Camp mother Kat Saunders and Street Chant's Billie Rogers drop by to talk to us about Girls Rock! Camp Aotearoa - an international initiative that the pair are helping establish in NZ which aims to unite young women within the confidence, empowerment and general kickass-dom of creating their own music. Up to 40 campers aged between 12-17 will take over MAINZ next January... and you can help amplify them all the way to eleven.
Check out their Boosted page and get involved HERE.
Natalie stops in to chat about the piece she's helped bring to TEMPO, the yearly festival of dance that unites 700+ artists to perform in a vibrant programme that celebrates the discipline's diversity. Natalie's piece, Orchids, was a collaborative three years in the making and while it's sadly sold out this time around... it'll hopefully return to Auckland audiences soon before it launches into the wider world.
With their five date NZ tour already underway, Die! Die! Die!'s Andrew Wilson calls in from the shadow of the Huntly Power Station to talk promoter fibs, touring plans, and the band's new album Charm. Offensive.
On the day they start their third NZ tour, Shonen Knife drop by to talk to Mikey and play a couple of tracks _just for you_ live in the bFM studio. You lucky little bastards. Tickets from UTR.
Jon Carroll, Sphero robotics' Director of Prototyping talks to Mike about his team's new creations for 'Force Friday' - a global unveiling of two new Star Wars robots available for purchase. And Mike gets to play with them. That's him for the rest of the weekend, then.
Mark drops in to talk to Mikey about Going West Books + Writers Festival, taking place this weekend in - you guessed it - West Auckland. Featuring everyone from Selina Tusitala Marsh to Sarah Laing and featuring topics from indigenous representation to bloody weed smoking, it's got your bookworm tendencies sussed.
Leonie Hayden (The Spinoff, Mana, Rip It Up) will be moderating the next LATE at Auckland Museum. She drops in to the arcade to chat global allies, government alignments and to share a couple of her favourite politicised tunes.
Wondergarden is the family friendly Silo Park festival for those of us who don't join the usual exodus out of Auckland over the New Year's period. Festival director Reuben Bonner drops in to give Mikey the lowdown on this year's line up, which features Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Chelsea Jade, SWIDT, The Ruby Suns, MAALA, and Nadia Reid.
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