Charitable functions

Over the last 6 months or so the band has been busy helping support charitable organisations and supporting the local arts community.

In November 2015 we played at the Salvation Army Hall in Cambridge for an early Christmas fundraiser.  What a great start to the festive season!

In March 2016 we played for the Riverlea Theatre company to help out with their efforts to raise money to buy the land on which Riverlea Theatre sits from the Hamilton City Council.  There was musical entertainment from the Big Band and other theatre performers, drinks, supper and a silent auction.  A great night was had by all!

In May 2016 we travelled up to Tapu on the Coromandel peninsula to play for a fundraiser dance for the Thames Coast Kiwicare Trust.  These guys do great work in helping to take care of our national icon and rehome captured birds to predator free island reserves.  The group had dance lessons before the event and the dance floor was well used on the night!

Follow Hamilton Big Band

Keep an eye on the website or like our facebook page Hamilton Big Band (NZ) https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=307549219315190 to keep up to date on our latest news and photos.

If you have a coming event get in touch to talk about how the Hamilton Big Band could entertain you!

Don't forget also to support the Hamilton Jazz Society at the Commerce Club (Collingwood St) on the last Sunday of each month.  Also Hamilton Speakeasy Jazz Club at Nivara Lounge on the second Sunday of each month. If you like the Blues, get down to Biddy Mulligans on the second Thursday of each month for the Hamilton Blues Society club nights.

Recently...

We had a blast playing what was possibly our biggest gig ever, a dance for about 650 people at Mystery Creek on Sat 11 July.  Keep an eye on our Facebook page (Hamilton Big Band (NZ), https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=307549219315190) for photos coming soon!

Recruiting

Anyone interested in getting involved in the band is always welcome to get in touch.

In particular, if you're a drummer with a desire to keep some swing, latin and alternate timing beats as well as rock we'd like to hear from you.

Fete de la Musique

Fete de la Musique 2015, 21 June was a huge success.  The Fete is a celebration of music and we really enjoyed being part of it, playing outside Dough Bros restaurant on Victoria Street!  Dough Bros looked after us with access to power and their other facilities before they opened for the evening.  Snap Shot, Trek 'n Travel and Browsers stores also helped us out with chairs.  Get into town and support these businesses which are run by just good people!

We managed to get together to perform in downtown Hamilton for the big Hamilton150 celebrations thanks to Chris who came in with only two practices on drums to keep us in time.  What an event and fantastic fireworks to wrap it all up.  Got to love our fair city! Hamilton turned on a windy day but the rain held off and we had just enough pegs to keep our charts from blowing away up the street!  Keep an eye out for photos to come soon hopefully either here or on our Facebook page.

We had fun playing at a private Octoberfest function on that auspicious day of Halloween!  Another handful of people converted to the Big Band sound!