I’m used to organising gigs by the seat of my pants in Dunedin, but this may be the craziest thing I’ve ever attempted.

At 1pm today my plans for New Years in the Auckland region changed due to weather. In that time, I’ve convinced a temporary bar to open tomorrow night, and three of my favourite songwriters to play music.

Now I just need to convince people to go… and there’s the small matter of getting a standby flight to Christchurch, and then another standby flight to Dunedin (or hitching to Dunedin if I have to).

It’s all happening at Taste Merchants, which is part of Castle Macadam Wines, on Lower Stuart Street. Starts at 8 - then we all go to Albar after finishing up at 11.

Here’s the facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/events/157095087727068/