The line-up for the 2015 Lakeside concert - The Night Fantastic - is out, and with a mix of talented local and national musicians the annual event's high-calibre reputation should continue.
The concert on Rotorua's Village Green on February 21 will feature some of the biggest names in New Zealand music as well as the best of Maori, classical and contemporary music, in a format accessible to every citizen of the region, organisers say.
Annie Crummer, Jason Kerrison from Opshop and Kiwi Darryl Lovegrove, who was awarded Australian Entertainer of the Year for 2014, will perform at the event. Rotorua Lakeside Concert Charitable Trust chairman Ian Edward said they had appointed three artistic directors this year, who had a wealth of experience in the entertainment industry, to organise the music.
"We are terribly excited about the line-up that we have got assembled here this year. Every year we appoint an artistic director but this year we have three. Shane Cortese, Candy Lane, who has just been given a Queen's honour for her contribution to dance in New Zealand, and Mark Dennison, who has been a musical director for New Zealand's Got Talent, and is not only a professional himself but organises and directs music for a number of shows."
