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January 5, 2023
Toogood supports 'cooliest little music festival' in Blackmount

Repeated from Stuff Article by Michael Fallow 15:19, Jan 04 2023 Minutes before he took the stage at the Revitalise Festival, Jon Toogood emerged from a swiftly arranged tour of organiser Tim Gow's farm, ready to enthuse about crop rotation and ancient practices. "It's awesome,'' he said. "Animals happy, land happy, it works, and you […]

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January 4, 2023
'Coolest little festival' steadily growing in popularity in the South

Article repeated from Stuff: Southland reporter 11:19, Jan 04 2023 Tim Gow’s cattle appear to like rock music so they’re in for a massive treat when Jon Toogood turns up to headline his Revitalize Festival today. Run for three days from January 2 to 4, the event known as the “coolest little music festival” on […]

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January 5, 2021
Revitalize Rallies in Rain

The New Year’s Revitalize festival in Southwest Southland was hit by the same weather bomb that ravaged much of the country that week. However, a large disused wool shed saved the festival from disaster, and the general feeling was upbeat and relaxed, if not completely revitalized. It will go ahead on a revised date in […]

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January 2, 2021
Open Mic Night 2021

THE STARS AND YOU Friday night’s Open Mic Night has come and gone with fabulous new talent braving the stage – some for the first time. Due to the poor weather conditions, the event was held on the secondary stage inside the Hub (the old redundant shearing shed.) A move which proved to be a […]

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December 4, 2020
Revitalize Signs On More Internationally Acclaimed Artists

REVITALIZE SIGNS ON MORE INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED ARTISTS Revitalize, the coolest little festival in New Zealand, is getting bigger by the day. As the countdown to January 1st start date begins, we have signed on five big name stand-up comedy acts, plus other new groups. As more talent comes on board, our prices will go up, so […]

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November 29, 2020
Introducing Revitalize Festival

Revitalize 2021 is the coolest little festival in New Zealand. Intimately small, and scenically beautiful, you’ll be able to get up and close to our top three internationally acclaimed Kiwi acts. Acoustic Soul (and beyond) legend, Paul Ubana Jones; the fabulous Julian Temple Band; and onetime World Best Selling Author the Wonky Donkey Man aka […]

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