Singing great to open Tauranga Arts Festival

It’s with great excitement that we are announcing… singing sensation Macy Gray will be Tauranga Arts Festival’s opening act this year.

The much-loved American singer, with the distinctive raspy voice, will perform at Baycourt on the festival’s opening night, Thursday, October 22 at 8pm.

Tickets, priced at $115, are open to the general public from 9am, June 4 and can be bought via Eventfinda and the Baycourt Box Office.

Securing this rhythm & blues and soul legend to deliver her “festival of soul” in Tauranga is hugely exciting, says Tauranga Arts Festival Artistic Director Megan Brown — “our festival will open with an absolute bang”.

Macy Gray is widely considered one of the greatest rhythm & blues and soul artists, with chart-topping hits including I Try, Still, Do Something, Sexual Revolution, and Sweet Baby.

The Macy Gray Tauranga event is being sponsored by Holland Beckett, who are a longstanding supporter of the Tauranga Arts Festival.