Band Together was a musical concert put on for the people of Canterbury, New Zealand, as a response to the 2010 Canterbury earthquake which had occurred a month earlier.
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Band Together was a musical concert put on for the people of Canterbury, New Zealand, as a response to the 2010 Canterbury earthquake which had occurred a month earlier.
01 · What it is
Music
Vocal, percussive, or instrumental sound tradition carried by community performers.
02 · Where & name
New Zealand
Placed on record in New Zealand.
03 · How it is doing
□□□□ (Not yet assessed)
Documented in open cultural records, but no cited field assessment of its current vitality has been added here yet.
04 · Proof & reuse
2 cited sources
Every claim links to a public record below. Free to quote, teach, and share under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What is Band Together in plain words?
Band Together was a musical concert put on for the people of Canterbury, New Zealand, as a response to the 2010 Canterbury earthquake which had occurred a month earlier.
Where is Band Together practised or documented?
Sources on this page place Band Together in New Zealand.
What is the current condition of Band Together today?
□□□□ (Not yet assessed): Documented in open cultural records, but no cited field assessment of its current vitality has been added here yet.
How do I cite or share this Band Together entry?
Cite as: "Band Together." folkroom, https://folkroom.org/art-forms/band-together, text CC BY-SA, with attribution.
Band Together was a musical concert put on for the people of Canterbury, New Zealand, as a response to the 2010 Canterbury earthquake which had occurred a month earlier. It was held on 23 October 2010 at Christchurch's Hagley Park. 1
Organised by Opshop frontman Jason Kerrison and New Zealand music personality Paul Ellis, over 31 different acts performed on two stages erected in the city's North Hagley Park, many of whom had been raised in the region and wanted to give back to their hometown.
With appearances by Christchurch mayor Bob Parker, the Prime Minister of New Zealand, John Key. and a number of media personalities including Hilary Barry, Jason Gunn, Simon Barnett, it was broadcast live across New Zealand from midday through to 8pm on TV3. 1
Performers
Performers included (in order of performance): 1
Dame Malvina Major
Te Kotahitanga Kapa Haka
Che Fu
King Kapisi
Dane Rumble
A'ppreeshiate
Nathan King
Clap Clap Riot
Ray Columbus
Dinah Lee
Ivy Lies
Barry Saunders and The Eastern with Lindon Puffin
The Dukes
Julia Deans
Anika Moa
Swarm Dance Crew
Minuit
The Feelers
The Bats
Evermore
Midnight Youth
Bic Runga
Opshop
J Williams
Dave Dobbyn
The Exponents 1
The text above is adapted from the Wikipedia article “Band Together”, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence. 1
Band Together is recorded in open cultural data. The structured record cited below does not describe the practice, and this entry has not yet been reviewed by a person familiar with the tradition. 2
The source record links this tradition to 1 external register, which can be verified through the citation. 2