Join us to mark the last 10 years of Vogelmadness in a mini-festival spanning 10 hours! Experience a range of workshops and performances celebrating the eclectic range of happenings that take place all across the Vogelmorn Precinct.
Read on for the full programme below!
If you're interested in volunteering on the day, please email vogelmorntrustees@gmail.com
*please note the timetable may be subject to minor changes before the day.
VOGELMORN 10-YEAR CELEBRATION PROGRAMME
Saturday 2 August | 12-10pm | Vogelmorn Precinct
THE HALL
Karate
TIME: 12.30-1pm
Experience the skills of our up-and-coming karate kids and have a go yourself. ‘Give it a Go’ prizes, spot prizes and karate scholarships for the best newcomer kick and punch. Get a taste of self defence training and see how easy it is to escape a grab and turn the tables on an attacker. If you want a FREE FAMILY PASS for two weeks of karate training in Term 3, send your name and why you would like to learn karate to Sensei Patricia at: patricia@familyfitkarate.co.nz.
Irish Dancing
TIME: 1.30-2pm
Have some toe-tapping fun with the Ryan-Dorris School of Irish Dance! Check out what our beginner dancers have mastered in just one term, then it’s your turn to give it a go. No experience needed — just bring your energy and enthusiasm! See their Facebook page for more info about their regular classes at Vogelmorn Hall.
Wizz Kids Theatre Academy
TIME: 3-3.30pm
Come and support the youth of Brooklyn and enjoy some performances from Wizz Theatre Academy! Wizz offers after school classes specialising in musical theatre, here at Vogelmorn and the Brooklyn Scout Club. They love to sing, dance and act, and individually cater to each and every student. Students have the option to sit solo Trinity examinations, and classes are suitable for ages 7 and up. To find out more and enrol, check out their website: www.wizztheatreacademy.co.nz
Yoga
TIME: 4-4.30pm
Join Emma, Guy and Jo for a 30-minute taster of the many weekly sessions at Vogelmorn for yogis and brogis alike! A gentle flow, with some more challenging poses if you choose. Go at your own pace and connect with body, breath and community.
Weekly session times for “Community Yoga”, “Men’s Self-Guided Yoga” and “Yoga with Friends” can be found at www.vogelmorn.nz/regular-classes-and-happenings
West African Inspired drumming workshop
TIME: 5-5.30pm (outside if weather permitting)
Come and learn a rhythm on the djembe, kpanlogo, or dundun drum in this inclusive drum workshop. No experience required, drums provided. Interested in learning more? Sean and his group meet upstairs at Vogelmorn every Monday from 6-7pm. Entry by koha. Contact sean@LPNZ.org or 021 0232 2848 for more information
Middle Eastern Rhythms performance
TIME: 5.30-6pm (outside if weather permitting)
Enjoy a workshop and performance by the vibrant community of rhythm lovers from the weekly Wednesday drumming classes at Vogelmorn. The classes explore the rich rhythmic traditions of the Middle East, North Africa, and Eastern Europe. Taught in a fun, inclusive, and non-judgmental environment, these sessions are designed to awaken your inner rhythm — no experience necessary! If you are interested in joining the weekly classes, email Carlos on: carlosriegelhaupt@gmail.com
Harmonal Choir performance and sing-a-long
TIME: 6.30-7pm
Harmonal is a women’s choir serving up pop favourites from the '80s to the ‘20s who practise in the Vogelmorn Hall. Expect laid-back vibes, great harmonies, and a few crowd-pleasers you’ll want to sing along to. Come hang out and enjoy the tunes!
Barbarian Karaoke!
TIME: 7.30-9pm
After the success of their MISCAST! Karaoke evenings, Barbarian Theatre Productions is bringing back karaoke, this time in the Hall! Belt out your favourite ballads or showtunes to a supportive and adoring audience!
THE GREEN
Eggfruit interviews with Barbarian
TIME: 12-5pm
Join original Vogelmorn anchor tenants Barbarian Theatre Productions in their Eggfruit mobile recording booth and share what Vogelmorn means to you!
