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Fun doesn’t get any better than this Wairarapa Music in the Country is a jam-packed, threeday music event set within the picturesque grounds of the Tauherenikau Racing and Event Centre. Back for the ninth year, there’s a spectacular line-up for music lovers young and old. Headlining is Tami Neilson, an international performer. Her voice has been described as “a reminder of the soulshattering effect of the human voice at the height of its powers.” New Zealand’s iconic Pātea Māori Club and entrancing Jenny Mitchell are also among the 13-act line-up taking over Tauherenikau Racing and Event Centre from 5 to 7 January 2024. Matthew Sherry, Wairarapa Racing Club General Manager says “it is a complete coup to have such an incredible line-up of artists for 2024. All the artists are multi-award winning, including Silver Scrolls, and include a New Zealand Order of Merit for Services to Music.”
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“We can’t wait to bring such a high calibre of artists and musicians to Tauherenikau. Wairarapa Music in the Country is a highlight on our events calendar and is such a great experience for families and music lovers,” Sherry said. This event is partnered with Trust House, an organisation committed to supporting projects that benefit the wider community. “It’s three days of fullon entertainment. Fun doesn’t get any better than this.”
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Garrick says, “I’m absolutely thrilled to extend a warm welcome to everyone for the upcoming 2024 Wairarapa Music in the Country festival here at Tauherenikau.” “We’re gearing up for an incredible celebration of New Zealand’s musical talent. This festival is all about bringing together some of the finest musicians, and I’m so pleased that we’ve got such an impressive lineup of artists ready to perform. A special thanks to our fantastic event partner, Trust House, for helping
us to make it happen. “The idyllic venue of the Tauherenikau Racing and Events Centre is the perfect backdrop for the festival. It’s not just a local racecourse, it’s a place steeped in history. It’s also the perfect place for some quality family fun in the sun. “We’re also getting ready for our feature races lined up on January 2nd and February 6th in 2024, which is always a fantastic day out. The Wairarapa Racing Club wishes you not just a wonderful weekend here at the festival but a fantastic
summer here at the races. “Here’s to an unforgettable 2024 Wairarapa Music in the Country Festival, and summer at the races at Tauherenikau!”
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“Trust House is once again delighted to partner with Tauherenikau to host the 2024 Wairarapa Music in the Country Festival,” says Mena Antonio, Chair of Trust House Ltd and Trust House Foundation.
Tauherenikau is a major asset to our region. The Wairarapa Music in the Country Festival, now into its 9th year, brings a fantastic line up of talent as well as thousands of festival goers
from all around the Country for a fun-filled weekend.
“Trust House is all about community and supporting community and family events,” says Antonio. “We support projects that benefit our wider community. This festival is very much aligned with Trust House objectives. It’s a great family event showcasing some of New Zealand’s best talent, right here in Wairarapa.”
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F e s t i va l p r o g r a m m e FRIDAY DAY ONE. 5 JANUARY From festival organiser:
Matthew Sherry
General Manager of the Wairarapa Racing Club and festival organiser, Matthew Sherry, says “we’re so proud to host the Wairarapa Music in the Country Festival in January 2024. We have a magnificent line-up this year of New Zealand’s top performers. They are the crème-de-lacrème. You won’t want to miss the show.” “Our centre is the perfect venue for this event, and we can’t wait for the first notes to sound out across the track, heralding the start of three days of total fun and community spirit.” The centre is also a wedding venue par excellence, a motorhome park, and an excellent choice for festivals, school and community group events, caravan clubs and more.
2pm Official opening 2:10pm Wairarapa Country Music Club walk up (open mic) 3.30pm Wayne R. Heath 4pm Maddy Bean 4.30pm Renée Strawbridge 5pm Karen Davy 5.30pm Ainslie Allen 6pm Jenny Mitchell 6.30pm Melissa Partridge 7pm Bevan Gardiner & James Davy 7.30pm Marian Burns 8pm Cooper’s Run 8.30pm Shenanigans 9.30pm Pātea Māori Club 10pm Finish for the day
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Wairarapa Country Music Club walk up Noon Lunch break & learn to line dance 1pm Wayne R. Heath 1.30pm Maddy Bean 2pm Renée Strawbridge 2.30pm Wairarapa Country Music Club walk up 3.30pm Ainslie Allen 4pm Happy hour and tea break 5pm Cooper’s Run 5.40pm Melissa Partridge 6.20pm Bevan Gardiner and James Davy 7pm Marian Burns and Karen Davy 7.45pm Jenny Mitchell 8.30pm Tami Neilson 10pm Finish for the day
Wairarapa Country Music Club walk up 11:30am Line dance performance Noon-1.30pm Wayne R. Heath 1.30pm Farewell
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FRI5-SUN7 JAN 2024 Tickets AND pricing All children aged 15 and under are free.
