Suo (usa) X Mini Simmons - Post Nest Fest Sunday Sesh

Continue the festivities with SUO and Mini Simmons as they journey North after Nest Fest for a FREE show by the lake!

SUO is the solo project of Brooklyn-based musician and artist Saara Untracht-Oakner (of BOYTOY). The songs are a collection of various modes and a spectrum of emotions with a strong focus on song-writing and melody. Drawing inspiration from a range of artists including David Byrne, Prince, Lou Reed, The Supremes, Brian Eno, Grace Jones and Patti Smith, SUO creates something reminiscent and familiar, while simultaneously catchy and fresh. Her stage presence blurs the lines of feminine and masculine energy in a post-gender eruption of power, something beyond the constructs of social normality. This project is an amalgamation of more than 15 years of songwriting, 10 years of national and international touring and an insatiable craving for growth, exploration and creation.

Mini Simmons is an Auckland based Rock n Roll band, dreamt up on the pacific highways of Mexico in 2017. Over the past five years, the band have established themselves firmly as one of the premier live acts in the NZ music scene, gracing the stages of Rhythm & Vines, Splore, Sound Splash and Nest Fest. They were a guest performer of Benee’s ‘Soaked’ at the 2019 APRA Silver Scrolls, supported 'The Darkness' during their 2022 NZ tour and have headlined their own successful tours of Australia & New Zealand. 2019 saw Mini Simmons release their debut, self-titled album to critical acclaim, with internationally renowned ‘Classic Rock Magazine’ praising the “sunkissed bath of gorgeous harmonies” on their lead single 'A Way With Murder'. Their sophomore album 'Make Up' was released in April this year and after a brief hiatus from playing live, they're back for a run of shows this summer.