- Rhythm & Vines
Rhythm and Vines is a New Years Eve music festival held in "
Waiohika Estate " vineyard, ten minutes fromGisborne city.History
Rhythm & Vines was founded by Hamish Pinkham, Tom Gibson and Andrew Witters, who originally came up with the concept with a vision of a gathering of their university friends to celebrate the New Year in a safe and secure location where they would be entertained by some New Zealand musicians. In more recent years, the gathering extended into a 24-hour music festival, featuring not only New Zealand musicians but also international artists. However, the venue, Waiohika Estate (Andrew Witters' family house), and the date,
31 December , have remained the same.In 2008, Rhythm and Vines was expanded to become not only a 3 day event, but also arguably New Zealand's favourite and best New Years eve party. The change in format allowed organisers to contract bands that were not previously available, and were a large factor in making the 2008 2009 Rhythm and Vines' strongest yet. Accommodation for Rhythm and Vines is almost completely provided by BW Campgrounds, a 7 week party that features bands such as Kora, State of Mind, and the Stafford Brothers.
Line-up
2008/2009
The Kooks ,Franz Ferdinand ,Santogold ,Late of the Pier ,Jamie Liddell ,DJ Nu Mark ,A-Trak ,The Mystery Jets ,Shihad ,Carl Cox ,Adam Freeland ,Digitalism ,The Datsuns ,The Black Seeds ,Cut Copy ,The Cribs ,Anika Moa ,Ajax ,Antix ,Die Die Die ,Cut Off Your Hands ,So So Modern ,Brazil Beat Soundsystem ,Motocade ,Bang! Bang! Eche! ,Emerald City ] ,Batrider ,DJ Audit ,Blackbird ,Module 2007/2008
New Young Pony Club ,Scribe ,Hollie Smith ,Don McGlashan ,M.A.N.D.Y. ,DJT ,State Of Mind ,MC Twincam ,North Shore Pony Club ,Automatic & Rik Blake ,Blue King Brown ,Concord Dawn ,The Mint Chicks ,The Checks ,The Have ,dDub ,Jakob ,The Tutts ,Die! Die! Die! ,Dick Johnson ,Aural Trash (Greg Churchill &Angela Fiskin ),Cyril Orson ,DJ Philippa ,Motocade ,The Have ,The Electric Confectionaires ,Charlie Ash ,Blackbird ,Tropical Downbeat Orchestra ,BrazilBeat Sound System ,Ben Throp Trio ,Skankamelia ,Dubdoubt ,An Emerald City 2006/2007
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Katchafire , Kora, Spektrum, Shapeshiter,Ladi 6 , Dick Johnson,Marc de Clive Lowe ,Batucada Sound Machine ,Skankamelia , One Million Dollars, Rhombus,Opensouls , Missing Link,Connan & the Mockasins , Blackbird,Electric Confectionaires ,Sola Rosa ,Hollie Smith ,Mark de Clive Lowe ,Mylo , State of Mind, Minuit,Sunrise Ceremony ,Sunshine Sound System ,Silverbeatz ,Sandy Bay Sessions ,DJ Lotion ,Beat Company ,Brazilbeat Sound System ,Tim and Elm ,DJ Phillips , Public Access,DJ Tapan ,Cyril Orson ,The Rinse withDJ Moorhouse .2005/2006
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Salmonella Dub ,Fat Freddy's Drop ,The Black Seeds , Kora, Shapeshifter,Ladi 6 , The WBC,Cornerstone Roots ,dDub ,Taliband External links
* [http://www.rhythmandvines.co.nz Rhythm and Vines website]
* [http://www.bwcampgrounds.co.nz BW Campgrounds - Accommodation for Rhythm and Vines]
* [http://www.gisbornetv.com GisborneTV - Free Rhythm and Vines Documentary]
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