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EXPLODING RAINBOW ORCHESTRA returns with
THE JUKEBOX OF JOY 🌈💥

📍 Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre, Aotea Centre
🗓 Sunday 12 July, 6.45PM - ONE NIGHT ONLY

40+ musicians! 13 songwriters! Choir, strings, synths, lasers, dancers + more!

Featuring reimagined songs and performances by:
Chelsea Prastiti (SKILAA), Diggy Dupé, Grecco Romank, Hollie Fullbrook (Tiny Ruins), Elizabeth Stokes (The Beths), Joshua Worthington-Church (Mammalien), Mainard Larkin, Princess Chelsea, Priya Sami (Bub), Rachel Clarke (Elisa), Samara Alofa, Steph Brown (Lips), Yolanda Fagan (Na Noise), plus special guests Dominic Hoey (narration) and a special Rangatuone conduction from Rāhana Tito-Taylor!

A maximalist, genre-smashing, joy-fuelled spectacle.

🎟 Tickets on sale 9AM, Thursday 30 April
👉 ticketmaster.co.nz

Poster by @calumhoff
Video by @drdfoothead
Theme song by @explodingrainboworchestra

#aucklandgigs #livemusicnz #nzmusic #aoteacentre #thingstodoakl giglife orchestra psychedelic by @explodingrainboworchestra

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6 months ago

The Jukebox of Joy is only a few weeks away!! Absolutely beyond excited to share these songs with you again, in the majestic KirinTe Kanawa Theatre no less! Tickets in bio, and for real. Don’t miss this one. by @explodingrainboworchestra

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4 months ago

I was finishing up work at a Karangahape vintage shop in early 2023 when @teamsportsteam started digitally imploring everyone to cancel their plans and show up for a gig at Neck of the Woods that night.

The lineup didn’t make sense, looking like your average Others Way lineup of the time without any of the appropriate marketing and fanfare preceding it.

On the way home I ran into Annabel, who clarified that members of international exports like Fazerdaze and Princess Chelsea were amongst the 32+ person orchestra squeezed into the Neck basement, while some of the most prevalent names in the collective would be donning their frontperson hat to perform a new track accompanied by the backing band, before scuttling back behind their instruments to let other songwriters, both in and out of the orchestra, take control of the frey.

Read more about the @explodingrainboworchestra , their most recent performance at Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre, and how Joshua Worthington-Church @bilbum_baggins wrangles it all together.

Read the article in full on misheard.co.nz.

Photography by Conor Crawford. by @explodingrainboworchestra

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2 months ago

Another year, another rainbow exploded. Still can’t quite believe this one actually happened. Endlessly humbled and grateful at the overwhelming amount of enthusiasm, creativity and mahi that makes this what it is. Already plotting the next escapades, hope we see you all there. All 📸 by @connorcrawford.nz by @explodingrainboworchestra

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3 months ago

The latest production from @explodingrainboworchestra - Jukebox of Joy - brought a wash of colour to Auckland’s Kirk Te Kanawa Theatre last night. @ten66co went along to review the show - be sure to head to the website to read the full write up, thanks to @strangenewstouring for having us! by @explodingrainboworchestra

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3 months ago

Exploding Rainbow Orchestra ‘Jukebox of Joy’
Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre, Auckland
July 12th 2026 by @explodingrainboworchestra

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3 months ago

Presenting … (almost) the entire @explodingrainboworchestra gang! Now we’re in and setting up at Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre things are feeling very real and very joyful already! See you tomorrow (Sunday) - doors 6.45pm, showtime 7.30pm sharp! by @explodingrainboworchestra

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3 months ago

Anyone who was at last year’s Exploding Rainbow Orchestra event will remember the breathtaking guest conduction of Rāhana Tito-Taylor… and good news, he’s back! Now a full time member of the orchestra, Rāhana’s mesmeric Rangatuone conduction is like nothing we’ve ever seen. Here he is to tell us about it! by @explodingrainboworchestra

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3 months ago

With only THREE SLEEPS until Exploding Rainbow Orchestra: The Jukebox of Joy, you can bet we are excited! Nobody seems more excited than Bub’s Priya Sami! Here she is to enthuse at you about what a good time we’re gonna have! by @explodingrainboworchestra

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3 months ago

Introducing some very special surprise guests! Copper Maesteal, Zoe White and Tom Tuke have all been spotted with our jukebox, but what does that mean exactly? You may think you’re very clever and have figured it out (and you certainly are clever)… but the only way to know for sure is to come along on Sunday! by @explodingrainboworchestra

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3 months ago

A little sneaky peek behind the rainbow robe at rehearsals for this Sunday… it’s sounding wild! See you at Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre Sunday evening? The only answer is “of course!” by @explodingrainboworchestra

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3 months ago

We’re performing an unreleased Na Noise track this Sunday with @explodingrainboworchestra

Get your tickets immediately!!! And then just laugh for a while!!! by @explodingrainboworchestra

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