Promoting Your Show in Christchurch

Christchurch has a variety of venues so check the Events Calendar and Gig Guides to avoid date clashes. See Promoting Shows in Christchurch.

Check out CHART's promo options HERE.

Christchurch
J.A.G.G. (must be listed before 1st of the month - feeds CHART Gigs page & BeThere.co.nz)
TheBigCity.co.nz
EventFinder (syndicated to MSN NZ, AA Travel, NZ Herald Gig Guide, Stuff.co.nz (+ Fairfax regional papers eg. Christchurch Press, Dominion Post and Waikato Times), Yahoo!Xtra and Timeout Magazine).
Undertheradar (syndicated to MyspaceNZ, C4, TV3, KiwiFM, The Rock)
Christchurchmusic.org.nz (auto-feed from JAGG, email us your gig press releases, check out CHART's promo options)
Mukuna

RDU 98.5FM (paid listings via venues or individual bands)
BeThere.co.nz (Council events page)
The Press - c/o Vicki Anderson (Music Editor)
Cityscape / Indulge
thepulse.org.nz
NZ Herald - ChCh
ChCh Polytech Students Assoc (CPSA)
Canterbury Uni Students Assoc (UCSA)
Last.fm

 

New Zealand
NZ Musician Magazine
Muzic.net.nz
Cheese on Toast
Groove Guide
Facebook
Myspace

Loudmouth
The Fix
The Package
RadioScope
The Edge
Rock Shop
NZ.co.nz
Four Corners
Happy Sheep
The Big Idea
NZRock.com
NZMusic.com
Zvents
Eventful.com

Wotzon.com (WLTN)
Culture Vulture (AKL)
View Auckland (AKL)
thesourceonline.com - (QTOWN)


Genre Specific
Back2basics.co.nz (hiphop)
Biggie.co.nz (dance)
DarkAsia.com (goth industrial)
Drumnbass.co.nz (dnb)
Kiwifolk.org.nz (folk)
NZRock.com (rock)
Obscure.co.nz (dance)
StonerDoom.co.nz (stoner rock)
NZMetal.com (metal)

Here are links to more NZ Gig Guides.

Need Some Help Promoting Your Show?
Christchurch has a variety of venues available but be sure to check the gigs and industry events calendars first to help avoid date clashes.

Radio - Try RDU98.5FM (bNet), PlainsFM (country/folk) and TahuFM (urban/hiphop), for shows in Lyttelton try Volcano Radio.

Press - There are only a few music publications in ChCh, mainly The Press - c/o Vicki Anderson (Music Editor), Cityscape Mag, The Star, The Regional Papers, Canterbury Uni Students Assoc (UCSA) & ChCh Polytech Students Assoc (CPSA). J.A.G.G. has a hard copy flyer distributed around the city monthly. Media contacts are here.

Web - As listed above. CHART publishes press releases for local and visiting bands and has panel ads on the home page from $50 per week. RDU98.5FM & J.A.G.G. advertise gigs while its free to list with TheBigCity.co.nz, J.A.G.G. and BeThere.co.nz list gigs. All ages shows contact Red Panda, MAINZ or 4YP.

Flyers & Postering - Phantom has an office here and LookAtMe Promotions also do poster and flyer placement.
Also the local record stores and some High St cafes and shops will take flyers and posters.

Publicists - If your budget can stretch then contact a local publicist.

CHART Help - If you need to know more just drop us an email and we should be able to direct you to the right person who can help : )