Great Job 3.73

Palmerston North is the greatest place in the world to experience live music. Well, at least it could and should be. Cameron Wilkes, David Stevens and Harry Lilley know just how good it can be to be part of a good community live music event here in Palmerston North. The problem is, there isn't a good, regular, friendly, appropriately sized space to do that in our little corner of the world. We want to fix that, and we want everyone to be a part of it with us.

We believe not having a space like this has a lot of flow on effects for the community. Having nowhere appropriate for artists to perform means that these artists get to perform less often, as there are less events. Less events means that artists have less incentive to practice and create, hence less artists. Also, the community is less used to having the opportunity to see artists perform, so audience numbers drop and events are less successful, so even LESS events are put on, and the arts community in the city doesn't flourish, it plummets. Photographers, graphic designers, and budding sound and lighting technicians all get fewer opportunities to practice their craft, and artists get less help financially to create their art.

It's important to acknowledge that there are still people and organisations working very hard to keep Palmerston North the resiliently vibrant place that it is, especially places like The Stomach, who continue to work hard with the help of the PNCC to provide a space where music performers can develop and hone their craft. We hope to work in close conjunction with people and places like these, making sure that what we provide is complimentary, and that everything we do helps or aids the arts community as a whole.

We feel that this is a project that needs a community behind it, not just financially but in spirit. We want the city to own the project, and for each and every supporter to be a champion of its cause. We believe so strongly in this project that we have invested our own money into making sure that it succeeds, and we would like the community to be the figurative fourth investor in this project.

To date over 100 acts from Aotearoa New Zealand and afar have performed at Great Job!

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A2M
Abi Symes
Alpaca Dawn
Alpha Beta Gamma
Alt Simulacra
Anthonie Tonnon
Aporia
Arcadian Kites
Astro Children
Beatcomber
Bill Heavens
Black Chrome
Blake
Bobandii
Bonecruncher
Bottlekids
Boyack
Boys Noise
Buska Dimes
Capsul
Carb on Carb
Career Girls
Caroles
Cats Eat Dogs
Cheats
Church Party
Cool Cult
Cory Champion
D Fresh
Danceflaws
Dentist Apprentice
Desperate Models
Die! Die! Die!
Dirty Hairy
Disasteradio
Dusk Till Dawn
E N T
Eyeliner
Fantails
Fazerdaze
Felix and Jack
Freak Magnet
Fruit Juice Parade
Gains
Given Names
Greenfog
Groeni
god bows to math
G.T.Arpe
Hannah Band
Hans Pucket
Hammer Time
HDSPNS
Hell Yeah!
Hiboux
Huff
His Master's Boyz / How Get
Hydro Raspberry
I.E.Crazy
Jakeland
Jason Spring
Jayden Colban
Kane Strang
Ladders
Larz Randa
Losses
Louie Knuxx
Luckless
L V J
Man in Rug
Markdown
Messmess
Melodies of the Disturbed
Mermaidens
Mighty Method
Miles
mr sterile Assmebly
Nerlin
New Gum Sarn
Odd Bodz
P90s
Pales
Parents
Parley
Pixie Dust
Rackets
Reaving
researchintospeed
Robin
Rob Thorne
Secret Knives
Sere
Seth Frightening
Shocking Pinks
Slates
Slower Motion
Soda Boyz
So Laid Back Country China
Splitting Atoms
Spook The Horses
Surf City
T.A.B.
Terry
The All Seeing Hand
The Joffries
The Nerines
thirtysomethings
Token Effort
Totems
Treehouse
Triumphs
Trust Punks
Tuff Wizard / Prizegiving
Us As Robots
Valery
Vegans Can Do Anything
Vish
Vowel Movement
Wellington Poetry Club
Yor Chronies
Yukon Era