Jack Johnson

2022 - 12 - 9

Post cover — Image courtesy of "New Zealand Herald"

Auckland weekend concerts: Music, mayhem, rain as 300000 fans ... (New Zealand Herald)

With Guns N' Roses at Eden Park, Coca-Cola Christmas in the Park at the Auckland Domain and musician Jack Johnson at Western Springs, more than 300,000 fans ...

It will be fairly breezy, with northerly winds and a high of 22C. There will be a variety of food trucks at the event or you can pack a picnic - just leave the bubbles behind. The show is part of Johnson’s Meet the Moonlight Tour. Gates open at 5pm. Guns N’ Roses are expected to kick off their three-and-a-half-hour set at 7 pm. Streets around Eden Park will be restricted to residents only and the streets immediately surrounding the stadium will be closed. The event is alcohol-free and there is a liquor ban in place at the event and on surrounding streets. Coca-Cola Christmas in the Park will be recorded and played on Three at 7pm on Saturday December 17. There is no special public transport to the event but fares on ferries, buses, and trains will be half-price. There will be road closures in the immediate area from 6am and surrounding streets from 4pm, so be prepared. The family event will be hosted by singer and comedian Jackie Clarke and this year is expected to be well attended. With Guns N’ Roses at Eden Park, Coca-Cola Christmas in the Park at the Auckland Domain and musician Jack Johnson at Western Springs, more than 300,000 fans will be moving around the city tomorrow.

Packed weekend of events, concerts, set to cause traffic chaos in ... (Stuff.co.nz)

With Flugtag and big gigs being staged in Auckland on Saturday, plan ahead to avoid traffic jams and parking restrictions.

For Christmas in the Park, buses and trains are a good option – with Grafton and Newmarket stations nearby. Classic Christmas songs will be belted out, as well as fireworks to end the night. It would be well worth packing a raincoat and an umbrella (if the venue allows it) as the weather is expected to take a turn for the worse on Saturday, according to MetService. If the weather gets particularly sour, Christmas in the Park does have a postponement plan that would see it run on Sunday – but if that too is not possible, it will be cancelled. Showers are expected to become more frequent during the afternoon, with possible heavy spells and a chance of hail and thunder, they said. There will be parking restrictions in place at the Domain and around the park’s perimeter. [Flugtag](https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300761218/watch-scramble-and-splash-on-the-tuff-stuff-obstacle-course-at-flugtag-2022), [Christmas in the Park](https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/130491840/lab-headlining-cocacola-christmas-in-the-park), [Guns N’ Roses ](https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/130694155/by-the-numbers-what-it-takes-to-stage-a-guns-n-roses-concert)and more are all lined up for Saturday, with masses of people heading into the city centre. [Coca-Cola Christmas in the Park at the Auckland Domain](https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/130491840/lab-headlining-cocacola-christmas-in-the-park). The competition sees teams build flying machines with the goal of launching the furthest off the platform, and is back in Auckland for the first time in 20 years. The weather won’t be helping, with heavy showers and a chance of hail expected in the afternoon, according to MetService. [Red Bull’s Flugtag starts at midday](https://www.stuff.co.nz/oddstuff/300740073/red-bull-flugtag-2022-your-guide-to-everything-going-down-on-flight-day), with the first flight happening at about 1pm. Plan well ahead if you’re thinking of hitting the roads in Auckland on Saturday, with a whole host of events set down for Saturday likely to cause traffic chaos.

Auckland's Christmas in the Park will go ahead despite ... (Stuff.co.nz)

It will be a soggy, but not silent, night at Auckland's Christmas in the Park. But organisers say the show will go on, despite a thunderstorm warning.

[one of three major events being staged on Saturday night:](https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/300761524/packed-weekend-of-events-concerts-set-to-cause-traffic-chaos-in-auckland) the others being Guns N’ Roses at Eden Park and Jack Johnson at Western Springs. For Christmas in the Park, buses and trains are a good option – with Grafton and Newmarket stations nearby. “Aucklanders are a hardy lot,” she said. [Red Bull Flugtag at the Viaduct](https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/300748167/watch-live-red-bull-flugtag-auckland-competition-sees-some-soar-some-sink) was set to wrap up at about 5pm. ['November Rain' on the way for Auckland and most of the country](https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/130726576/november-rain-on-the-way-for-auckland-and-most-of-the-country?rm=a) The annual Christmas in the Park concert in Auckland Domain will go ahead on Saturday night, despite a fresh thunderstorm watch.

Auckland weather: Surface flooding in central Auckland after ... (New Zealand Herald)

MetService issued heavy rain and thunderstorm watches for Auckland and a large swathe of the northern and central North Island, as well as Southland and Otago, ...

The thunderstorm watch for parts of Northland, Waikato, central North Island, Hawke’s Bay and Wairarapa is through to 10pm, with a heavy rain watch to 3pm tomorrow. Expect ongoing delays due to the severe weather across Tāmaki Makaurau.” Tens of thousands of people were expected to descend on the city centre to attend the Guns N’ Roses and Jack Johnson concerts - as well as Christmas in the Park. Police were alerted to flooding in Epsom, Ponsonby and Mt Eden, and there was water on both sides of the road in Brentwood Ave in Mt Eden, a police spokeswoman said at 6pm. The timing couldn’t have been worse for Auckland, with 300,000 people expected to be moving around the city as Guns N’ Roses performed at Eden Park, pro-surfer turned hitmaker Jack Johnson played at Western Springs and a slew of entertainers gathered at Christmas in the Park in Auckland’s Domain. And at Guns N’ Roses a few kilometres away, the skies had cleared as the band blasted Welcome to the Jungle before Slash unleashed his best performance of the night with a solo at the end of Live and Let Die, a concert-goer said.

Severe thunderstorm warning, watches in place across the country (RNZ)

Thousands of Aucklanders heading to concerts late this afternoon have been drenched as a heavy thunderstorm sweeps across the city.