The table below lists New Zealand bands and musicians who may be available as support acts for live events.
Please use the search function to narrow down the selection:
For example, enter “rock auckland” in the search field to get rock acts who can play in Auckland.
Please Note: Contact details are not included, we recommend you make contact via social media.
If you would like to be added to this list, please email [email protected] with your name, genre, location and where you are willing to travel to.
Please also contact us if you would like your information updated or removed.
BAND/MUSICIAN NAME | GENRE | LOCATION | TRAVEL? |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0800 Belly Up | Alternative Rock / Punk | Auckland | Nationwide for the right gig |
| Avya | Folk / Indie Pop Singer-Songwriter | Auckland | Nationwide |
| Remote | Metal | Auckand | Nationwide |
| Forsaken Age | Heavy Metal | Auckland | Nationwide |
| Sons of Satan | Thrash Metal | Auckland | Nationwide |
| Violet Highway | Bluesy Pop Rock | Auckland | Hamilton, Raglan, Tauranga, Mt Maunganui, maybe Wellington |
| Tim Allen's Twenty Seater Microwave | Indie/Pop | Auckland | Nationwide for solo support, all major cities with full band |
| Enter Venus | Rock | Auckland | Nationwide |
| Odds & Ends | Indie Rock/Funk | Auckland | Nationwide |
| Hallelujah Picassos | Alt/Indie-Art/Dance Soundsystem | Auckland | Nationwide |
| Devaur | Hip-Hop / RnB/ Soul / Soft Rock | Auckland | Nationwide, prefers Auckland |
| Mikaela Cougar | Alternative Rock | Auckland | Nationwide |
| Iveta and Simone | Alternative Rock / New Age | Auckland | Nationwide |
| Pale Flag | Metal / Hardcore | Auckland | Nationwide |
| Forty Buck Till Tuesday | Heavy Metal / Groove Metal / Thrash | Auckland | Nationwide |
| Blood Buffalo | Alt Rock / Blues Rock | Auckland | Nationwide |
| Fuego | Rock / Hard Rock | Auckland | North Island |
| Quinn The Human | Rock | Auckland | North Island |
| Glow Becky | Alternative Rock | Auckland | Nationwide, prefer North Island |
| Murder of Crows | Alternative Rock | Auckland | Nationwide |
| Makeshift Parachutes | Psychedelic Rock | Auckland | North Island |
| Bad Jones | Rock | Auckland | Nationwide |
| Hazza Making Noise | Alternative Rock | Auckland | Wider Auckland Region |
| Empress | Alternative Rock | Auckland | Auckland & Hamilton |
| Anti Matter | Alternative | Auckland | Nationwide |
| Isla | Folk | Auckland | North Island |
| Silvera | Metal | Auckland | Nationwide |
| The Fuzztards | Old School Punk Rockers | Auckland | Whakatane |
| Freaky Meat | Wordcore | Auckland | Whangarei to Invercargil |
| Miss Used | Psychedelic Blues Grunge Rock | Auckland | Nationwide |
| Otis Mace | Acoustic / Electric | Auckland | Nationwide |
| Blu Fish | Psychedelic Indie Alternative Rock | Auckland | North Island |
| Animalhead | Rock | Auckland | Nationwide |
| Lakius | Metal | Auckland | Nationwide |
| Trepidations | Chaotic Pop | Auckland | Nationwide |
| Primacy | Rock / Metal | Auckland | Nationwide |
| Teraset | Old School Death Metal | Auckland | Nationwide |
| Ellie Redmond | Pop | Auckland | Anywhere between Auckland - Taupo |
| The Lite Works | Rock / Metal | Auckland | Upper North Island |
| The First Child | Hardcore / Emo / Prog | Auckland | North Island |
| The RVMES | Blues Reggae Rock n Roll | Auckland | North Island |
| Vann Dizon | Pop Rock Electronic Acoustic | Auckland | Nationwide |
| Dead Favours | Rock | Auckland | Nationwide |
| Underscore | Alternative Rock | Auckland | North Island |
| Jarni Blair | Pop with layers of Jazz & Blues | Auckland | Nationwide |
| Late to Chelsea | Garage / Punk Rock | Auckland | Nationwide |
| Dead Beat Boys | Garage Rock / Punk | Auckland | Nationwide |
| Living State | Hard Rock | Auckland | Nationwide, prefer North Island |
