𝐒𝐔𝐙𝐀𝐍𝐍𝐄 𝐕𝐄𝐆𝐀 | Sun 6 Sept 2026 | St. James Theatre, Wellington

𝐒𝐮𝐳𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞 𝐕𝐞𝐠𝐚 will perform a career-spanning show including favorites like “𝑇𝑜𝑚’𝑠 𝐷𝑖𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑟”, “𝐿𝑢𝑘𝑎”, “𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑒 𝑂𝑛 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑊𝑎𝑙𝑙” and many more, plus songs from her latest album, 𝐹𝑙𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝐴𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑙𝑠, which was released in May 2025 to critical acclaim. She will be joined on stage by her longtime guitarist, Gerry Leonard (of David Bowie band), and cellist Stephanie Winters.

𝐅𝐋𝐘𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇 𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐋𝐒 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖𝐒

“𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐧𝐞𝐰-𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐟 𝐝𝐞𝐛𝐮𝐭, 𝐒𝐮𝐳𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞 𝐕𝐞𝐠𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐤𝐧𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐥𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐩 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡… 𝐇𝐞𝐫 𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐛𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐭.” – 𝐑𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞 | 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐥𝐛𝐮𝐦𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 𝐒𝐨 𝐅𝐚𝐫

"𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑢𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑎 𝑣𝑖𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑢𝑟𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 ‘𝑛𝑜𝑤’”

- 𝐌𝐎𝐉𝐎

“𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑠 ℎ𝑢𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 ‘𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑦’ 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡”

- 𝐔𝐍𝐂𝐔𝐓 𝐌𝐚𝐠𝐚𝑧𝐢𝐧𝐞

𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖𝐒 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓

"𝑽𝒆𝒈𝒂’𝒔 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒆𝒔𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒛𝒈, 𝒘𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒂 𝒄𝒐𝒛𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂 𝒅𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒖𝒅𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆."

- 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐭

"𝑺𝒖𝒛𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒆 𝑽𝒆𝒈𝒂 𝒘𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒂 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒅𝒐𝒘, 𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒄𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂 𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕.”

- 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡

𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐒𝐔𝐙𝐀𝐍𝐍𝐄 𝐕𝐄𝐆𝐀

Widely regarded as one of the foremost songwriters of her generation, Suzanne Vega emerged as a leading figure of the folk revival of the early 1980s. Accompanying herself on acoustic guitar, Vega sang what has been called contemporary folk or neo-folk songs of her own creation in Greenwich Village clubs. Since the release of her self-titled, critically acclaimed 1985 debut album, she has given sold-out concerts in many of the world’s best-known venues. Known for performances that convey deep emotion, Vega’s distinctive, “clear, unwavering voice” (Rolling Stone) has been described as “a cool, dry sandpaper-brushed near-whisper” by The Washington Post, with NPR Music noting that she “has been making vital, inventive music” throughout the course of her decades-long career. Bearing the stamp of a masterful storyteller who “observes the world with a clinically poetic eye” (The New York Times), Vega’s songs have tended to focus on city life, ordinary people and real-world subjects. Notably succinct and understated, her work is immediately recognizable—as utterly distinct and thoughtful as it was when her voice was first heard on the radio over 40 years ago.