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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WESTERN LINE - BEN RIDSDALE QUARTET

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

Named after the train line frequented to rehearsals and jams, Western Line are a young and exciting
quartet fresh on the local jazz scene.
The band has won various awards at national and local competitions, including Saxophonist Ben Ridsdale winning Outstanding Soloist award 3 times, right here at the Auckland Jazz and Blues Club!

Western Line features:
Saxophones: Ben Ridsdale; Piano: Francis Gallichan-Stewart;
Bass: Claude Wedde; Drums: Ruhan Ediweera-Wjesuriya
The band will play a varied programme of modern jazz and standards plus charts from established NZ
jazz composers, with their signature bite and energy.
Be sure to tune in for some Stan Getz, Hank Mobley, Chet Baker, Sonny Rollins, maybe a touch of Coltrane, and tunes from more modern day composers such as Joe Chambers and Joshua Redman, and New Zealand’s very own Norman Meehan.

Members $10 cash
Non-members $25 cash
No EFTPOS
Non-member contact registration required at time of entry.

Earlier Event: February 11
RUCKUS
Later Event: February 25
DAVE MACRAE & JOY YATES