Programme Guest Artists
Featuring world class musicians ...
... from New Zealand and around the world, Whare Flat Folk Festival is four days of music, sun, camping, workshops and jams in the idyllic native bush surrounds of Waiora Scout Camp. Just 15 minutes' drive from Dunedin, Whare Flat is the best way to see in the New Year.
Guest artists 2024/25
Ebony Lamb with Gram Antler
Ebony Lamb, one of New Zealand’s finest singer-songwriters, delivering a unique blend of indie-folk-alt-pop with a voice described by Rolling Stone as “imbued with the honey-soaked hue of ...
Krissy Jackson Duo
Krissy Jackson’s fiddle-centric folk takes the listener on a musical journey, from foot-stomping to heart-wrenching and everything in between. Described as “an extraordinary musician and h...
Nigel Wearne (AUS)
Nigel Wearne saunters after dark in the music of the night, blending blues, jazz and Americana-noir. Hailing from Gunditjmara country in the deep south of Australia, he's a guitarist and multi-ins...
The Ebeling Brothers (USA/NZ)
The Ebeling Brothers bring their unique blend of Blues, Americana, Cajun, Country and Rock & Roll back to New Zealand. The Ebeling Brothers over the years have done support for Charlie Musselwh...
Mike Harding
This year marks 40 years dedicated to celebrating the people of New Zealand, their songs and their stories for Mike Harding. In 1984 Mike’s ‘Time on the Road’ LP was released by C...
Rhythm & Kin
Rhythm and Kin areTamsin and Phoebe Leenhouwers, a mother-daughter duo from the beautiful Riwaka Valley in the Nelson/Tasman region. The music they bring is inspired by traditional Celtic and fol...
Gumboot Tango
Gumboot Tango are an acoustic combo from Godzone Lando celebrating New Zealand songs and songwriters with a farmyard infectious humour guaranteed to put a smile on your feet and the swing back in a Ta...
The Hexamshire Lass
Helen Capes is the Hexhamshire Lass Helen's voice and the unique sound of the Northumbrian smallpipes — a magical combination. This ex-pat Northumbrian has played festivals and clubs...
The Couple
The Couple are Neil Finlay & Crissi Blair Neil picked up the guitar as a teenager and his love for old-time blues has seen him sharing the stage with international blues and country musicians, ...
Dave Murphy & Janet Muggeridge
Together, Dave and Janet play their own brand of folk, originals, blues and Americana. As a couple, they combine a formidable musical skillset. Their sound is underpinned by Murphy’s drivin...
Oscar LaDell Band (AUS/NZ)
Naarm/Melbourne-based Singer Songwriter Oscar LaDell's electrifying, genre-bending sound is the perfect blend of power and tenderness. Oscar draws on the influences of Soul & Blues to give per...
Westward
Westward (Deb and Mike Harding, Lisa Dohig and Ken Kowalchuk) have been involved in playing folk music in Taranaki since Ken and Lisa arrived in New Plymouth following a spell in Ohura (teaching, not ...
Cath King (SCOT) - Choir
Cath King’s festival choir was a great success last year with daily sessions and a performance on the last day so we’re delighted that she has agreed to run it again this summer. Cath will...
Fiona Murdoch - Dance
Fiona Murdoch | Dance Tutor From the Adriatic to the Black Sea / The Balkan Beat / East of Constantinople Fiona is a versatile dancer who, while on an extended OE cycling through the Balkan and...
