FYI : Smokefree Rock Quest
Posted: Thu May 22, 2003 9:14 am

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Smokefree Rockquest is New Zealand's only nationwide, live, original music, youth event. The series of over 40 events reaches audience numbers in excess of 10,000 every year.

Founded in 1989 by music teachers Glenn Common and Pete Rainey, who now run Rockquest Promotions full-time out of Nelson, Smokefree Rockquest has become a New Zealand institution.

Musical successes from Smokefree Rockquest over its 25-year history include Kimbra, The Peasants, Broods, Joel Little, Bangladesh, Doprah, Midnight Youth, OpShop, Annah Mac, Evermore, Ladyhawke, Minuit, Kids of 88, Die! Die! Die!, Pistol Youth, Bang! Bang! Eche!, Ivy Lies, Cairo Knife Fight, Cut Off Your Hands, Luke Thompson, The Datsuns, Brooke Fraser, Anika Moa, Anna Coddington, The Electric Confectionaires, Steriogram, Aaradhna, Spacifix, The Naked and Famous, Phoenix Foundation, The Feelers, The Black Seeds, Nesian Mystik, Bic Runga, The Checks, Julia Deans, Pine, King Kapisi, Kingston, The Naked and Famous, Autozamm and Elemeno P.

Smokefree Rockquest aims to motivate young musicians to prove their ability and realise the heights they can reach in their music careers, and to encourage their peers to support original New Zealand music.

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Postal: PO Box 568, Nelson 7040
Phone: (03) 545 6574
Email: [email protected]