The 6th Rhythm & Vines festival in the Waiohika Estate vineyards in New Zealand runs from 29th December to 1st January, which - it being the other side of the world and all - is the height of summer. Local talent and international artists will play, with those confirmed including Franz Ferdinand, Shihad, The Kooks, Carl Cox, Digitalism, Santogold, The Mystery Jets, Jamie Liddell, Adam Freeland, A Track and Busy P.

Aside from the action at the vineyards the festival also includes beachside frolics at the BW Campgrounds, 10 minutes from the festival site. Activities include surfing and volleyball tournaments and, erm, the BW Bikini Jam, as well as lots of after (and pre!) parties.

The festival attracts 16,000 people each year.

Festival line up:
Adam Freeland ( UK), Ajax, Anika Moa, Anna Coddington, Antix (LIVE), A-Trak (CAN), Bang! Gang!, Busy P & DJ Medhi (FRA), Carl Cox, Clap Clap Riot, Cool Kids Club, Cut off Your Hands, Daniel Farley, Dick "Magik" Johnson, Die Die Die, Digitalism (LIVE), Disasteradio, Disco Not Disco (AUS), Eche!, Emerson Todd (AUS), Fort Knox Five (USA), Franz Ferdinand (UK), Honey Claws (USA), House of Shem, Jamie Liddell (UK), Jonny Love Katchafire, Liam Finn, Little Bushman, Lydia Cole, Motocade, Over the Atlantic, P Money, Recloose LIVE, Sampology feat Tom Thumb (AUS), Shihad, SJD, So So Modern, The Black Seeds, The Constituents, The Coshercot Honeys, The Datsuns, The Enright House, The Kooks (UK), The Mystery Jets (UK), The Naked and Famous, The Phoenix Foundation, The Ruby Suns, The Secret Knives, Trei, Tim Richards, Unity Pacific, Vinyl Slingers (AUS) plus more tba

BW Campgrounds line up:
Kora, Kid Kenobi & MC Shureshock (AUS), State of Mind, Concord Dawn, Opensouls, Stafford Bros (AUS), Fast Crew, Misfits of Science, Solaa, Kolab, Dan Aux (AUS), Ben Wah, Thomas Sahs (USA), 38:40 DJ Collective, Skankamelia, DJ Exile, Beat Mafia - plus many more tba

For more information have a look at the festival and campground websites:

www.bwcampgrounds.co.nz
www.rhythmandvines.co.nz

If you can't stretch to the airfare then there's a NZ music event called Endeavour, which features The Checks and Ladyhawke, at Koko in London this Saturday.

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