Newtown Festival 2021 - Estère Announced As First Headline Act

Bookending one of the most turbulent times for live music in Aotearoa in living memory, the hard-working team behind Pōneke's Newtown Festival have revealed the wheels are in motion for the follow up to this year's multi-stage extravaganza, which took place on 8th March just before we all went into lockdown. Singer and producer Estère is the first headliner announced for the jam-packed free community event, set to take over the streets and alleyways of Newtown on Sunday 7th March 2021, featuring 12 stages and 420 stalls [nice]. The Tui nominated artist is performing with band on the South Stage, which is supported by RadioActive, Coffee Supreme and Massey’s Te Rewa o Puanga, School of Music & Creative Media Production. There's sure to be lots more exciting names revealed for the traditionally sun-soaked affair in the weeks ahead, save the date in your digital diary...

Newtown Festival 2021
Featuring Estère + more artists to be announced
Sunday 7th March 2021 - 12 stages and 420 stalls, Newtown, Wellington (free)
Head over to the Newtown Festival website for more info here

Watch the video for Estère's latest single 'Calculated Risk', recorded in collaboration with Massive Attack producer Stew Jackson...

Press release:

Newtown Festival welcomes singer and producer Estère to lead its 2021 bill on Sunday 7 March 2021. Self-described as “electric blue witch hop”, the illustrious and idiosyncratic Estère with all-star band will grace our South Stage, which is kindly supported by RadioActive, Coffee Supreme and Massey’s Te Rewa o Puanga, School of Music & Creative Media Production.

We had a stellar 2020 Newtown Festival just before the first Covid-19 lockdowns. We feel very fortunate to be able to plan for our 2021 event, as well as be able to announce the inimitable Estère as the first headline act. The Wellington-raised local ushers in a time where we are thinking more and more about the resilience of our creative communities and how we can refocus to celebrate, even more, artistry near and dear to us.