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Sunshine and music trumps doom and gloom
Given the preceding week of weather, organisers of the Greenstone Summer Concert Tour series will be thanking their stars the rain largely held off for a successful opening show in Taupō.
What’s on around the Taupō District - 22 January 2026
‘Rock royalty’ hits Taupō
From A to Zed – band goes full circle
Having formed in the late 1990s, Kiwi rockers ZED are finding performing and releasing new music a renaissance experience.
‘Fairly Obvious’ choice for local act
When it came to Greenstone Entertainment choosing a local act to settle the incoming tide of summer concert goers the choice was Fairly Obvious.
What’s on around the Taupō District
From rock royalty to life-sized dinosaurs, there’s an event for everyone coming up in the Taupō District over the next few weeks.
‘Rock royalty’ heading for Taupō
The line-up for January’s Summer Concert has been announced with Iggy Pop and Joan Jett featuring.
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.
Tourism sector outpaces hotel development
Taupō’s business agencies are targeting hotel developers in a bid to solve a shortage of quality accommodation.
Taupō feels the beat
It was a sell-out crowd of 17,000 on the day for the 2025 Greenstone Summer Concert Tour at the Taupō Amphitheatre, with Everclear, Bic Runga, ICEHOUSE and Cold Chisel taking to the stage.
Summer of music continues
The second half of a massive fortnight of music happens this weekend with the Taupō leg of the Summer Concert Tour.
Bringing the jazz
Leading the horn section for chart topping reggae band L.A.B is all in a day’s work for Taupō-raised musician Louisa Williamson.
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