Port Noise Festival 2024 First Lineup - The Bats, Clear Path Ensemble, Coolies, Mā, PollyHill x Samara Alofa, Soaked Oats, Wurld Series

The impatiently awaited first lineup has been announced for Port Noise 2024, an arts and music extravaganza happening throughout Ōhinehou / Lyttelton's harbourside venues this coming March. The absolutely sterling first batch includes Flying Nun legends The Bats, Cory Champion's neo-jazz project Clear Path Ensemble, Tāmaki Makaurau noise-punks Coolies, Pōneke-based hip hop trailblazer Mā (Iti Bubbas), aliencore duo PollyHill x Samara Alofa, dance demons Grecco Romank, Canterbury psych gurus Wurld Series and guitar-pop groovers Soaked Oats. Both preliminary rounds of earlybird tickets sold out in a flash — pounce on general admission tickets while you can...

Port Noise Festival 2024
featuring... The Bats, Clear Path Ensemble, Coolies, Mā, PollyHill x Samara Alofa, Soaked Oats, Wurld Series + more to be announced
Saturday 9th March - Various Lyttelton Venues, Ōhinehou / Lyttelton
Tickets on sale now HERE via UTR

Here's The Bats' classic 'Block Of Wood' from 1987's Daddy's Highway...

Hit play on 'QUEERBAIT' from PollyHill x Samara Alofa's new collaborative collection AQUARIES...

Experience the Canterbury psych of Wurld Series' 'Rearing Wesley' from their fab new album The Giant's Lawn...

Press release:

After selling out two rounds of early-bird tickets, both within hours of their release, we are thrilled to announce the first lineup reveal for Port Noise.

Taking place on March 9th, 2024 in the heart of Ōhinehou Lyttelton, Port Noise aims to showcase a diverse selection of artists from Aotearoa and abroad.

We're incredibly thankful to our community, as well to all the arts communities around Aotearoa who've collaborated with us, and given us strength and momentum.

Our first artist release includes Flying Nun jangle alumni The Bats, celestial beat messengers Clear Path Ensemble, fevered avant-garage trio Coolies, opera-dungeon-techno-sludge oufit Grecco Romank, downbeat soul-style MC Mā, aliencore trip-hop collaborators PollyHill x Samara Alofa, psychedelic buzz-boppers Soaked Oats, and ground dwelling fuzz-rockers Wurld Series.

Through collaboration with our community, Port Noise transforms the car park and courtyard that connects three neighbouring iconic venues in Ōhinehou, offering our festival-goers the best local cuisine, craft beverages, merchandise and record pop ups, immersive installations, and artist-led micro experiences.

In a space curated to embrace the industrial beauty of our hometown, while expanding the limits of what one may expect from a music festival–– we invite both audience and artist alike to come bask in the wild glory of this shared true telling of the self.

Second lineup to be announced in January.

Tickets available now at undertheradar.co.nz

Thanks to Christchurch City Council, Three Boys Brewery, The Boneline, Hang Up Entertainment, and Lyttelton Port Company.