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Although they said they were relieved to be in alert level 2 now, they were not out of the woods yet.
The latest level 3 lockdown has interrupted the Pride and Fringe festivals, with thousands of events quickly moved online, rescheduled or cancelled.
Auckland Pride Festival director Max Tweedie said when he watched the announcement, it was a shock. The adrenalin just kicked in, and my head just kicked straight into contingency plans, and I don t think it really sunk in at all at that time until a couple of days. It was our worst nightmare.
Primer: Auckland Live Fringe Town 2021 Annabel Kean / Image: KITA / Wednesday 20th January, 2021 2:35PM
For those of you still coming to terms with your impulse lockdown bangs, here s hoping this year s
Auckland Live Fringe Town can shift your attention to a non-cringe fringe. In conjunction with the
2021 Auckland Fringe Fest, Fringe Town is like the fest s cool muso cousin who gave you a USB of pop-punk that one time. For a whole week from February 15th, Fringe Town takes over the Auckland Town Hall for a packed schedule of Aotearoa s finest musicians, dancers, actors, acrobats, game designers, and, naturally, a one-thousand person dinner party.
After sailing through the
holiday season,
Summer
in the Square returns for 2021 with a splash,
recommencing on Friday 15 January. The programme boasts an
incredible array of live music and performances, film
screenings and America’s Cup racing on the Auckland Live
Digital Stage, plus live activations and interactive
experiences, in Aotea Square.
Music brings the party
all season long with an eclectic range of sonic delights
pumping from the
Summer in the Square stage. Kicking
off the first weekend back in style is
Ijebu
Pleasure Club, transporting you to alternative
80s Nigeria with the Afro-funk stylings of a horn-laden
11-piece band!
After sailing through the holiday season,
Summer in the Square returns for 2021 with a splash, recommencing on Friday 15 January. The programme boasts an incredible array of live music and performances, film screenings and America’s Cup racing on the Auckland Live Digital Stage, plus live activations and interactive experiences, in Aotea Square.
Music brings the party all season long with an eclectic range of sonic delights pumping from the
Summer in the Square stage. Kicking off the first weekend back in style is
Ijebu Pleasure Club, transporting you to alternative 80s Nigeria with the Afro-funk stylings of a horn-laden 11-piece band!