Enjoy this small glimpse of the taonga held within Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections, available to explore via Kura Heritage Collections Online.
These photographs show a range of musical moments in Tāmaki Makaurau. From a school music festival in Manukau to a dance band at the Easter Show, The Keils Isles at the Jive Centre to Upper Hutt Posse on Mount Street.
Together they highlight the diversity of the Tāmaki music scene.
If what you see sparks your curiosity we invite you to discover more in the Encore! exhibition at the Central City Library.
Encore! celebrates how live music brings people together through collective experience. The exhibition looks at ways connection happens through live music. Being emotionally moved by a performance, connections between those on stage and those in the crowd, and the feeling of being connected to others in a music community.