# Live Music in Dunedin | Gigs, Bands & Nights Out

- **Subtitle**: Find live music in Dunedin tonight, tomorrow and this weekend. Discover gigs, bands and open-mic nights at bars and venues near you.
- **Category**: Live Music
- **Type**: other

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## About

For the ones whose heart beats for music, live music events are something that you will absolutely enjoy. Groove on the most upbeat songs and enjoy the best of live music in [CITY]. You will find music of all kinds and genres, discover the ones that fit your interests and enjoy the spellbinding surroundings near you. You will be in a constant dilemma what to choose and what to drop, because there is music beating all around the city. From jazz nights at the jazz clubs to soulful musical events at the best live music venues in [CITY].
Discover all the mesmerizing and all the heavy & loud music events near you.

## Live Music Events in Dunedin

- **Event Name**: Ash Grunwald at Mayfair Theatre, Dunedin
  - **Description**: Australia’s premier bluesman returns to NZ after sold out shows in 2025!

Renowned for his electrifying live shows, Ash Grunwald has inspired a generation to hit the road in an old van to ‘surf by day jam by night’.

The festival favourite brings a high e
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  - **Date**: Sat Nov 28 2026 at 07:00 pm – Sat Nov 28 2026 at 10:00 pm (+13:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/dunedin/ash-grunwald-at-mayfair-theatre-dunedin/200030079180947
  - **Venue**: Mayfair Theatre Dunedin
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  - **Categories**: art, theatre, festivals, music, entertainment
- **Event Name**: Monsters of Rock... sort of
  - **Description**: The nights are getting darker, the costumes are getting stranger, and Hot Mess is taking over The Bog for a Halloween party that's guaranteed to be more treats than tricks.

Round up your favourite ghosts, witches, vampires, zombies, questionable superher
  - **Date**: Sat Oct 31 2026 at 09:00 pm (+13:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/dunedin/monsters-of-rock-sort-of/200030497564139
  - **Venue**: The Bog Irish Bar, Dunedin
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  - **Categories**: Music, Entertainment
- **Event Name**: Beatlemania On Tour
  - **Description**: The sound of a generation, and the music that has influenced every generation since – that’s The Beatles. And now you can relive the heyday of The Beatles with Beatlemania On Tour!

Hear the greatest Pop and Rock songs ever written, performed live with ex
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  - **Date**: Fri Oct 16 2026 at 07:30 am (+13:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/dunedin/beatlemania-on-tour/200029774637640
  - **Venue**: 17 The Octagon, Dunedin, New Zealand 9016
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  - **Categories**: music, entertainment, pop
- **Event Name**: Greg Johnson 60 - Dunedin - Pearl Diver
  - **Description**: VENUE CHANGE: Now at Pearl Diver!
LA-based Kiwi singer-songwriter Greg Johnson brings his career-spanning tour to beautiful venues around NZ in celebration of his 60th birthday. 

The Greg Johnson 60 tour features favourites and hits like Isabelle, Don’t
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  - **Date**: Fri Nov 06 2026 at 09:00 pm (+13:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/dunedin/greg-johnson-60-dunedin-pearl-diver/200030054336439
  - **Venue**: Pearl Diver
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  - **Categories**: music
- **Event Name**: Debt Club - Foothold Release Tour W/ Pearly* - Live @ Pearl Diver
  - **Description**: Following the release of their recent single, I Do Mine, Debt Club announce their first Aotearoa nationwide tour. The tour will celebrate the release of their debut album Foothold which is out August 12th & available for vinyl pre-order now!

Debt Clu
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  - **Date**: Sat Aug 22 2026 at 08:00 pm (+12:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/dunedin/debt-club-foothold-release-tour-w-pearly-live-pearl-diver/200030307597407
  - **Venue**: Pearl Diver
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  - **Categories**: music, entertainment
- **Event Name**: POW NIGHT
  - **Description**: Get hyped its Pow time! We are going to have some sick bands and DJ's, covering a wide range of music. expect some psychedelic rock, indie rock, house and even some JUNGLE (MASSIVE). Hopefully we will have 2 stages but no promises xoxo.

So purchase your
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  - **Date**: Thu Aug 13 2026 at 08:30 pm (+12:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/dunedin/pow-night/200030500506217
  - **Venue**: U-Bar
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  - **Categories**: music, entertainment
- **Event Name**: Che Fu & The Kratez
  - **Description**: 🎤 Aotearoa music icon Che-Fu The Musician is celebrating 25 years of the groundbreaking album Navigator with a special nationwide theatre tour this October.

