Promoting Your Show in Christchurch

Playing A Show In Christchurch?
Christchurch has a variety of venues available but be sure to check the gigs and industry events calendars first to avoid date clashes.

Check out CHART's promo/advertising options here.

Christchurch
J.A.G.G. (must be listed before 1st of the month - feeds CHART & BeThere.co.nz gig guides)
TheBigCity.co.nz (list as far ahead as you like)
Christchurchmusic.org.nz (auto-feed from JAGG, email us your gig press releases, check out CHART's advertising /promo options)
RDU 98.5FM
BeThere.co.nz
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
Timarumusic.blogspot.com - Timaru Music Guide, gigs, live music, local bands etc
thesourceonline.com - Queenstown Gig Guide

New Zealand
NZLive.com
Under The Radar (syndicated to MyspaceNZ, C4, TV3, KiwiFM, The Rock)
Event Finder / The Hive (syndicated to Yahoo! Xtra, MSN NZ, AA Travel)
NZ Musician Magazine
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

Wotzon.com (WLTN)
Culture Vulture (AKL)
Mukuna (AKL)
View Auckland (AKL)


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 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.

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 and TheBigCity.co.nz, White Elephant and BeThere.co.nz (Council events site) list gigs. All ages shows contact Red Panda and/or 4YP.

Postering - Phantom has an office here and LookAtMe Promotions also do poster and flyer placement.

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 : )