Events in September 2021

  • LIVE & LOCAL at the Old School

    Category: Music / Gigs LIVE & LOCAL at the Old School


    September 19, 2021

    LIVE & LOCAL Sunday 19 September Doors open 6.30pm for a 7pm start at Raglan Old School Arts Centre, 5 Stewart Street, Raglan. Entry by koha – pay what suits you.

    An exciting new series of concerts at the Raglan Old School Arts Centre.

    Sunday Sept 19 features: Teresa Michels, Brandon De La Cruz and Nicky Keys.

     

    Teresa Michels as Sadie Black

    Teresa Michels is a Raglan singer who performs her original songs under the name Sadie Black. Beautiful melodies covered with barbed wire, drenched in reverb and feedback It’s music from the edge of the world!


    Nicky Keys

    A long-time resident of Raglan  and local music teacher, Nicky Keys has over 25 years of experience in the Music industry playing keyboards for bands such as Cornerstone Roots, Lost Tribe Aotearoa and Native Sons. He will play a collection of his favourite songs from classical to jazz, pop and reggae. Expect a set of guitar and keyboard wizardry, beatboxing and looping with a few stories and jokes.


    Brandon De La Cruz

    Brandon De La Cruz is a folk artist whose lyricism is uniquely shaped by his interest in mythology, ceremony and RH Blyth’s translations of Japanese haiku. He grew up in the suburbs of Southern California’s Inland Empire and has lived and performed regularly in New Zealand, Berkeley, California and Portland, Oregon. In 2021, he released a new album called, Visions of Ovid, in which the spirits of Greek myth find new bodies.

    Covid Level 2 protocols apply.

    Live & Local is a regular event on the third Sunday of every month. If you are interested in performing in future concerts, contact Penni: music@raglanartscentre.co.nz

    An exciting new series of monthly concerts at the Raglan Old School Arts Centre.
    Each concert will feature sets from outstanding local acts.
    Acts for September include:

    Teresa Michels is a Raglan singer who performs her original songs under the name Sadie Black. Beautiful melodies covered with barbed wire, drenched in reverb and feedback It’s music from the edge of the world!

    Brandon De La Cruz is a folk artist from Portland, Oregon whose lyricism is uniquely shaped by his interest in mythology, ceremony and RH Blyth’s translations of Japanese haiku.

    A long-time resident of Raglan and local music teacher, Nicky Keys has over 25 years of experience in the Music industry playing keyboards for bands such as Cornerstone Roots, Lost Tribe Aotearoa and Native Sons. He will play a collection of his favourite songs from classical to jazz, pop and reggae. Expect a set of guitar and keyboard wizardry, beatboxing and looping with a few stories and jokes.

    Each LIVE & LOCAL concert will feature sets from three outstanding local acts, along with some shorter supporting acts. The series of shows are open to a variety of musicians, singer-songwriters, actors, poets, comedians and other performers. Live & Local is an initiative arising from the Ministry of Social Development’s Covid Resilience Funding. Koha entry.

    Whare Tapere | Upstairs in the Theatre Workshop at Old School
    5 Stewart St
    Raglan, Coastal Waikato 3225
    New Zealand
    078250023