Fosters Jazz in the Roses

Chill with Fosters Jazz in the Roses as part of the Waikato Times Food, Wine and Jazz in the Roses. Let the smooth grooves flow over you while you savour the best of the surrounding wine and gourmet delicacies.

Sat 25

Diana Harris 10am - 11.15am 

Jazz singer Diana Harris is a stunning performer who will get your heart thumping with her authentic jazz sets that often grace the large stages of the USA.

Mike Booth 11.30 - 1pm 

Trumpeter Mike Booth returns to the Festival hosting a stellar lineup. Easy
listening, funky and jazzy but with an edge. Along with Bass and Drums the band features Sax guru Pete France and close collaborator Andy Smith on Guitar.

Caitlin Smith 1.15pm - 3pm 

Smith has been described as having "a voice that imagination created". Live, the trio mix up reinterpretations, rare and precious jazz standards, well-crafted originals and folktales

Jan Preston 3.15pm to 4.30pm 

Jan Preston is a knockout boogie woogie pianist with a rich resonant voice, who captures audiences with her mastery of boogie and ragtime piano style. She has recently been described in the Australian press as ‘an inspirational and gifted pianist, performer and entertainer’.

Sun 26

D'vino 10am - 11.15am 

D’vino is an exquisite jazz trio fused with a contemporary feel across the repertoire. A seriously classy act.

Diana Harris 11.30 - 1pm 

Jazz singer Diana Harris is a stunning performer who will get your heart thumping with her authentic jazz sets that often grace the large stages of the USA.

BlackSandDiva 1.15pm - 3pm 

An intoxicating guitar groove intwined with fat beats and whiskey smooth vocals, laced with a sophisticated palette of jazz piano stylings to ice the cake’. Shake up your perception of soul, jazz, funk r'n'b and a fusion of the best in between.

Angela Franklyn-Lewis 3.15pm to 4.30pm

Angela’s rich and warm vocals bring us the “Great American Songbook Meets the Great Kiwi Summer”. Classic jazz that we all know from the Golden Age of American songwriting.