DIY music collective bringing ‘Great Sounds Great’ to Pōneke

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The Great Sounds Great festival is happening on Saturday 31 August in Wellington. Bands, DJs and poets will be performing across seven stages in six neighboring music venues around Cuba St. The lineup includes Dateline, Death and the Maiden, Ebony Lamb, Fur Patrol, Half Hexagon, Hera Lindsay Bird, Trinity Roots, Womb and so the list goes on. It's also the celebration of 10 years of Eyegum music collective who organised the festival, as well as lots of DIY gigs around the capital. Eyegum formed in 2014 to put on a series of shows in flats, bowls clubs and other unorthodox spaces following the closure of many of the capital's favourite venues. Charlotte speaks to festival co-curator Ben Jones.