Wellington Jazz Festival

From a sold-out crowd to a cosy booth, the cool capital comes out to play at the Wellington Jazz Festival - 16-20 Oct 2024

Live at the Opera House, experience the visionary talent of five-time GRAMMY Award-winning "jazz genius" (NPR) esperanza spalding (USA), the "virtuosic brilliance" (The Standard) of one of the most recorded artists in modern music, legendary bassist Marcus Miller (USA), The Rodger Fox Big Band (Aotearoa) with a very special concert to celebrate the life and legacy of Rodger Fox, and ORO MĀIA (Aotearoa), a soulful te reo Māori tribute to the poetry of Dr. Maya Angelou featuring a captivating soundtrack of new music by Maarire Brunning Kouka (MĀ and The Fly Hunnies). 

At San Fran, get ready for the electrifying, dancefloor-ready beats of Alexander Flood (AUS) and a groundbreaking composition by APRA Award-winning composer and saxophonist Louisa Williamson (Aotearoa). 

And for the first time in eight years, Fly My Pretties (Aotearoa) return to Pōneke with their "unmistakable, quintessential tones" (Ambient Light) in the intimate surroundings of The Great Hall.