Piano Man – Jake O'Callaghan

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Jacob O’Callaghan is a 25 year old singer/songwriter who has been playing for more than half his life. With a class act on vocals and piano, his background in music stretches from when he was a young child busking out on the streets of Kaikoura, all the way through to 2020 where he has played with Kiwi Music Legends and for Mick Fleetwood & Sir Bob Geldof.

Check out his reviews:

"If there was any concern within the audience that a smaller crowd may reflect the quality of music on display, it was immediately dismantled by the extraordinary solo opening act by Jacob O’Callaghan.

Taking a seat at the pink-neon illuminated piano to the side of the stage, O’Callaghan flooded the room with his instantly captivating vocals and talent as a pianist. Displaying a level of charisma and intensity in his performance that had my mouth agape from the opening notes of Home, O’Callaghan effortlessly held this standard through Everything About Her and Birds, before mentioning to the audience that these numbers were all his own, original work.

Even before O’Callaghan performed a penultimate cover of Tiny Dancer, the single thought burning through my mind was that watching his performance is how I imagine unsuspecting crowds felt seeing Elton John for the first time. It’s rare that a performer can appear on your radar so suddenly and with such pure talent that you feel both immense gratitude for discovering them, and shame for not discovering them earlier—I would have easily been satisfied with another two hours of his performance last night."