Cross Street Music Festival returns on Saturday 28 November, bringing together some of Aotearoa’s most exciting independent, underground and emerging music for its biggest edition yet!
Now in its 8th year, Cross Street is expanding beyond Cross Street, spilling out across Karangahape Road, Mercury Lane and the surrounding precinct for an afternoon and evening of live music, art, installations, performances and unexpected things to stumble across.
Cross Street has always been about discovery: come for an artist you know and leave obsessed with someone you’d never heard before.
This year’s festival artwork has been hand-painted by renowned Tāmaki Makaurau artist Tanja McMillan, aka Misery, and depicts The Magician, a Major Arcana tarot card associated with manifestation, personal power, resourcefulness and turning ideas into action.
Independent by nature. Connected by community. He wāhi, he tāngata, he kōrero.
12pm - 4pm:
Enjoy free all-ages music, art, installations, performances, activations and tamariki activities.
From 4pm:
The ticketed Cross Street Music Festival programme kicks into gear, with R18 restrictions applying from 5pm onwards.
First wave line-up:
- Sola Rosa
- MELODOWNZ
- DARTZ
- Borderline
- Lilbubblegum
- Where’s Jai
- Spell
- BBYFACEKILLA
- Mokomokai
- Roy Irwin
- Magic Factory
- The Beatniks
- Love Language
- Hales
- Great South
- Noa Records
- Snakelegs
- Spdrtwnbby
- Murry Sweetpants
- Erin G
- Tiger Lotiss
Plus plenty more artists still to be announced!
Cross Street Music Festival 2026 is proudly supported by Auckland Live and Auckland Council Events.