Christchurch Arts Festival 2009 - Live Music

Various Christchurch Venues
23 July - 9 August 2009

The biennial Christchurch Arts Festival is the South Island' s largest arts event. The 2007 Christchurch Arts Festival was a huge celebration of the arts that saw the city come alive for 18 days. There were over a quarter of a million attendances across the wide programme of performing and visual arts.

LIVE MUSIC

The WinterGarden returns as the festival focus in Cathedral Square with the entertainment hub for night time gigs, the TelstraClear Club, and also featuring the exciting addition of the magical TV One Ice Dome, an ice rink which will be open to skaters of all ages and abilities throughout the festival.

A comprehensive programme of theatre, dance music and visual arts, including a Creative Day on Friday July 24 with performances by from students and staff of the Creative Industries Faculty at CPIT, will bring the Cathedral Square alive with a true festival buzz. Highlights at the TelstraClear Club include the legendary singer/songwriter Paul Kelly with A to Z, national treasure Dave Dobbyn, alt-cabaret trio The Tiger Lillies and Irish blues and jazz diva Mary Coughlan.

JULY 2009
Thu 23 July
Paul Kelly 8.00pm

Fri 24 July
Paul Kelly 8.00pm

Sat 25 July
Ritmo Latino 12.00pm
Leonard & Slava Grigoryan 2.00pm
Love Letters in the Margin 5.30pm
Paul Kelly 8.00pm

Sun 26 July
Pacific Underground 12.00pm
Fernando Aragones 2.00pm
Ohaki – Ariana Tikao 5.30pm
Paul Kelly 8.00pm

Tues 28 July
David Berkman Quartet 5.30pm
Caroline Nin 7.30pm

Weds 29 July
David Berkman Quartet 5.30pm
Caroline Nin 7.30pm

Thurs 30 July
Julia Deans 5.30pm
Caroline Nin 7.30pm

Fri 31 July
L A Mitchell 5.30pm
Mary Coughlan 7.30pm

Sat 1 Aug
The Pioneers 12.00pm
L A Mitchell 2.00pm
Mary Coughlan 5.30pm
Dave Dobbyn 8.30pm

Sun 2 Aug
The Pioneers 12.00pm
Tom Warrington Jazz Band 2.00pm
Mary Coughlan 5.30pm
Dave Dobbyn 8.30pm

Mon 3 Aug
Book Launch Bernadette Hall 5.30pm

Tues 4 Aug
Lindon Puffin 5.30pm
Ilro Rantala Trio 7.30pm

Weds 5 Aug
Songs My Mother Taught Me - Naomi Ferguson 5.30pm
Ilro Rantala Trio 7.30pm

Thurs 6 Aug
Songs My Mother Taught Me - Naomi Ferguson 5.30pm
Wellington International Ukelele Orchestra 7.30pm

Fri 7 Aug
Ragamuffin Children 5.30pm
Wellington International Ukelele Orchestra 7.30pm
Tiger Lillies 9.30pm

Sat 8 Aug
Wellington International Ukelele Orchestra 12.00pm
The Eastern 5.30pm
Woolshed Sessions 7.30pm
Tiger Lillies 9.30pm

Sun 9 Aug
Woolshed Sessions 12.00pm
Tiger Lillies 7.30pm

For ticket details and links click here.
A downloadable pdf of the TelstraClear Club Programme is found at the bottom of the page.
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Other highlights of the 18 days of arts, culture and entertainment on offer between Thursday 23 July and Sunday 9 August include:

• The internationally lauded SLAVA's Snowshow from Russia.
  Already seen and adored by millions around the world, it's now Christchurch's turn to be bedazzled by magical Russian clowning and breathtaking visual spectacle.
• Sydney Dance Company's 360?, directed by the company's hot new artistic director Rafael Bonachela, hailed as one of the most inventive choreographers in the world today and who isn't ashamed to mix avant-garde with mainstream, as client Kylie Minogue can attest.
• A Midsummer Night's Dream, a one-night fully staged performance of an abridged version of Shakespeare's beloved comedy directed by Elric Hooper, accompanied by Felix Mendelssohn's complete incidental music played by a 52-strong CSO conducted by Tom Woods. This promises to be a unique theatrical occasion.
• Two world premieres at The Court Theatre: New Zealand playwright Ken Duncum's stunning adaptation of F Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gadsby, and Christchurch Samoan theatre company Pacific Underground's Angels.
• Dave Armstrong's rollicking new Kiwi comedy Le Sud, a PC-free zone which imagines a French-colonised South Island and wickedly pokes fun at three cultures while leaving no sacred cow un-jabbed.
• Zany Lyttelton theatre-circus troupe the Loons' Happy Home Road directed by Mike Friend. A show that, according to its writer Joe Bennett, "giggles while it bleeds" with its extraordinary mix of circus, dance, music and drama.
• The dazzling T'ang Quartet from Singapore with young international pianist sensation John Chen, featuring a specially commissioned Piano Quartet by the Chinese-New Zealand composer Gao Ping. A celebration of the significant contribution of modern China to the global arts scene.

www.artsfestival.co.nz
www.christchurchmusic.org.nz/events/christchurch-arts-festival-2009/chart-live-sessions