Ball tour bouncing into Leigh

Soaked Oats are returning to the Sawmill Cafe just two months after they last played the venue.

There will be three bands for the price of one at Leigh’s Sawmill Cafe on Saturday, January 2, when Daffodils, Soaked Oats and Marlin’s Dreaming take to the stage.

The five-date North Island summer Beach Ball tour is being touted as “a mission to create the pop, punk, indie, sludgy soundtrack of your summer season” with three of New Zealand’s freshest acts.

Two of the bands hail from Dunedin – Soaked Oats, who describe their sound as “sludge pop”, and Marlin’s Dreaming, who combine indie, psychedelic and surf rock – while indie band Daffodils are Auckland-based.

Tickets cost $42, plus $5 booking fee, from banishedmusic.co.nz. Doors open at 8pm and it is an R18 show.