Per adult: Three-day pass @ $50. One-day Friday pass @ $40. One-day Saturday pass @ $40. One-day Saturday pass with a premium grandstand seat @ $60. Sunday free.
Wayne R. Heath: at home in the country Wayne R. Heath has lived a star-studded country life. And he’ll be larger than life at the Wairarapa Music in the County Festival this year. As a youngster in Auckland, Wayne had regular spots at some of the city’s most sought after venues such as The Shiralee and played alongside the likes of Howard Morrison, John Rowles, and Ray Columbus. While living in the home of country music, Nashville in the USA, Wayne hobnobbed with some of the biggest names in the industry. Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash, Willy Nelson, and Keith Urban were all performing within the same circles. “We met all those guys. Johnny
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Cash was quite a reserved, very refined, and humble sort of fellow,” Heath said. He also had a lot to do with Cash’s brother, Tommy, and Waylon Jennings’ brother, also called Tommy, with whom he set up music FRIDAY businesses. 3.30PM. Heath and his wife returned to the Gold Coast in Australia in the 1980s where they set up night clubs and continued to work the Queensland performance circuit.
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Now living in Masterton, Heath and his wife Marie have travelled around the world following their country music lifestyle. With several albums out, Wayne continues to
perform gigs with his signature country rock sound. Awards for his achievements include a Silver Scroll.
Passes and onsite accommodation packages combined All children aged 15 and under are free. Weekend package for one/two adults
Three-day pass for one adult $80, or for two adults $130, including parking for one tent, motorhome, or caravan for three nights.
Premium weekend package for one/two adults
Three-day pass for one adult $100, or for two adults $170, including allocated grandstand seat on Saturday, and parking for one tent, motorhome, or caravan for three nights. If you purchase your tickets through Eventfinda, you will also pay Eventfinda Fees.
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Maddy Bean: with talent in spades Maddy Bean, aged only 18, is a rising star. When she was younger, she would always look forward to coming to the Wairarapa Music in the Country Festival with her grandparents, and never failed to take part in the walk-ups. After two years singing in the Up-andComing section on FRIDAY Sunday, Maddie has earned her right to 4PM. be part of the main SATURDAY lineup. Maddy says 1.30PM she’s looking forward to performing and
wants to thank everyone for making it possible. Winning her first award aged nine, Maddy has won the Coastlands Got Talent show, talent shows at school, and countless house battles at college. While she loves country music, she also takes songs and puts her own spin on them. She loves all the new country/rock music that is coming out. We can’t wait to see what the future holds for Maddy and her amazing talent.
Karen Davy: glittering Capturing the stage at the Wairarapa Music in the Country Festival will be Karen Davy. Karen’s a multi-award-winning singer, performer, songwriter and recording artist with 27 awards including the Silver Scroll and the AGNEW Award for excellence in music, the VACNZ Benny FRIDAY atAwards.
5PM. SATURDAY Karen is also a Guinness World Record Holder 7PM with for singing non-stop for Marian Burns
48 hours to raise money
for charity. She appeared on the TVNZ show Stars in Their Eyes as Dolly Parton and has taken her Dolly Parton show all over New Zealand, Australia, Norfolk Island, and even to Las Vegas. Like Dolly, she knows what she wants in her costumes and brings her signature bling style to all her shows. Sister to famous fiddler Marian Burns, Karen and Marian will play together on stage for a special performance not to be missed.
H E A LT H & S A F E T Y This is a licenced event. A bar will be open for beverage purchases in the designated festival area for patrons aged 18 years and older. No BYO alcohol can be brought into the festival area. On arrival, present your ticket to gate staff who will direct you to your designated area. All buildings are off limits except for toilet blocks, the first aid room, and secretary’s office.
Ainslie Allen: compelling and rare An award-winning New Zealand alternative country music artist, Ainslie Allen FRIDAY (Rongowhakaata) is a 5.30PM. compelling and rare SATURDAY artist. She performs 3.30PM with passion and style, singing with hauntingly Since then, she’s gone beautiful vocals. A singeron to win NZ Country Music songwriter, her lyrics convey Entertainer of the Year, is a depth and vulnerability. Not double graduate of the CMAA afraid to tackle difficult issues, Academy of Country Music, and she is a magnetic and inspiring a seven times finalist for the NZ artist. Gold Guitar Awards 2019. Aged eight years old, she wrote Ainslie’s last couple of years her first song, at 12 years old have chalked up a national she entered the New Zealand headline tour in the Gold Coast Country Music Awards and Australia with some of her won her first guitar. Aged favourite country music writers. only 15, Ainslie became a Preparations are in full swing household name starring in the for her second album, and she New Zealand TV talent show can’t wait to share it with you. McDonald’s Young Entertainers.