Join Che Fu & The Kratez as they perform Navigator live alongside a career-spanning collectio
  - **Date**: Thu Oct 08 2026 at 08:00 pm (+13:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/dunedin/che-fu-and-the-kratez/200030497442611
  - **Venue**: Dunedin Centre & Dunedin Town Hall
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  - **Categories**: Music, Art, Theatre, Entertainment
- **Event Name**: 2nd Friday Of the Month Public Gig
  - **Description**: 2nd Friday Of The Month Public GigCome on up to the Dn Muso Club where the Club is warm and the people are friendly.It really is Dunedin's Best Kept SecretAwesome Bands playingDoors open: 7pm
  - **Date**: Fri Aug 14 2026 at 07:00 pm – Fri Aug 14 2026 at 11:45 pm (+13:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/dunedin/2nd-friday-of-the-month-public-gig/80001118149708
  - **Venue**: Dunedin Musicians Club
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- **Event Name**: Guide Gig
  - **Description**: 🐾14th of August at the infamous Crown Dunedin, come on down for a night of boogies!! Four fantastic local bands playing, with all profits going to Blind Low Vision NZ 🦮🦮
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  - **Date**: Fri Aug 14 2026 at 07:30 pm (+12:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/dunedin/guide-gig/200030469629723
  - **Venue**: The Crown Hotel Dunedin
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  - **Categories**: music, entertainment
- **Event Name**: AGM & Club Night
  - **Description**: Meet your committee! 

After the AGM, committee members will perform for your entertainment and edification! This concert is free if you've attended in the AGM, or $5 for others. 

Minutes and Agenda here - https://www.dunedinfolkclub.co.nz/information-fo
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  - **Date**: Sun Aug 16 2026 at 06:30 pm (+12:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/dunedin/agm-and-club-night/200030457470016
  - **Venue**: 80 Lovelock Avenue, North Dunedin, Dunedin, New Zealand 9030
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  - **Categories**: Concerts, Music, Entertainment

## Trending Events in Dunedin

- **Event Name**: SIGMA (UK) | DUNEDIN
  - **Description**: SIGMA RETURN TO NZ 🇳🇿⚡️

After a completely sold out tour in 2025, SUB180 is bringing the lads back for round 2 😈

*Tickets on sale NOW, strictly limited capacities*


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The UK powerhouse duo Sigma have been a defining artist in electronic musi
  - **Venue**: Catacombs Nightclub
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- **Event Name**: Alan Davies | Think Ahead Tour | Dunedin
  - **Description**: Stand-up comedian Alan Davies returns next July/August with The Think Ahead Tour, his first time back in Aotearoa in over a decade. He'll be performing across the country and promising an unforgettable night of comedy.
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Live Nation Presale: Wed 26 Nov, 1
  - **Venue**: Regent Theatre, Dunedin
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- **Event Name**: Che Fu & The Kratez - 25 years of Navigator
  - **Description**: This October, Che Fu brings his landmark album Navigator back to life in full, marking 25 years since its release with a special nationwide theatre tour.

Backed by his longstanding band The Kratez, Che Fu performs Navigator start to finish alongside a ca
  - **Venue**: Dunedin Town Hall
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- **Event Name**: Phoebe Bridgers ~ 'Lost Weekend' album release party at RELICS!
  - **Description**: 🎉 Celebrate the new Phoebe Bridgers album, Lost Weekend, at our FIRST IN THE WORLD listening party at RELICS 🎉

Attendees will hear the album before it's released and have the chance to purchase a special White Label Edition on Zodiacal Light vinyl. 

Oth
  - **Venue**: 165 George Street, Dunedin , Dunedin, New Zealand 9016
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- **Event Name**: Phoebe Bridgers: Lost Weekend Planetarium Experience
  - **Description**: Lost Weekend is debuting in planetariums around the world on 13 August.

Be the first to hear Phoebe Bridger's album in the Tūhura Planetarium, paired with a custom dome film by acclaimed night-sky photographer Babak Tafreshi.

Presented beneath the plane
  - **Venue**: Tūhura Otago Museum
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- **Event Name**: Burn the Floor - Luminous - Dunedin
  - **Description**: Finally back in NZ! Burn the Floor is credited world-wide for reinventing Ballroom and Latin dance styles. Featuring inspirational champion dancers, it is not just a dance show, it's a pure theatrical experience!
A hit on Broadway and loved in the West En
  - **Venue**: The Regent Theatre
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- **Event Name**: Kiri and Lou - A Family Concert
  - **Description**: Join the DSO as we bring the beloved Aotearoa children's series Kiri and Lou to the stage. Crafted with charming stop-motion animation from clay and paper, follow along on the adventures of Kiri, the feisty dinosaur, and Lou, her thoughtful friend, as the
  - **Venue**: Dunedin Centre & Dunedin Town Hall
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- **Event Name**: Harry Potter Marathon
  - **Description**: Calling all witches, wizards and Muggles. Return to Hogwarts for the ultimate Harry Potter movie marathon as we screen all eight magical adventures across one unforgettable weekend.

