Born on the high desert in Santa Fe New Mexico and raised in the mountains of Southern New Zealand, multi award-winning songwriter Holly Arrowsmith is both poet and storyteller. With the conviction that the deeply personal is also the universal, Arrowsmith's lyrics orbit around what it means to be human, and offer up prayer-like responses to our most intimate struggles.

A leader in New Zealand’s contemporary Folk and Alt-Country movement, Holly’s sound pays homage to tradition without being too reverential. She embodies Americana through her mastery of vocal dynamics, and nuanced lyrics, creating a gorgeous sonic portrait of life's ups and downs, real emotion and optimism, a baptism by sparks. Holly shape-shifts from powerful to intimate with ease.

Holly has won the hearts of music lovers close to home and abroad, touring internationally and sharing stages with Sixto Rodriguez, CW Stoneking, Tami Neilson, Jessica Pratt, Nadia Reid, Marlon Williams and Tiny Ruins. 

NPR described her music as ‘Utterly beautiful, anchored by a voice that pulls you close and cancels the noise outside.’ In 2020 she was awarded the APRA Country Song of the Year ("Slow Train Creek"), and again In 2024 for "Desert Dove".

Off the heels of releasing her highly acclaimed new record 'Blue Dreams', Arrowsmith is crossing the Tasman Sea to perform two intimate shows in Victoria with renowned guitarist Tom Healy.

With support from D.C. Maxwell:
D. C. Maxwell is a Melbourne based alt-country singer-songwriter from Aotearoa/New Zealand. Formerly the teenage frontman of a high-octane punk band, Maxwell is a musician who doesn’t shy away from the fiery performance of his songs. With the frenetic energy of a punk preacher, Maxwell’s live show sees him physically embody each of his songs with intense passion. A troubadour, a magnetic performer, but foremost a storyteller, the mosaic of his music creates a world of love and loss in roadside motel rooms and the inner lives of small-town dreamers.