Renée Strawbridge: Aotearoa to the core Māori singer and songwriter, Renée Therése Strawbridge, has been writing music, singing in bands around the Manawatū, and performing on television and radio, for about 25 years.
the NZ Top 20 album charts back in May 2021. Renée loves to sing in both Māori and English and is currently working on recordings for her next album, due for release in 2024.
A previous finalist for NZCMA Entertainer of the year as both a singer and songwriter,
The first aid room is clearly marked as ST JOHNS and situated at the back of the grandstands.
The secretary’s office is situated close to the birdcage in the steward’s stand and clearly marked.
Motorhomes and caravans on site for the weekend need to be CSC vehicles only and will be directed a motorhome/caravan designated parking area. Pets are only allowed inside the designated parking area and must be on leads. No pets outside the parking gates.
In the event of any incident, please report to the secretary’s office found in the main steward’s stand. Ample water will be available with water stations located throughout the venue. If no one is available at the office, please call 021 271 0364.
Renée began her relationship with FRIDAY country music aged 4.30PM. only 12, when she SATURDAY joined the Feilding 2PM Country Music Club. As a current member of the Feilding, Pounamu and Whanganui Country Music Clubs, and Convenor of the annual Aotearoa Country Music Awards, Renée is heavily immersed in New Zealand’s country music scene. Her 2021 country album of original songs titled Better with Friends spent a few weeks on
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Bevan Gardiner & James Davy: from John Denver to Ed Sheeran
Food & beverages Food and beverage options are available for purchase from food trucks throughout the event, but you can beat the queues by pre-ordering a gourmet picnic platter box now, when you book your tickets through Eventfinda.
This is a licenced event and a bar will be open for beverage purchases in the designated festival area. No BYO alcohol can be brought into the festival area.
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Musicians and singers Bevan Gardiner and James Davy will be at the 2024 Music in the Country Festival to play hits to tug your heart strings from a medley of songs with John Denver to Ed Sheeran.
Melissa Partridge: rising legend Country music has been part of Melissa Partridge’s life since she was a small child and accompanied her musician father to performances.
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“He would take me around to different music festivals. I first started singing when I was about eight. I’d get up and do a few songs with Dad, and that’s how it all sort of started. Country music was in the blood,” she said. “It’s always been a huge part of my life and I love it.” Becoming a well-known name
in the country music scene, Melissa has FRIDAY many awards and 6.30PM. achievements under SATURDAY her belt. A couple of 5.40PM highlights are winning a Tui Award for Country Album of the Year with her self-titled album and achieving overall winner of the 2021 senior New Zealand Gold Guitar Awards. Melissa has performed and toured alongside some legends in Country Music in all parts of Australia, New Zealand, country music hall of fame in and the USA, where she was Iowa and presented with the inducted into the old-time “Rising Legend Award”.
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Cambridge-based country rock duo, Cooper’s Run has been named New Zealand’s number one country music act twice over. Cooper’s Run has shared the stage with Lady Antebellum, Glen Campbell, and Kenny Rogers. Michael and Ashley, the stars of Cooper’s Run, began performing as a duo in 2008. They worked the clubs and private parties around northern New Zealand. Within a month, Cooper’s Run was named the winner of the Rising Star Award at the Variety Artist Club Annual Awards Show. From that moment on, demand for Cooper’s Run’s music skyrocketed. Michael and Ashley have been working nonstop in New Zealand, Australia, and USA. Avid and skilled songwriters, these two also
got the nod as New Zealand Country Music Song Writers of the Year. Cooper’s run was the very first Kiwi group to appear on the Country Music Association’s Global Artist Party in Nashville Tennessee. The event was viewed by over 40 million people. Twice named New Zealand’s number one country music act, Cooper’s Run FRIDAY will captivate 8PM. you with the SATURDAY duos incredible songwriting 5PM skills. Get ready for an unforgettable musical journey.
Shenanigans: toe-tapping and hilarious
Jenny Mitchell: raw and honest
Expect to be energised and uplifted by the Shenanigans. This talented quartet brings something unique and special to the New Zealand music scene. Blending traditional Irish instrumentation with contemporary songs, the Shenanigans will inspire nonstop dancing at the Wairarapa Music in the Country Festival.
