Gondola Gigs celebrate NZ Music Month

In celebration of New Zealand Music Month, Skyline Rotorua’s annual Gondola Gigs feature top Kiwi artists like Samuel Flynn Scott and Luke Buda from The Phoenix Foundation performing songs acoustically as they travel up the side of Mount Ngongotaha.

Skyline Rotorua is shining a bright and unique spotlight on talented Kiwi music makers as part of its annual celebration of New Zealand Music Month this May.

Now into its third year, the Gondola Gigs feature top Kiwi artists performing songs acoustically as they travel up the side of Mount Ngongotaha inside one of Skyline Rotorua's iconic gondolas.

Some of the artists filmed so far include Three Houses Down and The Phoenix Foundation, plus Rotorua's Kindred performing ‘Let's Join Hands' and Myra Dawn Spooner performing Te Awhina Kaiwai-Wanikau's song ‘Tiaho Mai Ra' in Te Reo Maori.

Skyline Rotorua sales and marketing manager David Blackmore says filming the Gondola Gigs is half of the fun as the performers get used to the cabin space for fully unplugged performances.

'We think it's really special to include a performance completely in Te Reo this year, to also celebrate New Zealand's Maori culture.

'We're excited to release the new videos for 2017 with beautiful music and a spotlight on locals we're proud of in the music scene.”

During May Skyline Rotorua will upload two Gondola Gig videos weekly to its Facebook page, and then to its website at skyline.co.nz/rotorua/gondolagigs/

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