Auckland Arts Festival 2024
Auckland Jazz Orchestra presents a heartfelt tribute to the late NZ piano icon Phil Broadhurst. 10 new arrangements of his original compositions, for 17 piece contemporary big band, in the Auckland Town Hall Concert Chamber.

BUY TICKETS $49-$25, Children free with Adult.

Use code JAZZCLUB when booking for $10 off Adult/Concession tickets.

Altoist Hayden Chisholm returns with Unwind, featuring Norman Meehan, Paul Dyne & Julien Dyne. Spectacular every time they’ve visited CJC, you can experience this group an intimate concert in the Lewis Eady Piano Showroom. STRICTLY LIMITED CAPACITY: 60 tickets only!!!

SPECIAL VENUE (no bar)
$45/$35 BUY TICKETS

Globally in-demand bassist Matt Penman reunites with altoist Hayden Chisholm, along with Kevin Field and Stephen Thomas. This is not a drill. Get your tickets now!

SPECIAL VENUE (no bar)
$55/$40 BUY TICKETS

A BBQ / Jam / Fundraiser to end the year. Music from Roger Manins & friends. BYO. In association with Auckland Jazz Meetup.

LIMITED NUMBERS

VENUE TBC. A double-bill featuring two rising wāhine in the Auckland jazz scene: Na’amah Cheiban & Francesca Parussini

$30/$25 BUY TICKETS

SPECIAL VENUE! Ruckus return to CJC to perform new music by guitarist David Ward, as well as selected beauties from the jazz tradition, with Cam Allen, Neil Watson, Eamon Edmundson-Wells and Chris O’Connor.

$30/$25 BUY TICKETS

Jazz & blues pianist & singer Darly Aberhardt visits CJC for the first time, to play some choice arrangements, and originals, including original lyrics to some funky Schofield tunes.

$35/$25 BUY TICKETS

The DOG is back and ready to GO for a great night of fun new music from the Auckland award winning group - featuring Roger Manins, Kevin Field, Ollie Holland, Ron Samsom and Keith Price.

$30/$25 BUY TICKETS

The Filthy Junk Traders return to CJC with their trademark selection of rotten sax solis, dirty verses and arrangements of various standards.

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Join us and the Santa’s Little CJC Helpers house band, for a carol-free (mostly) jam session - and help us start 2024 with some microphone upgrades!

ENTRY BY DONATION - pay what you feel

Self-described jazz maverick bassist and band-leader Joshua Worthington-Church (Princess Chelsea, Exploding Rainbow Orchestra) returns to CJC with a new project, featuring Charlotte Barrand, Alex Freer, Joe Kaptein, Chelsea Prastiti, and Ruby Walsh.

$30/$25 BUY TICKETS

Nathan Haines’ brand new band, with Joe Kaptein & Elijah Whyte, filmed live at CJC on 16 September 2023.

Streaming on-demand concert on Oh! Jazz

Bassist Elliot Park returns to CJC, with Andrew Isdale, Adrian Hyun-Brown, Ben Gailer and Adam Tobeck.

$30/$25 BUY TICKETS

Dixon Nacey, Roger Manins, Andy Keegan and Mostyn Cole. Killer lineup!

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New-to-Auckland drummer Thomas Friggens debuts at CJC with an exceptional group of Callum Passels, Jonathan Crayford and Mostyn Cole.

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New Caledonian jazz-organ maestro returns to CJC, with new arrangements of his tunes and the Auckland University Tuesday Night Big Band.

$35/$25 BUY TICKETS

Boston-born, Sydneysider Tenor saxophonist Sean Coffin makes a long-overdue return to CJC, with his new tour Zoning Laws, joined by young-gun locals Joe Kaptein, Wil Goodinson and Ben Frater.

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Drummer/producer Dan Waterson brings a hip-hop influenced original project to CJC.

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Relentless and adventurous improvisors Trioglodyte (Jeff Henderson, Eamon Edmundson-Wells, and Chris O’Connor) are joined by joyous collaborator Rosie Langabeer for a special night at CJC.

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New trio of Keith Price, Francesca Parussini and Maximillian Crook preview material from their forthcoming album on Rattle Records.

$30/$25 BUY TICKETS

CJC is partnering with Oh! Jazz to bring the best of our concerts to the world, via their streaming and on-demand live jazz platform. We launch with this great gig from Michal Martyniuk Trio with Dixon Nacey.

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Wellington saxophonist Jake Baxendale (The JAC, Antipodes) leads a new sextet to present his Garden Music, with Cory Champion, and locals Chelsea Prastiti, Callum Passells, Michael Howell, Wil Goodinson.

$35/$25 BUY TICKETS

An almost indescribable blend of jazz, Mariachi, spaghetti Western, animation and horror informs the marvellous Carnivorous Plant Society.

$30/$25 BUY TICKETS

Soft Chaos is the brand new experimental electronic jazz trio lead by producer/saxophonist Nathan Haines, with Joe Kaptein and Elijah Whyte.

$35/$30 BUY TICKETS

Saxophonist Frank Talbot presents a new chordless quartet, with Forrest Thorpe, Wil Goodinson & Ben Frater.

$30/$25 BUY TICKETS

Indian sitar maestro Purbayan Chatterjee returns to CJC, reuniting with local fusion group Takadimi.

$40/$30 BUY TICKETS

Chelsea Prastiti’s 12-piece bossa-nova inspired ensemble returns, with her originals and some lovingly transcribed classics from Brazil.

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A band of few words, Ron Samsom’s Neutrino Funk returns, with Roger Manins, Grant Winterburn, & Cam McArthur.

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Sonic-explorer saxophonist Chris Mason-Battley leads his new group, the Radiophonics, through new arrangements of popular tunes.

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The Auckland Jazz Orchestra presents new works from the pen of pianist/arranger/composer Ben Gailer, alongside some rarely heard tunes form the band’s repertoire.

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