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‘Rock royalty’ heading for Taupō
The line-up for January’s Summer Concert has been announced with Iggy Pop and Joan Jett featuring.
Concert to help crash victims
Two Taupō mums have been galvanised into rapidly organising a benefit concert on Saturday (September 6) to help ease the lasting implications of a serious car accident involving four Year 12 boys from Taupō-nui-a-Tia College.
College students take to the stage
Students from both Tauhara and Taupō-nui-a-Tia College will present pieces at the September midday concert.
Mixing music with a dose of humour
The Whakaipo Lodge Winter Concert is an intimate affair, with everyone gathered under the marquee in the Lodge gardens.
Start planning for summer fun
Popular indie and house music festival Le Currents has announced its line-up for its summer concert on December 28 at Riverside Park.
Triple treat for Midday Concert
Three local groups fill the bill at the August midday concert – Keynotes Choir, Taupō Youth Strings and Taupō Strings.
A midday musical interlude
July’s Midday Concert features two Waikato University vocalists accompanied by Fergus Byett formerly from Taupō, who returns for his final performance before pursuing his musical career in the United Kingdom.
Out of the shower and into the choir
Do you sing in the shower, burst into song when your favourite music plays or love to sing, anywhere, any time? Then the Taupō Choral Society needs you.
All roads lead to Taupō
After three years on the road, the New Zealand Highwaymen are concluding their 2025 tour in Taupō.
Variety in evening concert
The Taupō Concert Band will once again assume an evening spot in the midday concert series with several members reinvigorated from attendance at May’s Bay of Plenty Music School.
Concert to support young musicians
Talented youth from Taupō and Rotorua provide the performances at ‘Art in the House and Garden’, a June 8 concert raising money to support young classical musicians in the region.
Sweet music comes to Taupō
Organisers of the Bay of Plenty Music School (BOPMS) in Taupō were rapt with the numbers attending and the response to the final concert on Sunday afternoon.
A weekend of wonderful music
Organisers are pushing for plenty of local participation in this year’s Bay of Plenty Music School in Taupō in May.
High powered duo present April midday concert
Two accomplished University of Auckland musicians will present the April Midday Concert ensuring Taupō audiences get a sneak preview of the duo’s appearances at the 2025 Whakatipu Music Festival.
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