Friday May 9 at Raglan Old School Arts Centre, 5 Stewart Street, Raglan. Upstairs in Whare Tapere.

Entry by koha

Adults (18 plus) Recommended $10, Minimum $5 – pay what you can afford.
Free entry for ages 17 and below.

Doors open at 7pm with Live & Local starting at 7.30pm. Licensed Bar and Cafe open.

Live and Local on Friday 9^th May, 7.30pm

Our regular showcase of awesome Whaingaroa talent, held on the on the second Friday each month.

This is an amazing opportunity for our emerging artists to present their spirit and artistic style to their own community, as well as a gifting back from our established artists who return to share their evolving work and careers with us all. Get behind The Old School and support these events as they continue to create community connections for the benefit and enjoyment of all.

In what has become a Live & Local tradition for NZ Music Month, the Blister Sisters present a selection of Kiwi hits, old and new, for your entertainment pleasure. Curiously unrestrained by good taste and decorum, which anthems of our collective youth are they going to uke-ify this time?

Parabola West whose music offers a lush soundscape of old-world folk + new-age electronica, ethereal vocals, and a dash of fantasy. It’s modern music for your ancient, magical soul.

Her music has been been featured in Woman’s Day NZ Magazine, NZ Musician Magazine, and Enchanted Living / Faerie Magazine.

And Rata Gordon who is a writer, educator, creative arts therapist and mama based in Whāingaroa. Rata's poetry has been published widely including in Best New Zealand Poems. Rata's first book of poetry Second Person was published by Te Herenga Waka University Press. You can find Rata's writing at creativepower.substack.com

If you’re interested in performing at one of these shows, contact Music Coordinator Nicky Mann: music@raglanartscentre.co.nz

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