The irrepressible Jan Preston comes clean on her longstanding and sometimes bumpy road to piano stardom. Jan will spin yarns from dives in Manhattan to the concert halls of Europe, from her early days in Wellington’s Red Mole Theatre Troupe to a pop hit with Auckland rock band Coup D’Etat, relocating to Sydney, and her enduring 50 year career as a piano player, singer/songwriter and composer. Alongside projected images, Jan’s trio will perform her original songs and compositions, providing a perfect counterpoint to her story.

With special guest acoustic guitarist from Melbourne Nick Charles – Guitarist (charlesguitar.com)

With dazzling melodic fingerpicking on six and twelve string guitars, stinging bottleneck slide and a lifetime’s stories and songs gathered or written on the world’s musical highways, it’s no surprise that he has been selected to represent Australia at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis. Nick will be performing on the iconic stages on Beale Street in January 2025.

These are two consummate artists who have put together something very special to celebrate their love of the music that has defined their stellar careers, so good  to have them performing for us here about the North Island October 10^th to  20^th .

Tickets  and tour details with Eventfinda and more through  Facebook JanBoogieWoogiePreston Jan Preston – Boogie Piano Singer Composer

Mayfair Cafe, Upper Hutt, Wellington Thu 10 Oct 

Includes a Special buffet menu from the Mayfair for a three course meal for $45…. start the night with some yummy food followed by our show performance, Drinks can be purchased throughout the night next Thursday October 10^th Table bookings recommended from 5.30 pm  Show starts 8 pm

Be into win a double pass to the show and a shouted meal.

Like the post, mention who you’d like to take with you, and then share the post, to be into win. Click the link here to go to the Facebook post: https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=8086488454733604&set=a.658597864189404

Album release tour 50 Years In Pianoland   20 dates North Island Oct 10 to Nov3  ….album out October 1^st on all platforms , in stores soon

A “thank you” to Simon for providing this article.

03/10/24