Rotorua will not host the Raggamuffin festival this year. The promoters of the show announced on Friday that the 10th festival, scheduled

Gay broadcaster and MC Steven Oates is hosting three events at this month's Auckland Pride Festival.

Festival goers in Melbourne's west were punched and kicked, and had phones, wallets and bags stolen, by a gang of 40 youths.

The Raggamuffin Music Festival, which was be held in Auckland next Saturday, has been postponed until November - and a new venue could be on the cards.

Auckland music fans have been given a pleasant summer surprise today with Underworld confirmed to headline a brand new music festival.

Thousands came together at festivals across the region today to celebrate Waitangi day. While free rides, stalls, and entertainment

Some of the biggest acts in the hipster music world were at Laneway. But they were all outshined by the day's real star: the new venue.

Lorde's in line to play Coachella and the Governor's Ball, so we crunched the numbers to see what it would cost Kiwis to go see her.

Next month's Raggamuffin music festival will be the last, promoters have confirmed.

American hip hop artist Chance the Rapper wooed a capacity crowd on the first day of Rhythm and Vines, telling the crowd he would move to NZ.

You might want to curb your enthusiasm for Auckland City Limits because now you have to wait 'til 2018.

Soundsplash has your summer sorted, rounding off its festival lineup with Tiki Taane, Hollie Smith and a bunch more acts.

This summer's Rhythm and Vines just got a whole lot bigger and better.

As the old saying goes, you wait for one festival headliner to come along, and then three arrive all at once. That's what happened to Mitch Lowe.

Here's the lineup and everything else you need to know if you're planning on heading to WOMAD in 2017.

Next year's winery tour features two well known faces - and one semi-new one.

The weather didn't ruin the first day of the Auckland Diwali Festival, but protesters had a go at spoiling a "joyous moment", an organiser says.

The Dixie Chicks are set to bring their multi-Grammy Award winning music to the Mission Estate Winery landscape next April.

An accidental Auckland music festival is returning for its second year, and its organiser admits there are "probably too many acts" on the bill.

Despite last summer's somewhat disastrous festival season, our options are still looking pretty good.

Raglan-based music festival Soundsplash is returning in 2017 with the likes of Six60, Maala and Diaz Grimm ready to wow the crowds.

The area's creativity is on show, writes Sara Bunny.

On a cold Edinburgh night, it's like a slice of a Kiwi summer has come to theatre as Todd Emerson launches into a raucous version of Th' Dudes' Bliss.

Rhythm And Vines has just made its first lineup announcement for 2016, with Chance the Rapper and Rufus headlining the group.

Festival fans have cause to celebrate - Auckland's biggest music event is coming back for round two.

At a whopping $1.45 million a ticket, Iceland's Secret Solstice Festival has got to be the most expensive party ever.

The promoters of an all-new hip-hop festival in Auckland are confident their line-up of veteran hip-hop acts will deliver.

How did Auckland's newest music festival cope with crowds of 25,000? The Herald team takes a look at the things you might have missed at Auckland City Limits.

Bone Thugs-N- Harmony will headline an all-new hip-hop festival in Auckland in May, it has been confirmed.

Prime Minister John Key was among guests at the festival today.