There are some great music acts, local and international, in the 2023 Auckland Arts Festival. Check out a few of Ben’s highlight picks below and don’t sleep on getting tickets.

WEEK 1

THU 09 MARCH
Bill Withers Social Club (Soul retrospective, with all-star ensemble)
Auckland Town Hall, 7.30pm

SAT 11
Rodger Fox 50th Anniversary - Big Drum Off (Big band feat. Gregg Bissonette, Dennis Chambers & Peter Erskine)
Bruce Mason Centre, 8pm 

SUN 12
Tama Waipara: Te Katoa (New waiata) 
Magic Mirrors Spiegeltent, 7pm

WEEK 2

SAT 18 - SUN 19
Judith Hill (Soul diva from 20 Feet from Stardom film)
Magic Mirrors Spiegeltent, 8pm

SUN 19
Brian Molley Quartet & Krishna Kishor  (Scottish jazz saxophonist with Indian percussionist)
Magic Mirrors Spiegeltent, 3pm

WEEK 3

SAT 25
Ozi Ozaa (Ghanaian highlife in NZ, also feat. Ben)
Magic Mirrors Spiegeltent, 6pm

SUN 26
Eishan Ensemble (Persian jazz)
Magic Mirrors Spiegeltent, 4pm

SUN 26
He Kete Waiata (Whirimako Black with Allana Goldsmith, Leon Wharekura, and Dixon Nacey)
Auckland Town Hall, 7pm