Parker Jazz Club

03/02/2026

We regret to inform you the club will be closed this Tuesday due to flooding in the building. One of the joys of being a basement venue.

We cannot WAIT to get back to business on Wednesday! Come out and share a drink with us—we need one.

03/01/2026

We regret to inform you the club is closed tonight (Saturday) and tomorrow (Sunday) due to flooding in the building. We’ll keep everyone posted!

02/26/2026

“A bone man with an eye-poppingly diverse resume has had a sweet spot for small group sounds for over 30 years. Feeding off the intimate energy of bringing the gang to a club that responds to him solidly, he responds by musically letting all know he’s just one of those cats that has it and doesn’t need prompting to show it.” — Midwest Record

John Fedchock
Tuesday, April 7
7:30pm show | 🎟️
21+ only

02/26/2026

Since her debut in 2019, Veronica Swift has ascended to the upper echelons of 21st Century jazz singers because of her virtuosic brilliance, interpretive ingenuity, bracing songwriting, and keen arrangements. She’s one of the most dazzling and versatile singers to emerge in her generation.

While her first two albums solidified her position in modern jazz, Veronica’s latest material shows that she’s more than a jazz singer, exploring French and Italian opera, European classical music, bossa nova, blues, rock, funk, and vaudeville. She pulls all of it off with her artistic voice remaining firmly intact, regardless of genre.

Expect an energetic, unforgettable declaration of artistic freedom from a uniquely talented voice.

Veronica Swift Quartet
Tuesday, March 31
7:30pm show | 🎟️
21+ only

02/26/2026

Greatly influenced by Sinatra, Dino, Tony Bennett, Mel Torme, Tom Jones, Bobby Darin, and Sammy Davis Jr, Ricki Derek has made it his mission in life to channel the greats of past and present… with his own style. Whether he’s performing with his 24-piece orchestra, his 15-piece big band, or simply leaning against a piano, he always surrounds himself with the best musicians.

Seeing a Ricki show is like taking a time machine to the Vegas strip in the early ‘60s—without losing all that money. Sounds like a win!!

Ricki Derek & The Vegas Six
Wednesday, March 18
7:30pm show | 🎟️
21+ only

02/24/2026

There’s a snowstorm preventing the excellent Goldings/Bernstein/Stewart Organ Trio—described by The New York Times as “the best organ trio of the last decade”—from traveling to Texas right now. Sadly, their show tomorrow (Tuesday) night at Parker has been canceled.

We are working with the band to reschedule and will announce that date LOUDLY once we have it.

Anyone in the mood for some live jazz on a fine Tuesday evening in downtown Austin is most welcome just next door at ! They’re happy to waive the usual cover for your listening pleasure.

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02/12/2026

Here’s a really fun one, folks… whether you’re single, divorced, or just don’t like saccharine Valentine’s Day romance, this show is for you. Star vocalist Jennifer Johnson shares a selection of relatable, irreverent, irresistible jazz classics as we go through the five stages of a breakup—together. Join us for this emotional rollercoaster.

❤️ GALENTINES WELCOME ❤️

Jennifer’s 2nd Annual Anti-Valentine’s Day Show:
Down with Love! 👎🏼 with the Parker House Band
Thursday, February 12
7:30pm show | 🎟️

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The show will also be available via livestream at parkerjazzclub.com/livestream. Online donations welcome. All proceeds benefit local nonprofit Texas Jazz Society.

02/02/2026

Celebrate the legacy of San Marcos-born jazz pioneer Eddie Durham, an American jazz guitarist, a pioneer of the electric guitar in jazz, a trombonist, and one of the most important composer–arrangers of the Swing Era. Born in 1906, Durham started his career in San Marcos with the Durham Brothers Orchestra. By the 1930s, he was writing, arranging, and performing big band jazz for the likes of The Count Basie Orchestra and Glenn Miller.

In joyous tribute to this legendary Texan, our stage will feature an absolutely stellar big band including members of the Duke Ellington Orchestra, Count Basie Orchestra, and Harry Connick Jr’s Big Band, with local luminaries filling out the sections—performing music Durham wrote for Count Basie, Glenn Miller, Jimmie Lunceford, and more!

Eddie Durham All-Star Big Band
Thursday, February 5
7:30pm show | 🎟️

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The show will also be available via livestream at parkerjazzclub.com/livestream. Online donations welcome. All proceeds benefit local nonprofit Texas Jazz Society.

01/24/2026

In weather-related news… we will be closed tonight due to freezing temps and icy roads! 🥶

01/15/2026

Feelin’ lucky? Feelin’ *dangerous*? There are but a few tickets remaining to this evening’s show with the irrepressible Monte Warden and The Dangerous Few. We recommend you run not walk to the and snag yours while you can.

Monte Warden and The Dangerous Few
Thursday, January 15
7:30pm show
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The show is available via livestream at parkerjazzclub.com/livestream. Online donations welcome. All proceeds benefit local nonprofit Texas Jazz Society.

01/12/2026

From our own Jeremy Bruch…

About three years ago, I spent a couple days shooting with my buddy (and bartender supreme at jazz clubs Parker and Nica) Oliver Gelleni for a short film he was making about a drummer, desperate and down on his luck. I spent an entire day in this makeup and very much in character and in a dark place. On the drive home, there was a car driving very aggressively around me and I cut him off at a light ano waited for him to catch me at the next one. I rolled down my window and scowled, "We good?" and he got one look at my face and was like, "Yeah, man. Yeah. All good. Sorry..."

Anyway, that film is now released into the wild and have included the link so you can see my acting debut (that Netflix film doesn't count). It's a short run time at about 8 minutes and you get to see me get my ass kicked in the opening scene! Also, language warning for anyone watching with children. Sorry, mom.

When the clock runs out on an impossible debt, a drummer choses to face the music head on.