Ridgway kapa haka
TIME: 12-12:30pm
Ridgway school is honoured to be asked to open the Vogelmorn 10 year celebration. As a school, they have had a close relationship with Vogelmorn since it started. Their school production last year even featured scenes from the green, Upstairs and Smoked & Pickled! During their school rebuild, they used the Vogelmorn facilities every week and the whole precinct became an extended part of the everyday school life.
Ridgway school kapa haka includes everyone at the kura. They all take part in kapa haka each week, learning waiata and haka. They love performing at school and at cool events like this one!
Kid/Dog agility show
TIME: 1-1.30pm
Bring your dog and a friend for half an hour of fun! Sack races, obstacles courts, a cat dogwalk and more! One dog and two kids (or kids at heart!) per team. (Please only bring your dog if they are okay around kids and other dogs).
Special Olympics Bocce
TIME: 2-4pm
It’s not lawn bowls - it’s bocce! Join the Special Olympics Te Whanganui-a-Tara team to learn more about bocce - a cousin of lawn bowls and petanque. If you like what you see,come along to their weekly free sessions on Sundays from 2-4pm, designed to be a social space for locals to hang out on the green together. For more details head to www.sotwt.nz/bocce.
Little Dribblers Football
TIME: 2-4pm
Come and kick a ball around with Little Dribblers FC, Wellington’s fun, inclusive football community for kids aged 1 to 7 years. Little Dribblers is a non-competitive football club focused on participation and player development for kids of all abilities. They meet every Sunday on the Vogelmorn Green from 9.30am. For more details about joining, visit www.little-dribblers.co.nz
Trampoline Tricks Try-out
TIME: 3.30-4pm
Show off your skills at the Vogelmorn Trampoline tricks try-out! Perform 1-3 trampoline tricks and be in to win spot prizes including highest bounce, highest score, most unexpected, people’s choice and a secret criteria. Enter solo or as a pair. Send your name and hype song to Asher (thatasherdriver@gmail.com) and Markian (fischersmith574@gmail.com) to enter!
Group Photo (and cake!)
TIME: 4.30-5pm
Make sure you are around to be a part of the group photo capturing all the beautiful faces that have made up the Vogelmorn community over the last decade. And grab yourself a piece of celebratory cake baked by the talented @akanksha.bakes! (VG)
Toy Library Treasure Hunt
TIME: 5-6pm
Join us for an exciting treasure hunt on the green! Perfect for tamariki and their whānau, this adventure will have little explorers searching for hidden treasures as the sun goes down. Make sure to bring a torch - you'll need it to spot the clues. Follow the trail to the end and there's a special prize waiting for you! Brought to you by the Brooklyn Toy Library, find out more at brooklyntoylibrary.org.nz
DIRT Brazier
TIME: 6-10pm
Toast marshmallows and have a hot chocolate by our fire and have a chat about why having hot treats in hard times is important to us at DIRT.
Disaster Innovation Research and Training (DIRT) is a community resilience project with support from VBC and Massey University. They meet at Vogelmorn on the last Sunday of each month to learn about different aspects of emergency preparedness and response in a fun and welcoming way.
DOWNSTAIRS
Upcycled Merch-making
TIME: 12-3pm
Bring your own t-shirt, totebag or teatowel and get crafty with our V-for-Vogelmorn screenprint. You can leave your print to dry while you check out other happenings, then circle back to set it with the iron. Limited pre-printed items will be available for koha - get in quick!
What is Home? | Exhibition
TIME: ongoing
What does home mean to you? When do you know that you’ve arrived home? What if home is found in motion? These are the questions that inspired What Is Home? a sound and video installation by Post-Babes: an artistic collaboration between Alsu Sworder and Ruth Fischer. On display in the Barbarian costume cupboard.
UPSTAIRS
Writing a Vogelpoem
TIME: 12.30-1.30pm
Bring your ideas along for an hour of collaborative creativity with Vogelpoets Ruth Fischer Smith and Bronwyn Haines. Together we'll write a poem reflecting on VBC's illustrious past, present and future. This will be a guided exercise so all you need is your feelings and ideas. All welcome - no poetry prowess or experience needed.
ASMR Bar
TIME: 1.30-3pm
Tingles! Whispering! Relaxation! Give your ears a feast at Letitia Lickkit’s pop-up ASMR BAR! The menu is bursting with your favourite ASMR triggers! Don a pair of headphones and feel your stresses drain away. This is an alcohol-free event.