| Beachware | Pop Rock | Auckland | Nationwide |
| Scalper | Hip Hop / Hardcore Trip Hop | Auckland | Nationwide with reasonable notification to arrange travel |
| Beth Winks | Pop | Auckland | Nationwide |
| Greta Bull | Acoustic Singer Songwriter | Auckland | BOP, Waikato & Northland |
| Where You Wig Out | Indie Rock | Auckland | Nationwide |
| The Mechanism | Drum n Bass | Auckland | Nationwide |
| Ariathea | Tribal Soul Funk | Auckland | Nationwide |
| Stacked | Melodic Hardcore | Auckland | North Island |
| Marianne Leigh | Singer-Songwriter / Indie Acoustic Pop | Auckland | Nationwide |
| Corrella | Reggae / Roots / Funk | Auckland | Between Hamilton & Auckland |
| Angel | Funk / RnB / Pop / Hip-Hop / Blues / Jazz | Auckland | Nationwide |
| LIVELY | Hip Hop / Trap / Lofi | Auckland | Nationwide |
| GK (GiantKilla) | Hip Hop / Boom Bap / Pop | Auckland | Nationwide |
| SIAVANI | RnB / Soul / Reggae | Auckland | Nationwide |
| Repairs | Post Punk | Auckland | North Island |
| Ant Tarrant | Funk / Pop or Acoustic / Funk / Pop | Auckland | Nationwide |
| Boom Boom Deluxe | Rockabily / Rock n Roll / Retro Rock | Auckland | North Island |
| Coast Arcade | Indie Rock / Pop & Surf Rock | Auckland | Nationwide - prefer upper North Island |
| Jethro Clarke | Singer-Songwriter / Indie Pop | Auckland | Nationwide |
| Lana Fia | Pop / Indie / Folk / Soul | Auckland | Nationwide |
| Citris iNK | RnB / Neo Soul / Pop | Auckland | Nationwide |
| InDuna | Afro-Pop / Hip-Hop / Afro-Dance | Auckland | Nationwide |
| Rancho Mirage | Sonic Rock | Auckland | Nationwide |
| 4Sayken | Hip-Hop / Rap | Auckland | Nationwide |
| The Boondocks | Hard Rock | Auckland | North Island |
| Jenni Smith | Country Pop / Pop / Folk / Acoustic | Auckland | Around & outside of Auckland |
| Raging Flowers | Singer-Songwriter / Indie Pop | Auckland | Nationwide |
| Miriam McCombe | Singer-Songwriter | Auckland | If within 2 hours of Auckland |
| The Birds | Indie-Rock | Auckland | Nationwide |
| Back To The Hillside | Alt-Rock / Shoegaze / Punk | Auckland | Nationwide |
| As Colour Fades | Metalcore / Post-Hardcore | Auckland | Nationwide |
| Take Hold | Hardcore / Post Hardcore / Metalcore / Punk | Auckland | Nationwide |
| Loveray | Funk / Pop / Reggae / Dance / DnB / Jazz Fusion / Improv | Auckland | Nationwide |
| Gavriel | Shoe Gaze / Indie Rock | Auckland | Nationwide |
| Echomatica | Indie / Alternative / Dream Pop | Auckland | Auckland |
| Napoleon Baby | Alternative Rock | Auckland | Nationwide |
| Silcrow | Rock | Auckland | Nationwide |
| Lorenzo Hazelwood | Acoustic Rock | Auckland | Nationwide |
| Swizl Jager | Rap / Hip-Hop / Metal / Te Reo Māori | Auckland / Tauranga | Nationwide |
| Puppeteer | Metal | Auckland / Tauranga | North Island |
| Amanaki | Hardcore/Melodic Hardcore | Auckland / Hamilton | North Island |
| Universal Authors | Indie Pop / Rock / Punk | Auckland / Hamilton | North Island |
| Steve Tofa | Acoustic based Folk / Soul / Old School RnB | Auckland / Hamilton | Anywhere between Waikato & Leigh / Matakana |
| PRINS | Pop / Electropop | Auckland / Christchurch | Nationwide |
| Leah Carroll & The Loan Sharks | Country Pop / Soft Rock / Celtic | Bay of Plenty | North Island |
| Christina Rose | Pop Electronic | Cambridge | Nationwide, worldwide |
| Equilibrium | Jazz Metal | Christchurch | Nationwide |
| Etheran | Alt Metal / Hard Rock | Christchurch | Dunedin with notice |
| End To Avarice | Alt Rock / Grunge | Christchurch | Dunedin with notice |
| Mudbelly | Blues | Christchurch | Nationwide |
| Inexile | Grungey Progressive Rock | Christchurch | South Island |
| NOTV | Ambient Industrial | Christchurch | Nationwide |
| Mike McKendry | Folk | Christchurch | Travel with partner, needs plenty of notice |