Relive every spell, every Quidditch match and every epic battle on the b
  - **Venue**: 33 The Octagon, Dunedin, New Zealand 9016
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- **Event Name**: Bob McNeill @ Dunedin Folk Club
  - **Description**: One of the most popular New Zealand folk artists of the last two decades, multi award-winning songwriter Bob McNeill brings his acclaimed new album TWELVE DREAMS OF THE RIVER to an intimate concert at Dunedin Folk Club.  

McNeill's songs have been covere
  - **Venue**: Dunedin Folk Club
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## FAQs

- **Q**: What are the top Live Music events in Dunedin?
  - **A:** Ash Grunwald at Mayfair Theatre, Dunedin (Sat Nov 28 2026 at 07:00 pm at Mayfair Theatre Dunedin), Monsters of Rock... sort of (Sat Oct 31 2026 at 09:00 pm at The Bog Irish Bar, Dunedin), Beatlemania On Tour (Fri Oct 16 2026 at 07:30 am at 17 The Octagon, Dunedin, New Zealand 9016), Greg Johnson 60 - Dunedin - Pearl Diver (Fri Nov 06 2026 at 09:00 pm at Pearl Diver), Debt Club - Foothold Release Tour W/ Pearly* - Live @ Pearl Diver (Sat Aug 22 2026 at 08:00 pm at Pearl Diver).
- **Q**: What Live Music events are happening in Dunedin today August 13, 2026?
  - **A:** POW NIGHT (Thu Aug 13 2026 at 08:30 pm at U-Bar).
- **Q**: What Live Music events are happening in Dunedin this weekend August 14–16, 2026?
  - **A:** 2nd Friday Of the Month Public Gig (Fri Aug 14 2026 at 07:00 pm at Dunedin Musicians Club), Guide Gig (Fri Aug 14 2026 at 07:30 pm at The Crown Hotel Dunedin), AGM & Club Night (Sun Aug 16 2026 at 06:30 pm at 80 Lovelock Avenue, North Dunedin, Dunedin, New Zealand 9030).
- **Q**: What Live Music events are happening in Dunedin in August 2026?
  - **A:** Debt Club - Foothold Release Tour W/ Pearly* - Live @ Pearl Diver (Sat Aug 22 2026 at 08:00 pm at Pearl Diver), POW NIGHT (Thu Aug 13 2026 at 08:30 pm at U-Bar), 2nd Friday Of the Month Public Gig (Fri Aug 14 2026 at 07:00 pm at Dunedin Musicians Club), Guide Gig (Fri Aug 14 2026 at 07:30 pm at The Crown Hotel Dunedin), AGM & Club Night (Sun Aug 16 2026 at 06:30 pm at 80 Lovelock Avenue, North Dunedin, Dunedin, New Zealand 9030).
- **Q**: How can I find Live Music events in Dunedin?
  - **A:** You can discover upcoming Live Music events in Dunedin on AllEvents.in. Browse by date, venue, or price to find events that match your interests.
- **Q**: How do I buy tickets for Live Music events in Dunedin?
  - **A:** You can buy tickets directly through AllEvents.in. Many events offer online booking with options for free, paid, and early-bird tickets.
- **Q**: What are the popular venues for Live Music events in Dunedin?
  - **A:** Some popular venues hosting Live Music events in Dunedin include Mayfair Theatre Dunedin, The Bog Irish Bar, Dunedin, 17 The Octagon, Dunedin, New Zealand 9016.
- **Q**: Who are the top organizers for Live Music events in Dunedin?
  - **A:** Popular organizers hosting Live Music events in Dunedin include Ash Grunwald, hot.mess.nz, The Regent Theatre.
- **Q**: What types of Live Music events can I find in Dunedin?
  - **A:** You can explore a variety of live music sub-genres and styles including Hip Hop Music, House Music, Classical Music, Afrobeats, Bachata and more.
- **Q**: Are there any online Live Music events available?
  - **A:** Yes, many Live Music events are available online. You can filter for virtual events on AllEvents.in to attend from anywhere.
- **Q**: How can I get notified about new Live Music events in Dunedin?
  - **A:** Follow the Live Music category on AllEvents.in to get notified when new Live Music events are listed in Dunedin.

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