WOMAD Pop Up

Want a taste of WOMAD? Head to the WOMAD Pop Up supported by New Plymouth District Council and listen to 2019 festival artists Charlotte Johansen, Victoria Girling-Butcher and Las Cafeteras.

Las Cafeteras (Mexico / USA)
Las Cafeteras fuse Afro-Mexican, hip-hop, folk and First Nations rhythms into songs of activism and celebration. Generating a genre-bending sound and electric live performance with four versatile vocalists, their lyrically rich storytelling shares the hidden stories of migrant life in Los Angeles.

Charlotte Johansen (New Zealand / Aotearoa)
Charlotte Johansen has mastered the art of acoustic pop; writing lyrics that blend a sense of satire with everyday truth. She is known for turning her thoughts into catchy tunes and her performances into magical moments on stage. Career highlights include recording three albums, and opening for Dave Dobbyn and Shona Laing.

Victoria Girling-Butcher (New Zealand / Aotearoa)
During her twenty year career in music, songwriter/ singer/ guitarist Victoria Girling-Butcher has worked alongside New Zealand’s most celebrated and respected names from Brooke Fraser to Dave Dobbyn.

She has released numerous critically acclaimed albums with band Lucid 3 and as a solo artist. She has mentored young musicians from Patea to Paris. After returning from France, where she was a teacher at the Paris branch of Park Slope Rock School, she now resides in New Plymouth writing music and regularly touring with Dave Dobbyn as his rhythm guitarist.

This event is supported by the New Plymouth District Council and is part of the WOMAD Community Programme, which makes WOMAD accessible through workshops, concerts and artist interactions with communities in Taranaki.

Wet weather venue TSB Showplace.