| Mental Fatal | Punk Rock / Angry Rock | Christchurch | South Island, can travel to North Island with plenty of notice |
| The Snake Behaviour | Alt Punk Rock Metal | Christchurch | Nationwide / Trans-tasman if notice to arrange flights |
| Gwarden | Drum n Bass / Jungle DJ | Christchurch | Nationwide |
| Link City | Hip-Hop / Trap / RnB / Pop | Christchurch | Nationwide |
| Madeleine Howard | Pop-Rock / Singer-Songwriter | Christchurch | Christchurch |
| EnFire | Stoner Rock / Stoner Doom | Christchurch | Nationwide |
| Bad Llamas | Indie Pop / Rock | Christchurch | South Island |
| Steffany Beck | Pop Country | Christchurch | Christchurch / Auckland |
| Amber Carly Williams | Indie-Pop | Christchurch | Willing to travel, depending on availablity |
| Slimivich | Hip-Hop / Alt Rock / Electronic | Christchurch | South Island, can travel to North Island with plenty of notice |
| Elidi | Alternative Metal / Rock | Christchurch | Nationwide |
| Lucy Gray | Indie / Pop | Christchurch | Nationwide (conditional on availability) |
| I See Tomorrow | Indie / Rock | Christchurch | Nationwide |
| Omêka | Metal | Christchurch | Nationwide |
| Morgan La Fae | Dream-Pop / Indie-Pop | Christchurch | Nationwide |
| Darryl Baser | Misc | Dunedin | Christchurch, Oamaru, Gore, Invercargill |
| Ajax and The Washin' Up | Rock n Roll | Dunedin | Nationwide |
| Human Confusion | Any | Dunedin | Nationwide |
| Tomahawk Radio | Alternative Rock | Dunedin | Dunedin |
| Psycho King Dogs | Punk | Dunedin | Nationwide |
| Saurian | Rock | Dunedin | Nationwide |
| Paul S Allen | Acoustic / Folk / Rock / Alt Country | Dunedin | Dunedin. Lower South Island if can manage costs. |
| Robots In Love | Electronic Rock | Dunedin | Nationwide |
| Dilz | Hip-Hop | Foxton | North Island |
| Lazy Fifty | Blues / Blues Rock / Hard Rock | Gisborne | Nationwide |
| Sit Down In Front | Punk Rock | Gisborne | Nationwide |
| ErnieJ | Indie Pop / Soft Rock | Gisborne | North Island - solo, duo or 3 piece |
| Deathnir | Heavy Metal | Hamilton | Nationwide |
| Enoch | Alternative Metal | Hamilton | Nationwide |
| Rubine | Classic Rock / Prog Rock | Hamilton | Auckland, Waikato, Bay of Plenty, Rotorua |
| Leave The Dead | Metal | Hamilton | Nationwide |
| Achillies Complex | Rock Metal | Hamilton | North Island |
| Medusa Glare | Rock | Hamilton | Nationwide |
| Element | Classic Metal / Hard Rock | Hamilton | Nationwide |
| Jacob Blair Tait | Acoustic | Hamilton | North Island - also in a duo with Tessa Campbell |
| Messza | Alt Rock | Hamilton | Nationwide |
| Karnack | Heavy Metal | Hamilton | Anywhere within 3 hours of Hamilton, may be willing to go further |
| Alpha Coda | Alt Rock | Hamilton | Nationwide |
| The Recently Deceived | Punk | Hamilton | North Island |
| Tony Lee | Alt Country Rock | Hamilton | Nationwide |
| Checaine | Hard Alternative Rock | Hamilton | Nationwide |
| Mega Maw | NuMetal / Psychedelic / Heavy Rock | Hamilton | Nationwide |
| JP & The Drag Kings | Rock / Soul Blues / Funk Originals | Hamilton | Nationwide |
| Stone Clones | Hard Rock / Desert Rock | Hamilton | Auckland, Tauranga, Raglan, Taupo (for the right gig) & anywhere in between |
| Snake Oil Peddlers | Blues Rock / Desert Rock | Hamilton | Auckland, Tauranga, Raglan & anywhere in between |
| PolarisRadio | Electronic Rock / Synthwave | Hawkes Bay | Lower North Island, further afield for Festivals etc |
| Lizard Prom | Alternative Rock / Shoegaze | Hawkes Bay | Nationwide |
| The Crystal Project | Pop / Rock / Folk | Hawkes Bay | Nationwide |
| Paddy and The Cryptids | Punk / Garage Rock | Hawkes Bay | Palmerston North, maybe Wellington - Hamilton / Tauranga |
| Peyton Morete | Acoustic Guitar | Kapiti | Wellington to Palmerston North |
