Live Music

March 12, 7pm & March 15, 6pm Tickets HERE Dinner from 5pm on both nights, book your table now! _ New York Jazz, Bossa and Soul in Nelson Nelson’s own Tom Rainey is returning home in March to play two concerts with fellow international jazz musicians and Grammy Award Nominees Maggie Gould and Nanny Assis. The jazz ensemble is performing at The Boathouse on Thursday 12 March at 7pm and Sunday 15 March at 6pm. The band is holding a…

Tuesday February 13, 7:30 pm Tickets HERE _ Amalgo hail from the Nelson and Motueka region, and play with a mix of progressive groove-based, modern Celtic. They bring new interpretations of traditional Celtic music and their own original compositions. Their music is foot-tapping, danceable and steeped in the tradition of instrumental folk music. Come and enjoy and be inspired by Amalgo’s fresh interpretation of the Celtic music legacy at Nelson’s own Boathouse. They play traditional music with a modern flare,…

Wednesday March 4th, 7 pm Tickets HERE _ FLAMENCODANZA, “Best show of dance and physical theatre” Hollywood fringe 2022 is a dance and guitar duo that has toured internationally at festivals in Europe, Australia, New Zealand and the US since 2021. Different elements fuse together in a unique manner producing an award-winning show with beauty and inspiration. Elements of Flamenco, Brazilian music and jazz give the music a variety of colours. The contemporary flamenco dance is made of strength, elegance…

Friday January 30, 8 pm, tickets HERE Dinner from 5 pm, book your table now! _ Rich, Denny, Andrew and Jason met in 2023 at the Tasman Bay Blues Club where they performed with other musicians at the Club’s monthly Blues Jam Nights.  Discovering a creative synergy they formed a band playing Chicago-style Blues, as well as writing their own, original music. Over the next two years Rich and the Poor Boys built a solid fan base, performing regularly at Fairfield House,…

Friday January 23, 8 pm Tickets HERE _ Low in Cheese, High in Phat, you need these three ingredients in your musical diet: KF Seagullz, Zonule of Zinn, DJ Ao. Seasoning your evening with generous amounts of sonic deliciousness and spice! KF Seagullz - A solo-project of some description by Hamish “(s)nans” Allan. The music straddles numerous genres - Death House, Pirate Jazz and Difficult Listening to name but a few. KF Seagullz is a dream come true, even though…

Thursday January 22, 8 pm Tickets HERE - Wild rhythms. Big melodies. Serious fun. Krakerjack brings an irresistible night of high-energy live music — bursting with raw joy, soaring harmonies, and virtuosic playing that pulls you straight onto the dancefloor (or at least the edge of your seat). Drawing on Polish and Klezmer traditions, expect music that’s uplifting, soulful, and packed with colour, blending old-world flavours with bold, contemporary energy. Since 2022, Krakerjack has been winning over audiences across New…

Friday February 20, 7:30 pm Tickets HERE _ BBC Folk Awards Best Musician nominee Dan Walsh combines ‘virtuoso playing and winning songwriting’ (MORNING STAR). Describing what Dan does is no easy task but at the heart of it is British, Irish and American folk music delivered with a healthy dose of funky grooves – all performed with his unique and dazzling take on clawhammer style banjo helping to challenge all preconceptions about the instrument. Add to all that poignant songs,…

Thursday January 17, 8 pm Tickets HERE _ Dragkroka invites you a night of stories of both great pain and drunken shenanigans, music passed down through the generations without a single sheet of writing, new compositions inspired by the great masters of old, and far older, far more dangerous compositions learnt from the enigmatic being known as the Näcken. The band consists of: Alfred Bergkvist - Mandola Rasmus Hemström - Nyckelharpa Henry Burtonwood - Fiddle The trio began in 2022…

Friday February 6, 7:30 pm Tickets HERE _ Madsen Brothers tribute Neil Diamond covering all the biggest hits from this legendary artist, Sweet Caroline, Cracklin Rosie, Brother loves travelling salvation show + many more Golden medallions, steaming disco boots, flares, discotheque mania: the Bee Gees are the icons of this magic era, firmly cemented into our minds as the men of “Night Fever.” This is all brought back to realistic life when New Zealand’s answer to the Bee Gees steps…