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AMPED MUSIC PROJECT 2025: THE LATEST WAVE OF MUSICAL TALENT FROM ŌTEPOTI SAT 6 SEPT @ TE WHARE O RUKUTIA, 1-5pm Gig #3: with special guests Te Kahui and The Gathering (ex Amped) Deaf Raccoon Eris Ethan Shaw-Wood Grace Gemmell Livvii Winter Ruckus free+koha tickets from: https://events.humanitix.com/amped-2025-gig-3-with-special-guests-te-kahui-and-the-gathering/tickets SUN 7 SEPT @ PEARL DIVER Gig #4: with special guests U-No Juno Crash Dead Men Float Eri Flush Median Noelle Hill Possum & Friends free+koha tickets from: https://events.humanitix.com/amped-2020-gig-4-with-special-guests-u-no-juno/tickets SAT 23 AUG @ TE WHARE O RUKUTIA, 1-5pm Gig #1: SEEK HELP! Spiderdick Angels' Mischief Oceans For Backyards Talking Furniture Smosh with special guests Pearly* free / koha tickets from https://events.humanitix.com/amped-2025-gig-1-w-special-guests-pearly/tickets SUN 24 AUG @ TE WHARE O RUKUTIA, 1-5pm Gig #2: The Late News Lucy & Annamika Blue Goldfish SOGG Motheaten Tyler with special guest Cecil Turbine free / koha tickets from https://events.humanitix.com/amped-2025-w-special-guest-cecil-turbine/tickets Poster design by Perry Goldsmith (Human Susan, Roadside Picnic) and Tane Cotton (Sivle Talk, ex Amped).
AMPED WORKSHOPS 2025:
Amped workshops are for our participants.
SAT 2 AUG @ TE WHARE O RUKUTIA, 20 Princes St, 1-5pmWorkshop #1: Orientation / Venues / Gig Planning.Core crew Craig Monk, Natasha Griffiths, Stephen Kilroy (Stephen, Fish St Studios), Sam Healey (Cecil Turbine), Petra Paignton, Craig Birch-Morunga (Syrup Bois, Hystera), Keira Wallace (ex Amped), Izzy Fyfe (Youbeepastablaster, Rheumy, ex Amped), Fi Carr (Radio One)
SUN 3 AUG @ YOURS, 43 Moray Place, 1-5pmWorkshop #2: Songwriting / Live SoundCore crew plus guests Robert Scott (The Bats, The Clean), Grace Gemmell (Amped), Hystera
SAT 9 AUG @ SOUTH LINK PRODUCTIONS, South Link House, 5 Melville St, 1-5pmWorkshop #3: Studio Sound / Studio Recording / Music GearCore crew plus Nick Roughan (South Link Productions, ex Writhe Recording Studio, Skeptics), HŌHĀ, Murdabike, Shaky Hollows, Re:Gear
SUN 10 AUG @ TE WHARE, 1-5pmWorkshop #4: Making / Doing / Releasing / BookingCore crew plus guests Keira Wallace, Alex Anderson (ex Amped, Music Exists), Te Kahui Mariu-Boreham (ex Amped), Pearly* and venues Yours, Pearl Diver, Te Whare O Rukutia and Pioneer Hall.
Our programme includes opportunities for radio interviews, professional recordings, follow up 'ask us anything' sessions, and more.
AMPED MUSIC PROJECT 2024:
SAT 31 AUG 2024 @ TE WHARE O RUKUTIA, 1-5pm20 Princes St
Grace GemmellErisYoubee’s Rubies12 (One Two)AskholeSEEK HELP!Angel's Mischief
with special guests GHOST COLORED FACES (ex Amped)
SUN 1 SEPT @ TE WHARE O RUKUTIA, 1-5pm
Red RekordsGeorge McKinnonAlex AustinAmber HurringKeira Wallace
with special guest VIOLET HIRST
SAT 7 SEPT @ TE WHARE O RUKUTIA, 1-5pm
Livvii WinterNIHONZARURoadkillSoul SideSoggFlush Median
with special guests ROBOTS IN LOVE
SUN 8 SEPT @ PEARL DIVER 73 St Andrews St
KROOD!Alex AndersonEmily RoyGrace GemmellRed RekordsAshane De SilvaChris Body
with special guest KEIRA WALLACE (Amped)
..and screenprinting with Eliza McMillan (Signal Hill Studios) Poster design by Tane Cotton (Sivle Talk, ex Amped)
AMPED WORKSHOPS 2024:
SAT 10 AUG @ TE WHARE O RUKUTIA, 1-5pmWorkshop #1: Orientation / Venues / Gig Planning.Core crew Stephen Kilroy (Stephen, Fish St Studios), Sam Healey (Kāhu Rōpū), Jayde Medder (Mary Berry, Denudes), Craig Birch-Morunga (Syrup Bois, Hystera), plus guest Keira Wallace (Amped)
SUN 11 AUG @ YOURS, 1-5pmWorkshop #2: Songwriting / Live SoundCore crew plus guests Jesse Hanan (Ivy, ex Amped), Izzy Fyfe (Amped), Spontaneous Rhombustion
SAT 17 AUG @ SOUTH LINK PRODUCTIONS, 1-5pmWorkshop #3: Studio Sound / Studio Recording / Music GearCore crew plus Nick Roughan (Writhe Recording Studio, Skeptics), OMMU, Robots In Love, Re:Gear
SUN 18 AUG @ TE WHARE, 1-5pmWorkshop #4: Making / Doing / Releasing / BookingCore crew plus guests Violet Hirst, Death and the Maiden, cloudboy, Syrup Bois, Joerg Bendt (Dank Fest), Katie Peppercorn (Waitati Music Festival), Yours, The Duck, Pearl Diver, Te Whare o Rukutia.
