{"id":90672,"date":"2025-10-20T19:54:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T19:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/90672\/"},"modified":"2025-10-20T19:54:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T19:54:10","slug":"six60-announces-new-country-and-roots-music-festival-sweet-home-aotearoa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/90672\/","title":{"rendered":"Six60 announces new country and roots music festival \u2018Sweet Home Aotearoa\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dptlwVDgxxGx\" style=\"display:none\">The one-day festival gears up to bring a taste of Nashville to New Zealand at the Matakana Country Park venue. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dptlwVDgxxGx\" style=\"display:none\">The festival aims to blend southern soul, Kiwi energy, and country swagger.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dptlwVDgxxGx\" style=\"display:none\">Six60 said they spent a lot of time in Nashville working on their album, and it felt similar to home. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dptlwVDgxxGx\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cThe authentic nature, story telling and power to bring people together that roots and country music have was so evident. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dptlwVDgxxGx\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cWe knew it was time for New Zealand to have its first country and roots festival &#8211; Sweet Home Aotearoa,\u201d they said. <\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"SIX60 at the Aotearoa Music Awards.  Photo \/ Sylvie Whinray \" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>SIX60 at the Aotearoa Music Awards.  Photo \/ Sylvie Whinray <\/p>\n<p class=\"dptlwVDgxxGx\" style=\"display:none\">The festival is an all-ages event, though under-18s must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dptlwVDgxxGx\" style=\"display:none\">Now one of Aotearoa\u2019s premier music acts, Six60 was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/entertainment\/six60-tall-poppies-who-bloomed\/TQSZ3LD6E4IGGE435NLH6FWWPY\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">formed by a group of university students<\/a> flatting together in Dunedin in 2008.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dptlwVDgxxGx\" style=\"display:none\">They came together originally as a jam-band for Castle St parties. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dptlwVDgxxGx\" style=\"display:none\">The band have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/entertainment\/six60-grassroots-tour-band-announces-8-new-city-edition-dates-in-nz-and-australia\/RKVYJ5FSNZATLDEWM6N4ITEZXA\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/entertainment\/six60-grassroots-tour-band-announces-8-new-city-edition-dates-in-nz-and-australia\/RKVYJ5FSNZATLDEWM6N4ITEZXA\/\">produced hits<\/a> such as Don\u2019t Forget Your Roots and White Lines, becoming household names locally while building a loyal fanbase overseas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dptlwVDgxxGx\" style=\"display:none\">In 2021, Six60 made history at Eden Park, being the first band to headline at the famous sports stadium. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dptlwVDgxxGx\" style=\"display:none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/the-daily-h-your-fast-smart-guide-to-the-days-biggest-headlines\/VQR5CULLQRECZP2ORSWPGDORBU\/?utm_source=nzherald&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_id=nz_cta\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/the-daily-h-your-fast-smart-guide-to-the-days-biggest-headlines\/VQR5CULLQRECZP2ORSWPGDORBU\/?utm_source=nzherald&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_id=nz_cta\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up to The Daily H<\/a>, a free newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The one-day festival gears up to bring a taste of Nashville to New Zealand at the Matakana Country&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":90673,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[95,694,12889,2841,5131,1345,194,57912,157,117,111,43,139,69,13028,34687,68191,14625,16800,15142],"class_list":{"0":"post-90672","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-zealand","8":"tag-and","9":"tag-announces","10":"tag-aotearoa","11":"tag-country","12":"tag-festival","13":"tag-home","14":"tag-kiwi","15":"tag-matakana","16":"tag-music","17":"tag-new","18":"tag-new-zealand","19":"tag-news","20":"tag-newzealand","21":"tag-nz","22":"tag-peak","23":"tag-roots","24":"tag-six60","25":"tag-summer","26":"tag-sweet","27":"tag-unveiled"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90672","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90672"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90672\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}