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Christchurch Big Band Jazz Festival 2025
October 23 – October 27
The Christchurch Big Band Jazz Festival is a five day music festival held every Labour weekend in Christchurch.
• It brings fresh musical vibrancy to the streets and venues of Ōtautahi, Christchurch in spring, attracting thousands of listeners to exciting toe-tapping entertainment all around the city.
• Running since 2006, the CBBF is run by the community for the community and is the only Big Band Festival in New Zealand.
• Accessibility is a kaupapa of the festival with mostly free performances.
• Bands from all over New Zealand gather in Christchurch to play Big Band style jazz providing performance opportunities for around 500 musicians in 20 – 25 groups across 60 scheduled performances as well as a Big band Boogie Ball.
As well as all the performances, there are workshops for youth and all ages as well as a jam night and parade to join in with.
Junior Jazz Jam, an event for Primary school aged jazz bands runs on the Thursday afternoon.
See details and registration at chchbigbandfest.com. [Registration is through a portal – if you have played other years, you just login and
Specific event details will be updated from late May on.
Registrations open late February and close May 3rd for big bands, but workshops and ticketed events will be live until the event unless sold out prior.
