Live Music

Buskers at The Boathouse 🗓

Thursday 1st February (8pm), and Friday 2nd February (8.30pm) Tickets www.ticketdirect.co.nz Join us at The Boathouse, Nelson for a cabaret night when the Buskers let down their hair – and perhaps a bit more. Sit at the front – who knows what might happen! Strictly ADULTS ONLY – some content might offend. Buskers from the USA, Canada, Romania, Australia and New Zealand will amaze in this R18 show. The Nelson Buskers Festival brings award-winning performers from around the world to our beautiful city…

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Sonic Delusion at The Boathouse 🗓

Friday 26 January 2018 Cafe and Bar open from 5pm, Live music from 8pm Tickets from Eventfinda Too funky for folk and too folky for funk - that's Sonic Delusion's Latin-infused, pop-laced "funky electroacoustic folk." Sonic Delusion’s frontman Andre Manella uses his well-worn loop pedal to spontaneously create layers of rhythm, tone and vocals. ​The Swiss-Kiwi electro-folk raconteur “easily carves out his own unapologetically ambitious and intriguingly experimental sound”. “Catchy loops invite plenty of dancing and hip swaying… a sensual…

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The East Pointers with Mel Parsons 🗓

Monday 22nd January 2018 Cafe and bar open from 6.30pm with bookings for meals welcomed (kitchen taking orders through to 7.30pm) Tickets from Eventfinda  After bringing down the house at WOMAD 2017, JUNO-Award winning Canadian trio The East Pointers announce their return to New Zealand in January 2018 for a run of dates with NZ luminary, Mel Parsons. Dazzling musicianship and wild live shows have connected The East Pointers with audiences across the globe, making original roots music the hippest…

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Bill Hickman and The Billy Bones Bands 🗓

Friday 19th January 2018 Live Music from 7.30pm Door Sales $10 Songs of Gravel and smoke. Bill Hickman brings his tales of good people and hard times to Nelson’s Boathouse. Backed by Nick Swan, Hamish Graham, Dusty Burnell and Kyle Mosely. Gutsy vocals, against a roots inflected band of stand up drums, mandolin, lap steels and guitars!

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