Marlon Williams Joins Lineup For Rhythm & Alps 2022 Festival

Lyttelton songwriting icon Marlon Williams (Ngāi Tahu, Ngāitai) has joined the jam-packed bill for South Island summer festival Rhythm & Alps 2022, helping usher in the New Year alongside a diverse lineup of international and local superstars. Happening over three days and five stages at Wanaka's Cardrona Valley, visiting headliners for the fest include psych-blasting Melburnians King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Sydney electronic groovers Cosmo's Midnight, Zambian-born / Australia-based hip hop artist Sampa The Great, soul-pop crooner Dope Lemon, Manchester DJ / drum 'n' bass producer Andy C and the just-announced return to Aotearoa of UK producer / DJ Dimension (who briefly caused a bit of a stir here in late 2021).

They'll be getting bodies moving on the dancefloor alongside a small army of local DJs, with even more acts announced today (note: MIA and Real Estate are Ōtautahi DJs, not to be confused with the international indie stars) — dive into the updated lineup details below...

Rhythm & Alps 2022 Festival
Thursday 29th to Saturday 31st December - Cardrona Valley, Wanaka

Featuring... Alice Agnes, Andy C + Tonn Piper, Anima, Aunty El, Becca B, Benthamism, Bou, Boznich, Chase And Status DJ Set, Concord Dawn, Corners, Cosmo's Midnight, Cyril Orsen, De-Tu, Deadbeat, Dimension DJ set, DJ Marky, Dope Lemon, Flaxxies, Fleetmac Wood, Foxtrot, Friction, Halfqueen B2B Babyfacekilla, Harriet Jaxxon, K+LAB, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Kings Of The Rollers + Inja, Kink, Kora, Kornel Kovacs, Kravis, Lil Bubblegum, Marlon Williams, MC Jewels, Memphis LK, MIA, Molly Payton, Motez, Moxie, Mr Meaty Boy, Nina Las Vegas, Optics, Paige Julia, Patella, Pino, Pitch Black, Ranz, Rayner, Real Estate, Rouston, Sally C, Sampa The Great, Sinjin, Sofia Kourtesis, Thank You City, Wattsson, Workforce

Three-day festival and camping tickets on sale now at rhythmandalps.co.nz

Marlon Williams explores dancefloor decadence in his grooving single 'Don't Go Back', from new album My Boy...

Press release:

Acclaimed Aotearoa singer/songwriter Marlon Williams, hot off the back of his 2022 Māori disco bop release My Boy, and one of the UK's most unique electronic music artists, Dimension, are today announced to perform Rhythm & Alps 2022.

The New Year's Eve lineup on the festival's Alpine Stage has also been released, and December 31 in Wanaka sees a stacked, not to be missed programme featuring; Molly Payton, Marlon Williams, Sampa The Great, Dope Lemon, King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard, KORA and Dimension (DJ Set).

This year, the influential festival Log Cabin takeovers will be presented by Ōtautahi non-binary agency Sugar On Spice on December 30 and Aotearoa's most respected house and techno label Beat And Path on New Year's Eve.

The 2022 festival sees the notorious Fridge getting a makeover and relaunching as the Boombox, while the electronic Wild Things Stage is being rebranded as Sonarchy, and the Buddha stage is taking a rest. Instead, Rhythm And Alps will host New Zealand's most dynamic new stage incorporating video and laser mapping, a first for Aotearoa. This unique design will measure 28m wide and 11m high, including performance aerialists and pole dancers. Think a degree of luxury boarding on debauchery.

The three-day music and camping festival opens in the afternoon on December 29 2022, when 10,000 partygoers and 6,000 campers will stream in over the iconic Cardrona river. From when the gates open until the last act finishes in the wee hours of January 1 2023, Rhythm & Alps will be filled with thousands of good humans for the hottest kiwi summer indulgence in music and celebration.

The 2022 festival lineup consists of 40+ incredible and diverse artists, including; Andy C, Chase And Status, Concord Dawn, Cosmo's Midnight, Dimension, Dope Lemon, Friction, Halfqueen, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Kora, Marlon Williams, Paige Julia, Sampa The Great and more, making Rhythm & Alps the strongest New Years line up in Aotearoa.