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
Melody Graves and the Hokum Redemption – 26/3/26
Fresh from their successful Woodford Folk Festival shows Melody Graves and the Hokum Redemption (MGHR) bring their red-hot eight piece ensemble to JMI Live. Rooted in the jazz, swing, and...
Adrian Cox Trio (Europe) Club Croco album Tour – 31/3/26
Internationally acclaimed clarinetist Adrian Cox is a leading authority on New Orleans music, bringing an authentic and electrifying voice to the idiom. As a celebrated exponent of the...
Lachlan Alexander Septet – 2/4/26
Lachlan Alexander is a Brisbane-based clarinet/saxophone player that began his studies at the Jazz Music Institute in 2018. After graduating with a bachelor of jazz performance on the...
James Sherlock Trio – 9/4/26
James began playing classical guitar at age 7. He attended the Queensland Conservatorium of Music, studying classical guitar, and graduated in 1992. He is now based in Melbourne,...
James Sherlock Workshop – 10/4/26
If you’ve ever listened to high-level jazz musicians perform standard tunes and noticed that they never simply begin at the top of a Real Book chart and finish at the bottom of the page,...
Sherlock Albazi Quintet – 10/4/26
James Sherlock and Lillian Albazi are Naarm-based improvisers with careers spanning jazz, classical and experimental music. Lillian Albazi is an internationally acclaimed vocalist and...
More Than The Music: Gig Smart, The Business Skills Musicians Don’t Teach You – 11/4/26
Workshop facilitated by Lillian Albazi Being a great musician is only half the job. You’ve practised the notes — now it’s time to learn the rest. This workshop breaks down the unglamorous...
The Three Seas: Antahkarana Album Launch – 23/4/26
The Three Seas (IN/AUS) “Crunchy grooves and Indian poets combine to absorbing effect” — Songlines "An immersive festival highlight" - The Age The Three Seas return to Australia with...
Vince Jones Quintet Masterclass – 24/4/26
JMI is excited to welcome Jazz Legend Multi ARIA-Recipient VINCE JONES, acclaimed vocalist, trumpeter, songwriter and one of our most beloved iconic voices in Australian music along with...
Ben Hauptmann Trio – 7/5/26
Catch the Ben Hauptmann Trio at JMI Live on Thursday, May 7th, for an evening of great tunes and effortless chemistry. Led by guitarist Ben Hauptmann, the night is all about taking the...
Talkin Jazz Big Band & Unladylike Big Band – 28/5/26
Talkin’ Jazz is a community music program hosted and supported by the Brisbane Jazz Club, providing young musicians with opportunities to meet, learn and perform. Designed for high school...
Hilary Geddes Quartet – Redleaf Album Tour – 29/5/26
Hilary Geddes Quartet felt like being thrown into a pool and submerged in some aquatic bliss." - Limelight Hilary Geddes is an award-winning guitarist, composer and improviser whose work...