Gigs

A selection of Michael’s upcoming public performances:

  • Monday 21 February 2022 – with the Forest Hill Owls, Spice of Life, London
  • Monday 21 February 2022 – with the Forest Hill Owls, Epsom Playhouse
  • Tuesday 22 February 2022 – Michael McQuaid’s Swing Stars at the Mildmay Jazz Club, London
  • Thursday 24 February 2022 – with Pete Rudeforth, Pumphouse Arts Centre, Watford
  • Friday 25 February 2022 – with Elise Roth, Evans & Peel Detective Agency, Earl’s Court
  • Wednesday 2 March 2022 – with Graham Hughes’ Sunshine Kings, Sylvie’s Place, Warlingham
  • Friday 4 March 2022 – with Alex Mendham & His Orchestra, Wiltshire Arts Centre
  • Sunday 6 March 2022 – McQuaid’s Melodians, The Globe in Hackney, London
  • Monday 7 March 2022 – with David Horniblow, Epsom Playhouse
  • Saturday 19 March 2022 – Michael McQuaid’s Swing Stars at Bishopsgate Institute
  • Thursday 24 March 2022 – McQuaid’s Melodians, Sidcup Jazz Club
  • Friday 29 April 2022 – McQuaid’s Melodians, Runnymede Jazz Club
  • Saturday 18 June 2022 – with the Vitality Five, Louth Jazz Club
  • Sunday 19 June 2022 – with the Vitality Five, Colchester Jazz Club
  • Saturday 25 June 2022 – with Martin Litton, Upton Jazz Festival
  • Wednesday 6 July 2022 – with the Vitality Five, Amersham Jazz Club
  • Sunday 10 July 2022 – Swanage Jazz Festival
  • Saturday 13 August 2022 – Pershore Jazz Club’s ‘Jazz on a Summer’s Day’
  • Friday 4 – Sunday 6 November 2022 – Mike Durham’s Classic Jazz Party, Whitley Bay UK

Past highlights:

  • 2022 – January concert by the Michael McQuaid Saxophone Quartet, Epsom Playhouse
  • 2020 – Paris residency with Jake Sanders’ band, including Bjorn Ingelstam, Lucas Montagnier and Leigh Barker
  • 2019 – Co-musical director of Mike Durham’s Classic Jazz Party, Whitley Bay (along with Claus Jacobi)
  • 2019 – February Vitality Five France tour, including appearances at ‘Caveau De La Huchette’ and ‘Sancy Snow Jazz’
  • 2018 – March shows in Holland with the Vitality Five for ‘Classic Jazz Concert Club’
  • 2018 – February shows in Paris at the famous ‘Caveau De La Huchette’
  • 2017 – relocated indefinitely to London, UK (from Melbourne, Australia)
  • 2017 – April ‘tour of London’ with the Vitality Five, UK
  • 2016 – September ‘tour of London’ with the Vitality Five, UK
  • 2016 – July guest appearances with the Fat Babies Jazz Band, Chicago, United States
  • 2016 – Leader of the monthly house band for ‘Rugcutters’ Swing Dance Nights, for 1929 Studios
  • 2015 – Led the Red Hot Rhythmakers at Hamer Hall, Victorian Arts Centre, Melbourne, in collaboration with the dance troupe ‘Echoes of Harlem’.
  • 2015 – Toured UK and America with US/Australian collaboration the ‘Hot Jazz Alliance’, including performing at Club Dizzy’s (Jazz at Lincoln Centre, New York City), with Vince Giordano (Iguana Restaurant, New York City), with the Fat Babies (Honky Tonk BBQ, Chicago) and at the Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Festival (Davenport, Iowa).
  • 2015 – Featured bandleader and sideman at the Mike Durham Classic Jazz Party, Whitley Bay UK
  • 2015 – Featured soloist in Germany and the UK with the Pasadena Roof Orchestra
  • 2015 – Performed in Holland with Michael McQuaid’s Late Hour Boys
  • 2015 – Featured soloist at Cadogan Hall, London, with Richard Pite’s Jazz Repertory Company, UK
  • 2015 – Featured guest musician at Elba Swing Festival, Italy
  • 2015 – Featured guest, Keswick Jazz Festival, UK
  • 2015 – Featured guest with Steve Coombe’s Shirt Tail Stompers, London Lindy Exchange
  • 2015 – Lived and performed in London between February and November
  • 2014 – Toured Australia with US/Australian collaboration the ‘Hot Jazz Alliance’
  • 2012 – Featured guest and recording artist at Whitley Bay International Jazz Party
  • 2011 – Toured Australia with US/Australian collaboration the ‘Hot Jazz Alliance’
  • 2010 – Toured Europe with ‘Michael McQuaid’s Late Hour Boys’, including Jazz Ascona in Switzerland
  • 2009 – Toured Australia with UK artists ‘Spats’ Langham, Martin Litton and Malcolm Sked
  • 2009 – Featured guest, Whitley Bay Jazz Festival, UK
  • 2009 – Featured guest at ‘Bob Barnard’s Jazz Party’, along with Dan Barrett, Bob Barnard and others
  • 2008 – Toured Europe with ‘Michael McQuaid’s Red Hot Rhythmakers’
  • 2005 – Toured Australia with UK artists ‘Spats’ Langham, Martin Litton and Malcolm Sked
  • 2000-2005 – Appeared throughout Australia with artists including Jim Cullum, the Swedish Jazz Kings, Bob Barnard, Len Barnard, Geoff Bull, Graeme Bell, Ade Monsbourgh, Tom Pletcher, Evan Christopher and others