Upcoming Bands

$15 members, $25 non-members
(special events priced separately)
Visitors and new members always welcome!

Bookings: Please Text to 0419 030 595

7:30pm – 10:15pm unless otherwise stated
The Highway, cnr Anzac Hwy & Marion Rd, Plympton

Please note bands and personnel may change due to unforeseen circumstances.


30th April 2024 – International Jazz Day Special
Origins: Early Jazz Obscurities and Favourites

Enjoy International Jazz Day with a FULL DAY of jazz programming from 8am-6pm on Radio 5MBS (99.9FM or www.5mbs.com) featuring presenters Jill Kirby, Meg Abbott, Dennis Wall, Harvey Duff, and Paul van der Koogh. After the last show, head down to The Highway for a great night of early jazz!

From 6:45pm: St John’s Grammar Senior Stage Band – a warm up performance as they prepare to compete at Mount Gambier’s Generations in Jazz

Then from 7:30pm:

Warren Heading – cornet
Jason Hammond – banjo, tenor guitar
Max Magee – drums
Paul van der Koogh – clarinet
Victoria Katsoulis – trombone
Martin van der Koogh – tuba
and vocalist Danica Lammertsma!


7th May 2024 – John Stephens’ Traddies

John Stephens – drums
Warren Heading – trumpet, vocals
Bill Polain – trombone, vocals
Bill Clarke – reeds, vocals
Tony Lillywhite – piano
Brian Gray – bass
and vocalist Ally Cunningham!


14th May 2024 – La fĂȘte d’anniversaire de Bechet

From 6:45pm: A youth band, details to come

Then from 7:30pm…

Celebrating the life and music of Sidney Bechet, born on this day in 1897!

Paul van der Koogh – soprano, clarinet
Kallan Francis – guitar
Lewis Dimitropoulos – drums
Declan Horan – bass
Jackson Faulkner – trumpet


21st May 2024 – The Edmund Black Sextet plays the music of Thomas “Fats” Waller

On what would have been his 120th Birthday, this young group plays some of the best known compositions and covers from the piano legend Fats Waller

Edmund Black – piano, vocals
Ryan Searle – trumpet
Wil Davies – tenor
Will Morley – trombone
James Ho – bass
Jackson Mack – drums


28th May 2024 – Sister Margaret’s School for Wayward Girls Jazz Ensemble #1

From 6:45pm – a youth band, details to come

Then, from 7:30pm…

THEY’RE BACK!

David Goodwin – trumpet
Jason Hammond – piano, banjo, vocals
Julian Ferraretto – violin
Alana Dawes – bass
Sam Millar – drums
Paul van der Koogh – reeds, dodgy vocals


4th June 2024 – Hot Foot Jazz

Graham Eames – trumpet
Ron Flack – reeds
Martin van der Koogh – trombone
Brian Loffler – bass
Chico Czikowski – piano, vocals
Dave Sutton – drums