# Upcoming Jazz Fest, Concerts & Events 2026 In Wellington

- **Subtitle**: Explore the world of jazz; from live jazz nights to jazz concerts in Wellington this weekend, there is everything in this genre that will fit you just right.
- **Category**: Jazz
- **Display Name**: Jazz concerts events
- **Type**: other

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## About

Indulge in the soulful music with jazz nights in [CITY]. Weekdays or weekends, enter the lovely musical world with some very beautiful jazz events in [CITY]. Go to a bar, restaurant or a theatre near you that host jazz nights; spend some quality time with your people amidst the music. If you are a lover of this music genre then you have to attend the biggest jazz festivals in [CITY] when the artists tour or the bands perform. Don’t miss boogie woogie-ing or keeping it Latin with the best jazz music events in [CITY].
Discover the best of the jazz world with us and book your tickets before it runs out.

## Jazz Events in Wellington

- **Event Name**: THUNDERCAT Wellington - May 6th, Meow Nui (SOLD OUT)
  - **Description**: Grammy-nominated Bassist, Producer, and Vocalist THUNDERCAT Brings His New Album Distracted To Auckland And Wellington This May.

Known for his jazz-fusion sensibility and elastic funk, Thundercat is bringing his 2026 tour to Auckland and Wellington this
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  - **Date**: Wed May 06 2026 at 10:00 am (+12:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/wellington/thundercat-wellington-may-6th-meow-nui-sold-out/200029675505117
  - **Venue**: Meow Nui, 92 Vivian Street, Te Aro, Wellington 6011
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  - **Categories**: entertainment, music, performances, live-music
- **Event Name**: W:ELLINGTON
  - **Description**: Join us for our first self-presented concert of 2026! Featuring the Te Kōkī Big Band, W:ELLINGTON is the jazz+classical mashup you don't want to miss!

Pre-concert talk, Renouf Foyer, 6:30-7pm

PROGRAMME:

🎤Chichester Psalms
Leonard Bernstein (1918–1990)
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  - **Date**: Sat May 30 2026 at 09:30 am (+12:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/wellington/w-ellington/200029933518910
  - **Venue**: Michael Fowler Centre
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  - **Categories**: entertainment, music, concerts, dance, jazz, art
- **Event Name**: The Funkadelics
  - **Description**: The Undercurrent presents The Funkadelics!

The Funkadelics is a dynamic six-piece band bringing you the best of Motown and beyond, featuring creative arrangements and jazz-infused solos.

This electrifying show blends the iconic Motown hits with the impr
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  - **Date**: Sat May 02 2026 at 10:00 am (+12:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/wellington/the-funkadelics/200029827225705
  - **Venue**: 118 Tory Street, Wellington, New Zealand 6011
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  - **Categories**: music, entertainment, performances, workshops, live-music
- **Event Name**: Nairobi trio with Hot Club Sandwich
  - **Description**: A JAZZY REUNION
New Zealand's favourite Jazz Entertainers the Nairobi trio join forces with Andrew London's Hot Club Sandwich for a one-off concert - indeed a replay of their very successful previous collaborations - this is one show NOT TO BE MISSED!
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  - **Date**: Fri May 01 2026 at 09:30 am (+12:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/wellington/nairobi-trio-with-hot-club-sandwich/200029863670840
  - **Venue**: Old St Paul's
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  - **Categories**: music, entertainment, concerts
- **Event Name**: Fiesta! Fiesta!
  - **Description**: The Aotearoa Jazz Orchestra presents: Fiesta! Fiesta! 🔥

This winter, the heat arrives early.

