New Zealand’s biggest New Year’s festival, Rhythm & Alps, has announced its ‘100% Aotearoa’ lineup for its 10th anniversary festival. 

Rhythm & Alps 2020 will feature Kiwi heavyweights SIX60, Fat Freddy’s Drop, The Phoenix Foundation, Shihad and many more.

Five-piece band SIX60, with hits including ‘Don’t Forget Your Roots’, ‘Don’t Give It Up’, ‘Vibes’ and ‘Forever’ will headline the show, bringing their trademark live performance energy with them. 

The annual festival takes place in the Cardrona Valley and draws thousands of revellers to the region for three days each New Year’s.

Also on the bill for 2020 is internationally renowned electronic producer Quix and New Zealand's finest exponents of house music Chaos in the CBD, Kiwi rap’s next big thing Wax Mustang and 2020's breakthrough songwriter Reb Fountain. 

“We’ve carefully hand-picked these acts from around Aotearoa to highlight the diverse talent that New Zealand has to offer," Rhythm & Alps festival director Alex Turnbull said.

There’s something for everyone with premiere rock n roll band Racing, party-rocking DJs Truth and international leader in the drum and bass scene Trei all performing.

Drum and bass artist Fairbrother, trap producer Ferby, techno DJ K2K and indie-pop-dream-folk-duo There’s a Tuesday will also join the star-studded lineup. 

 “This is a one-off quintessential Kiwi all-star festival, with a second announcement still to come,” Alex said.

Alex said he was elated to be celebrating R&A’s tenth anniversary “with possibly our best line up yet, immaculate stage production set in a stunning and relaxed atmosphere.

This year, we’re more proud than ever to be able to deliver a world-class festival in Wanaka’s spectacular Cardrona Valley.”

Gates will open on Tuesday December 29 and the last act finishes on Thursday December 31.

Learn more about R&A 2020 here.