Kumeū Arts Live

23/08/2026

Join singer-songwriter Lee Martin as she brings her heartfelt new album "Marlene" to Barrytown. Performing as an intimate duo with saxophonist Ben Lill, this special evening blends captivating storytelling, soulful original songs, and warm musical chemistry in a unique live experience. Lee Martin at Kumeū Arts
Sat, Sep 12 @ 7:30PM
https://leemartinmusician.com/tour-tickets

23/08/2026

The fabulous Love Square last night with Finn on trumpet, Alistair on Drums and Nick on Keyboards,(most of the night he was on a variety of saxaphones. Next show is on 12th September with Lee Martin. https://leemartinmusician.com/tour-tickets

17/08/2026

TONIGHT - SATURDAY- Love Square
Kumeū Arts : 22 August, 300 Maim Road Huapai.
7.30pm | BYO | Paywave available
Tickets:
https://www.undertheradar.co.nz/tour/34945/Love-Square.utr

Nick Atkinson and Finn Scholes aren't your usual horn section. Sure, there are the amazing gigs parping alongside Nadia Reid, Tami Neilson, Dave Dobbyn or the Come Together Band, but really this friendship is based on a thirst for adventure. They've circumnavigated NZ and Rakiura aboard Nick's 46' wooden ketch. In the Southern Alps they've visited Harper's Rock, Ivory Lake and Dennistoun Pass on arduous trans-alpine crossings and sometimes, when they're touring, they can try and bag a peak near the road. Last year they took it up a notch bringing drummer and crampon newbie Alistair Deverick along for an adventure in the ranges south of Mt Aspiring. They spent a week among the icy mountains that rear up above the Dart River. The trio slept beneath rock overhangs and beech trees. In old corrugated huts they hatched a plan for a new Love Square album called The Lighthouse. They measured their steps across thawing neve and scree humming new tunes and discussing their drooping watchlists.
https://youtu.be/1wJVfFoexg0?si=LfO_rjrq6nTVTWpS

Love Square at Kumeu Arts - Saturday August 22ndNick Atkinson and...

16/08/2026

07/08/2026

Miho’s Jazz Orchestra (MJO) is a 5 piece ensemble based in Auckland, led by Japanese-born multi instrumentalist and composer Miho Wada. Miho studied flute at the University of Canterbury, Trinity College of Music in London and in Havana and Santiago de Cuba. She has performed in Italy, France, UK, Morocco, Greece, Spain, Malta, Switzerland, Cuba, Japan, Australia, USA and New Zealand. Since forming MJO in 2011 the band has toured extensively around Japan, Australia and New Zealand achieving success in the NZ album charts hitting the top 10 and 20 numerous times.

A mischievous, uplifting and dynamic ensemble, MJO blends afro cuban flute, J-pop and Pacific influences into a delightful jazz treat. Led by the unrestrained and vibrant Miho, the band melds her compositions together with violin, bass, guitar, drums and a selection of flutes and sax while she tells the tales that have charmed and sometimes shocked audiences around the world.

https://www.undertheradar.co.nz/gig/101102/Mihos-Jazz-Orchestra.utr

03/08/2026

Kumeū Arts Live : 22 August, 300 Maim Road Huapai.
7.30pm | BYO | Paywave available
https://www.undertheradar.co.nz/tour/34945/Love-Square.utr

Nick Atkinson and Finn Scholes aren't your usual horn section. Sure, there are the amazing gigs parping alongside Nadia Reid, Tami Neilson, Dave Dobbyn or the Come Together Band, but really this friendship is based on a thirst for adventure. They've circumnavigated NZ and Rakiura aboard Nick's 46' wooden ketch. In the Southern Alps they've visited Harper's Rock, Ivory Lake and Dennistoun Pass on arduous trans-alpine crossings and sometimes, when they're touring, they can try and bag a peak near the road. Last year they took it up a notch bringing drummer and crampon newbie Alistair Deverick along for an adventure in the ranges south of Mt Aspiring. They spent a week among the icy mountains that rear up above the Dart River. The trio slept beneath rock overhangs and beech trees. In old corrugated huts they hatched a plan for a new Love Square album called The Lighthouse. They measured their steps across thawing neve and scree humming new tunes and discussing their drooping watchlists.

The fruits of these discussions can be tasted at Kumeu Arts on Saturday August 22nd. As well as a smattering of new instruments, Nick, Finn and Al have a new album and they're bursting to play an exceptionally loyal and well-informed Kumeu Arts crowd their latest numbers.

For those who haven't heard Love Square they're a horn-heavy trio of multi-instrumentalists. One wonders if the principle joy of the band isn't in fact the packing of as many instruments as possible into ageing hatch-backs. Keyboards ancient and new, saxophones and clarinets by the half-dozen. Trumpets, trombones, tambourines and enough maracas to get half the audience involved.

They play exotic jazz tempos with worldwide influences. Think Chi-Cha and Cumbia from the high Andes merged with Ethio-jazz from the clubs of Adiss Ababa. Enjoy Jamaican sk**ks and New Orleans marches. The band also bend and sway to the whims of the crowd. They can barely help themselves.

UPCOMING CONCERTS:
Love Square : 22 August

Love Square at Kumeu Arts - Saturday August 22ndNick Atkinson and...

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