28/07/2026
Bevan Gardiner will be a guest on the Silverpeaks Variety Country Night on Friday 7th August at the Taieri Bowling Club, starting at 7.30pm.
Bevan has been playing guitar since the age of 6, singing at the age of 10 and has been playing drums from the age 18.
In 2005 Bevan won the intermediate Gold Guitar at the annual New Zealand Gold Guitar Awards and, as a result of that, went to Tamworth to perform at the prestigious Tamworth Country Music Festival.
In 2008 he starred in "Whisper The Wind", the John Denver tribute show and toured around New Zealand.
He has since done eight more tours, three opening for Scottish singer-songwriter Isla Grant, opening for country legend Charlie Pride and touring the show “Take Me Home”, the music and life of John Denver, three times through New Zealand and Australia.
Bevan completed a Music degree at Otago University in 2012.
He also teaches guitar, singing and drums privately and teaches guitar and drums at Dunedin North Intermediate.
He also enjoys getting out and performing with his friend and duo partner James Davy. They do many pubs and functions around Dunedin and also do their “Bevan Gardiner Denver and Beyond” show, an acoustic tribute show to John Denver and other great country artists.
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