Kora, Tiki Taane, LADI6 and The Black Seeds will perform in Whanganui on Saturday, February 20, at Cooks Gardens.
The inaugural Sound Valley Festival will showcase the largest music line-up Whanganui has seen.
The Black Seeds have released a new single, "Raised with Love", and are set to release their new album later this year.
Kora have also just released two singles - Secret Lover and Weekend.
Taane used to live in Palmerston North and his 2007 song, Always on My Mind, was the first Kiwi digital single to achieve platinum sales.