https://www.loemis.nz/events-all daily 0.75 2020-08-31 https://www.loemis.nz/events-all/2020-solstice-ritual monthly 0.5 2020-06-20 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e7d4b10d74f3a2bb4e7df3d/t/5edc8e084b689d06b800b880/1591512671766/Loemis_Solstice%C2%A9VanessaRushtonPhotography-43.jpg Events - Winter Solstice Ritual Lōemis 2019 Solstice Ritual. Photo by Vanessa Rushton Photography https://www.loemis.nz/events-all/2020-feast monthly 0.5 2020-06-10 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e7d4b10d74f3a2bb4e7df3d/t/5ed9802352f50722fbf1212f/1591512491590/Loemis_FeastOfSevenFishes%C2%A9VanessaRushtonPhotography-19.jpg Events - Lōemis and Field & Green present: A Winter Solstice Feast Chocolate fish dessert at Lōemis 2019, photo by Vanessa Rushton https://www.loemis.nz/events-all/harmonic-tree monthly 0.5 2020-08-31 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e7d4b10d74f3a2bb4e7df3d/t/5f4cd0589e682a51d99fa50a/1598869669204/harmonic+tree+poster+web.jpg Events - Harmonic Tree https://www.loemis.nz/home daily 1.0 2020-08-31 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e7d4b10d74f3a2bb4e7df3d/t/5f4cd2cd64cb372724e2f52c/1598870412612/harmonic+tree+poster+web.jpg Home - Harmonic Tree Begonia House 29 Sep - 11 Oct https://www.loemis.nz/contact daily 0.75 2020-03-29 https://www.loemis.nz/about daily 0.75 2020-09-16 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e7d4b10d74f3a2bb4e7df3d/t/5f615e7759bd4125faf6adf0/1600216709344/4.0%2BPAQ%2B5429%2BLoemis%2B2020%2BFB%2BBanner_tf.jpg About - Lōemis 2020 This year’s festival was largely cancelled due to Covid-19, although we were able to stage a Feast event at Field & Green and a ritual burning at Freyberg Beach (after six weeks of rain, the clouds cleared just in time). https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e7d4b10d74f3a2bb4e7df3d/t/5f6162e43315fe42a6ec9e5e/1600217844361/1.0%2BLAK%2B002%2BLoemis%2BDL%2BFlyer_tf.jpg About - Lōemis 2016 June 21. The very first! https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e7d4b10d74f3a2bb4e7df3d/t/5f61604d20943077f46d2615/1600217177958/Loemis_Solstice%25C2%25A9VanessaRushtonPhotography-30.jpg About - Lōemis 2019 June 12-22. Our biggest festival yet, spanning 11 days, culminating in a massive procession and burn event at Freyberg Beach. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e7d4b10d74f3a2bb4e7df3d/t/5f615e14d9d83a4c72969419/1600217190217/2.2%2BPAQ%2B0018%2BLoemis%2B%252718%2BFacebook%2BBanner_tf.jpg About - Lōemis 2018 June 14-21. Starting to get into the swing of things, with a wider programme. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e7d4b10d74f3a2bb4e7df3d/t/5f6161446cae573293ac5aba/1600217423150/loemis-2017-somnium-burning-scott-halvorsen.jpg About - Lōemis 2017 June 15 - 21. The festival spread out over 6 days allowing for extra events, including our first ritual solstice burning on Whairepo Lagoon. https://www.loemis.nz/events daily 0.75 2020-06-06 https://www.loemis.nz/harmonic-tree daily 0.75 2020-10-21 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e7d4b10d74f3a2bb4e7df3d/t/5f6da57283011d26a287a8ea/1601021333085/Harmonic+Tree+bridge+view.JPG Harmonic Tree - Harmonic Tree Begonia House 29 Sep - 11 Oct https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e7d4b10d74f3a2bb4e7df3d/t/5f541d506cd6b40f3989d5ee/1599348055416/Dan%2BBeban%2Bthumbnail_db_holloway_rd.jpg Harmonic Tree - Daniel Beban Thursday 8th October [More] https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e7d4b10d74f3a2bb4e7df3d/t/5f5031f44a0c8a141082488e/1599091194284/eight_col_large_09-Fraser-03.jpg Harmonic Tree - Al Fraser Al Fraser https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e7d4b10d74f3a2bb4e7df3d/t/5f54488036732345b4cc8982/1599359118235/13064614_286590168342352_7446198843028077_o.jpg Harmonic Tree - Isaac Smith Friday 2nd Oct, 7.30pm [More} https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e7d4b10d74f3a2bb4e7df3d/t/5f5031200ec646106baaf2aa/1599357872451/JoelVinsen.jpg Harmonic Tree - Joel Vinsen Sep 29 - Oct 2 [More] https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e7d4b10d74f3a2bb4e7df3d/t/5f5032d4ab0fbd2f2d37790d/1600211013548/Blair%2BL%2Bweb.jpg Harmonic Tree - Blair Latham Friday 2nd Oct, 7.30pm. [More] https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e7d4b10d74f3a2bb4e7df3d/t/5f541d89fab9b365a22d8be6/1599348112397/Justin-Firefly-Portrait-live-cropped-792x1024.jpg Harmonic Tree - Justin Firefly Friday Oct 9, 7.30pm [More] https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e7d4b10d74f3a2bb4e7df3d/t/5f5032046b2d1e016f06c2b5/1599091220615/64411619_2351295524917227_6772440123234582528_n%2B-%2BRuby%2BSolly.jpg Harmonic Tree - Ruby Solly Ruby Solly https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e7d4b10d74f3a2bb4e7df3d/t/5f50333641076b06741ffb74/1599091517870/Andrew_J2Wuann.original.jpg Harmonic Tree - Andrew Laking Sep 29 - Oct 11 [More] https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e7d4b10d74f3a2bb4e7df3d/t/5f6148c8d8e42f2cca0e0ea4/1600211149111/Bodega.jpg Harmonic Tree - Tyson Smith October 3-4 [More] https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e7d4b10d74f3a2bb4e7df3d/t/5f6ad41ea7b2294e5dbf9766/1600836648962/ol-stompbox2-2.jpg Harmonic Tree - Dayle Jellyman Friday Oct 9, 7.30pm. [More] https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e7d4b10d74f3a2bb4e7df3d/t/5f39e740dcbb3342ecd0da23/1597630280417/CNZ+logo+sized+for+web+code+999.jpg Harmonic Tree https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e7d4b10d74f3a2bb4e7df3d/t/5f3cb04b99e5cd0f83c96e34/1597812819809/WCC+Public+Art+Fund++logo+sized+for+web+code+999.jpg Harmonic Tree https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e7d4b10d74f3a2bb4e7df3d/t/5f39e6ec2aad3222fb27b440/1597630301294/Toi+Logo+999.jpg Harmonic Tree https://www.loemis.nz/joel-vinsen daily 0.75 2020-09-06 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e7d4b10d74f3a2bb4e7df3d/t/5f543c5dfccd86693e76f991/1599356328516/JoelVinsen.jpg Joel Vinsen - Joel Vinsen Joel is guitarist, improviser, composer, and tutor, based in Auckland, New Zealand. He has been described as playing the guitar with ‘equal parts respect and contempt’, his pedal board has been described as excessive, and his musical output as eclectic. He specialises in non-idiomatic improvisation; specifically Prepared Guitar; manipulating/playing the guitar with objects. He performs solo, in ensembles including 10 Acre Bloc and Vitamin S, and has collaborated across disciplines; including with dancers & poets & improv theatre performers. “I saw Joel Vinsen play a set of prepared guitar pieces; it was polarising in the best possible way. He is a unique talent” – Simon Sweetman. Joel plays the Harmonic Tree from Sep 29 - Oct 2nd. View full schedule here. https://www.loemis.nz/justin-firefly daily 0.75 2020-09-06 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e7d4b10d74f3a2bb4e7df3d/t/5f543de46699dc5f7fbb4933/1599356392519/Justin-Firefly-Portrait-live-cropped-792x1024.jpg Justin Firefly - Justin Firefly Justin is a Master's Graduate of the New Zealand School of Music and seasoned guitarist based in Wellington. He has traversed the globe performing with such acts as The Woolshed Sessions, Fly My Pretties, Fat Freddy’s Drop and Jess Chambers and the Firefly Orchestra. He is a passionate composer and orchestrator who has not only won awards at festivals in Europe, but also has appeared with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Just plays the Harmonic Tree on Friday Oct 2nd. View full schedule here. https://www.loemis.nz/blair-latham daily 0.75 2020-09-06 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e7d4b10d74f3a2bb4e7df3d/t/5f543f11416c7273cd36a4b2/1599356767315/Blair%2BL%2Bweb.jpg Blair Latham - Blair Latham Blair is a saxophonist, composer and multi-instrumentalist from Wellington with a deep love of the bass clarinet. With a prodigious technique and an expansive creative vision inspired by the likes of John Coltrane, Eric Dolphy and Ornette Coleman, he can be found lending his talents to a diverse range of project around the capital city, ranging from jazz, blues, Latin and funk to avant-garde experimental music. You can hear Blair play with Isaac Smith (Double Bass), Joel Vinsen (Harmonic Tree) at the Begonia House on Friday, Oct 2nd at 7.30pm. View full schedule here. https://www.loemis.nz/al-fraser daily 0.75 2020-09-06 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e7d4b10d74f3a2bb4e7df3d/t/5f543f8c7d267772ff54a5e9/1599357241514/eight_col_large_09-Fraser-03.jpg Al Fraser - Al Fraser Alistair is best known as a player, composer, and researcher of ngā taonga puoro with a performance background that enables him to provide a sensitivity that suits the intimate nature of these remarkable instruments. His first instrument is guitar, and he has a keen understanding of electroacoustic music, making him an ideal Harmonic Tree performer. Al plays the Harmonic Tree on Oct 10th and 11th. View full