| Charlotte Kerrigan | Blues / Folk | Kapiti | Wellington to Levin - solo, duo with saxophone or trio with bass |
| The AJ Crawshaw Band | Rock, acoustic to full band | Kapiti | Lower North Island |
| Danny Rascal | Punk / Power Pop / Rock, solo act or 3-4 piece band | Kapiti | Nationwide |
| Swamp Vulture | Hard Rock | Kerikeri | Northland / Auckland - will travel anywhere for the right gigs |
| Ripple Effect | Reggae Fusion | Manawatu | North Island |
| Heavy Blarney | Celtic Rock / Metal | Manawatu | Happy to travel for the right gig |
| An Electric Heart | Pop | Napier | Nationwide |
| Six Feet Left | Rock | Nelson | Top of South Island - could travel anywhere with enough notice |
| Itchy & Scratchy | Pop | Nelson | Nationwide |
| Jacquie Walters and James Wilkinson | Folk | Nelson | Will travel for right opportunity. Also Jacquie as a solo musician. |
| Shedheads | Alternative / Funk Rock | Nelson | Nationwide |
| The Dorado Experiment | Psychedelic Rock | Nelson | Nationwide + Internationally |
| Imani-J | Afrobeats / RnB | Nelson | Nationwide |
| Dark Water | Alternative Rock | New Plymouth | Nationwide |
| Radio Therapy | Rock | New Plymouth | Nationwide |
| Trip Change | Soul / Indie / Funk / Reggae / Pop Rock | New Plymouth | Nationwide |
| Bittercup | Alternative Rock | New Plymouth | North Island - full band or cut down solo sets |
| Laconic Zephyr | Pop Rock | New Plymouth | Taranaki - will consider other North Island travel |
| Emily Riordan | Alt-Folk / Trip-Hop | New Plymouth | North Island, South Island during school holidays |
| Fiff Dimension | Acoustic Avant Garde | New Plymouth | Wairarapa or Wellington, happy to consider further afield |
| O Juliet | Alt / Indie Folk | New Plymouth | Nationwide |
| Banana Mundo | Latin / Afrobeat | New Plymouth | North Island |
| MsAlignment | Original Groovy Rock Fusion | New Plymouth | Nationwide |
| The Mons Whaler | Rock / Blues / Folk | New Plymouth | Nationwide |
| Stacked | Skate Punk / Punk Rock | North Shore | Auckland, will travel further for the right gig U18 |
| The Road Doggz | Acoustic Rock Blues Alt Country | Oamaru | Dunedin |
| Ethan Downing | Acoustic Singer Songwriter Alt Blues / Funk | Oamaru | Nationwide |
| Rhianna Fricker | Jazz / Soul | Oamaru | Dunedin |
| School of Rock | Top 40 Rock | Oamaru | Nationwide |
| Screw Jack | Pop Rock | Oamaru | Timaru / Dunedin as long as fuel is covered |
| Jae Bedford | Acoustic Singer Songwriter | Otago | Canterbury |
| Eden Margaret | Acoustic Folk | Otago | Can travel for the right gig |
| Government Pest | Heavy Rock | Palmerston North | Nationwide |
| Palotatia | Alternative Rock | Palmerston North / Wellington | Manawatu, possibly Whanganui & Wellington |
| Midnight Switch | Rock | Palmerston North | Nationwide |
| Bad Schematics | Pop Punk / Alt Rock | Palmerston North | Nationwide |
| Don't Eat The People | Rock, Heavy with some funk | Pukekohe | Most parts of the North Island |
| Penni Feather | Acoustic / Folk / Blues | Raglan | Raglan, Hamilton, Waikato |
| Soulti | Electronic / Pop | Raglan / Waikato / Auckland / Bay of Plenty | Nationwide |
| LA Thompson | Country Pop / Folk / Rock infusion | Tahawai / Bay of Plenty | Nationwide |
| Mihihea | RnB | Takaka | Prefers South Island |
| Frau Knotz | Electro-Pop / Dance | Taranaki | North Island, further afield for festivals |
| Courtnay & The Unholy Reverie | Delta Blues / Modern Rock | Taranaki | Nationwide |
| Shuv-It | Hardcore | Tasman / Marlborough | Nationwide |
| The Jason McIver Collective | Pop / Rock / Acoustic | Taupo | North Island / prefer Waikato |
| Skarpakazoo | Ska Punk | Taupo | Nationwide |
| Rehaab | Blues / Blues Rock / Classic Rock Originals | Tauranga | North Island / will consider South Island |
| Antebellum | Melodic Instrumental Alt Rock | Tauranga | Nationwide |
