SUNSHINE SOUNDS: The Black Seeds will return to their sunshine reggae roots when the band joins a top line-up of acts for Waitangi Day Out free concert at the Soundshell on Saturday. Picture supplied
SUNSHINE SOUNDS: The Black Seeds will return to their sunshine reggae roots when the band joins a top line-up of acts for Waitangi Day Out free concert at the Soundshell on Saturday. Picture supplied
Sunshine reggae vibes, and real sunshine, will light up the Waitangi Day Out free concert at the Soundshell on Saturday.
The Black Seeds return not only to Gisborne but to the 10-piece's classic reggae roots with Raised With Love, the first single off their new album due for release thisyear.
In pursuit of his dream to release 10 albums in 10 genres in 10 years, multi-genre musician Troy Kingi and his band The Clutch have fitted the Waitangi Day Out event into their tour, The Ghost of Freddie Cream Summer Roady. Dedicated to memories, lost souls, and 70s funk the tour comes off the back of Kingi's most recent album, The Ghost of Freddie Cesar, and is described as the artist's most personal work to date. The album is the fourth instalment in Kingi's 10-10-10 series.
Top acts continue to roll out with East Coast Music Ltd founder Tyna Keelan's band the Witchdoctor, Ria Hall, Bella Kalolo, and local acts Supreme Brother Sound, The Lei Lows, and Raiha Moetara, Presented by Te Runanga o Turanganui a Kiwa and East Coast Music, the concert will also include King Dynamite, and DJ Murdururah on decks.
A focus of the concert is to keep the community safe from Covid-19, said event project manager Athena Emmerson-Kapa.
Aspirations and goal-setting are also highlighted.
“That's what we'll try to encourage from the stage this year. It's also about informing people a little about the Treaty of Waitangi to try to acknowledge what was done back then and what we acknowledge now and what we can do as a nation moving forward.”
The Waitangi Day Out free concert will be held at the Soundshell on Centennial Marine Drive on Saturday. Gates open at 10am and the concert starts at 10.30am. Take a picnic, or eat from the kai carts and don't forget an umbrella for shade and sunblock for the rays.
The MetService /Te Ratonga Tirorangi forecast for the day is some cloud, the possibility of a few showers, easing southerlies and a high of 20 degrees.
The public holiday to celebrate Waitangi Day is on Monday, February 8.
