Crying Ivy are four-piece alternative psych band from Western Springs College-Ngā Puna o Waiōrea and Saint Kentigern College. With two single releases already under their belt, Crying Ivy are quickly becoming one of the most active and promising emerging artists from Tāmaki Makaurau. The group gigs regularly across the city, and in 2025, they performed at The Others Way festival and had a single reach #1 on the 95bFM Top Ten.
Here's what the band had to say about their win: "Thank you so much for giving us the opportunity to play and win this amazing competition. We’ve been excited for this gig for so long and it’s unreal to come first place. Genuinely unreal, we are all still shaking! This is insane!!" - 1st place, Crying Ivy
Across three nights from 4–6 June, 36 emerging young bands from Tāmaki Makaurau took to the stage at The Dorothy Winstone Centre for the 2026 Smokefreerockquest Auckland Regional Finals.
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