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Boh Runga and her band will join The Electric Confectionaires, Batucada Sound Machine,
Tahuna Breaks and the Andrew White Band in a full day music festival at the Coromandel Area
School, Coromandel Town, on Sunday, January 3rd ‐‐ the day after the famous Keltic Fair and on
the same grounds.
The new festival is presented by the Coromandel Education Advancement Charitable Trust,
CEDACT and operates in cooperation with the Keltic Fair the day before. All proceeds past
expenses will benefit education in Coromandel and the Coromandel Area School in particular.
The event is running from 11am in the morning and will close at 7pm. Food and trade stalls are
on site to cater to the patrons, as well as a beer tent. “The event is designed as a great summer
family day out to celebrate the New Year”, says Thomas Everth, Chairman of CEDACT. “The
programme presents some of New Zealand’s best current artists and bands with UK
singer/songwriter Andrew White also performing with his band”.
Tickets are $45 for adults and $20 for 10 to 16 year olds, while under 10’s are free of charge.
Tickets are sold through iTicket. Call 0508 iTicket or 0508 484253.
“We expect tickets to sell fast due to the popular line‐up and mid‐summer date and as ticket
numbers are limited, better be quick than to miss out” says Thomas Everth. “The Keltic Fair the
day before consistently draws up to 15,000 visitors to Coromandel Town, so we expect a sell‐
out crowd for the music festival the next day.” Both, Keltic Fair and the Music Festival share
common infrastructure and are organized by the same group of people.
Boh Runga will perform music from her just released solo debut album “Right Here” and some
of her best known songs. Boh has recorded a string of hits over three albums with her band
Stellar*, including their most recent number one, 'For A While' and classics like 'Violent',
'Taken', 'Undone', 'Part of Me' and 'Whiplash'.
Among the acts at the festival is the 13 piece Batucada Sound Machine, a bunch of 13 mad
musicians which boasts members from Chile, Brazil, the UK... and Mangere Bridge ‐ and as the
numbers suggest, the sound they create is truly massive, with Brazilian influences. Batucada
and Andrew White have previously also performed to an excited audience at WOMAD among
many other national and international festivals.
Eagerly waited will also be the performance of the Electric Confectionaires, perhaps the best
new band to watch as Time Out put it. Just barely out of high school, the Confectionaries
opened at the Auckland Big Day Out and performed at some of the most prestigious festivals in
New Zealand and have become a sensation especially for the young generation.
Andrew White and his band will bring his story telling style of great original songs to the
festival. Andrew, who began his career busking in Christchurch, has seen more than a million of
records sold comprising of his compositions.
Rounding up the bill are the Tahuna Breaks, an uplifting reggae / funk / soul band based in
Auckland with a strong local fan base. With influences varying from the likes of Marvin Gaye,
Red Hot Chilli Peppers, James Brown, UB40 and New Zealand's very own dub and reggae
movement, Tahuna Breaks are a rootsy blend of funk and reggae with that distinctive New
Zealand summery sound.
Stunning high act acrobatics by the Twisty Twins will also be on display. The Twisty Twins,
raised in Coromandel, have become an international circus sensation after completing their
studies at the Christchurch Circus School.
Further information about the festival is on the festival’s official website: www.cedact.org.nz
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