LATE NITE SOUND BITE

Fridays throught February 2025 | 5.00pm - 8.00pm

Late Nite Sound Bite is a once a week late night on Fridays featuring fresh NZ music, dinner and drinks available at Dough Bakery and all galleries open until 8.00pm.

Entry is by koha!

Late Nite Friday is brought to you by Whirinaki Whare Taonga.

Rotary Foyer

Koha Entry

Upcoming Performances:

Wayne Mason

Friday 14 February | 5.00pm - 8.00pm

NZ Music Hall of Fame Inductee, and member of the NZ order of merit for services to NZ music, Wayne Mason, is a musician that needs no hyperbole to attract an audience. We are honoured to host Wayne as the second feature artist of our 2025 LNSB season. Wayne is a living treasure of NZ musical performance, and famously, a hometown hero of Upper Hutt extraction. Indeed - he could be said to be a true Taonga of Whirinaki. Join us as he plays an intimate solo concert of repertoire from his 60+ year career in music.

Burgin, Kerr and Norman

Friday 21 February | 5.00pm - 8.00pm

Irishman Andrew Kerr (ex. Jacky Tar) and Alan Norman (The Warratahs, The Rag Poets) have been playing as a duo for many years. They have recently expanded to a trio and are joined by Paddy Burgin (The Wooden Box Band, The Zimmermans), and his magical guitars, on a more permanent basis. Paddy, a world-renowned luthier, was a member of The Scarborough Connection, who featured on Andrew and Alan’s critically acclaimed 2023 release ‘For the Record.’

A swampy melting pot of country, folk, americana and blues, they combine a mutual love of story-telling and rhythmic grooves with narratives about the human experience. They perform predominantly original material, with contributions from each member, calling on a wide range of instrumentation including piano, acoustic and Weissenborn guitars, accordion, bodhran, and percussion.

Andrew London Duo

Friday 28 February | 5.00pm - 8.00pm