Friday February 24
Chris Mawer
@ Blue Diamond Bar, The Sebel Harbourside Kiama 7-10pm,
Jazzy Bluesy guitar & vocals, perfect Friday night energiser.

Friday February 24
Mike Walsh Duo
@ Mercure by the Sea, Gerringong 6-9pm,
Smooth Cool & Swinging, Jazz piano & upright bass, with just the right amount of vocals.

Friday March 2
Lionel Robinson
@ Blue Diamond Bar, The Sebel Harbourside Kiama 7-10pm,
It’s been a while!  Mr Martini, the Duke of Lounge and the king of cool cocktail piano & cruisey vocals is back in Kiama tonite!  

Friday March 2
Chris Parkes Duo
@ Mercure Resort, Gerringong 6-9pm,
Smooth Vocals, Cool Piano  

Saturday March 3
The Andrew Dickeson Quintet
Wollongong Con Auditorium, Glennifer Brae Manor House, Wollongong
Exciting, energetic.  Some of Australia’s finest musicians are featured here…Andrew Dickeson drums, Warwick Alder trumpet, Dave Panichi trombone, Brendan Clark double bass and Steve Barry on piano.  Tickets $14 (or $12 conc & $10 students).  Purchase in advance Ph 4228 1122 or at the door.  7pm start.

Sunday March 4
Anna Lisa & York Yu
Gerringong Town Hall 2pm
Young and highly talented Anna Lisa da Silva Chen on violin plus York Yu on piano, bring their instruments to life!  Presented by the Gerringong Music Club. $15 at the door (members children & students are free) Afternoon tea is provided.  More info 0413 967 385.

Sunday March 4
Fiona Boyes Band
Rocks Rhythmboat, Sydney 11.45am. Tickets $35 & $45
Sydney Blues Society presents Fiona Boyes Band cruising around spectacular Sydney Harbour.  Sensational Fiona will also be appearing at the Kiama Jazz & Blues Festival on March 10 but if you can’t wait, then come to this…According to Delta Pianist & Blues Hall of Fame Legend, Pinetop Perkins: “I ain’t never heard a woman finger-pick a guitar like that since Memphis Minnie.  She’s the best gal guitar player I heard in more than 35 years” Call Robyn Baxter to book 0437 0991 461 or go to www.sydneyblues.org

Friday March 9 – Sunday March 11
Kiama Jazz & Blues Festival, 50 Gigs all free!
Various Venues: Kiama, Gerringong, Gerroa, Jamberoo
Programme & details are on the festival link so go there, or be square! Featuring Christa Hughes & The Honky Tonk Shonks, Buddy Knox, Ray Beadle, Fiona Boyes, Ben Jones, Dorothy Jane Gosper, Andrew Oh, Michael Fix, Paul Robert Burton, Andrew Toner, Don Hopkins, Christian Marsh, Dane Laboyrie, Tommy M and the Mastersounds….and heaps more.  Major venues include Kiama Leagues Club and the Blue Diamond Bar at the Sebel. 

Friday March 9
Dorothy Jane Gosper Quartet
@ Blue Diamond Bar, The Sebel Harbourside Kiama 7-10pm,
Her own brand of Blazz, jazz meshed with blues, she sings it from the soul, with her quartet as part of the Kiama Jazz & Blues Festival.  

Friday March 9
Andrew Toner
@ Mercure Resort, Gerringong 6-9pm,
Brilliant young man, one of our favourites, jazz blues guitar. Heading for big things. Performing here as part of the Kiama Jazz & Blues Festival

Friday March 9
Tommy M and the Mastersounds
Kiama Leagues Club, Kiama 8.30pm,
This is a local band destined for greatness, already having deservedly won every accolade possible in the Illawarra.  Funk roots Reggae, Blues.  If Eric Clapton, Bob Marley and the Cat Empire had a love child maybe you’d be close but you get the idea.

