On most days of the year, Wellington’s Cuba Street is a low-key hub of coffee and creativity. But for one special weekend every year, it explodes into CubaDupa – a festival of music,
For the second year running, the Zeal Event Box crew made the trek down from Auckland to link up with the Zeal Welly crew and together we were able to showcase some of the finest young
The full Zeal line up for the day consisted of No Sleep After Midnight, Right Seater, Unchained XL, Retrospect (Rockquest regional final winners), Mishap, Peyton
Here’s the run-down of six of our
1. No Sleep After Midnight
These guys ripped through a set of originals and
2. Peyton (all the way from Kapiti)
We borrowed some talent from the Zeal Kāpiti family, as Peyton
3. Local legends Mishap
Three young dudes from Wellington with a touring ethic that rivals most older bands, Mishap came off the back of some Auckland and Hamilton shows to jam some songs off their new EP Not Feeling This.
4. Debut performance from these dudes
At the last minute, two of our young people from Wellington afternoon hangs decided to jump up. They had never played live before in front of an audience, but you couldn’t tell from the polished performance they gave!
5. Unchained XL
The rain was never going to stop Unchained XL (Auckland) from stealing the show. Bringing along a live drummer to help out, he busted through a set of absolute
6. HUZKY x Zams Music
DJ duo
For a full album of pics from the event, keep an eye out over the next few days on our Facebook page. If you’d like to support Zeal Wellington’s hunt for a new venue, all donations are hugely appreciated!