The country’s best-loved jazz festival is back! Join us at The Bottle of Sauce for some of the most exciting local & emerging talent in the world of jazz. Expect an eclectic mix of free performances from 7:30pm until late on Friday 28th April – Monday 1st May.
Los Gusanos, Friday 28th April, 7.30–8.30pm.
Ticket price: free entry
Los Gusanos are best described as a Latin band with a punk attitude. Their live shows are energetic and virtuosic and have been likened to watching a Hendrix jam at a Latin dive-bar. Drawing influence from the likes of Buena Vista Social Club; J Dilla; Marc Ribot; Santana; and, Khruangbin, Los Gusanos infuse genres including cumbia, salsa and champeta with blues and soul to create world-inspired psychedelic soul music.
om Franks Trio, Friday 28th April, 9–10pm.
Ticket price: free entry
Former winner of the Daily Telegraph Young Jazz Musician of the Year competition, Dom’s influences as a musician are eclectic, taking in Joe Lovano, Art Pepper, Gary Bartz, Wayne Shorter, Sonny Rollins, Maceo Parker, Kenny Garrett, Paul Desmond and many stylistic bases in between, both classical and jazz-based. Dom currently leads Dom Franks’ StrayHorn, a groove-driven jazz quartet which performs Dom’s original compositions.
Open Mic Night, Friday 28th April, 10.30pm onwards.