Join the Aotearoa Jazz Orchestra for a spectacular night of rhythm, colour, and irresistible Latin groove as the country’s national jazz orchestra joins forces
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  - **Date**: Sat Jul 25 2026 at 09:30 am – Sat Jul 25 2026 at 12:00 pm (+12:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/wellington/fiesta-fiesta/200029814181422
  - **Venue**: MeowNUI
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  - **Categories**: music, entertainment, jazz, dance, live-music
- **Event Name**: Orchestra Wellington - 3 Creation
  - **Description**: InformationAll Tickets are Mobile Ticket Only. Mobile Tickets are like Print-at-Home tickets but instead of having to print off the tickets yourself, you can just show the barcode on your mobile phone. It is the easiest way to access ti
  - **Date**: Sat Aug 22 2026 at 07:30 pm – Sat Aug 22 2026 at 09:30 pm (13:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/wellington/orchestra-wellington-3-creation/210001209279615
  - **Venue**: Michael Fowler Centre
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  - **Categories**: Arts & Theatre
- **Event Name**: CMNZ Series: Symposium Brass
  - **Description**: Artists
Tom Rainey, Conductor / Piano
Jimmy Rainey, Saxophone
Thomas Eves, Trumpet
Cameron Pearce, Composer / Trumpet
Barrett Hocking, Trumpet
Scott Taitoko, Trombone
Pablo Ruiz Henao, Low Brass
Joe McCallum, Drums

Symposium Brass members have performed
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  - **Date**: Fri May 01 2026 at 09:30 am (+12:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/wellington/cmnz-series-symposium-brass/200029733753014
  - **Venue**: St Andrew's on The Terrace
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  - **Categories**: music, entertainment, art
- **Event Name**: Bridget Kelly Quartet
  - **Description**: The Undercurrent presents the Bridget Kelly Quartet!

This artwork is from a whole series I did during Covid.
Basically you let the watercolour paint do whatever it wants and then, when it’s dry, you wait to see what your imagination comes up with. For me
  - **Date**: Sat May 23 2026 at 10:00 am (+12:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/wellington/bridget-kelly-quartet/200029989624551
  - **Venue**: 118 Tory Street, Wellington, New Zealand 6011
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- **Event Name**: Rick James and the Huntaways
  - **Description**: This brand new quartet gallops over the hills of harmony, traverses the peaks of rhythm, and skips across the textured currents of the Hudson River.

Ben Hunt - trumpet
James Illingworth - piano
Emma Hattaway - double bass
Rick Cranson - drums
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  - **Date**: Sun May 24 2026 at 07:00 am – Sun May 24 2026 at 09:00 am (+12:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/wellington/rick-james-and-the-huntaways/200029938949034
  - **Venue**: The Rogue & Vagabond
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  - **Categories**: music, entertainment

## Trending Events in Wellington

- **Event Name**: Fat Freddy's Drop: Based on a True Story 21st Anniversary Tour | Sat 2 May | Michael Fowler Centre
  - **Description**: SOLD OUT! Doing it for the love of music, legendary band Fat Freddy's Drop are returning to the stage in 2026 to perform their ground-breaking debut album Based On A True Story.

The 51 dates across Australia, Aotearoa, Europe & UK will be Freddy’s fi
  - **Venue**: Michael Fowler Centre
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- **Event Name**: Split Enz | Forever ENZ Tour | Wellington
  - **Description**: Split Enz are back. For the first time in 20 years, the Forever Enz Tour returns to Aotearoa, with original members Tim Finn, Neil Finn, Eddie Rayner and Noel Crombie hitting stages across the country this May.⁠
⁠
Westpac Mastercard Presale: Tue 3 Mar, 11
  - **Venue**: TSB Bank Arena
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- **Event Name**: Fat Freddy's Drop: Based On A True Story 21st Anniversary Tour | Sun 3 May | MFC
  - **Description**: Doing it for the love of music, legendary band Fat Freddy's Drop are returning to the stage in 2026 to perform their ground-breaking debut album Based On A True Story.

The 51 dates across Australia, Aotearoa, Europe & UK will be Freddy’s first shows
  - **Venue**: Michael Fowler Centre
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- **Event Name**: Fat Freddy's Drop: Based on a True Story 21st Anniversary Tour | Fri 1 May | Michael Fowler Centre
  - **Description**: Doing it for the love of music, legendary band Fat Freddy's Drop are returning to the stage in 2026 to perform their ground-breaking debut album Based On A True Story.

The 51 dates across Australia, Aotearoa, Europe & UK will be Freddy’s first shows
  - **Venue**: Michael Fowler Centre
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- **Event Name**: Dita Von Teese: Nocturnelle 2026 [WELLINGTON]
  - **Description**: The ever-reigning Queen of Burlesque, Dita Von Teese, returns to Australia and New Zealand with her most opulent show yet, the all-new Nocturnelle.

