Tour News - Full schedule, map and final act dropped for Rhythm & Vines - 10th December 2025

Presented by Rhythm & Vines

With just over two weeks to go, Rhythm and Vines have rounded off their full lineup and released the official festival map, with new and exciting additions including exciting new destination bars, sponsor activations, as well as festival staples including the official Countdown Video NYE show, infamous Lipton Iced Tea Waterslide and I Love you Bro Hill.

The time to start planning the final four days of 2025 are here, with the full schedule dropping for Rhythm and Vines 2025, including new acts KELI HOLIDAY, LUCILLE CROFT, JAWBREAKERS, plus loads of talented local DJs and Bands, joining already announced headliners including KID CUDI, TURNSTILE, WILKINSON, MARIBOU STATE and L.A.B.

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Over 100 acts have now been announced for the four-day music and camping festival, with the official campers night pre-party starting on Dec 28th, before the festival kicks off across four stages on Dec 29th.

Across these acts and stages are 70% local artists - most notably at Rhythm and Vines’ Waiohika Warmup on Dec 28th - exclusive to onsite campers. 2025’s lineup includes sets from powerhouse up-and-comers INMOTION, Lady Jesus, Ella Monnery, Mikeyy and more. Kiwi heavy hitters such as Lee Mvtthews, Montell2099, SACHI and Balu Brigada began their careers on these very stages, so it’s safe to say that this year’s Waiohika Warmup artists are ones to watch.

Festival partners are also bringing their summer best, with sponsor activations all over Waiohika Estate. Including the One NZ Vines Stage & One NZ VIP Camp, X by Long White Hilltop Bar, Red Bull Shred Shed, Uber One Diner, Platypus Kicks Club, Sweet Spot and Mini Putt from McDonald’s, Bodyarmor Lyte, Speights Bar and the George FM Grand Central.

By setup time, Rhythm and Vines mirrors a temporary township, with power, sanitation, medical facilities, water infrastructure, roads and camping zones all being brought in by thousands of onsite workers. Rhythm and Vines is proud to employ hundreds of locals throughout the setup and festival execution process - as well as partnering with community initiatives such as the SuperGrans Tairāwhiti Trust. 81 year old Chairwoman of SuperGrans Tairāwhiti Molly Pardoe is set to take the stage on December 30, becoming the oldest artist to perform on the festival stage. The latest economic impact survey (2024) showed an increase of regional GDP in Gisborne of $4.24 million.

With sustainability and eco-friendliness easily queried through an event of this size and impact, the Rhythm and Vines team work tirelessly each year to continually place this element at the forefront of their planning - with this year’s offerings including BOOKATENT - combating single use tents entering the festival. The R&V team also partner with local charity Helping Hands to clean up leftover tents to sell and repurpose the profits back into Gisborne’s local kindergarten and kura. Rhythm and Vines has also launched GREENFIELDS this year - a 200-spot campsite designed around sustainability - as well as a reusable drinkware and recyclable/compostable serveware system at bars/vendors to reduce single‑use plastic.

THE FULL LINEUP INCLUDES

1TBSP, 070 SHAKE, A-TRAK, AIDAN FINE, ATARANGI, BL3SS, BORDERLINE, BRIGSY, BROOK GIBSON, BUZZ, CHARLOTTE PLANK, CHRIS KEENE, COAST ARCADE, CORNERS, CORRELLA, CROSSY, CROWN, CYRIL, DAMAGE CONTROL, DANI JOSIE, DEBT CLUB, DEEP NOTION, DENDE THE SENSEI, DIFFRENT, DOUBLE PARKED, ELLA MONNERY, ELLIOT & VINCENT, EMERSON, EMILY MAKIS, EMWA, ESHA TEWARI, FCUKERS, FIRST RESERVE, FOVOS, GOOD NEIGHBOURS, GRAY, HOME BREW, HORI SHAW, HUTCH, INJI, INMOTION, J.AP.R, JANE REMOVER, JAWBREAKERS, JULIAN DENNISON, JUNI, KANINE, KELI HOLIDAY, KID CUDI, KILLOWEN, L.A.B, LANCE SAVALI, LE SHIV, LEE MVTTHEWS, LIBERTY, LICIOUS, LINSKA, LOUIS V, LUCILLE CROFT, LUCY, LUCY GRAY, MANAKIN, MARIBOU STATE, MESSIE , MIKEYY, MIM JENSEN, MONTELL2099, MOZEY, MYLEN, NED BENNETT, NOTION, PIRAPUS PRESENTS F U T U R E, REASXN, RINGLETS, SAM CULLEN & HIS BAND, SAM GELLAITRY, SEX MASK, SHASKEY, SHEHATESJACOB, SIN, SIN & BROOK, SKEPSIS, SOTA, SWIMMING PAUL, TE WEHI, THE FALCONS, THE SPLINTERS, THERE'S A TUESDAY, TITAN, TREI, TURNSTILE, TWOFACED, VERSAH, VITAMIN COS, WHERE’S JAI, WILKINSON, WILL SWINTON

FESTIVAL PASSES 
Camping tickets are still available in Lil Treble, Premium Camp, Bass Camp. Newly released Greenfields Camping offers a complimentary Bookatent 2-Person Tent when buying two festival camping tickets. Popular Treble Camp sold out as early as June this year.

ABOUT RHYTHM AND VINES
Since 2003, over 375,000 Kiwis and international travellers have unlocked their rite of passage - the journey that is Rhythm and Vines.

Held each year at the stunning Waiohika Estate, on the East Coast of New Zealand, in the beautiful township of Tairāwhiti | Gisborne. Be one of the first in the world to welcome the first sunrise at one of the world's premier music festivals. The award-winning music festival opens up to campers from December 28th, with the festival officially kicking off on December 29, through to the first sunrise on January 1st. 

This will be the 23rd edition of Rhythm and Vines.

The festival successfully raised $40,000 for the Gisborne Mayoral Relief Fund and will now focus it’s fundrasing efforts to SugerGrans Tairāwhiti. In the years prior to the Gisborne floods, Rhythm and Vines successfully raised over $62,500 for Lifeline.

FESTIVAL PARTNERS
Rhythm and Vines 2025 partners include ONE NEW ZEALAND, ASB, GEORGE FM, LIPTON TEA, MCDONALD'S, PLATYPUS, RED BULL, SUPERGRANS TAIRĀWHITI, SPEIGHTS, THE EDGE, UBER ONE, X BY LONG WHITE

Tour Dates:

December 28th - January 1st. 

Ticket Sales:

rhythmandvines.co.nz

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