| Homegrown Music Festival | |
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| Genre | Rock, indie, electronic, dub & roots |
| Dates | April/March |
| Location(s) | Wellington, New Zealand |
| Years active | 2008 - present |
| Website | homegrown.net.nz |
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Homegrown Music Festival has been held annually in Wellington, New Zealand, since 2008. It showcases artists from New Zealand.
2008
Saturday 26 April 2008
- Line-up
| Rock stage | Indie stage | Electronic stage | Dub & roots state |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shihad | The Mint Chicks | Concord Dawn | Salmonella Dub |
| Kora | The Phoenix Foundation | Minuit | The Black Seeds |
| Pluto | The Checks | Sunshine Soundsystem | Tiki |
| The Feelers | Motocade | Recloose and Tyna | Cornerstone Roots |
| Opshop | So So Modern | Dick Johnson | Ladi6 |
| Elemeno P | The Rabble | Takas | Little Bushman |
| Goodnight Nurse | The Coshercot Honeys | Tim Phin | Mike Fabulous |
| Autozamm | — | ||
| The Valves | |||
2009
The 2009 festival was held on 14 March 2009. It was set across 5 stages along the waterfront and included 35 of New Zealand's premier bands and DJs.
- Line-up
| Rock stage | Indie stage | Electronic stage | Dub & roots state | Amphitheatre stage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Supergroove | Head Like A Hole | Shapeshifter | Concord Dawn | Dick Johnson Vs Cool Kids Club |
| Blindspott | Weta | State of Mind | Kora | Nick D |
| Opshop | Dimmer | Aural Trash | The Black Seeds | DJ Reno |
| Evermore | The Checks | Tim Phin | Tiki | Sunshine Sound System |
| Elemeno-P | Fur Patrol | Dick Johnson | Tahuna Breaks | Manuel Bundy |
| Goodnight Nurse | Bang! Bang! Eche! | Clarke Gayford | Katchafire | |
| Streetwise Scarlett | Tiger Tones | DJ Spragga (Sola Rosa) | ||
| Luger Boa | Brain Slaves | |||
| Knave Knixx |
2010
The 2010 edition was called Vodafone Homegrown after the sponsors, Vodafone. It was held on 20 February, with the line-up announced on 14 September 2009.
- Line-up
| Rock stage | Indie stage | Electronic stage | Dub & roots state |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shihad | The Mint Chicks | Minuit | The Black Seeds |
| The Feelers | Liam Finn | Antiform | Salmonella Dub |
| The Datsuns | Cut Off Your Hands | Aural Trash | Ladi6 |
| Midnight Youth | Pluto | Tim Phin | Katchafire |
| Goodnight Nurse | The Checks | Dick 'Majik'Johnson | Opensouls |
| Dane Rumble | Bang Bang Eche | Nick D | Sunshine Sound System |
| Motocade | Manuel Bundy | ||
| Knives At Noon | Kora |
2011
The 2011 edition was named Jim Beam Homegrown after the sponsors, Jim Beam, and was held on 5 March 2011. It had a pop and RnB stage for the first time and had more acts than previous years.
- Line-up
| Jim Beam rock stage | Vodafone dub & roots stage | Vodafone pop & RnB stage | Nokia electronic stage | Redbull Studio live stage | Redbull amphitheatre stage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blindspott | Shapeshifter | Nesian Mystik | State of Mind Live | The Clean | 3 on 3 Breaking |
| I Am Giant | TrinityRoots | Dane Rumble | The Upbeats | Die! Die! Die! | Downtown Brown |
| Black River Drive | Tiki & the Dub Soldiers | J. Williams | Optimus Gryme | The Phoenix Foundation | Jayson Norris |
| Midnight Youth | Katchafire | Scribe vs. Savage | Dick Johnson | Cairo Knife Fight | Brazilbeat Soundsystem |
| The Checks | Six60 | PNC | Tim Phin | Kids of 88 | |
| The Feelers | Salmonella Dub | Kidz in Space | Clarke Gayford | Coco Solid | |
| Elemeno P | Sunshine Soundsystem | Ivy Lies | Maya and Vanya | Tommy Ill | |
| Jayson Norris | Motocade | The Ruby Suns | |||
| Supermodel | Artisan Guns | ||||
| DJ Logikal | Family Cactus | ||||
| DJ Lotion |
This was Blindspott's first gig since reforming.
This was one of Nesian Mystik's last ever gigs.
2012
The 2012 edition was on 18 February 2012. For the fifth consecutive year the festival was a sell out (17,000 tickets).
- Line-up
| Jim Beam rock stage | Vodafone dub & roots stage | Vodafone pop & RnB stage | Jim Beam electronic stage | Redbull lab | Redbull amphitheatre stage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shihad | Kora | Kids Of 88 | State Of Mind Live | King Kapisi / Che Fu / Manuel Brundy | Breakdancing |
| Blacklistt | Sunshine Soundsystem | Zowie | Optimus Gryme ft. Tiki | Minuit ft. Gamelan | Juse1 |
| The Feelers | Fat Freddy's Drop | David Dallas | Bulletproof | The Adults | Downtown Brown |
| Opshop | The Black Seeds | Smashproof | Dick Johnson | Ahoribuzz & Guests | Manuel Bundy |
| The Checks | DJ Sir-Vere | P Money | Mayavanya | Tiki Acoustic Set | |
| The Thomas Oliver Band | Six60 | K One | Kids Of 88 | Redbird Jnr | |
| Shotgun Alley | Sola Rosa | Kidz In Space | Karn Hall | Concord Dawn vs. P Money | |
| Black River Drive | 1814 | Marek | Nick D & Yewala Sound System | ||
| Homebrew | |||||
| Computers Want Me Dead |