Amped Music Project 2024 is proudly produced by Dunedin Fringe and is made possible thanks to generous funding from NZ On Air, Creative New Zealand, the Otago Community Trust, the Dunedin City Council, the NZ Music Commission, APRA AMCOS NZ, and the Sargood Bequest.
Guest tutors, techs, artists and mentors at Amped workshops have included: Craig Birch-Morunga (Syrup Bois, Hystera), Keira Wallace (ex Amped), Jesse Hanan (Ivy, ex Amped), Spontaneous Rhombustion, Nick Roughan (South Link Productions, Writhe Recording Studio, Skeptics), OMMU, Robots In Love, Re:Gear, Violet Hirst, Lucinda King and Danny Brady (Death and the Maiden), Michael Morris (The Duck, ex Bark!), Kate Schrader (Te Whare o Rukutia), Tawhai Huriwai, Jenny Duncan (Pearl Diver, Spaceland, Human Susan), Izzy Fyfe (Yours), Jones Chin (The Crown Hotel), Joerg Bendt (Dank Fest), Bruce Mahalski (Toothfish), Abby Wolfe, Richard Ley-Hamilton (asta rangu, trace/untrace), Julie Dunn (Bathysphere, trace/untrace), Liam Hoffman and Liam Clune (Night Lunch), Adelaide Dunn (Adelaide Cara, Repulsive Woman, Radio One), Natasha Griffiths (Flying Nun, HDU,. Dimmer), Tane Cotton (Bliss Point, The Allophones), Sam Healey (Cecil Turbine, Kāhū Rōpū), Hiliako Iaheto and Rangitakau Tekii (Inati, Koilē), Eliza McMillan (Signal Hill Studios), Craig Monk (cloudboy, The Broken Heartbreakers, Tall Folk, OMMU, DSO), Katie Peppercorn (Waitati Music Festival), Steve Marshall (Feastock, Left or Right), Jay Clarkson (Breathing Cage, The Expendables), Alan Haig (The Chills, Snapper, Jay Clarkson), Jayde Medder (Mary Berry, Denudes), Tristan Dingemans (HDU, Kāhu Rōpū) Calla Knudson-Hollebon (Calla), Connor Boyle (ConfusiOHM), Molly Devine, Francisca Griffin (Look Blue Go Purple), Stef Animal (Stef Animal, mestar), Deirdre Newall (Tiny Pieces of 8), Rachel Bailey and John Howell (The Broken Heartbreakers), Maddy Parkins-Craig (University of Otago, SAE, SIT), Domi Angelo-Laloli (OAR FM), Fraser Thompson (Dunedinsound.com), Cath Anderson (NZ Music Commission), Dean Cameron (Recorded Music NZ), Dylan Pellett (Independent Music NZ), Jo Little (Bark! / Dog With Two Tails), Robert Scott (The Bats, The Clean), Nadia Reid, Shayne Carter (Straitjacket Fits, Dimmer) and Henry Francis (Soaked Oats, Dive Music Venue).
Guest artists at Amped gigs have included: Ghost Colored Faces, Violet Hirst, Robots In Love, Keira Wallace, Tough Guy, Laney Blue, Wet Specimen, Denudes, Abby Wolfe, Dale Kerrigan, Piecemeal, Buddy, The Allophones, Jay Clarkson and The Containers, Neive Strang Band, Blue Cheese, Calla, Night Lunch, Human Susan, Molly Devine, Stef Animal, Francisca Griffin and the Bus Shelter Boys and Koizilla. We've also had Abby Wolfe, The Broken Heartbreakers, Shayne Carter, Nadia Reid, Adelaide Cara, Jay Clarkson and Keira Wallace play in our workshops.

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