JazzFest plays on

Auckland abstract geometric artist Shannon Novak (32) presents his temporary Queenstown Village Green installation titled 'Rhythmic Verve' (2011), an aluminium framed, translucently filmed and internally lit pyramid he created as a response to swing...

Emily Burns (18), accompanied by pianist Hertzog Burger (18), sings one of their original songs, 'Let's Get Away Tonight'.

Queenstown act Impulse Jazz and Blues, featuring singer Melita Gizilis and guitarist Luiz Fernando de Oliveira (pictured), with Anna-Maree Morris on keyboard and Tim Reid on drums, play their repertoire of "casual but stylish" classic and...

Hertzog Burger (18) plays 'The Man Who Can't Be Moved by the Script'. Photos by James Beech.

Queenstown Young Jazz Performer participants (from left) Max Gunn (18), Emily Burns (18) and Hertzog Burger (18) say they will go on to study music-related courses in tertiary education.

The Queenstown Jazz Orchestra, the first big band in the Wakatipu and the only ensemble in the South outside of Dunedin, makes its debut on the Jazz Stage on Earnslaw Park on Friday. Dunedin jazz maestro Calder Prescott is the guest conductor.

Wakatipu residents and visitors soak up the sounds and the sunshine on Earnslaw Park on Saturday.

Queenstown favourite Mark Wilson plays his arrangement of 'Point of View', a song composed by Max Gunn.

For Pete's Sake Gospel Choir and clergy dressed in All Blacks supporting black and white for Rocking with God: A Celebration of Worship with Jazz, in the packed-to-the-rafters St Peter's Anglican Church yesterday morning.

Members of the Les Richardson Quartet, with singer Vanessa Kelly, perform on the Earnslaw Park stage on Saturday.

The 33rd edition of the Queenstown JazzFest plays out today with Remarkable Dixie at noon and the Queenstown Jazz Orchestra at 1.30pm, both on the Queenstown Village Green.

The concerts end five days of live music by Wakatipu, national and international acts in more than 40 free and ticketed events.

JazzFest Trust chairman Luke Baldock said yesterday he was happy with the festival's "calibre and quality of acts" although there were not as many patrons as hoped spinning off from the Rugby World Cup. Nevertheless, fine weather brought people out to the community stages. The Fat Freddy's Drop concert had been very well received.

"The [Queenstown Young Jazz Performers] tribute night was a very special concert and the show was quite spectacular, a fitting tribute to the three performers."

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