JMI Live
Live Jazz in Brisbane every week
JMI Live presents live jazz in Brisbane every week. Check out our guide below for what’s coming up!
JMI Live is renowned for its intimate setting, providing the best opportunity to listen to live jazz in Brisbane. Just like a jazz club in New York, this venue is the ideal location for great jazz music, acoustics and atmosphere.
Upcoming gigs
Brad McCarthy’s CannonFodder – 09/07/2026
A multi-instrumentalist, Cannonball Adderley is best-known for his work on alto saxophone and for his recordings with Miles Davis and with his own small groups. Brad McCarthy enlisted the...
Nowadays – Toby Wren – 16/07/2026
Jazz nowadays. Toby Wren has been an improvising guitarist and prolific composer in the Australian jazz scene since 2000. Eight albums of original compositions, including the recent Songs...
The Graeme Norris Sextet – 23/07/2026
The Graeme Norris Sextet will perform at JMI Live on July 23 2026. The show will feature original compositions by Graeme, as well as pieces by Cole Porter, Sonny Rollins, Jobim and...
Rumble Pack Takeover JMI – 30/07/2026
Those naughty boys from Rumble Pack are back with a surprise performance at JMI Live. Led by guitarist, composer and educator Mike Anderson, Rumble Pack will be playing 2 sets of original...
The Parrott/Hutton Quintet – 31/07/26
Straight off of the plane from New York and onto the band stand, join Theo Parrott and Ashley Hutton for a night of hard swinging standards and choice originals. Theo Parrott is an...
GaHaRoBa Saxophone Quartet – 13/08/2026
Come and bathe in the saxophonic light! A rare treat for the true saxophone aficionados out there - you can appreciate the saxophone in all its glory with the GaHaRoBa Quartet! And as a...
Tilly Street (SYD) All At Sea Album Launch – 14/08/2026
“Not only a vocalist of the highest calibre, but an endearing performer as well, who unerringly brings the listener into her orbit" - Eric Myers, AJAZZ magazine Tilly Street is a...
Andrew Butt Trio + (2) – 20/08/2026
Andrew Butt Trio + returns to their favourite jazz room in the world with a program of new original compositions alongside an eclectic mix of standards and "not so" standards. The...
Harvey Blues & The Kietels – 27/08/2026
The Kietels return to JMI live with everything Soul/Jazz! It's time to get funky in a jazz kinda way featuring songs from Lou Donaldson, Grant Green, Sonny Clark and George Benson. The...