schedule here. https://www.loemis.nz/ruby-solly daily 0.75 2020-09-06 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e7d4b10d74f3a2bb4e7df3d/t/5f544161746c776c657e89bb/1599357323942/64411619_2351295524917227_6772440123234582528_n%2B-%2BRuby%2BSolly.jpg Ruby Solly - Ruby Solly Ruby Solly is a Kai Tahu musician, taonga puoro practitioner, music therapist and writer living in Wellington. She has played with artists such as Yo-Yo Ma, Whirimako Black, Trinity Roots, and The New Zealand String Quartet as both a cellist, and a player of traditional Māori instruments (ngā taonga puoro). She has also worked as a session musician and recording artist with groups such as So Laid Back Country China, Jhan Lindsay, Strowlini Orchestra, and many other artists around Wellington. Ruby will be playing with Al Fraser (Harmonic Tree) on Oct 10th and 11th. View full schedule here. https://www.loemis.nz/al-fraser-1 daily 0.75 2020-09-06 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e7d4b10d74f3a2bb4e7df3d/t/5f54492664c7ed68b8aa4e4f/1599359362543/Andrew_J2Wuann.original.jpg Andrew Laking - Andrew Laking Andrew studied lutherie (instrument making) and music. He ran a woodworking studio in Wellington from 1990-2001 before moving to Dublin where he worked for ten years as a touring musician with the Irish group Gráda. He is the founder and artistic director of Lōemis festival and co-director of Verb Wellington. Andrew designed and co-built the Harmonic Tree, and will be at all events from Sep 29 - Oct 11. View full schedule here. https://www.loemis.nz/isaac-smith daily 0.75 2020-09-06 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e7d4b10d74f3a2bb4e7df3d/t/5f544c5c6cd6b40f398de14b/1599360102695/13064614_286590168342352_7446198843028077_o.jpg Isaac Smith - Isaac Smith You can hear Isaac play with Blair Latham (Reeds), Joel Vinsen (Harmonic Tree) at the Begonia House on Friday, Oct 2nd at 7.30pm. View full schedule here. https://www.loemis.nz/daniel-beban daily 0.75 2020-09-06 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e7d4b10d74f3a2bb4e7df3d/t/5f5484bc7d267772ff594ff7/1599374529715/Dan%2BBeban%2Bthumbnail_db_holloway_rd.jpg Daniel Beban - Daniel Beban Daniel Beban is a musician and sound artist who lives in Wellington, New Zealand. He performs on a number of different instruments in groups including Orchestra of Spheres, Sign of the Hag, Sunburst Finish, Micro Soft Voices, UMU and others. He builds sound sculptures and invented instruments out of found objects and recycled materials, including the water organ (installed at Zelandia bird sanctuary). Through his work as a radio sound engineer, Daniel has experimented at length with reel-to-reel tape machines. The tape machine has formed the basis of much of his electronic work, especially with Imbogodom (duo with Alexander Tucker). In 2009 Daniel founded the Frederick Street Sound and Light Exploration Society and was director of the associated venue Fred’s. Fred’s was an important centre for creative music and arts in Wellington from 2009–2012. In 2014 the Sound and Light Exploration Society opened the Pyramid Club, which hosts weekly experimental music performances, exhibitions, workshops and other activities. Daniel will be playing the Harmonic Tree on Thursday Oct 8th. View full schedule here. https://www.loemis.nz/tyson-smith daily 0.75 2020-09-15 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e7d4b10d74f3a2bb4e7df3d/t/5f614960bc24c07d2b5fd5e4/1600213176957/Bodega.jpg Tyson Smith - Tyson Smith Tyson Smith is a guitarist/singer/songwriter based in Wellington, New Zealand. His unique, original music combines elements of electronica, rock, blues, folk, world music and freeform improvisation. He has worked as a guitarist with acts ranging from the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra to vocalist Hollie Smith, before focusing on his own music in the last few years, with a recent shift towards the electroacoustic realm. Tyson plays the Harmonic Tree on Oct 3rd and 4th. View full schedule here. https://www.loemis.nz/dayle-jellyman daily 0.75 2020-09-23 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e7d4b10d74f3a2bb4e7df3d/t/5f6ad6508ee39676995ca84c/1600837209336/ol-stompbox2-2.jpg Dayle Jellyman - Dayle Jellyman Mathematician by day, musician by night, Dayle sings and plays synths + keyboards in many well known Wellington bands, and some fairly obscure ones too! Dayle plays in concert with Justin Firefly on Friday October 9th at 7.30pm. View full schedule here.