MESSIE

Wellington-based DJ phenomenon MESSIE, aka Tessa Hills has today announced two All Night Long DJ sets across Pōneke and Tāmaki Makaurau. Gaining international attention after opening for one of the United Kingdom’s most coveted DJs Fred again.. and remixing his song ‘places to be’ which now has over 2.6M listens on Spotify alone, MESSIE is quickly becoming one of the most exciting new names to watch in New Zealand.

Audiences will be able to enjoy MESSIE’s high-energy, electrifying set for literally the entire night - with these two shows running until the early hours of the morning. Saturday, September 13th will see her take over Auckland’s Studio the Venue, before heading to Wellington’s San Fran the following Saturday, September 20th.

MESSIE is taking Aotearoa’s electronic dance music scene to filthy new levels. As a former drummer, her passion for drumming was the pipeline for her falling in love with genres like Garage, Breakbeat, and Jungle. She has since expanded her sound and it’s safe to say each set will keep you guessing what will come next as she effortlessly merges genres such as Baile Funk, Ghetto Tech, Jersey Club, Juke, Afro beat inspired drums, Techno and many more global club soundscapes that encompass her high energy DJ sets. MESSIE’s sets are guaranteed to be bootleg heavy with something for everyone as she draws from her own music taste of rap and grime, to early 2000’s singalongs, girl-boss anthems and queer music culture in the form of edits you’d never expect.

Alongside her headline tour around Aotearoa in mid 2024, MESSIE has now brought her fresh, high-energy club music internationally to Glastonbury, Reading & Leeds, R&V, Beyond The Valley, Wildlands, Love Saves The Day, Gemfest & Outro Festival. With slots at Pohoda Festival, Hidden Festival, Motion, Truck Festival, AIASOUND and All Points East locked in for the second half of 2025, there is no slowing her down.

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