Port Noise Festival 2025 - Timetable Announced

The excitement mounts for Ōhinehou Lyttelton's multi-venue arts and music festival Port Noise 2025, hosting a dazzling variety of adventurous artists from throughout Aotearoa and beyond this Saturday. The official wākata (timetable) has now been revealed for your scrutiny (open in a separate tab and download the image), plus The Week of Port Noise side shows and initiatives start this Thursday. Better get a wiggle on if you'd like to go, as tickets are nearly all gone...

KAURANGA ORO
Thursday 27th February - , Ōhinehou / Lyttelton
On the evening of Thursday 27th, Erika Grant and Ariana Tikau perform at Lyttelton Arts Factory. Together, they build a transformative experience that merges the ancient healing power of taonga pūoro with the deep resonance of gong baths.
Tickets on sale HERE via UTR

NIGHT BEFORE
Friday 28th February - Lyttelton Coffee Company, Ōhinehou / Lyttelton
On the evening of Friday 28th, the eve of our main event, we bring you a selection of soft and sharp sonic curiosities at Lyttelton Coffee Company. Sounds provided by Peter Wright and Bruce Russell's tone-wrangling duo – The Escalation, sound artist and head of Melbourne / Naarm's Nice Music Label – Simon J Karis, and Tāmaki based audio-visual artist Ducklingmonster.
Tickets on sale HERE via UTR

FAMILY TIME
Saturday 1st March - Union Chapel, Ōhinehou / Lyttelton (morning)
On the morning of March 1st, we have an event catered for the entire family at Union Chapel. Slightly Imperfect present the songs of Ivor Cutler in a surreal and gentle playground of laughing boxes, toys, gongs, bells and whirring pipes. Along with theatrical elements they aim to create a strange and intriguing performance that appeals to all ages. Be ready for absurdity and childlike enchantment. Snacks and tea provided.
Tickets on sale HERE via UTR

BEACONS
Saturday 1st March - Port Noise Festival, Ōhinehou / Lyttelton
At our main event, we present an installation we commissioned Tāmaki based artist, and our good pal, Rowan Pierce to design. Set against the expanse of Whangaraupō Harbour, Beacons is a luminous art installation that explores connection across distance. Two industrial structures—stoic and unmoving by day— house delicate cores that awaken as the sun dips below the horizon. As twilight deepens, the structures begin to converse, transmitting messages in Morse code. Their dialogue echoes the silent exchanges of loved ones separated by oceans, the quiet reassurances sent across time zones, the longing of friends divided by geography.

PORT NOISE 2025
Saturday 1st March - various venues, Ōhinehou / Lyttelton
Featuring... Closing, Craigslist, David Kilgour & The Heavy Eights, Elliot & Vincent, Farewell Spit, Jim Nothing, O/PUS, Mr Meaty Boy, Mokotron, Ngāsti, Pachyman, Pearly*, Sarah Mary Chadwick, Simon Joyner & The Eucalypts, TJOPI&HK, Uncle Quentin, Vanessa Worm
Tickets on sale HERE via UTR