Street dancer and music producer MANFRD is in the studio to enlighten Karyn on everything from popping to krumping and the art of street dance. If you’re a dancer or just love watching the form, then find out more about the three day Base Street Dance Festival at the Basement Theatre and the Beatpad Dance Battle on Day 2 of the Festival Friday | 6 MAR | which is Battle night. Entries are open now!
Finn returns for Pt II of his first Demo God for 2026: comic artist, musician and teacher, Indira Neville. Indira chose “Recycling Only” as her prompt, and one Tuesday last week they cooked up the demo of the same name. Listen to it here!
It’s Valentine’s Day and the show features a smattering of (unrequited) love songs. It’s not all hearts and flowers on the Spring (but their heart’s [❤️] in the right place of course!) Join Karyn for her weekly Saturday morning show as she helps you navigate new music from here and abroad.
Liam Hansen (Misheard presents) is in the studio with a rundown on the artists appearing at Queer Autumn 2, a now annual event celebrating "the intersections between alternative music and the rainbow/takatāpui community of Aotearoa. Queer Autumn returns to Whammy Bar on Sunday, the 22nd of February.
Karyn's back on b! If you’re coming into the city during February, find out what’s on at the Summer in the City series in Aotea Square – everything from A History of Hip Hop to the city’s top brass bands. Vera Ellen calls in from a road trip to tell us about V-Ellentines Day and her fundraiser for a Yumi Zouma tour support she’s doing of Europe and the UK in March, and the usual array of eclectic new music!
Finn is back for 2026, cooking up a whole new batch of demo’s! Karyn has provided him with a list of fresh prompts and for his first Demo God of the year he introduces us to comic artist, musician and teacher, Indira Neville.
Daniel Clarke, the Director of Auckland Live, is in the studio to tell us what his team are up to with the huge range of diverse events on in Aotea Square throughout February for Summer in the Square. Everything from poetry to Afrobeats. It’s whānau-friendly and it’s free!