The artist, born and raised in and now based in Austin, will perform at the Desert Heart Winery, Bannockburn, with Australian guitarist Mark Punch as a special guest, on Sunday, at 5pm. Tickets cost $25 from the venue and at the door.
Bristow will play solo at Waitiri Creek Winery, Gibbston, on March 3, at 3pm.
Tickets are limited to 30 and cost $80, including the first drink on arrival and canapés.
After releasing her third album, Freedom in New Zealand and Australia and touring in support of Shawn Mullins, Bristow returned to the United States last February as the opening act for acclaimed guitarist Tommy Emmanuel.
Playing to sold-out 1500-capacity venues, Bristow opened for such notables as Marc Cohn, John Waite, B.J. Thomas, John Oates, Bettye LaVette, Joe Ely, Jimmy Lafave, Marcia Ball, Charlie Robison and Bob Schneider and, in past years, Daniel Lanois, Art Garfunkel, Phoebe Snow, Madeleine Peyroux, and Jimmy Webb.
Picks of the week
TODAY
7pm: Les Alpes hosts Southland singer-songwriter Jessie Coutts and guitarist-songwriter Mathurin Molgat in the Friday Jazz Club. Free.
10pm: Sunshine Sound System, featuring DJ Downtown Brown and MC Stauny Pops, with special guest MC JDubs, of Wellington, deliver hop-hop, drum 'n' bass and dubstep in Subculture. Early-bird door sales $5.
10pm: DJ Pops spins drum 'n' bass in Dux de Lux. Free.
SATURDAY
10pm: Alias, of Auckland, spins ghetto funk, glitch and drum 'n' bass in Subculture, with Queenstown support from DJs Turbohag amd D-Jade. Free before midnight, $5 afterwards.
10pm: Panda, an American singer-songwriter-guitarist, plays his original songs in Dux de Lux. Free.
SUNDAY
4pm: DJ Sam plays funk and reggae in Dux de Lux. Free.
MONDAY
6.15pm: Tickets are sold out and names are on a waiting list to attend the black-and-white-themed 10th anniversary Oscars Party in Dorothy Brown's Cinema and Bar, Arrowtown.
THURSDAY
10pm: British superstar DJ Greg Wilson makes his Queenstown debut by selecting dance tunes in Debajo, with Wakatipu support from Chris Reed, of Reed and Radley, and Sweetpants. Pre-sales $10 from iTicket Express online.
10pm: Queenstown roots reggae trio Ghetto Blaster play in Dux de Lux. Free.
