Music festival returns for 2020
After lockdowns, social distancing and sittingdown to watch gigs, the Sanctuary Sounds music festival team are ready to put on a party. This year the small grass roots, notfor-profit music festival is happening once again in Takapau, this year with awild west theme.
“While most countries around the world maintain these measures, we gratefully find ourselves on the other side, looking straight ahead to summer, the peoplewelove to spend time with, and the musicweshare.”
The crew are all volunteers and their kaupapa has always been to give themusos a stage to perform, and the people a chilled inclusive space to spend aweekend.
The festival has changed over 14 years from an allday gig on the back porch of the organisers’ house to the first three-day festival in 2013, featuring Cornerstone Roots andSwampThing.
After having to moveto anew venue in 2017, “the biggest little music festival in Hawke’s Bay” will once again be three days in Takapau from December 4-6.
Every year is themed, and costumes will be encouraged to reflect the Stop The BullGoWild West theme.
Organiser Danielle Burns said there has been an “enormous” amount of interest fromNewZealand bands wanting to play this year.
“Maybemorethan usual due to the border closures and gigs being cancelled.
“Sadly, we’ve had to say no to lots of people but we’re really happy with our line-up this year. It’s amazing to think you can hear 30 bands over the three days!”
NewZealand artists will headline the festival including Raglan based band Lost Tribe Aotearoa, Wellington Rock Band MERRIN, female fronted three-piece Violet Highway and Blue River Babywhose debut album hitNo 1 in theNZIndieAlbum charts last year.
This year is significant as it will be documented by Vitor Crispim, the co
founder andCEOof ReGeneration Productions, a family-owned production house based in rural Hawke’s Bay.
Sanctuary Sounds’ organiser Danielle Buns says, “We’ve had an enormous amount of interest from NZbands wanting to play this year.”
Punters cancampfor free and there will be food trucks and artisan stalls close by.