IMPORTANT NOTICE - Highlife NYE Matakana has limited tickets left and ticket prices are now at a 3rd Release rate of $145+bf. All online bookings close at 5pm on 30 Dec after which time tickets can be purchased in person at Real Groovy on Queen Street, or Conch Records on Ponsonby Road. Doorsales will be available onsite at the venue from 2PM on the day for $160.

Come and celebrate the beginning of a new decade, this year, at the Highlife NYE Experience.

Held at the expansive Matakana Country Park, this year's event will showcase 8 stages of music and a collection of themed party and chill out areas for you to explore.

This year the Highlife NYE Experience has a widespread range of all your favourite music genres including House, Funk, Soul, Electro, Breaks, Drum 'n Bass, Hip-Hop, R'nB, Dub, Latin, Jazz and more with a titan line up of local and international acts just announced:

INTERNATIONAL LINE UP
SNEAKY SOUND SYSTEM (AUS), THE FREEMASONS (UK), DJ SCRATCH (New York), DJ CASH MONEY (USA), VANDALISM (AUS), STONEBRIDGE (SWEDEN), MISCHA DANIELS (NETHERLANDS), NICK THAYER (AUS) and DARREN GILES (UK).

LOCAL LINE UP
THE OPENSOULS, SOLA ROSA, TAHUNA BREAKS, CHARLIE ASH, DANE RUMBLE (LIVE), JOLYON PETCH, PETER URLICH, BEVAN KEYS, TAYE WILLIAMS (LIVE), DJ SIRVERE, CLARKE GAYFORD, KARN HALL, SAM HILL, PHILIPPA and LEWIS McCALLUM (LIVE). Plus Thane Kirby, Manuel Bundy, Jarrod Phillips, Daniel Farley, Sambro, Thomas Sahs, Cuffy, Jason Eli, Cian, Rob Warner, Geoff Parker, Bobby Brazuka, Ned Roy and many others!

Constructed especially for this event we introduce the new R24 area where mature festival goers can gather, socialise, relax and party and for those who enjoy a bit of pampering, we welcome the addition of a Powder room where ladies can get their hair and make up refreshed and rejuvenated by industry professionals and make up artists.

Expect the very best for what promises to be an event of international festival standard employing creative production that has never been seen before in New Zealand.

Highlife New Years Eve Experience Matakana 09

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