12 Mar 2025

Music : Whats on at WOMAD + A Homegrown goodbye

From Nine To Noon, 11:06 am on 12 March 2025
Shihad frontman Jon Toogood's debut solo record 'Last of the Lonely Gods' lands October 11.

Shihad frontman Jon Toogood. The band will play its last show at the final Homegrown festival in Wellington. Photo:

This weekend Taranaki hosts another big crowd at Pukekura Park/Bowl of Brooklands for WOMAD Aotearoa.

Meanwhile, Homegrown, the 100% NZ music festival takes over Wellington's waterfront for the last time.

Yadana Saw previews some of the acts that are taking the stage: dancefloor darling Roisin Murphy, voodoo vibes from Togo's Nana Benz du Togo, and a very, very beloved local act.