With Nocturnelle, Dita unveils a bewitching new vision - an exquisite blend of old-Hollywood allure, theat
  - **Venue**: Wellington Opera House
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- **Event Name**: Marlon Williams Tā te Manawa Tour | Wellington (SOLD OUT)
  - **Description**: Marlon Williams has today announced a very significant tour. It’s one that is truly for fans, and one that also marks a temporary departure from the stage for Marlon himself. 

After an intensive time making latest album Te Whare Tīwekaweka and over two y
  - **Venue**: Michael Fowler Centre
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- **Event Name**: 2026 WOW Show: GLO!
  - **Description**: 17 Sept-4 Oct 2026

An awe-inspiring collision of the world's leading wearable art competition and high voltage entertainment, where imagination runs riot.

💚 Tickets on sale NOW: https://tinyurl.com/2026-wow-show-tickets
  - **Venue**: TSB Arena, Wellington
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- **Event Name**: Te Matatini Kapa Haka Festival 2027 (Official)
  - **Description**: Te Matatini Kapa Haka Festival 2027 (Official)
Te Matatini 2027, the premier celebration of Māori performing arts, will be staged at Hopuhopu, Ngāruawāhia, from 22-27 February 2027.
The kapa haka festival will be co-hosted by Waikato-Tainui, Te Matatini a
  - **Venue**: Terrace , Wellington, New Zealand
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- **Event Name**: The Wellington Food Show 2026
  - **Description**: Wellington Foodies — get ready for 2026’s tastiest event🌟🍴

The Wellington Food Show is back and here's just a taste of what's in store:
• 100+ amazing food and drink exhibitors — local flavours, international treats and everything in between
• Celebrity
  - **Venue**: Sky Stadium
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## Browse Jazz Events by Date

- [Jazz Events Today in Wellington](https://allevents.in/wellington/jazz--today)
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- [Jazz Events in May in Wellington](https://allevents.in/wellington/jazz--may)

## FAQs

- **Q**: What are the top Jazz events in Wellington?
  - **A:** THUNDERCAT Wellington - May 6th, Meow Nui (SOLD OUT) (Wed May 06 2026 at 10:00 am at Meow Nui, 92 Vivian Street, Te Aro, Wellington 6011), W:ELLINGTON (Sat May 30 2026 at 09:30 am at Michael Fowler Centre), The Funkadelics (Sat May 02 2026 at 10:00 am at 118 Tory Street, Wellington, New Zealand 6011), Nairobi trio with Hot Club Sandwich (Fri May 01 2026 at 09:30 am at Old St Paul's), Fiesta! Fiesta! (Sat Jul 25 2026 at 09:30 am at MeowNUI).
- **Q**: What Jazz events are happening in Wellington this weekend May 1–3, 2026?
  - **A:** The Funkadelics (Sat May 02 2026 at 10:00 am at 118 Tory Street, Wellington, New Zealand 6011).
- **Q**: How can I find Jazz events in Wellington?
  - **A:** You can discover upcoming Jazz events in Wellington on AllEvents.in. Browse by date, venue, or price to find events that match your interests.
- **Q**: How do I buy tickets for Jazz events in Wellington?
  - **A:** You can buy tickets directly through AllEvents.in. Many events offer online booking with options for free, paid, and early-bird tickets.
- **Q**: What are the popular venues for Jazz events in Wellington?
  - **A:** Some popular venues hosting Jazz events in Wellington include Meow Nui, 92 Vivian Street, Te Aro, Wellington 6011, Michael Fowler Centre, 118 Tory Street, Wellington, New Zealand 6011.
- **Q**: Who are the top organizers for Jazz events in Wellington?
  - **A:** Popular organizers hosting Jazz events in Wellington include ATR Presents, Orchestra Wellington, The Undercurrent.
- **Q**: Are there any online Jazz events available?
  - **A:** Yes, many Jazz events are available online. You can filter for virtual events on AllEvents.in to attend from anywhere.
- **Q**: How can I get notified about new Jazz events in Wellington?
  - **A:** Follow the Jazz category on AllEvents.in to get notified when new Jazz events are listed in Wellington.

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