Overview
New Year's festival Northern Bass is set to unleash a huge three days of end-of-the-year celebrations, with the festival's lineup locked and loaded. Attendees can bring in 2024 with the Netsky, Homebrew, Goldie and more among the rolling green farmland of Kaiwaka, just north of Mangawhai, and a hop, skip and a jump away from some of Northland's most beautiful beaches.
Northern Bass kicks off on Friday, December 29 and runs until Monday, January 1, 2024, with each day filled with bigger acts than the last. Most punters camp on the festival grounds, with a wide range of different camping areas, including glamping and caravans to hire, if you're not into the traditional tent. Over the past few years, Northern Bass has also offered a Green Camp, where festivalgoers are offered pre-pitched tents on a premium campsite, after agreeing to leave their area exactly as they found it come New Year's Day.
The 2023–24 Northern Bass lineup features both international and local acts, leaning heavily into the drum and bass scene. Northern Bass has two stages: the Jungle Stage, which is packed with grime-loving crowds in the early evening; and the Main Stage, where you'll find punters moshing late into the night (or early hours of the morning) to the headlining artists.
The official program for each day is yet to be announced, so we don't yet know who will be bringing in January 1 with the Northern Bass crowd. Netsky could certainly be a contender, with the successful Belgian-born DJ often being referred to as a honorary New Zealander after spending more than ten summers in Aotearoa. And really, who could blame him?
New Zealand's own Home Brew have been making the gig rounds this year to promote the reissue of their self-titled album ten years on, stoking the loyalty of old fans and creating new ones along the way.
Punters can also expect DJ sets from the likes of Sigma, the UK drum and bass duo responsible for hits like 'Changing' and 'Nobody to Love' — and UK DJ Nicolaas Douwma, better known as Sub Focus.
NORTHERN BASS 2023–24 LINEUP:
Aroha
Ashez
Azifm
Bad Boy Chiller Crew
Ben Soundscape + Collette Warren
Black Sun Empire
Break
Calibre
Chiccoreli
Coco
Conduct
Dillinja Drs in Session featuring Dogger
Dylan C + Zuke
Elipsa & Tali
Fox Glove
Goddard
Godlands
Goldie
Halfqueen B2B Zeki Hedex
Home Brew
Iamddb Imanu
Jessb
Katayanagi Twins
L'amour
Lee Mvtthews
Levi
Loefah + Chinese Daughter † Snowy
Luca
Mantis
Manuel Bundy
Melodownz Metrik
Mixtress
Mollie Collins
Monroe + Duskee + Emily Makis
Montell2099
Mozaik
Netsky
Nito
Notion
P-rallel
Paige Julia
Pola and Bryson
Restless Keith
Ruby Lou
Ryhas
Scarlett Eden
Sigma Bet Skepsis
Sorchalula
State Of Mind
Sub Focus Bet + Id
Sxmpra
Talisman Tenpin
The Librarian
Tiki Taane
Trei
Vibe Chemistry
Youngsta B@B J:kenzo
Yung Singh
33 Below
48 Sonic
Northern Bass runs from Friday, December 29, 2023–Monday, January 1, 2024 at 420 Settlement Road, Kaiwaka, Mangawhai, just one hour out of Auckland. For all of the ticket information, head to the Northern Bass website.