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Saturday, 27 February 2021, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- Avalon Restaurant
- 18 Katoomba Street
- Katoomba, NSW, 2780
- Australia
Join pianist Matt Dennett and pianist/vocalist Holly Gerard for an evening of early jazz, blues and a special take on some popular songs. Matthew draws inspiration from the jazz, blues and classical repertoire, while Holly delivers her own unique style, with a soulful vocals reminiscent of Adele.
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Saturday, 27 February 2021, 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
- Avalon Restaurant
- 18 Katoomba Street
- Katoomba, NSW, 2780
- Australia
Moussa Diakite is a guitarist, singer and composer from Mali, now based in Western Sydney. His style is derived from the “Wassoulou” style of music from Bougouni area of Mali, fused with elements of Malian, Congolese, Highlife, Afro Beat, Cuban, Blues and Jazz. Accompanied by Len Samperi (bass/vocals) and Junior Jones (drums).
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Friday, 26 February 2021, 7:30 pm – 10:30 pm
- Avalon Restaurant
- 18 Katoomba Street
- Katoomba, NSW, 2780
- Australia
Join us for dinner and an evening of classic French chansons and Hot Club swing jazz, in the style of Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli, when Avalon presents Le Hot Club de Katoomba. Featuring Cameron Jones (guitar), Simon Watts (violin), Matthew Dennett (accordion), Brett Hirst (double bass) and Neill Duncan (sax and drums). Enjoy a 3-course menu while you sit back and enjoy the music.
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Saturday, 20 February 2021, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- Avalon Restaurant
- 18 Katoomba Street
- Katoomba, NSW, 2780
- Australia
Pianist Tim Bruer and bassist Steve Elphick have performed together countless times over the 35 years, and both of them share a love of the conversational approach to playing jazz where the bass can be an equal voice to the piano, rather than just an accompaniment. In recent years they have been getting together regularly to further explore this kind of playing.
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Saturday, 20 February 2021, 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
- Avalon Restaurant
- 18 Katoomba Street
- Katoomba, NSW, 2780
- Australia
Veteran musicians, Paul Cutlan, Phillip Johnston and Gary Daley have made a lot of music together over many decades and In many and varied contexts. However, A Trio of Duos is something entirely new. A kind of pouring of new wine into old wine skins.
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Friday, 19 February 2021, 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
- Avalon Restaurant
- 18 Katoomba Street
- Katoomba, NSW, 2780
- Australia
This week we welcome back the sensational Blue Sherlock - a live looping indie folk duo from the Blue Mountains. Willem and Jeremy have developed a totally unique sound and performance style through countless gigs and a joyful disregard for genre borders. A heady collision of lush loops and indie folk lyricism meets searing guitar licks and innovative, intricate percussion. Think Tash Sultana meets John Butler to sing Hozier songs, yeet.
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Sunday, 14 February 2021, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
- Avalon Restaurant
- 18 Katoomba Street
- Katoomba, NSW, 2780
- Australia
The lights are up and the camera is rolling… Treat someone special this Valentines Day for dinner and an evening of smooth jazz from the golden era of stage and screen with the fabulous Kate Woolfe and her Big Bad Swing Band. Hollywood nights will take you back to the glitz and glamour of another era, to revisit the songs that stole our hearts, and the stories behind them.
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Saturday, 13 February 2021, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- Avalon Restaurant
- 18-24 Katoomba St
- KATOOMBA
Join us at the Piano Parlour for interpretations of well-known pieces by the likes of Beethoven, Tigran, Hamasayan, Piazzolla & Rimsky Korsakov presented by pianist Devi Mamak & violinist Mare Wildmare, and some original compositions with a world fusion jazz style.
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Saturday, 13 February 2021, 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
- Avalon Restaurant
- 18 Katoomba Street
- Katoomba, NSW, 2780
- Australia
The music of Melanie Oxley and Chris Abrahams gently unfolds before you as classic. Lyrically thoughtful, playful and clever, musically deceptively simple. Abrahams extraordinary talent reveals itself in every facet of every song while Oxley's voice continues to uplift and beguile.
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Friday, 12 February 2021, 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
- Avalon Restaurant
- 18 Katoomba Street
- Katoomba, NSW, 2780
- Australia
Mataya delivers a warm and honest performance, combining her upbringing as a jazz vocalist/pianist with modern neo soul and urban feels. She often performs with her father, saxophonist Micky Young, whose soaring emotive spirit and honest approach to performance has gained the respect of musicians and audiences around the country. The father daughter duo offer a rare, engaging and intimate musical experience.
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Saturday, 6 February 2021, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- Avalon Restaurant
- 18 Katoomba Street
- Katoomba, NSW, 2780
- Australia
Join Robbie Mann and Jack Wiard for an evening of early jazz clarinet, sophisticated stride piano, swing and ragtime. Robbie Mann is an exciting young piano virtuoso who specialises in an early jazz ‘stride’ piano. Jack Wiard has been part of the Sydney jazz scene for over 39 years, and has performed with some of the world’s greatest jazz musicians.
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Saturday, 6 February 2021, 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
- Avalon Restaurant
- 18 Katoomba Street
- Katoomba, NSW, 2780
- Australia
Pansuri’s music is a cross-section of many influences from India to Africa to jazz, featuring the haunting sound of the handpan, played by Blair Greenberg, the beautiful saxophone and flute playing of Paul Chenard and expressive, intricate tabla playing from Keith Manning.
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Friday, 5 February 2021, 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
- Avalon Restaurant
- 18 Katoomba Street
- Katoomba, NSW, 2780
- Australia
Featuring the exceptional voice of Kristina Frazer, with Andrew Ireland on double bass and Andrew Russell on guitar, the FIR Trio recalls the heyday of the Andrews Sisters, Mills Brothers and Lambert, Hendricks & Ross to swing, croon and rock the night away.
