Matiu Te Huki concert and The Joy Collective - Thames

$25 tickets, $30 at the door

This sweet, intimate gathering will bring sweet souls together to celebrate life with music, dance and good times.

We'll start our night with a shared kai at 6pm

7:00pm Matiu plays

We might as well enjoy ourselves, ‘cause isn’t that what life’s about? Such is the philosophy behind Joy Collective, a five piece band who love to play music and share good vibes. Joy Collective is Dylan Wade, Nur Peach, Alexandre Ivanoff, Seonaid Espiner and Danley Tonkin. All accomplished musicians and songwriters from diverse backgrounds, they met in the Coromandel Peninsula and decided to create something special together. Their music is a dynamic medley of all things soulful and heartfelt, taking inspiration from rock, soul, funk, folk, blues, reggae and more. Their lyrics take a positive and inspirational angle, getting real and honest about the human experience, but always designed to uplift. In their music, lyrics and performance, Joy Collective deliver a powerful message of oneness, freedom, hope, love and, above all, joy.

Born and raised on the Coromandel Peninsula, Nur Peach has been singing and
writing songs from a very early age, and had written more than 200 songs
by the time she finished high school. Nur has extensive performance
experience under her belt, both in New Zealand and around the world.
This experience includes performances at the NZ Spirit Festival,
Auckland Folk Festival and the legendary Prana festival, performances in
Israel and busking on the streets of Paris. In 2016, her original song
“Feel The Sun” made her the Waikato regional winner of the Play It
Strange Get Connected songwriting competition, a competition for New
Zealand high-school age students. 2022 singles “Offbeat” and “Cover to
Cover” both had positive receptions, being featured on Indie Music
Center and Muzic.net.nz. Nur's latest single, "Gift From Above,"
features Dylan Wade and was released in February 2022.
https://linktr.ee/nurpeachmusic

Guitarist singer/songwriter Dylan Wade Lajunen is a musician who has many aspects.
He performs songs from a wide range of styles from Soul, Funk, Blues,
Folk, Pop Roots Rock, Reggae and even a touch of Celtic, Middle Eastern,
Indian Raga and more…. Dylan was raised by musicians and has traveled
extensively, absorbing many different musical cultures worldwide. For
over two decades he has performed both here locally in NZ and
internationally at many venues and festivals. As a full time musician he
also teaches music to mostly youth and people with disabilities as well
as organizing and promoting performances involving the local
communities where he resides. All of this is in addition to writing
recording performing managing and leading the Dylan Wade Band and Joy
Collective As a guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter he is powerful and
unique. …yet prefers to pass on all praise to the spirit of music that
he is blessed to have come through him. His live performances uplift and
engage the audience. He has recorded several albums including “Life”
which features a great line up of musicians and band mates from around
the world. He is currently preparing to release a new 15 track album.
https://linktr.ee/dylanwademusic

8:30pm The Joy collective

As a musician, Matiu’s ability to powerfully connect with and lift a crowd with his powerful stage presence, while fronting great bands or with his solid solo looping show is mesmerising.

Looping live, Matiu's soulful roots music has a strong Maori flavor, using haka, chants and traditional Maori instruments, backed by grabbing grooves, deep, beautifully crafted bass lines, funky rhythms and magical melodies that stay with you well after the show ends, all held up by a pillar of Pacific passion and top class technical precision

As a composer, the soul stirring messages in Matiu's music are positive, inspiring and unifying.

Matiu intuitively nurtures a deep connection with his audience creating the energy that opens portals of paradise.

"I tell ya... Your medicine Is your music... Straight from the heart and the depths of your soul. You are a warrior of word n rhythm - inspiring peeps to look within n re switch the light inside their own souls. Thank u incredible you!”

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