Springboard Youth Music 4

Springboard youth music is back baby!! We have another epic lineup sure to delight for one last time in 2024.

This gig aims at giving youth musicians from around te tai tokerau and even further abroad a chance at playing a fun gig in a safe and professional environment (ONEONESIX Whangārei).

The fourth lineup of Springboard youth music consists of a exciting group of inspiring young acts:

Cloud Refinery - Cloud Refinery is an established artist currently based in Whangārei. I pride myself in writing "sad songs, cool songs, real songs." My influences range from Eliott Smith to Nick Drake, as well as Pixies to Radiohead. CR will be debuting new originals as well as playing at Springboard for the first time.

Flea Miller - Flea Miller is an independent Indie Rock artist born and raised in Auckland, New Zealand. In early 2022 Flea started mixing/Mastering and releasing all his music all by himself in his parent’s storage room, later forming CatMan Records straight out of his room. Flea combines elements from ShoeGaze With Midwest emo, Jangle rock and pop to create a blend of noise. Two years later Flea has garnered a small cult following and has now garnered over 60 thousand streams on the title track of his debut e.p Sun Came Down

Isabela Cameron - Isabela Cameron is a soloist from Whangarei but is now based in Christchurch for university. I mostly do covers but I have written some original songs, inspired by artists such as Phoebe Bridgers and Beabadoobee. Sad/bedroom pop style music!

ALOFAU - Anabelle Tuato’o is a Top 20 Finalist from Smokefree Tangata Beats and a Play It Strange Finalist 2024. She’ll be performing originals in English and te reo Māori along with some favourite throw-back covers.

Grove trio - The Grove Trio is a jazz combo lead by Tobias Grove, a 1st year jazz student at Auckland University. He is joined by Vadim Fong on Saxophone and Daniel Kim on drums to present some classic and well known jazz stands and funky tunes. 

HIT ME - HIT ME is a Whangarei band formed in early June this year. They find refuge in the alternative side of music but love variety. While they do have originals in the making, they will be performing a set of covers sure to entertain.

Gordem - Gordem is the noise rock styled musical duo consisting of drummer Asher Williams and guitarist Connor Ayre. They formed in late 2023 and have since been refining a unique D.I.Y sound based on punk and progressive rock. The duo are self taught and express an aggression in their sound reminiscent of the gruntier works of Nirvana for example.

Rangawhā - We are Rangawhā, a team of four passionate performers who love playing many types of different music together, we haven’t been together for a very long time but we love performing as a group.

Doors will open at 6pm, and this epic gig will start at 6:15 pm!! Food and soft drinks will be avaliable at the ONEONESIX bar. So come help support the booming Northland youth music scene by purchasing your tickets right now!!!

A HUGE thanks to Creative Northland for making this awesome event happen! Without them this really wasn't possible.