FOL Winter Pop-Up featuring Huia with Soulti, Swizl Jager & Rei
The TSB Festival of Lights Winter Pop-Up is lighting up New Plymouth’s CBD over the Matariki long weekend, 19-22 June 2025.
2025 will be the fourth year of the event, bringing you an epic line up of captivating light installations and an array of entertainment from live music to pop-up performances – all completely FREE!
Stroll along the light-filled route from Huatoki Plaza and Puke Ariki Landing to the Coastal Walkway each night between 5pm – 10pm. It’s the perfect opportunity to embrace the winter nights by getting out and about to create unforgettable memories with your friends and whānau.
Feeling hungry? Food trucks will be ready to serve up delicious bites on-site, plus being conveniently located in the heart of the CBD means you’re just steps away from a range of restaurants and bars to suit everyone’s taste.
There will be entertainment each of the nights on the Huatoki Plaza balcony stage.
Friday line up consists of:
Huia’s music is often described as “electronic with spirit”, fusing sounds of nature with electronic elements. Known for her vibrant stage presence and dynamic live performances, Huia’s music flows from ambient sonics through to liquid Drum and Bass. Her works are a conscious lyric journey, connecting global listeners with te reo Māori and indigenous perspectives. She will be fresh from a UK/Canada tour, so she will be loving being home in Aotearoa and sending good vibes out in Taranaki.
Swizl Jager, a bilingual rapper, combines modern flow with cheeky Māori humor. His songs feature in NZ films and TV shows, and he won the People’s Choice Award at the 2024 Māoriland Film Festival for his music video “Hīnaki.” His metal background gives his live shows an extra edge.
Rei’s ‘Electro Haka’ live act brings big energy to the stage whenever they perform, whether rocking the mainstage at WOMAD or Splore festival, closing the International Indigenous Music Summit in Toronto or showcasing at WOMEX in Europe. Rei’s upbeat multi-genre sound always gets the crowd pumping and leaves them feeling culturally empowered. Add in modern kapa-haka dancers, te reo Māori, traditional instruments mixed with electronic beats and custom te Ao Māori visuals, and you have something unique to the world music scene.
