Auckland Jazz and Blues Club

Club Management

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.

($15 members/$25 non-members - cash only - includes raffle draw for bottle of wine.)

Optional $2 raffle - $60 cash prize.

Non-member contact registration required at time of entry.

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


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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TOBY BARRETT

  • Birkenhead RSA Recreation Drive Auckland, Auckland, 0626 New Zealand (map)

Toby Barrett is a Melbourne-based saxophonist originally from Auckland, New Zealand.
After studying Jazz and Improvisation at the University of Melbourne, Toby returns home to launch his debut album through a series of shows around the North Island. The album is inspired by Toby’s research into the appeal and paradoxical pleasures of sad music, using conceptual metaphors as a source for creative generation. Additionally, the music of Ben Wendel, Remy Le Bouef, Joe Lovano, and other ECM recording artists heavily inspires the album.

Toby (saxophone, FX) will be joined by two outstanding Australian musicians (and housemates) Will Ellerton (piano) and Matthew Morgan (drums), alongside incredible locals Chelsea Prastiti (vocals), Iggy Nama Ruci (alto saxophone), and Tyler Diprose (upright bass).

The album will be released on the 5th of February, so this is a special pre-release gig presenting the music for the first time in New Zealand.

Members $15 cash
Non-members $25 cash
No EFTPOS
Non-member contact details required at time of registration.

Earlier Event: January 20
RAY WOOLF
Later Event: February 10
JULIANA SIAN