Speakeasy Kirikiriroa

10/04/2026

Cancelling Jazz gig on Sunday due to pending cyclone folks. Stay home safe please. Also from now on the Speakeasy Kirikiriroa Jazz Club will move to a Friday night each month.

07/04/2026

This Thursday 9th April, fantastic fusion featuring Waypeople, tix via https://events.humanitix.com/waypeople-album-release-tour-hamilton/tickets

06/04/2026

Tix via https://events.humanitix.com/waypeople-album-release-tour-hamilton/tickets Wellington-based saxophonist and composer Jake Baxendale brings together a remarkable collective of Aotearoa’s leading jazz and contemporary musicians for Waypeople, a luminous new album inspired by Ursula K. Le Guin’s English-language version of the Tao Te Ching. Drawing from jazz, Chinese classical music and improvisation, the project fuses lyrical storytelling with meditative textures and powerful ensemble interplay.
Featuring Chelsea Prastiti (voice), Jia Ling “Jessie” (guzheng), Callum Passells (saxophones), Daniel Hayles (piano), Seth Boy (double bass), Rick Cranson (drums), Waypeople transforms the timeless Taoist philosophy of harmony, balance, and paradox into sound. The result is a work of shimmering beauty — grounded in jazz but alive with the rhythm of ancient poetry and the pulse of contemporary life.

28/03/2026

A teaser of tonight’s awesome show Lockie Bennett Trio @ Nivara Lounge Get on down now!

23/03/2026

World class Hamilton Jazz Society Inc in the basement this Saturday 28th March, come and see out the finacial year in style. Tickets in the event link.
Lockie Bennett is a jazz guitarist based in Wellington, who specialises in bop-oriented music. Lockie is regarded as one of New Zealand’s most in-demand straight-ahead jazz guitarists. Since graduating from the New Zealand School of Music in 2021, Lockie has performed and recorded regularly as both a leader and a side man with some of New Zealand’s top musicians.
The band features some of New Zealand's top rhythm section players.
The trio will be playing songs made popular by the likes of Charlie Parker, Bud Powell and Tadd Dameron.

08/12/2025

This Sunday 14th Dec will be a wonderful afternoon of Jazz, three acts to enjoy, 2-5pmish, $10 entry. Featuring... In the band this month is Carlos Pla (Bass), Freddy Limbert (Drums), Greg Taylor (Keys) & Grant Mason
(Horns).
Two special opening duo acts... Cara & Alistair then... Gaye & Herbie. Last one for the year of 2025.

14/11/2025