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Rhythm and Vines 2026 Lineup
Four days in a Gisborne vineyard, ending at the first sunrise of the new year. Also known as RnV.
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About Rhythm and Vines 2026
Rhythm and Vines runs at Waiohika Estate outside Gisborne from December 28 to 31, and its selling point is geographic: Gisborne is among the first cities in the world to see the sun, so the festival ends at the first sunrise of the new year.
Eighty acts are billed. The top of it is international and dance-led, with John Summit, KI/KI and Netsky above a band including 1991, Hamdi, Luude, Mall Grab and Layton Giordani, and the drum and bass seam running through Friction, Andromedik and A Little Sound is deeper than most festivals this size manage.
The rest is where the New Zealand bill lives, from Corella and Rova to Sachi and Te Wehi & Hori Shaw, whose set is billed as The Final Sunset. Vince Staples and BENEE are the two names that break the dance pattern.
The Garden Stage, on the lawn of the Waiohika Homestead, is the festival's room for New Zealand bands and songwriters, and the place Royel Otis and Balu Brigada played before they broke through. Its 22 acts are the first of the bill with days: Elliot & Vincent and There's a Tuesday on December 29, Coast Arcade, Paige and Zac Griffith on the 30th, Ardon England, Dadada and Verity on New Year's Eve.
Expect dance, alternative, house and hip-hop across 80 acts.
At a glance
- Dates
- –Monday to Thursday, four days
- Where
- Waiohika Estate, Gisborne, New Zealand
- Lineup
- 80 acts
- Ages
- Strictly R18. All attendees must be at least 18 when they enter the event site.
- Passes
- 4 day camping and festival passes start at $519 + fees, the 3 Day Festival Pass is $449 + fees, and single-day passes are from $179 + fees. Some campgrounds are sold out.
- Website
- Official site
Rhythm and Vines 2026 lineup: all 80 acts
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Amsterdam's hard-trance revivalist, with acid lines and 150 BPM joy and rave classicism played with total exuberance.
TranceAcid techno
Belgian drum and bass with a pop heart, liquid rollers under big melodic breakdowns.
Drum-and-bassLiquid-funk
UK producer working the harder, more percussive end of drum and bass, with dancefloor-first tracks and little interest in subtlety.
Dance
Auckland singer whose 'Supalonely' with Gus Dapperton became a global viral hit. Bedroom-pop hooks with a goofy streak and a darker undertow beneath the bounce.
Alternative
FRICTION pres SYNERGY
UK bass with a dancehall bounce: the sound of a soundsystem set rather than a festival drop, with 'Skanka' the breakout.
BassUK garage
Australian drum and bass producer who flipped Men at Work's 'Down Under' into a rave anthem, then did the same to 'Big City Life'.
Drum-and-bassDance
Lo-fi house graduate turned rave heavyweight, bringing Jordon Alexander's peak-time pressure from blog-house hiss to full warehouse assault.
HouseRave
SIR DAVE DOBBYN
Long Beach rapper with a comedian's timing and the bleakest source material, never once sentimental, and funnier live than most comics.
Hip hopWest coast hip hop
CARU & BRANDN SHIRAZ
CROWN
ELLIOT & VINCENT
Rock
HALF/ANGEL
Alternative
HEIDI SIMPSON
Indie pop
JUNA
Hip-hop
THERE'S A TUESDAY
Alternative
TOM SCOTT & BRANDN SHIRAZ
COAST ARCADE
Indie rock
COPPELIA
DILLON JO
Alternative
PAIGE
Pop
SAM CULLEN & HIS BAND
THEWESTERNGUIDE
Country
ZAC GRIFFITH
Country
ARDON ENGLAND
Dance
DADADA
FELIX BIRD
Alternative
JESSICA LEIGH
Pop
MIM JENSEN
Indie rock
SHASKEY
Hip-hop
VERITY
One of UK drum & bass's most in-demand vocalists, now fronting sets of her own.
Drum-and-bassLiquid-dnb
ANDROMEDIK
Belgian liquid drum and bass, melodic and bright, arranged around the moment the break lands.
Drum-and-bassLiquid-funk
ARCANDO
Dutch producer of bright, melodic dance tracks with pop toplines, whose releases through NoCopyrightSounds found a wide audience online.
Dance
BARI
House
BASSLAYERZ
Dance
BECCIE B
CASH
CHOLE
Rock
CHOONAGE
CHRIS KEENE
Dance
CLUB SACHI
CORRELLA
New Zealand band folding pop-soul hooks and dub low end into easygoing reggae-pop, made for warm-weather singalongs.
