The final lineup for Future City Festival 2019 is complete!

22 bands will appear over two nights at three different venues - The Meteor, Nivara Lounge, and ZEAL.

Friday March 8
Nivara Lounge & ZEAL;

Contenders (Ham)
Sora Shima (Ham)
Landlords (Ham)
Ben Woods (Chch)
The Fatalities (Wgtn)
Te Huhu (Akl)
Tidal Rave (Wgtn)
Troika (Chch)
​Orbjks (Ham)

SATURDAY MARCH 9TH
Nivara Lounge & The Meteor:

Nadia Reid 
Carb on Carb (Akl)
Being. (Akl)
Hex (Wgtn)
namesake (Wgtn)
Fables (Akl)
Macaila Eve (Ham)
Tooms (Akl)
Broadcast State (Ham)
Cartoon Villain (Ham)
Sit Down In Front (Gbn)
Bitter Defeat (Ham)
Distance (Wgtn)

Presale Tickets - all options are available - you can buy a Friday night ticket, a Saturday night ticket, or a weekend pass. Doorsales will cost more, assuming we haven't sold out, so grabbing a presale is the way to go. Get your tickets HERE

Keep updated on all the latest information about the festival - Follow the Facebook Event HERE, and check back to our Festival Homepage HERE.

Ngamihi Pawa was on hand to capture the action at last Friday's HUP Xmas shindig. Head on over to PHOTOS to view the whole photoset. Kia ora, Ngamihi!

Coming up on 14 December, HUP celebrates the end of the year with our ‘Third Annual HUP Xmas Party’. One of the five bands appearing on the night will two-piece Cartoon Villain, who had their debut track ‘Don't Blink’ make an appearance on the HUP/The Hum 106.7FM’s Tekau Nga Waiata Pai Top 10 this month! We talked to Wairehu Grant and Albert Bannister about the band; who are their influences, what are the advantages of being a duo, and which cartoon villain would each of them be? Read the interview -> HERE <-

Or access a a downloadable version -> HERE <- 

The HUM 106.7FM is a huge supporter of NZ music and has a fantastic playlist of classics and new music. We would like to encourage new music submissions by email to thehum@freefm.org.nz

​The 3rd Annual HUP Xmas Party is on Friday 14 December at Nivara Lounge. Included on the bill is a new band full of familiar faces, Broadcast State. HUP caught up with Scott Newth, Andrew Newth and Gareth Schott to find out a little about the new band; who is part of it, what do they sound like and, importantly, how many pedals do they have? See our interview with the band -> HERE <-

...which can be downloaded -> here <-

The HUM 106.7FM is a huge supporter of NZ music and has a fantastic playlist of classics and new music. We would like to encourage new music submissions by email to thehum@freefm.org.nz

Auckland band ‘REPAIRS’ are returning to Hamilton in mid-November, playing with Landlords and Cartoon Villain at Nivara Lounge. We had a talk to guitarist/vocalist Martin Phillips about what happened to his other band, ‘God Bows To Math’, where REPAIRS are at with the recording of their debut album, and whether sharing a name with a New Zealand music icon has led to any cases of mistaken identity! Read the interview -> HERE <-

Failsafe Records was founded in Christchurch by Rob Mayes in 1983/1984. Mayes has some highly ambitious plans for the label, with the intended release of 25 albums over the next 12 months. We talked to Rob about this goal; how is he going to carry it out, all while based in faraway Japan? Read the interview -> HERE <-