Guitarist Corin Anderson, duetting singers Renee Beck and Jesse Finn-Brown plus combo band give the crowd Fever.
Best Served Chilled musicians, from left, flutists Philippa Cochrane and Paige Jackson-Smith, alto saxophonists Jessica van der Kaag, Russell Stirling, Andy Soundy and Ali Macharg, and trumpeter Philipp Schaeuserb.
Best Served Chilled drummer Nick Steiner, bassist Michael Eden and keyboardist David Bell.
Hundreds gathered for Jazz On The Green on Saturday, the first show of this year's ASB JazzFest Queenstown.
Queenstown music fans, from left, Alfie Parvin (6), Zak Richardson-Hall (7), Marley Richardson-Hall (5), Billie Parvin (8), Cailin Richardson-Hall (9), Maggie Hill (8) and Hannah Black (8), of Hamilton.
More than 70 free gigs will be held in Queenstown hotels, bars, restaurants and wineries during the festival, which runs until October 27.
Master Blasters stick man Ned Webster.
Master Blasters vocalist Pearly McGrath, of Bannockburn, with keyboardist Mark Wilson.
Master Blasters (from left) trumpeter Martin Wightman, tenor saxophonist, alto saxophonist Nigel Hirst and percussionist Ian Hamilton.
Hundreds of residents and visitors enjoy Jazz On The Green, at the launch of the 30th ASB JazzFest on Saturday afternoon. Photos by James Beech; prints available from otagoimages.co.nz.