Auckland City Limits Launches Competition

Auckland City Limits Launches V Energy Stage Opening Band Competition

The competition to find a local act to open the V Energy Stage at Auckland City Limits has commenced.

The festival is asking artists to submit videos via Radio Hauraki’s website with the leading contenders appearing on watchme.co.nz where the most popular clip will win the coveted slot opening the Auckland City Limits music festival on19 March.

Auckland City Limits’ festival lineup of forty acts already includes hip-hop superstar Kendrick Lamar, The National, Modest Mouse, Girl Talk, and Fat Freddy’s Drop. There’s just one space up for grabs now.

“We’re looking for a mindblowing act to open the festival,” says promoter Campbell Smith, “and we want to see what people can do in a two minute video to show us how much talent they have and what lengths they’re prepared to go to in order to win this slot.

“We’d like to think that by expecting the unexpected, someone is going to take the format to the next level to win the eyeballs on watchme.co.nz”

The competition runs through February and details can be found onaucklandcitylimits.com and the #WINNING section of hauraki.co.nz

Auckland City Limits Music Festival 2016 Lineup:

Kendrick Lamar, The National, Fat Freddy’s Drop, Modest Mouse, Girl Talk, Shapeshifter, Action Bronson, The Naked and Famous, BROODS, Ladyhawke, Cold War Kids, Jarryd James, Grace Potter, Highly Suspect, Kamasi Washington, Shakey Graves, Lord Huron, St. Paul & the Broken Bones, Houndmouth, Che Fu & the Kratez, The Phoenix Foundation, Tami Neilson, Gang of Youths, MAALA, Kinetic, Racing, Openside, Delaney Davidson, Peter Baecker LIVE, Hopetoun Brown, Carnivorous Plant Society, Shab Orkestra, Storehouse Blues, David Correos, Joseph Harper, Paul Amos, Amorous Ava Burlesque, DJ TSR Airlines, DJ TV Disko, DJ House of Bamboo

Tickets for Auckland City Limits are available from www.aucklandcitylimits.com and Ticketmaster.

Earlybird priced tickets in limited numbers are still available. Kids 10 and under are free with a ticketed adult.

Inspired by and aligned with the world-class Austin City Limits Music Festival in Austin, Texas, Auckland City Limits Music Festival will fuse the best elements of Austin’s premier festival with a New Zealand flavor and spirit to create an event that will celebrate the spirit and heritage of Auckland for years to come.

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