Select Action Sports, on Camp St, is selling the tickets this week, as will be Dux de Lux, Revolver and the Boiler Room tonight.
Shihad, Kora, Tiki, Optimus Gryme and Sunshine Sound System are on the bill. Tickets cost $69 plus booking fee, from the events centre and Ticketek. The show starts at 8pm and doors open at 7.30pm.
Limited to 3500 patrons. R18.
Visit www.opensessions.co.nz for further information, tickets and the discount ticketed return bus schedule to the centre from Athol St, Queenstown, and the Lake Wanaka Centre. Patrons are urged to purchase bus tickets in advance.
Picks of the Week
TODAY
6pm: Funk and soul provided by Peti Crime at Dux de Lux. Free.
7pm: Singer Jessie Coutts and guitarist Mathurin Molgat serenade at the Friday Jazz Club at Les Alpes. Free.
9pm: Antiform DJs debut in Queenstown with beats, rock and hip-hop for the official Parklife Invitational Rail Jam and Winter Games NZ after-party at Subculture. Limited free early-bird entry.
10pm: Dirty Ol' Knights and guests invade Revolver for Rail Jam: The Completely Unofficial After-Party. Free.
TOMORROW
10pm: Subculture hosts the official reggae, hip-hop and dance-hall fuelled Burton Open Sessions after-party, featuring the full Sunshine Sound System with the return of Rebel Bass and Judgement. Door sales $10.
10pm: Queenstown psychedelic funk and soulsters Pass the Sauce play Dux de Lux. Free.
TUESDAY
8.30pm: James Cagney stars in the Busby Berkeley-choreographed Footlight Parade (1933), presented to Queenstown Film Society members at Dorothy Brown's Cinema, Arrowtown.
WEDNESDAY
9pm: Taxi Trio, also known as Jamie Reylton, Greg Alpine and Matt Wilson, hold their weekly jazz session at Barmuda. Free.
10pm: London-based alternative rockers I Am Giant play Revolver as part of the Horrifying Truth album tour. With support from Christchurch metal band Tainted. Tickets cost $25 plus booking fee from Quest.
THURSDAY
10pm: Inside Out fuse funk, jazz and blues at Dux de Lux. Free.
