The 2025 sell-out event was attended by 40,000 people and featured more than 183 performers, 58 orchestra members and a 2000-strong crew working on the $1.8 million production.
Cassie Henderson has been added to the Synthony 2026 bill.
British electronic dance act Faithless will perform in New Zealand with a full live band for the first time in over two decades. The group, perhaps best known for the hit God Is A DJ, have sold more than 20 million albums, with streaming numbers close to one billion.
Aussie’s Peking Duk are Aria Award-winners and regular faces at festivals here and across the Tasman and The Black Seeds have taken their Kiwi sound to the world.
Mānuka Phuel Synthony Festival
Where: Auckland Domain, Auckland.
When: March 21, 2026.
Who: Shapeshifter, Kaylee Bell, Peking Duk, Faithless, The Exponents, Hot Dub Time Machine, The Black Seeds, Made You Look, Nice ‘n’ Urlich, Beccie B, Flamingo Pier (DJ set), Scary B. Mean, Pixie Lane x Kazi Flip, Take Em To Church, Tim Phin.
Synthony No 7: Auckland Philharmonia conducted by Sarah-Grace Williams, Kaylee Bell, Cassie Henderson, Jennie Skulander, P Diggs, Ilan Kidron, Emily Williams, Jujulipps, Lewis McCallum, Nate Dousand and Ventura Blac.
Tickets: synthony.com
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