Saturday  March 10
Eat to the Beat
Café’s & Restaurants, breakfast lunch soiree & dinner,
Starts with Dane Laboyrie Trio at 9am at Stonewall, then 10am at Saltwater for Dr Don’s Double Dose.  Then at 12 noon catch Paul Robert Burton at Parkview Café, Straight No Chaser at Scoops, Dane Laboyrie at Black Rock Café, Ella’s Holiday at Blue Diamond Bar Sebel, Dorothy Jane Gosper at Kiama Leagues Club.  Get along to the Little Blowhole Café for a swinging late afternoon sidewalk soiree with Dr Don’s Double Dose.  Dinner time…! 6pm at the Nirand Thai at the Roundabout The Ghali Groove Band, at Chachis mellow piano with John Harkins, Funkhouse brings the house down at Shores Café & Restaurant, Michael Fix at Sea Breeze Dining, Roy Isaac at Ritzy Gritz…and then after dinner theres more more more at clubs, pubs, bars…download the full programme on our festival page.

Saturday March 10
Young Bands Come out to Play
Hindmarsh Park 3-6pm
Stars of the future, Elegant Fish with Millie Tanner, Kiama High School Band, Kiama Primary School Band, Jack Reilly…free sausage sizzle, presented by Bendigo Bank.

Saturday March 10
Buddy Knox Blues Band & Fiona Boyes Trio
Kiama Leagues Club, main lounge 7.30pm
Australia’s answer to BB King with boot smokin’ blues starts off at 7.30pm then the much lauded finger picking, gritty driving electric guitar, barrelhouse blues, sultry vocals of Fiona Boyes at 9.30.  No Cover charge…downstairs in the main lounge.

Saturday March 10
Christa Hughes and the Honky Tonk Shonks
Kiama Leagues Club, auditorium 8.30
A raucous gin soaked time tunnel, lowdown 24 carat, badass, barrelhouse and burlesque blues & jazz with the unstoppable hell cat of cabaret…phew! James Vann will rev you up beforehand from 7.30pm.  No Cover Charge.  Upstairs in the auditorium.

Saturday March 10
Paul Robert Burton Trio
Blue Diamond Bar, Sebel 8pm
Paul is joined by Andrew Toner on Guitar and Christian Marsh on Harmonica.  This hot happening trio thrills & fills your soul with swing, jazz & gypsy, blistering world fusion & a country and eastern vibe.  The night jumps.  No cover charge. 

Saturday March 10
Ray Beadle Trio
Gerringong Bowling Club 8.30pm
Sizzling rocking rhythm & jumping blues, arguably Australia’s finest blues guitarist with George Brugmans & Hal Tupea.

Saturday March 10
Marianne Patton Trio
Jamberoo Pub 8pm
Cool & cruisy jazz & blues with a twist.  The Gorgeous Jamberoo chanteuse Marianne plus the talents of Simon Dyos on guitar & Paul Drewry on Bass. No cover charge

Saturday March 10
Damn Fine Gentlemen
Grand Hotel Kiama 8.30pm
Damn fine blues rock & roots, no cover charge.

Saturday March 10
Chicken Shack Trio & The Jacky Howellers
Kiama Bowling Club 8.30 till very late
You’ll have a plucking good time as Lee Holman, Doug Faulkner and Greg Joseph come out of the chook yard for some cool and happy acoustic blues roots & jazz.  Chicken Shack  are followed by the sensational howling blues of the Jacky Howellers with Dan Sullivan and Rod Mitchell…Feathers will fly tonight!

Sunday March 11
Ben Jones & Kevin Hunt
Champagne Breakfast @ Harbourside Brighton 9am $25pp
Best sax, best piano, Ben Jones Duo is a the smoothest way to start the day, book for breakfast $25 set menu 4232 2799

Sunday March 11
All Day Jazz & Blues Concert
Hindmarsh Park from 11am
Jacky Howellers, Kinetic Method, Ben Jones Quintet, Paul Robert Burton with Andrew Toner & Christian Marsh, Wollongong Conservatorium Big Band, and the sensational Ray Beadle Trio to finish the day around 4.30 ish. Food, wine, coffee to purchase on site…presented by Kiama Council. Special Guest appearance by Gareth Ward MP a cool violin player.

