Overview
Looking for something a little cultured this Easter where you can still soak up the last of the sun? Then why not head to the mighty Bay of Plenty to enjoy New Zealand’s largest jazz festival. With a wide range of events and activities over Easter weekend, Thursday 28 March to Monday 1 April 2013, you can come and go as you please in between trips to the beach.
A highlight of the 2013 festival is the ever popular and London-based artist Nathan Haines, performing his show ‘The Poet’s Embrace’. The show has received international critical acclaim and spent a month in the top 20 New Zealand album charts.
The festival also includes a tribute to the late, great Ella Fitzgerald by one of the country’s leading Jazz singers, Jennine Bailey; and Sons of Sinatra, a homage to today’s young lions including Michael Bublé, Harry Connick Jr. and Jamie Cullum.
A plethora of performances will be held at the Baycourt Jazz Café, Jazz at Trinity, and Jazz Village. It will include the Downtown Carnival and the National Youth Jazz competition – now in its 36th year.
What: National Jazz Festival Tauranga
When: 28 March – 1 April 2013
