2025 Blues & Jazz by the Sea

The 2025 line-up features a mix of talented blues and jazz artists who will set the perfect tone for a sun-soaked day at the bay. 

The 2025 Lineup

THE WHIRLING EDDYS (DUNEDIN)

The Whirling Eddys is a band of some of New Zealand’s finest musicians dedicated to the proposition that any song worth playing is worth swinging and sweating to.

The Creative Dance Studio exists to ignite passion, elevate skill, and cultivate a vibrant community where movement becomes art.

TAHU AND THE TAKAHE: (Dunedin)

Playing together for more than ten years mixing a heady cocktail of powerhouse vocals, baritone sax, titillating trumpet, triumphant trombone, pounding rhythm section, captivating keys and electrifying guitar, this flock of rockers promises to get your dancing shoes on and then blow your socks off!

LACHIE HAYES (Tokanui)

From the deepest of the deep south, where the winds sculpt both landscape and character, emerges Lachie Hayes, a musician redefining the alt-country genre.

Blues based alternative hip hop with the harmonica, looping and rapping.

OLLIE MCLEAN (Dunedin)

THE DIAGONALS

Emerging from New Zealand's deep south, The Diagonals play music from the golden age of Jazz and Blues.

Ranging from the syncopated rhythms of early Jazz to the emotional power of the Blues and Ballads,

MC for the afternoon: Wal from The Hits

Craig Waddell, also known as Wal from The Hits, will be the MC for Blues and Jazz by the Sea in 2025. We are excited to have this born and bred Southlander taking the stage from 12 pm to 6:30 pm.

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