Festival principal conductor Sarah-Grace Williams will be a part of the 2026 festival's Symphony No 7 – a brand new set list created exclusively for the event.
Festival principal conductor Sarah-Grace Williams will be a part of the 2026 festival's Symphony No 7 – a brand new set list created exclusively for the event.
The final line-up for the 2026 Synthony Festival has been confirmed, with promoters adding Christchurch singer Cassie Henderson and Devilskin frontwoman Jennie Skulander, among others.
The duo are included in an already stacked festival line-up featuring artists such as Christchurch drum and bass group Shapeshifter, Waimate country star Kaylee Belland The Exponents.
The 2026 show will also premiere Synthony No 7 – a brand new set list created exclusively for the event, performed by the Auckland Philharmonia and conducted by Sarah-Grace Williams.
The one-day festival will take place at the Auckland Domain on March 21, where artists reimagine their songs with support from an orchestra – alongside house DJs Nice ‘n’ Urlich and local duo Made You Look, promoters confirmed this morning.
Also joining the line-up are Ilan Kidron, Emily Williams, Jujulipps, Lewis McCallum, Nate Dousand and Ventura Blac.
The 2025 sell-out event was attended by 40,000 people and featured more than 183 performers, 58 orchestra members and a 2000-strong crew working on the $1.8 million production.
Cassie Henderson has been added to the Synthony 2026 bill.
British electronic dance act Faithless will perform in New Zealand with a full live band for the first time in over two decades. The group, perhaps best known for the hit God Is A DJ, have sold more than 20 million albums, with streaming numbers close to one billion.
Aussie’s Peking Duk are Aria Award-winners and regular faces at festivals here and across the Tasman and The Black Seeds have taken their Kiwi sound to the world.
Who: Shapeshifter, Kaylee Bell, Peking Duk, Faithless, The Exponents, Hot Dub Time Machine, The Black Seeds, Made You Look, Nice ‘n’ Urlich, Beccie B, Flamingo Pier (DJ set), Scary B. Mean, Pixie Lane x Kazi Flip, Take Em To Church, Tim Phin.
Synthony No 7: Auckland Philharmonia conducted by Sarah-Grace Williams, Kaylee Bell, Cassie Henderson, Jennie Skulander, P Diggs, Ilan Kidron, Emily Williams, Jujulipps, Lewis McCallum, Nate Dousand and Ventura Blac.
