After a few days of warmth (hot sleepless nights) with pals of the sun loving and musical kinds (only one swim in the sea!). I returned to Auckland in time to get my arse over to Alt-Bunker (W13) for more music. I had to drive through some seriously heavy rain to get there in time. On the north side of the harbour bridge was almost aqua-planing ( Read more... )

We were at Fort Takapuna W(ard)13 tonight instead of the bunker, but it seemed to work ok. we still had a view of Rangitoto at half time and the parking was much easier ( Read more... )

Finally able to spend a few days around AKL, I have been able to get to The Bunker for the first time this season/trip.

Last night was Singer Songwriter night. Tonight was Vikki Clayton in concert.


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Such an awesome gig at the Bunker tonight :) I was soooo looking forward to this and it didn't disappoint. Lovely to see the guys again and hear their tales. They are on their way down to south island for the Canterbury Folk Festival, lucky ppl. Lindsay said I should go too, but I admitted I was a woos and it was too cold for me down there ( Read more... )

Another awesome night at the Bunker folk club. That makes 2 in a row :) Soooo good to be back and able to get to these gigs. I was out in the wilderness too long ( Read more... )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yegbWz_hTks

go on, watch it to the end. just beautiful... Peter is a barrister you know!

Oh and this one shows more of the typical Bunker atmosphere and is filmed from my old vantage spot. The song reminds me of Laxfield in Suffolk.

A wee student audio doco about the Devonport Folk Club (New Zealand), aired on NZ National Radio:

http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/srpt/srpt-20080108-0850-Student_Documentary-048.mp3

njoy :)

http://www.jamradio.co.nz/

There's this folk club on the North Shore of Auckland in NZ, called The Bunker. It was my introduction to the folk scene in NZ back in 2001. It has the best view of any folk club in the world, IMHO. Via the above link you can find recordings of a recent special ( Read more... )