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 |
| Remote | Metal | Auckand | Nationwide |
| Forsaken Age | Heavy Metal | Auckland | |
| Sons of Satan | Thrash Metal | Auckland | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 and Hamilton |
| Anti Matter | Alternative | Auckland | Nationwide |
| Isla | Folk | Auckland | North Island |
| Coridian | Alternative Rock | Auckland | Nationwide |
| 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 | |
| Blu Fish | Psychedelic Indie Alternative Rock | Auckland | North Island |
| Swerve City | Heavy Rock | Auckland | |
| Animalhead | Rock | Auckland | Nationwide |
| Hunt The Witch | Heavy Alt Rock / Stoner Rock | Auckland | Nationwide |
| Lakius | Metal | Auckland | |
| Trepidations | Chaotic Pop | Auckland | |
| 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 (Rei) | 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 and 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 and Northland |
| Where You Wig Out | Indie Rock | Auckland | Nationwide |
| The Mechanism | Drum and 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 and Auckland |
| Finger Tight | Pop-Punk / Hardcore / Rock | Auckland | Nationwide |
| 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 and outside of Auckland |
| Raging Flowers | Singer-Songwriter / Indie Pop | Auckland | 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 and 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 |
| 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 | |
| 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 |
| Darryl Baser | Misc | Dunedin | Christchurch, Oamaru, Gore, Invercargill |
| Ajax and The Washin' Up | Rock n Roll | Dunedin | |
| Before the Snooze | Alternative Pop Rock | Dunedin | May travel to other South Island centres |
| Human Confusion | Any | Dunedin | Nationwide |
| Tomahawk Radio | Alternative Rock | Dunedin | Dunedin |
| Psycho King Dogs | Punk | Dunedin | |
| Saurian | Rock | Dunedin | Nationwide |
| Paul S Allen | Acoustic, Folk, Rock, Alt Country | Dunedin | Dunedin. Lower South Island if can manage costs. |
| 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 | |
| Rubine | Classic Rock, Prog Rock | Hamilton | Auckland, Waikato, Bay of Plenty, Rotorua |
| Leave The Dead | Metal | Hamilton | |
| 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 | |
| Checaine | Hard Alternative Rock | Hamilton | |
| Mega Maw | NuMetal / Psychedelic / Heavy Rock | Hamilton | Nationwide |
| JP & The Drag Kings | Rock / Soul Blues / Funk Originals | Hamilton | |
| Stone Clones | Hard Rock / Desert Rock | Hamilton | Auckland, Tauranga, Raglan, Taupo (for the right gig) and 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 | |
| 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 |
| 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 | |
| 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. |
| 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 | |
| Rhianna Fricker | Jazz / Soul | Oamaru | Dunedin |
| School of Rock | Top 40 Rock | Oamaru | |
| 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 and Wellington |
| Midnight Switch | Rock | Palmerston North | Nationwide |
| Don't Eat The People | Rock, Heavy with some funk | Pukekohe | Most parts of the North Island |
| LA Thompson | Country Pop, Folk / Rock infusion | Tahawai, Bay of Plenty | Nationwide |
| Frau Knotz | Electro-Pop, Dance | Taranaki | North Island, further afield for festivals |
| The Jason McIver Collective | Pop / Rock / Acoustic | Taupo | North Island / prefer Waikato |
| 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 |
| Mojo Alice | Hard Rock / Blues | Wellington | Nationwide |
| Bingo Fighter | Folk Rock | Wellington | |
| Burning Embers | Rock | Wellington | |
| Hadees Drudge | Metal and Rock | Wellington | Nationwide |
| The Deadbeat Dads | Blues / Punk / Rock | Wellington | Lower North Island, will consider all other travel including overseas |
| 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 | |
| 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 | ||
| Garden Heights | Indie / Reggae | Wellington | |
| 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 and Electric Blues | Wellington | Nationwide |
| Southgate Ridge | Alt Country / Folk / Comedy | Wellington | Wellington Region |
| Danica Bryant | Singer-Songwriter / Pop-Rock | Wellington | Wellington and 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 | Wellignton | Nationwide |
| Grumblewood | Progressive Folk Rock | Wellington / Kapiti | Lower North Island, further afield for Festivals etc |
| Bad Schematics | Pop Punk / Alt Rock | Palmerston North | Nationwide |
| Pull Down The Sun | Progressive and Atmospheric Rock / Metal | Whanganui | Nationwide |
| Moondog Blues (band or solo) | Blues | Whangarei | Nationwide |
| Velvet Arrow | Folk / Alt Country | Whangarei | Whangarei |