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. We don’t provide contact details for anyone on the list below, please make contact directly via social media.
If you would like to be added to this list, please email [email protected] with the following information: Name, Genre, Location and where you are willing to travel to.
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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Grumblewood | Progressive Folk Rock | Wellington / Kapiti | Lower North Island, further afield for Festivals etc |
| The Wake Up | Pop Punk / Alt Rock | Wellington / 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 |