The Gibbston Valley Winery Summer Concert is back for 2023 with a popular Wānaka band joining the international heavy hitters set to perform.

The annual summer concert, organised by Greenstone Entertainment, is one of the premiere musical events in Queenstown Lakes with concertgoers and performers travelling from far and wide to attend.

Next year’s concert-goers will not only experience “the incredible music of our four international artists, but also the amazing local talent we have right here in New Zealand,” Greenstone Entertainment CEO Amanda Calvert said.

Emerging Wānaka Rock Band Powder Chutes will be the opening act for the concert, playing ahead of ZZ Top, Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo, Stone Temple Pilots and The Angels.

Powder Chutes’ debut EP, recorded at North Otago’s Studio Sublime with Steve Harrop and Tom Havard, dropped in January 2022 to critical acclaim, and it was streamed 100,000 times within six months of being made public.

Band members Archie Orbell (drums), Clarke West (guitar), Henry McConnell (vocals), and Otis Murphy (bass) combine youthful exuberance and riff-driven grunt to create their signature groove-fulled grunge sound.

Listen to their music here.

Band member Clarke said it was a huge honour to be selected for the Gibbston Valley Winery Summer Concert.

“To say we are stoked and thankful for the opportunity is a massive understatement,” he said. 

“We would definitely have been in the crowd for this concert regardless, so to be chosen as the local support act has got us totally fired up.”

Amanda said Greenstone Entertainment has always made an effort to support promising young musicians.

“It has been a long-standing tradition of ours to showcase local up and coming talent at our shows, and to give them an opportunity to perform in front of tens of thousands of people which they may not otherwise get the chance to do,” she said.

The Gibbston Valley Winery Summer Concert will take place at the eponymous vineyard on February 11, 2023.

“We’re looking forward to welcoming everyone along for an awesome afternoon of live music entertainment,” Amanda said.

Find more information and book tickets here.

A limited number of local tickets are also available from only $159 (plus booking fee) by visiting Gibbston Valley Winery, Queenstown iSITE and Wanaka iSITE, Amanda said.

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