Saturday, 19 July, John Michaelz turns 60. To celebrate John has assembled 7-piece band that will be performing songs from John's 40+ years as a singer / songwriter.

From Hard To Handle, The Stone Babies, Kosher and Solo, every period will be represented. Special guest Grant Haua will open the show and join John and the band for the final songs of the night.

John Michaelz - Nominated for a New Zealand Tui Award in 2010 for his Gospel album, Walk On Water and with ten albums to his credit and known for his high-octane stage performances, fronting rock bands Hard To Handle, The Stone Babies and Kosher.

John Michaelz' work combines his love of Reggae, Rock, Blues, Gospel and his prowess for writing a great song. John's albums include fine contributions from the likes of Shona Laing, Rodger Fox, Ritchie Pickett, Gordon Joll (Herbs, Hello Sailor) Alan Norman (The Warratahs ,The Rag Poets) Liam Ryan (The Narcs) to mention a few.

John has toured with Renee Geyer, American blues men Robert Penn and Junior Medlow. Born in Motueka Aotearoa and raised in Iceland for seventeen years, John returned to New Zealand in 1987, furthering a lifetime career in music.