The free open-air mini-festival, based at the band rotunda, boasts Invercargill dub-reggae-soul seven-piece Rhythmonyx as the headline act.
They will be aided and abetted by Invercargill ska-reggae trio Jah Fire and Christchurch dub-roots-reggae trio Soulsystem.
Left Or Right, a Dunedin-based alternative-roots-jazz and fuzzy rock-blues trio, are down to play.
Dubeffectz and Wakatipu DJs K-Lab and Pops round off the bill.
- Homelands 2010, Queenstown Gardens, Sunday, January 17, 1pm to 8pm.
• The sultry sounds of upcoming singer-songwriter Joanne Chester will serenade Queenstown for the first time at City Impact Church, then Dux de Lux, on Sunday.
The 26-year-old unsigned talent from Auckland is taking in Wakatipu as part of her grassroots tour of 15 venues around the country to promote her debut EP titled Where's The Time? The release includes five of her original songs with band arrangements.
"I've written 19 original songs so [those included] are quite varied," Chester told the Queenstown Times while travelling on the Interislander ferry.
"People say I sound like Norah Jones, but I think I'm more jazzy.
"I'll probably throw in a couple of covers that people will know, but in my own way."
She has always loved singing but has been turning her passion into a career over the past three years.
She studied music education and taught music part time while singing and playing the trumpet with the Queen City Big Band, which led to her performing alongside top entertainer Ray Woolf.
Chester performed as a duo with Harlee McIlveen and in a covers band with brothers Daniel and Reuben Munro in 2009.
She has also been gigging solo, singing originals and covers and accompanying herself on guitar.
"A lot of my songs have been about making the most of time you've got and getting old. Where's The Time? was the song that started the ball rolling and I wrote it when I was working full time.
"Where was the time to pursue my own interests? - and that same theme runs through.
"I'm a Christian, so that's a big part of my life and it just comes out in my songs."
Her tour has taken her to camping grounds and the occasional pub to a warm response.
"They've said nice things and seem to like me. My music and my voice can be quite relaxing.
"I look around and see people smiling and some really get into it."
- Joanne Chester, Sunday, January 10, City Impact Church service at 10am, then Dux de Lux at 3pm. Both free entry.
