Baycourt Community & Arts Centre

Presented by: Baycourt Community & Arts Centre Fresh off a completely sold-out 2025 New Zealand tour, Avalanche City returns with a renewed creative spark and a live show that highlights the heart of Dave Baxter’s songwriting. Since breaking through with the global hit Love Love Love, followed by another #1 hit Inside Out, Baxter has...

Presented by: Baycourt Community & Arts Centre Get ready for an unforgettable evening of music, laughter, and heartwarming connection with Aotearoa’s favourite whānau band The Harmonic Resonators, returning to the stage with their signature blend of luscious harmonies, soulful country guitar, waiata Māori, and their famously cheeky banter. Joining them are the rising stars of...

Presented by: Baycourt Community & Arts Centre 48th Wright Family Foundation National Youth Jazz Competition. For 48 years we've been showcasing the best emerging jazz players from Aotearoa NZ secondary schools. Get ready to be wowed by these outstanding young musicians compete for trophies, prizes and awards. hear the best of the best in our...

Presented by: Baycourt Community & Arts Centre An explosive mix of Reo Māori & Big Band Jazz! TNT! incorporates the explosive power of big band jazz with the mana and beautiful lyricism of Te Ao Mãori, in particular old-school waiata. Hear Wellington’s Capital City Big Band, performing bespoke musical arrangements by Musical Director Vaughn Roberts,...

Presented by: Baycourt Community & Arts Centre Waypeople is a sonic and visual journey through ancient philosophical poetry that is at once solidly pragmatic and profoundly mystical. With lyrics drawn from author Ursula Le Guin's poetic English language version of the Tao te Ching, eight artists explore traditional and contemporary music forms, composition, improvisation, shadow,...

Presented by: Baycourt Community & Arts Centre In 1991 the Tauranga Jazz Society invited Derek Jacombs, then playing guitar with country legend Ritchie Pickett, to perform a set of blues at the National Jazz Festival, in those days held at the Tauranga racecourse. To bolster his first festival appearance Derek enlisted the help of harmonica...

Presented by: Baycourt Community & Arts Centre This special double-feature show unfolds in two exciting halves. First up: an organ-driven trio offering a fresh, soulful take on modern jazz. Featuring session guitarist Nick Granville (bandleader), Sydney-based organist Mike Crawford, and the dynamic drumming of Wellington's Mark Lockett, the trio blends bluesy grooves, rich Hammond textures,...

Presented by: Baycourt Community & Arts Centre Step back into the golden age of glamour as the Big Band era roars back to life, with sizzling jazz, velvet-smooth swing, and irresistible Latin rhythms filling the room. Slip into your sharpest outfit and join us for an ultra-chic night where the Tauranga Big Band brings the...

Presented by: Baycourt Community & Arts Centre Michael Houstoun, iconic Kiwi Pianist, returns to Tauranga's Baycourt theatre to present a programme of masterpieces from the solo piano repertoire. His 'Music To Defy Time' programme features Bach's French Overture, a collection of Baroque dances, followed by Beethoven's magnificent Sonata in E, Op.109, a spiritual document of...