Erny Belle Announces Leigh Sawmill Cafe Headline Show

Roundly recognised as one of Aotearoa's preeminent songwriting voices whose star is still on the rise, Erny Belle aka Aimee Renata (Ngāpuhi) is journeying to the coastal town of Leigh, performing with her top notch band at Leigh Sawmill Cafe. Erny Belle's second Flying Nun album Not Your Cupid (2023) landed her finalist nominations for both the prestigious Taite Music Prize and Album Of The Year category at last year's Aotearoa Music Awards, and was praised by Rolling Stone Australia as their Best New Zealand Album of 2023 — declaring Belle to be "New Zealand music’s best kept secret". She sung on two standout duet singles last year, with Ōtautahi crooner Adam Hattaway (leading our 2024 UTR End Of Year Playlist) and Marlin's Dreaming, don't miss the incandescent artist at the height of her powers on 8th March...

"We’re playing a show at the Leigh Sawmill on March the 8th! So if you’re a local punter from round those ways or a proper Groupie, then get yourself a sober driver or some accom ⛺️ and come join us for the evening! Support act (to be continued). Quite possibly the last show for a wee while. Hope to see ya there!"

Erny Belle
Saturday 8th March - Leigh Sawmill Cafe, Leigh
Tickets on sale HERE via UTR

Erny Belle clowns around the Rainbow's End theme park in her video for 'Inertia', from 2023's Not Your Cupid...

Press release:

Join Erny Belle and the full band for an evening at The Leigh Sawmill.

Erny Belle is a singer-songwriter from Aōtearoa (New Zealand) known for her genre-defying sound, blending pacific-pop, folk, and country influences with deeply personal and poetic lyricism.

Her meteoric rise followed the independent release of critically acclaimed debut record ‘Venus is Home’ (2022) with singles ‘Burning Heaven’ and ‘Hellhole’. A sublime album recorded in the summer of 2019 at her fathers home (an old bus shed, north of Auckland), the nine-song voyage of graceful ruminations, was a stunning introduction to the neorealism yet rich world of Erny Belle.

In 2023, Erny Belle signed to legendary New Zealand label Flying Nun Records and released her highly anticipated sophomore album ‘Not Your Cupid’. Co-produced by herself and De Stevens at Roundhead Studios. The album was nominated for the Taite Music Prize and Album Of The Year at the Aotearoa Music Awards in 2024. It was ranked No.1 New Zealand album of 2023 by Rolling Stone Australia. ‘Not Your Cupid’ is described by Renata as her Te Ao Mārama era, stepping into a world of light. “It’s more about the future & imagining than painting scenes of life around me. Less narrative, more cryptic, less thought, more intuition. Plucked from the clouds or stars somewhere & brought to life by many talented hands.”