The third Revitilize Music Festival kicks starts year 2022 with a line up of performers world famous in Otago and Southland led by one of New Zealand’s top singer/song writers and a multi-instrumentalist Don McGlashan. 

The 3-day festival, running from Sunday to Tuesday, 2 - 4 January, promises great New Zealand blues, rock, celtic, folk, country and cafe music, and gives aspiring musicians an opportunity to play alongside professionals. In addition there will be plenty of activities to heal and rejuvenate your body and mind, including kundalini, reiki, energy healing, massage, children's and family yoga, yinyan healers, plus much more.

Organiser, Tim Gow, opens the gates to his Mangapiri Downs Organic Stud Farm in Blackmount (one of the oldest organic beef and sheep farms in New Zealand) and invites everyone to his Sharing Shed for a smorgasboard of jamming, workshops and health-promoting activities.

Mr Gow says that he always wanted to organise a festival, but didn’t get around to it until 2019. He was lucky to get Paul Urbana-Jones as a guest star. Encouraged by the success of this inaugural festival, Mr Gow decided to make it an annual event. Unfortunately, last year heavy rainfall early in January and flooding “put a damper on the festival, but participants found it very comfortable continuing in the Sharing Shed,” he said. 

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The 2022 festival opens on Sunday, 2 January. Gates open at 4pm to give people time to arrive and set up camp. The gate shuts at 5.45pm and music starts at 6pm with open mic for emerging musicians and comedians followed by the star of the nigh, Don McGlashan.

Monday, 3 January will start at 9am with grounding, farm talks, workshops, healers, massage and yoga. There will be workshops including a comedy workshop and Brad's guitar tuning workshop 'DADGAD for dummies' and EV displays and demos.

The main concert begins at 1pm featuring live music from the Julian Temple Band, Ceol, Brad MacClure, Makin, Café Operana, Beekeeping Pete, Paul Macnicol and David Pickett, Kerstin and Carla Ladstaetter, Jane Maxwell, and comedians Daniel Sewell, Jamie Patterson and Jordan Turner.

Tuesday, 4 January will be a relaxed healing and family day with music by Beekeepin’ Pete, Childrens Comedy farm talks and EV displays.

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Ticket holders can Camp on-site and enjoy the food trucks, family-friendly play areas, walks and animals. There will be an opportunity to learn about the organic and regenerative sabbatical fallowing techniques that Mr Gow has used over the last 33 years.

Earlybird Tickets are available until 15 December as follows:

• Day 1 – Sunday, 2nd January with Don McGlashan. Tickets are $55.  
• Day 2 – Monday, 3rd January with Julian Temple band and more than 10 other musicians plus 3 comedians and a large range of healers, yoga and workshops. Tickets $65. 
• Day 3 – Tuesday, the 4th of January, music, comedians, healers, wellness and workshops. Tickets $35.  

A discounted 3-day pass price is $145.

Limited tickets available so buy now to secure entry to your favourite artists.

Please note you must be double-vaccinated and present your vaccination pass and an ID to attend the Revitalize Festival.

For more information check out the Revitalize Festival website https://revitalize.nz/