Presentations
TIME: 3-4pm
Come along for a romp through the past 10 years of the Vogelmorn Precinct in a 10-minute slideshow presentation. Stick around for a series of Pecha-Kucha presentations (20 slides each for 20 seconds, resulting in a snappy 6-minute and 40-seconds) on a range of topics on Vogelmorn’s past and future!
The Flukes
TIME: 4-4.30pm
A happy coincidental collection of ukuleles and women.The Flukes are a fun group who 'ukefy' some old favourites for their enjoyment and yours. They play largely un-amplified so expect to get close.
Live Music Showcase | Sig Wilder Makes New Friends
TIME: 6-9pm
Join artist Sig Wilder as he makes friends with an array of songwriters and musicians in this intimate celebration of local music at Vogelmorn. With music from:
Sig Wilder & Friends (Sig Wilder, Tessa Dillon, Mads Taylor)
Sig Wilder & Friends are Te Whanganui-a-Tara based alt-country band. They first performed at Vogelmorn in Sept 2022 as a part of the intimate couch sessions. They have since performed there more times than you can count on two hands.
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French for Rabbits (Brooke Singer, Penelope Esplin)
Dream pop luminaries French for Rabbits have been creating their ethereal and intimate music for over a decade, touring both nationally and internationally. Their songs dig deep into human experience, the environment, and gently command your attention. Both Brooke and Penelope live close by the Vogelmorn, and have performed and recorded in the space - as well it being a regular haunt for frisbee throwing with Heidi the whippet.
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Menzies (solo)
Menzies make twisted alt-country straight from the heart. Catch a very special Menzies solo performance. Menzies loves Vogelmorn 🫶
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HANWHO
A soulful blend of dreamy synths, funky live bass, lo-fi MPC beats, and smooth vocals. Hanwho mixes Afro grooves, jazz, indie, and electronic vibes into one organic, open hearted feel-good set.
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Sam Fowles
Sam Fowles is a soul searcher, finding meaning in the moments along this journey we call life. Soulful, bluesy, and stripped back, he delivers raw and honest performances with just his guitar, his voice, and his heart. He’s a late arrival to Vogelmorn, having celebrated the release of his debut single here last year, but instantly fell in love with the warmth and vibe of the place.
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Melondrone (Daniel Walker-Bowell, Chris Hamblin, James Stokes, Jorge Johnston)
Melondrone is a psychedelic swamp monster that loves Vogelmorn. They've spent magical days recording songs for a 3rd EP in the Hall, whose high ceiling especially makes for outrageous adventures in sound vibrations. On the occasional loungy evening when the cold has settled, amidst the lamps and sofas of VBC, Melondrone have been delighted to sing their songs of collapse and renewal, to wail of impending implosion and to engulf the charming community that is both audience and VBC, in shimmering sonic seas.
Bandcamp | Social | Melondrone on Tidal, Spotify, Youtube etc
Te KuraHuia
Aotearoa New Zealand’s 2 Spirit Neurodiverse Māori-Pasifika multi-disciplinary Haututū Te KuraHuia. Known for dropping dirty bass and factual bars to get your head bopping and body warmed up for more beats of Thee Bad Mana Wahine. Her link to Vogelmorn started with her last performance with Jen Cloher back in March 2024.
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DJ Name
TIME: 9-10pm
Part of the Jewel School radio on RadioActive. FM (7-9pm Saturdays). Romantic, synthetic, psychedelic... you name it! @jewelschool88.6
KAI
Smoked & Pickled
TIME: From 12pm
As always, local legends Alice and Craig from Smoked & Pickled will be serving up beautiful local produce to give you the best BBQ food you can get!
Damascus
TIME: 5pm
Enjoy trademark Syrian flatbreads and dips generously donated by Damascus’ Hasan and Flora, the original restaurant tenants at Vogelmorn from 2019-2022.
Pizza Oven
TIME: 5-10pm
The pizza oven has become a key feature at Vogelmorn, used for community events and hireage alike. From 5pm, come by and make your own delicious woodfired pizzas! We will provide dough and cheese - please BYO toppings!
Love your Vogelmorn 💛