THE 2016 CHURCH TOUR
The New Zealand Music Foundation Joins The Tour As The Official Charity
The 2016 Church Tour is proud to announce The New Zealand Music Foundation as the official charity for this year’s tour.
The New Zealand Music Foundation is a unique charity dedicated to changing the lives of those in need through music.
Impacting over 20,000 people, the Foundation has made music therapy and other music-based transformative projects
possible at youth organisations, hospices, schools, medical charities, rehabilitation centres, and more all over New
Zealand. It also provides vital support including medical treatment, counselling, funeral costs and hardship assistance
to those working in the music industry and their families in times of crisis.
Co-promoter of The 2016 Church Tour, Brent Eccles, says that it is a great fit for The New Zealand Music Foundation to
be a part of the tour.
“The Church Tour has a tradition of bringing out spine tingling collaborative and individual performances and I can
already feel that this year is going to be exceptional in that way. It’s a perfect match for us to support a leading
national music charity that is dedicated to changing the lives of those in need in our country.”
New Zealand Music Foundation General Manager, Peter Dickens, says: “We’re so grateful to the whole team at Civic Events
and all of the artists for supporting us in this way. Through The 2016 Church Tour, we’ll be able to make music projects
happen that will help hundreds of people in need in the very communities the tour visits. It’s going to be a very
special experience.”
The 2016 Church Tour will be making its way across the country this September and October, with nine stops in some of
New Zealand’s most stunning churches and cathedrals. Tickets are on sale now from ticketmaster.co.nz and churchtour.co.nz. To support the New Zealand Music Foundation please visit nzmusicfoundation.org.nz
Civic Events presents The 2016 Church Tour
With Sharon O'Neill, Shona Laing, Debbie Harwood & Hammond Gamble
SEPTEMBER
Tuesday 20 / Napier / St Johns
Thursday 22 / Hamilton / Chapel of Christ the King
Friday 23 / / Auckland / Holy Trinity Cathedral
Saturday 24 / Tauranga / Holy Trinity
Monday 26 / Wellington / Old St Pauls
Tuesday 27 / Wellington / Old St Pauls
Thursday 29 / Dunedin / Knox Church
Friday 30 / / Christchurch / St Michael & All Angels
OCTOBER
Saturday 1 / / Christchurch / Cardboard Cathedral
In brief:
About the New Zealand Music Foundation: The New Zealand Music Foundation develops & supports projects across New Zealand that use music in healthcare, with at-risk & vulnerable people, and in individual & community development to change lives across the country. It also provides caring, confidential & practical support to kiwi music people experiencing distress and hardship.
About The 2016 Church Tour
The 2016 Church Tour presents four legendary New Zealand songwriters, recording artists, and performers together on
stage in a unique concert collaboration: Sharon O’Neill, Shona Laing, Debbie Harwood & Hammond Gamble for nine shows nationwide which are sure to be full of not just wonderful music, but stories, banter,
and a whole lot of laughter.
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