Jackie Bristow, Mark Punch & The Katrina Bristow Band

Jackie Bristow based between Wānaka and Nashville and has released five critically acclaimed studio albums and has spent the last few years opening for the likes of Chris Isaak, Boz Skaggs, Bonnie Rait and Tommy Emmanuel as well as headlining her own shows in the USA and Europe and New Zealand.
Mark Punch is a producer/guitarist/singer & songwriter who started playing in bands after leaving school in the early 70s.

This was the beginning of a long career of playing with most, if not all, of the major singers of the last 35 years in Australia.....and he continues to do so to this day.

Mark met Renee Geyer and started a band in 1975, which began a frequent association of recording & touring. Marks hits include “Heading in the Right Direction" with Renee Geyer, and "Words Are not Enough" for John English....as well as many songs co- written with many other artists.

He also recently won "Musician of The Year" at CMAA Awards , January 2012.

In 2015 Mark relocated to the U.S, first in Los Angeles, and now in Nashville since 2017 and tours the world with Jackie Bristow.

Katrina Bristow - front woman of The Katrina Bristow Band, a local star band. Katrina has a long history in music and released a critically acclaimed solo EP 2016. Katrina is immersed in the Wānaka community and has been the director of Stars in Your Eyes for several years. Jackie and Katrina started out at the Bristow Sisters as kids and it is full circle for them to be performing where they got their grounding in Central Otago.