Auckland Jazz and Blues Club

Welcome to the home of jazz in Auckland

Birkenhead RSA, Recreation Drive, Birkenhead.

Please see EVENTS section for weekly concert details and GALLERY for weekly concert photos.

($10 members/$25 non-members - cash only - includes raffle draw for bottle of wine.)

Non-member contact registration required at time of entry.

Restaurant (downstairs) open 5 - 8.30pm. Full bar services.


The club was formed around 1992 to further the interests of jazz & blues music in Auckland.

The club has a membership of around 250 and has regular club nights every Tuesday evening at the Birkenhead RSA.

Concerts start at 7.30pm and finish at 9.30pm with a break at half time. Meals are available before the concert. Full bar service.

Ample off-street parking. Come early to secure your seating.

Each night features a different local or out of town band.. Sometimes an International star makes an appearance.

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Matt Steele Group

  • Point Chevalier RSA 1173 Great North Road Pt Chevalier Auckland New Zealand (map)

Matt Steele is a young Wellington based pianist. He recently completed his honours degree in jazz performance at the University of Auckland, studying piano with Kevin Field. A dynamic performer, in his music Matt demonstrates a “‘wider awareness, an openness, and a hunger for what is just out of reach” (John Fenton, 2014). He is the 2012 winner of the Lewis Eady Charitable Trust Emerging Artists Series. Matt has played with many great musicians and bands throughout New Zealand including Lisa Tomlins, Lex French, Roger Manins, Chelsea Prastiti, Julien Dyne, Myele Manzanza, The Aviators, Auckland Jazz Orchestra and Pyramids.

Matt brings veterans Ron Samsom and Kevin Haines to the Auckland Jazz Club for an evening of

familiar jazz standards. Kevin, Ron and Matt often got together to play standards while Matt was resident in Auckland for a few years. The trio is excited to present their unique dialogue in only their second ever public performance as this group.

Matt was the JOY CREES AWARD jazz performance scholarship winner for 2016

Entry Members  $5.00
Non members $15.00

Earlier Event: February 16
Viva Jazz Quartet
Later Event: March 1
Dan Papirany and Vibeke Voller