“Alt folk-country” is how Jenny Mitchell describes her sound. With a rich, husky voice and extensive songwriting and touring experience, her musical journey has taken her from performing more traditional country to incorporating alternative, folk, and rock influences into her sound. FRIDAY
6PM. Mitchell is a dynamic SATURDAY Mitchell at her most storyteller, and her 7.45PM raw and honest while music is full of warmth, creating a musical truth, and familiar work that’s as rich and harmonies – think of a fertile as the farming country combination of The Chicks and where she grew up. Norah Jones. Described by Rolling Stone as, “her best work yet,” her 2022 album, Tug of War, is a deep and emotional dive for the artist and the listener. With songs inspired by new love, change, and loss, it finds
Cooper’s Run: unforgettable
No stranger to the road, Jenny was an official showcase artist at BIGSOUND 2022 (Australia) and Folk Alliance International 2023 (USA) and has supported artists including Fanny Lumsden and Nadia Reid.
As well as reconstructing traditional Irish/Celtic tunes that have been around for generations, Shenanigans also enjoy taking well known contemporary classics and “Irishing” them up, which makes for a very entertaining experience.
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Watch out for traditional Irish songs such as Whiskey in the Jar, various Pogue numbers, and Van Morrison’s Moondance. Then there’s all those other songs done with an Irish style. You might get to hear numbers from Rolling Stones, Kenny Rogers, Don McLean,
Johnny Cash, Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Crowded House, and many more. Audiences are encouraged to get involved in the performance with plenty of crowd participation and
dancing. The band tends to make up its play list as it plays, depending on the energy of the crowd and its requests. The band loves entertaining it’s audiences. Don’t miss the high energy of the Shenanigans, with toe-tapping fiddling and hilarious banter.
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Pātea Māori FRIDAY Club: 9.30PM soaring sound and whirling emotion The legendary Pātea Māori Club will be a highlight on Friday 5 January, the opening night of the Wairarapa Music in the Country Festival. Founded in 1967, the Pātea Māori Club is best known for the song Poi E, released soon after Pātea’s freezing works closed. The uplifting anthem conquered uninterested record labels and radio stations at the time and went on to become
The single featured lyrics from Ngoi Pewhairangi and music composed by Dalvanius Prime. Poi E spent four weeks
at number one and 22 weeks in the charts, which was unprecedented for a waiata sung entirely in te reo Māori. The 20-strong Pātea Māori Club will bring something special to this year’s festival line up. Don’t miss this icon of New Zealand music.
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1984’s highest selling single in Aotearoa. The song was selected for a Classic Record Award in 2021 by Independent Music New Zealand.
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JAN 2024 Marian Burns: exuberant and unstoppable Fiddling her way across the world at 100 miles an hour, from the top of the Eiffel Tower to the bottom of the Grand Canyon with the Blarney Castle and the Grand Ole Opry in between, Marian whips up a storm with her exuberance and passion for music. One of New Zealand’s iconic entertainers, Marian Burns has toured with the Highway of Legends, sharing the stage with the likes of Ricky Skaggs, Dr. John, Beccy Cole and The Topp Twins while performing
at music festivals FRIDAY such as WOMAD 7.30PM. (New Zealand) SATURDAY and Tamworth 7PM with (Australia). Karen Davy She’s played to audiences New Zealand Order of Merit numbering over 100,000 at for Services to Music on the Coca Cola’s Christmas in the Queen’s Honours List. Park events. The electric live performances Marian first picked up a violin that Marian is famous for will at the age of six. Today, the take you on a foot-stomping, unstoppable energy and joy hand-clapping musical ride of her playing sweeps you at the Wairarapa Music in the up in her path. In 2018 she Country Festival and will leave was awarded Member of the you trying to catch your breath.
Tami Neilson: hear me roar From being cradled as a baby in the arms of Roy Orbison, to performing a duet with Willie Nelson, you would think that Tami Neilson lived a charmed country music fantasy life. But she’s had her share of struggles, including busking on the streets of Canada as a child to put food on the table. Neilson’s adventures include opening for Johnny Cash at age 18, travelling to New Zealand to start her own family, and taking to the streets of Auckland as she searched for her big break. Neilson has now won almost
every music award possible. Her 5th album, Kingmaker, was released in 2022, following Sassafras! in 2018 and Chickaboom! in 2020. All her albums call attention to misogyny, patriarchal structures, and women’s struggles. Described as a ‘revolt’, Kingmaker calls out the men that control the industry and often render women nameless and voiceless. Tami Neilson is using her own voice to force change, born of humble beginnings and a tireless work ethic.
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