Sunday March 11
Jazz Gospel Service
Sts Peter & Paul Catholic Church, 12noon
Non denominational, everyone is welcome to raise the roof in musical celebration with the inspiring voice of Peter Burns, St Joseph’s School Choir and local Sing Australia group.  Donations collected will aid a charity.

Sunday March 11
Eat to the Beat…on Sunday
Café’s & Restaurants from 12noon
At 12 noon...Straight No Chaser at Black Rock Café, Alice Blue Trio at Waves at the Beach Restaurant, Dane Laboyrie at Blue Diamond Bar…then 6.30 pm for the last dinner of the festival Luke Koteras sees us out at Sea Breeze Dining.

Sunday March 11
Rockinghorse & The Baby Dolls
Jamberoo Pub 2-5pm
Hip shaking rhythm & soul swinging blues…and a new album to show off.

Sunday March 11
Festival Finale!
Kiama Leagues Club 4 - 8pm  & The Grand Hotel Kiama 5-7pm
If not already boogie’d to bits, the festival weekend gives you a last chance to groove yourself silly with Paul Robert Burton & friends at the Kiama Leagues Club from 4pm and with local legend Lee Holman with the Stingers at the Grand Kiama from 5pm. 

Friday March 16
Prickly Pair
@ Blue Diamond Bar, The Sebel Harbourside Kiama 7-10pm,
Cool & swinging upright bass, piano…very mellow.

Friday March 16
John Littrich Duo
@ Mercure Resort, Gerringong 6-9pm,
Locals John Littrich & Neill McCann going acoustic with smooth guitar, bass  & vocal. Top talent.  

Friday March 16
Eugene Hideaway Bridges
Milton Theatre 8pm, $38
For this nomadic blues troubadour home is wherever the next performance takes him.  If you saw Eugene at a Kiama Jazz & Blues Festival (a few years ago) you already know the love he brings to his shows.  A superb entertainer in the style of BB King and Robert Cray.  Blues, Soul, Jump, Funk, Gospel, Rock and Beach …Eugene is a big bad Texan boy leaving a trail of big bad blues fans drooling in his wake.  Tickets $38 from Country Leather, Milton 4455 3056 and Malibu Music, Ulladulla 4455 5693

Friday March 23
Dr Don’s Double Dose
@ Blue Diamond Bar, The Sebel Harbourside Kiama 7-10pm,
Best Blues Duo in Australia, 2nd in the World after testing their talents recently in Memphis.  Well they are numero uno in my universe… big rich deep blues piano drum & vocal… rag boogie gospel swing & ballads.  Played at Kiama Jazz & Blues festival as well (March 10)   

Friday March 23
Rob Eastwood
@ Mercure Resort, Gerringong 6-9pm,
The essential piano man.  No cover charge, Happy hour from 5-7, a good vibe.

Friday March 23
Deborah Conway & Willy Zygier
Milton Theatre 8pm, $40
Deborah Conway, an articulate and individual voice, with a career that has encompassed recording, performing and writing songs for over 20 years. Her band Do Re Mi topped the charts in 1985 with their song Man Overboard. And with each successive project she continues to attract a large and fiercely loyal following and critical acclaim for both her live performances and recorded work.  Tickets $40 from Country Leather, Milton 4455 3056 and Malibu Music, Ulladulla 4455 5693

Friday March 30
Marianne Patton Trio
@ Blue Diamond Bar, The Sebel Harbourside Kiama 7-10pm,
Cool & cruisey jazz & blues with a twist.  Gorgeous chanteuse Marianne plus the talents of Simon Dyos on guitar & Paul Drewry on Bass.

Friday March 30
Mike Walshe Duo
@ Mercure Resort, Gerringong 6-9pm,
Relaxed & easy for a Friday night, bass, piano, vocals.

Sunday  April 1
EC & Voodoo Train
Robertson Pub, Robbo 2-5pm 
A hot mix of traditional Chicago, Memphis, Texas, Delta & West Coast Blues.  Features  Ewen Sommerville, Chris Mawer, Marty Malone and Doug Faulkner.

 

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