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WOMAD Giveaways on Base FM all this week(Monday 4th – Friday 8th) 10 x prizepacks which include: 1 x Ticket (3 day pass) + Camping Pass (3 nights) + WOMAD compilation CD Text FULL NAME & WOMAD to 379 to go into the draw. 1 winner will be announced everyday Breakfast & Drive this week […]
I woke up on Auckland Anniversary Day, public holiday Monday morning, with that familiar January music festival feeling. But for the first time since I was 12, it wasn’t the expectation of attending a Big Day Out. Little did I know that morning, that I was about to attend something better… Please keep in mind […]
Another fantastic night was had up at the Leigh Sawmill last Saturday (26/01/13). Base FM’s very own Jazz and Wellington’s Ayesha both DJ’d in support of the outrageously talented Bella Kalolo. Bella brought the whole band up from Wellington and a whole lot of her soulful swagger. We had an unbeatable mix of Base […]
Silo Cinemas Double Feature – Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory | The Goonies Friday 12th April | 6:30pm | Silo Park To celebrate the very last cinema night of a highly successful season of Silo Cinema, while also bidding a bitter sweet farewell to Summer, the good people at Silo Park are putting on […]
On Saturday February 9th The Wakatipu Basin will once again resonate with the superlative sounds of top-shelf Aotearoan music for the 2nd biennial Shotover Sunshine Festival (SSF). Event organisers are hard at work engineering a vibe like no other, bringing together an awe-inspiring line up to a majestic location that aims to blow the senses and […]
It’s been a full cycle around the sun since Benny Tones’ album, ‘Chrysalis’ was released internationally on BBE Records and since then, Benny has made a few orbits around the globe of his own. Benny’s intrepid musical adventures have seen him perform and engineer for New Zealand’s Electric Wire Hustle in such exotic locales as the infamous English midland, […]
This great little clip from Action Bronson’s Galatos gig appeared online a couple of days ago and we couldn’t resist sharing it with you. The grizzly bear of an M.C swings girls from his shoulders, throws an over sized rib-eye steak off the stage and rolls down into the crowd to visit the bar mid-song. […]
For our second party of the year we headed over to the beautiful Waiheke Island with a crew of Base FM DJs and a massive posse of Base heads. For one night we took over Sandbar, a fantastic venue with the best view in Auckland. Frybread Radio and Speakeasy, Junior, Dylan C and the […]
Hip Hop is a global phenomenon, and its feminine voice is exposing new frontiers of creativity. Rooted in the five elements, Hip Hop has grown to nurture socio-spiritual growth and community development worldwide. As further evidence of this, World Hip Hop Market, Nomadic Wax, and Detroit’s DJ LaJedi have joined forces with artists from over […]
Base FM’s first proper party of the year was held on Saturday 5th January at The Leigh Sawmill with very special guests Funkommunity (live). With many people still enjoying their holidays in this beautiful part of the country, there was an amazing turn out for this night. Funkommunity had just come off a whirlwind tour […]