Cap off the weekend at Fat Eddie’s with Ōtautahi’s fabulous new Roster funk band, led by Monet Schutte.

Enjoy a beer and a pizza with friends, players, volunteers and visitors to the music of Roster.

Hope to see you there to help us celebrate an amazing weekend of Big Band Jazz!

The ROSTER is made up some of Christchurch’s top young players:

Monet Schutte - vocals/sax
Alex Gibson - sax
Alex Boot - sax
Peter Croker - trumpet
Ciaran Kingi-Booth - bass
Nicolae Didenco - drums
Jacob Mullen - guitar
Michael Khor - keys

Join us for the final day of the Christchurch Big Band Festival which is no longer on the Archery Lawn due to the weather forecast. Instead, plan your day around The Church Pub and A Rolling Stone!

Please note that the order of bands is different than the gig guide and is split between between two venues.

CHURCH PUB 124 Worcester Street (corner of Manchester St)

11.30pm Christchurch School of Music Big Band

12.30pm Papanui High School Jazz Band

1.00pm Cashmere High Stage Band

2.00pm All Girl Big Band

3.00pm Middleton Grange Big Band

4.00pm Christchurch Youth Jazz Orchestra

A ROLLING STONE 579 Colombo Street (near St Asaph St)

10.30am Nelson Jazz Club Big Band

11.30am Ellensburg Big Band

12.30pm Sideline Swing and Chisnallwood

1.30pm Ellesmere Big Band

2.30pm Mainland Big Band

3.30pm Garden City Big Band

After a day listening to all this jazz, join the people who have made it all happen for the final gig at Fat Eddie's featuring ROSTER funk band with a horn line not to missed.

Two great big bands play on the Fat Eddie’s stage for your Sunday afternoon entertainment and dancing warmup for the boogie ball at night.

The Swingtown Rebels will give a short free class in between the two bands sets, so you can be get a few basic swing dance moves learnt and rehearsed before the Big band Boogie Ball that night in the Great Hall which you may want to try out!!

Come indoors and grab some dinner and have a boogie.

• 5pm Garden City Big Band

• 5:45pm Swingtown Rebels taster class

• 6.10pm Nelson Jazz Club Big Band

Come to The Church Pub to hear a fantastic line up of big bands.

Serving great pizzas and drinks, the Church Pub will be a great place to hang back and enjoy the music of five fabulous bands!

• 11:30am TPWOW Big Band - Te Puna Wai o Waipapa | Hagley College Big Band

• 12pm  Garden City Big Band 

• 1pm Dunedin City Jazz Orchestra

• 2pm Nelson Jazz Club Big Band

• 3pm Ellesmere Big Band

Big Bands at Riverside Market

The bands play on all through Sunday lunch from 11am - 2:30pm. Grab yourself some delicious kai from Riverside Market and listen to these awesome Big Bands swing their way through the day.

This family friendly free event is bought to you by the Christchurch Big Band Festival.

Thanks to Riverside for their sponsorship of this awesome festival.

• 11am Papanui High School Big Band

• 11:45am Rangi Ruru Big Band

• 12.30pm Chisnallwood Jazz Band

• 1pm Christchurch Boys’ High Jazz Bands

• 2pm Christ’s College Jazz Band

Come to The Church Pub to hear a spectacular line up of bands.

They serve great pizzas and drinks. It’ll be a great place to hang back and enjoy the music. Note that this gig is the only chance to hear the award-winning Burnside High Jazz Bands led by Chris Petch between 11am-1pm. They are always a real treat to hear! Then more award-winning bands from St Andrew’s, Middleton Grange and Rangi Ruru led by Duncan Ferguson and Lana Law.

And note it’s only a 2minute walk to head from workshops, or to the Gala Concert at the Piano at 4pm!

• 11am Burnside Big Bands and Funk band

• 1pm-2:30pm St Andrew’s Big Bands and funk band

• 2:30pm Middleton Grange Big Band

• 3pm Rangi Ruru Big Band

Come and buy a drink and some food, catch up with big-banders, grab your gig guide and get ready for the weekend - all at A Rolling Stone on Friday night!

Bring your instrument and stay on for the inaugural Big Band Jazz Jam - a chance to take over a chair for a chart or two for instrumentalists (sax, trumpet trombone or rhythm section) and play alongside new and old big band friends!

7pm Mainland Big Band

8pm Sideline Swing

8:30pm -10pm The Big Band Jam! (BYO horn!)

Head to Fat Eddie’s on Friday for pizza and a drink and to hear the incredible Ellensburg Big Band direct from the USA!

A wonderful chance to meet the players from this band ahead of their not-to-be-missed stunning and fun showcase gala concert the next evening led by Chris Bruya.

If you’re on the balcony, you might even catch the Ambush Big Band Festival Parade passing by outside on the Terrace …

About the band: Traveling from Washington State, USA the Ellensburg Big Band is super excited to return to the Christchurch Big Band Festival! Founded in 2011 the group is an overlapping Venn diagram of half music educators, half passionate amateurs, half Central Washington University Jazz alumni, and fractions of various professions all within a big happy circle of "those who just love to make music together". The group performs regularly at jazz festivals, swing dances, public concerts and private events all over our region as well as Japan in 2014 and ChChBBF in 2019. We consider ourselves so fortunate to have the opportunity to visit your beautiful country and reconnect with friends in NZ!