| Electric Universe | Rock | Tauranga | Nationwide |
| Hybrid Blues | Blues Rock | Tauranga | Nationwide |
| Dead Empire | Alternative Rock | Tauranga | Nationwide |
| Anthony Coulter Music | Pop Rock Reggae | Tauranga | North Island |
| Artinian | Pop Rock | Waikato | North Island |
| Rise The Wicked | Rock / Metal | Waikato | Nationwide & International |
| Mojo Alice | Hard Rock / Blues | Wellington | Nationwide |
| Bingo Fighter | Folk Rock | Wellington | Nationwide |
| Burning Embers | Rock | Wellington | Nationwide |
| Hadees Drudge | Metal & Rock | Wellington | Nationwide |
| The Bravo Uniform Mikes | Punk / Blues / Party | Wellington | North Island, can do South Island with extensive notice |
| How To Human | Rock | Wellington | North Island mainly |
| Seismic State | Rock | Wellington | Will travel anywhere for the right gigs |
| Yaya And The Snakes | Blues / Rock / Punk | Wellington | Nationwide |
| No Sudden Movements | Rock Pop | Wellington | Nationwide |
| Old School Road | Rock | Wellington | Nationwide |
| Groundfloor | Alternative Indie / Rock | Wellington | North Island, prefer Wellington region |
| Dislocate | Alt Rock / Metal | Wellington | Nationwide |
| Phat Krunk | Alt Rock / Blues Rock | Wellington | North Island |
| The Whiskey Show | Hard Rock | Wellington | Further Afield from Wellington |
| Uncools | Wellington | Nationwide | |
| Garden Heights | Indie / Reggae | Wellington | Nationwide |
| Ivy Angel | Pop RnB | Wellington | Mainly Wellington but will travel anywhere if it's a good gig |
| Planet Hunter | Stoner Rock | Wellington | Nationwide |
| The Julie Lamb Outfit | Funk Pop | Wellington | Wellington Region |
| Scorn of Creation | Death Metal | Wellington | Nationwide |
| Starving Millions | Metal / Hardcore | Wellington | Nationwide |
| Ten24 | Rock | Wellington | Lower North Island |
| Nicole Andrews | Electronic / Indie Alternative | Wellington | Happy to travel for the right gig |
| Steve Wright and Sugar Gliders | Acoustic/Rock & Electric Blues | Wellington | Nationwide |
| Southgate Ridge | Alt Country / Folk / Comedy | Wellington | Wellington Region |
| Danica Bryant | Singer-Songwriter / Pop-Rock | Wellington | Wellington & Hawkes Bay |
| Link City | Hip Hop / RnB | Wellington | Nationwide |
| Andy Gartrell | Singer-Songwriter / Pop | Wellington | Nationwide |
| Voodoo Bloo | Alternative Rock | Wellington | Nationwide |
| Sidewinder | Hard Rock / Desert Rock | Wellington | Nationwide |
| James Hunter | Alternative Folk / Singer-Songwriter | Wellington | Nationwide |
| Noise | Art-Rock | Wellington | North Island |
| Greta O'Leary | Indie Folk / Alternative | Wellington | Nationwide |
| This Silent Divide | Rock | Wellington | Nationwide |
| Haven | Pop Rock | Wellington | Nationwide |
| Bleeding Star | Noise Alternative Indie Rock | Wellington | Nationwide |
| Merrin | Rock | Wellington | Nationwide |
| Stretch To Mould | Alternative Rock | Wellington | Nationwide |
| Lung | Alternative Punk Grunge | Wellington | Nationwide |
| Gate Keeperz | Hip Hop | Wellington | Nationwide |
| Tahini Bikini | Funk / Pop / RnB Soul | Welllington | Nationwide |
| Choreboy! | Ambient Indie-Folk | Wellington | Lower Noth Island |
| People of the Sun | Psychedelic Rock | Wellington / New Plymouth / Auckland | Nationwide |
| Grumblewood | Progressive Folk Rock | Wellington / Kapiti | Lower North Island, further afield for Festivals |
| Pull Down The Sun | Progressive & Atmospheric Rock / Metal | Whanganui | Nationwide |
| Moondog Blues (band or solo) | Blues | Whangarei | Nationwide |
| NESS | Pop / Folk | Whangarei / Northland | Nationwide |
| Maggie Cocco's Science For Sociopaths | Adult Contemporary / Indie Singer-Songwriter | Whangarei | Nationwide |
| Velvet Arrow | Folk / Alt Country | Whangarei | Whangarei |