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.

CHRISTCHURCH GIG GUIDE LINKS

JAGG - ChCh Gig Guide web & hardcopy monthly flyer. Must be listed before 1st of the month (auto feeds CHART Gigs page & BeThere.co.nz).

Christchurchmusic.org.nz - auto-feed from JAGG, email your gig/tour press releases. Free* homepage poster placement with CHART logo or from $50+gst per week - check out CHART's promo options.

Mukuna - What's on in around ChCh & NZ: A gig guide for live music. Event listings for nightclubs , bars, pubs and concert venues. Sydicated to nzmusic.com, Bassdrop.co.nz, Amplifier (NZ music, indie, rock, everything), bnets, etc.

RDU 98.5FM - ChCh bNet station, paid listings through venues or direct by individual bands.

Volcano Radio - Live to airs, interviews with artists playing in Lyttelton (Wunderbar, Harbourlight, Loons, El Santo, etc)

BeThere.co.nz - CCC music events

The Press - Music - Friday GO Section listings, due Monday 5pm

NZ GIG GUIDE LINKS

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 - ChCh gig guide - syndicated to MyspaceNZ, C4, TV3, KiwiFM, The Rock.

Groove Guide - Gigs & Tours for Auckland, Christchurch, Wellington, Hamilton, Tauranga.

Cheese on Toast - New Zealand's guide to indie rock. Music news, concert photos, interviews, gig info, flyers, reviews, and YouTube clips.

Muzic.net.nz - Information on New Zealand musicians and bands, gig guides, new releases, discussion groups and much more.

Snapstar.co.nz - nightclub gig guide.

OTHER GIG GUIDE OPTIONS

NZ Herald - ChCh
ChCh Polytech Students Assoc (CPSA)
Canterbury Uni Students Assoc (UCSA)
Last.fm
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 (delectronic)
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 : )