2009 festival was held on 14 March 2009. It was set across 5 stages along the waterfront and included 35 of New Zealand's premier bands and DJs.

Line-up

Rock stage	Indie stage	Electronic stage	Dub & roots state	Amphitheatre stage
Supergroove	Head Like A Hole	Shapeshifter	Concord Dawn	Dick Johnson Vs Cool Kids Club
Blindspott	Weta	State of Mind	Kora	Nick D
Opshop	Dimmer	Aural Trash	The Black Seeds	DJ Reno
Evermore	The Checks	Tim Phin	Tiki	Sunshine Sound System
Elemeno-P	Fur Patrol	Dick Johnson	Tahuna Breaks	Manuel Bundy
Goodnight Nurse	Bang! Bang! Eche!	Clarke Gayford	Katchafire
Streetwise Scarlett	Tiger Tones	DJ Spragga (Sola Rosa)
Luger Boa	Brain Slaves

2010[]

The 2010 edition was called Vodafone Homegrown after the sponsors, Vodafone. It was held on 20 February, with the line-up announced on 14 September 2009.

Line-up

Rock stage	Indie stage	Electronic stage	Dub & roots state
Shihad	The Mint Chicks	Minuit	The Black Seeds
The Feelers	Liam Finn	Antiform	Salmonella Dub
The Datsuns	Cut Off Your Hands		Ladi6
Midnight Youth	Pluto		Katchafire
Goodnight Nurse	The Checks		Opensouls
Dane Rumble	Bang Bang Eche
	Motocade
			Kora

2011[]

The 2011 edition was named Jim Beam Homegrown after the sponsors, Jim Beam, and was held on 5 March 2011. It had a pop and RnB stage for the first time and had more acts than previous years.

Line-up

Jim Beam rock stage	Vodafone dub & roots stage	Vodafone pop & RnB stage	Nokia electronic stage	Redbull Studio live stage
Blindspott	Shapeshifter	Nesian Mystik		The Clean
I Am Giant	TrinityRoots	Dane Rumble	The Upbeats	Die! Die! Die!
Black River Drive		J. Williams		The Phoenix Foundation
Midnight Youth	Katchafire			Cairo Knife Fight
The Checks	Six60	PNC		Kids of 88
The Feelers	Salmonella Dub	Kidz in Space	Clarke Gayford	Coco Solid
Elemeno P		Ivy Lies		Tommy Ill
		Motocade		The Ruby Suns
		Supermodel

This was Blindspott's first gig since reforming.

This was one of Nesian Mystik's last ever gigs.

2012[]

The Checks

The 2012 edition was on 18 February 2012. For the fifth consecutive year the festival was a sell out (17,000 tickets).

Line-up

Jim Beam rock stage	Vodafone dub & roots stage	Vodafone pop & RnB stage	Jim Beam electronic stage	Redbull lab	Redbull amphitheatre stage
Shihad	Kora			King Kapisi / Che Fu /	Breakdancing
Blacklistt		Zowie	ft. Tiki	Minuit ft. Gamelan
The Feelers	Fat Freddy's Drop	David Dallas		The Adults
Opshop	The Black Seeds	Smashproof		& Guests
The Checks		P Money		Tiki Acoustic Set
	Six60	K One
				Concord Dawn vs. P Money
Black River Drive	1814			&

External links[]

http://www.homegrown.net.nz