Two international music legends, Dr John and Brian Auger, a new jazz fusion club, the premiere of a project marrying music to historic New Zealand film footage, and a tribute to "the greatest female jazz/pop singer of the 20th century" feature in the 48th National Jazz Festival in Tauranga in April 2010.

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Tauranga’s 47th National Jazz Festival saw a doubling of attendance numbers at this years’ Festival over Easter. With tickets sold as far as Australia and the United States the many venues around town, on water and rail were running at capacity.