Reggae
DAMAGE CONTROL
Metal
Anthemic young alt band.
Alternative
FMS
Rap
FRANKIE VENTER
Pop
Sibling NYC hyperpop chaos agents, glitchy, funny, and relentless, with a live set that plays like a timeline scrolled at maximum speed.
HyperpopElectro
G-BANGA
GRUMPY GIRL
HARRY HAYES
Sydney producer moving between pop melody, ambient haze and club rhythm, intimate electronic songs that still hold a dancefloor.
Dance
HENO
Hip-hop
DJ and producer of driving melodic techno and house, shaped by early European trance and the underground raves of Oakland.
Dance
JAMIL FOREVER TRIBUTE BY BRAZILBEAT & PARALLEL LAYERS
KARA
Pop
KENZO
Pop
LAMCHOPZ
House
Brothers making breezy, jazz-flecked bedroom pop with soft chords, shuffling drums, and a sun-warmed melancholy built for headphones and golden hour.
Dance
New York techno raised on Drumcode, driving and melodic rather than austere, built for rooms where techno still has to move a festival crowd.
TechnoMelodic-techno
LENS
DJ raised just outside Brighton on soundsystem culture and long hours at the vinyl decks. Her sets are fast and restless, cutting between jungle, garage and bass.
Jungle/drum'n'bass
LYALL
Gangsta rap
MESSIE
Alternative
MILLIONDOLLARBIBI
OSKAR MED K
House
OSMOSIS JONES
Melbourne DJ and INTHEHOUSE label head at the front of the garage renaissance, bassline wobblers, speed-garage edits and rude dubs.
House
PIXIE LANE
House
PROTOCOL
Alternative
ROVA
New Zealand drum and bass producer who has been working the genre since the early 2000s.
Dance
SACHI
New Zealand electronic act making melodic, vocal-led dance music built for big outdoor crowds.
Electronic
SIN & BROOK
SLESS
Jungle/drum'n'bass
SON & WATER
Reggae
SONGER
Hip-hop
TAYZA
Hip-hop
TE WEHI & HORI SHAW "THE FINAL SUNSET"
TWOFACED
New Zealand duo moving between thumping rave tracks, melodic house and euphoric trance, with 'No Relaxin' and 'I Need You' among the favourites.
Techno
WITTERS & MC CRAFTY
ZOZO
Hip-hop
The headliners
JOHN SUMMIT · Chicago's own tech-house superstar, bringing main-stage house music with hometown-hero energy and the biggest crossover run the genre has seen in years. House music's biggest current draw, closing the bill.
KI/KI · Amsterdam's hard-trance revivalist, with acid lines and 150 BPM joy and rave classicism played with total exuberance. Amsterdam trance and acid, and one of the fastest rises in techno.
NETSKY · Belgian drum and bass with a pop heart, liquid rollers under big melodic breakdowns. Two decades of drum and bass that still fills a field.
Up-and-comers to catch early
- CORRELLA · New Zealand soul and reggae with a fast-growing home following.
- ROVA · Aotearoa R&B that keeps turning up on bigger bills.
- LENS · Bass music from the newer end of the New Zealand scene.
- SONGER · UK drum and bass vocalist and a genuine crowd mover.
Other acts worth planning around
VINCE STAPLES · The one rap booking, and the sharpest writer on site.
BENEE · New Zealand's biggest pop export, home for New Year.
Rhythm and Vines 2026 lineup FAQ
When is Rhythm and Vines 2026?
December 28 through December 31, 2026 at Waiohika Estate near Gisborne, New Zealand.
Why does it end at sunrise?
Gisborne is one of the first cities in the world to see each new day, so the festival runs into the first sunrise of the new year.
Who headlines?
The festival's own bill leads with John Summit, KI/KI and Netsky.
Are set times out?
Not yet. The 22 Garden Stage acts have days, December 29 to 31; the rest of the bill has no days, stages or clock times yet, and the festival says the full day split and set times are coming.
How do I find the acts I'd like?
Type a few artists you love into the finder at the top of this page. It matches them against this lineup and explains each pick.
Is Rhythm and Vines 2026 all ages?
Strictly R18. All attendees must be at least 18 when they enter the event site.
When is Rhythm and Vines 2027?
Not announced yet. This page carries Rhythm and Vines 2026 and will carry the 2027 edition as soon as the festival announces it.
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