queenstown....and heads up, my auckland/waiheke kiwis: a SMALL HALL CRAWL.... (Patreon)

hallo loves......

TL;DR: patrons only, a super-heads-up about some teeny shows, and i'll be thinging and filming one of them, so never fear.

we may or may not be leaving for the states in august. i'll know more in about a week. the delta variant has thrown everything back up in the air. 

so meanwhile....?

i've decided to say FUCK IT ALL I WANNA PLAY FOR MY LITTLE TOWN and do some teeny-weeny shows on waiheke. so i've gone ahead and booked some nights in the little small halls that are scattered around the island. they are TINY! the hall in rocky bay seats (literally) EIGHTY people.  :) 

these shows will be the specialist. i have two local friends coming to open up/play support: princess chelsea and my self-proclaimed "celtic maori witch" drag queen pal constance maraj.

the tickets will go onsale sometime early next week to locals for a few hours, then to patrons for about a day, then to the public. stay closely tuned and if you know you wanna come, make sure your eyes are glued to your inboxes. i'll try to give you patrons a 24-hour heads up of the time i'll drop the link so you can at least plan ahead. i figure the tickets will probably vanish in a matter of hours or days. TINY TINY TINY SHOWS!!!

i'm going to do a special set of songs and hopefully some new material...if i get enough time to practice.

and.....I AM PLANNING ON FILMING ONE OF THE SHOWS, so we can THING!!! and so you can all enjoy this weird-ass moment of my history. gads.

$75+ patrons of kiwiland....feel free to hit me up in the comments for guestlist spots, or email me and/or alex (alex@amandapalmer.net).

AND....i'm hoping to do a little patron-only gathering as well....possibly sunday morning for people who wanna hit the saturday shows and spend the night on waiheke, or maybe saturday for people who want to come for the whole day....if you have FEELINGS, make them known. i'm looking for a good space for us to gather in town, and we might be able to do it outside if the weather is good!!! SWIM?????

i love you all.

here's a few shots from queenstown yesterday....the "remarkables" or those mountains you see. they're ACTUALLY CALLED THAT. really.

the remarkable mountains. 

YES THEY ARE REMARKABLE! 

i remarked several times.

WHOA. jesus. look at those mountains.

and this is the farmer's market at their base....

a bookstore van at the remarkables market, a story in five pictures....

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happy, happy, boy.

....and, dudes, this QUEEN fairy at the market had to be photographed....

as did these pretty bottles...

as did this cheese....

and veg....

and this lion ash happened to meet....

as did this bunting....

and this doggo....

ash on the shore of queenstown bay....

and last but not least....

ASH AT HIS FIRST HOCKEY GAME.

the QUEENSTOWN STAMPEDE won against dunedin six to zero.

it was also my first hockey game...and i felt overwhelmed by it all. i could write volumes.

it was mind-blowing. i could be a hockey mom. i could see it.

when i get a little more time i'll pop some of the hockey videos on instagram, they're amazing. i'm still open for queenstown recommendations...from the looks of it on the last post there are almost no patrons in the area, which isn't shocking given it's a tiny town and mostly vacation-oreinted...but i'll find you all!!! all four of you!!!

the end for now my loves.

xx

a

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