BlackCat Jazz & Blues Club

BLUES VENUE: BlackCat Jazz & Blues Club in Jakarta

An interview from 2011 with Dita, manager of the Black Cat Jazz & Blues Club in Jakarta.

The Black Cat Jazz & Blues Club is the most internationally known venue in Jakarta for live jazz and blues. It is conveniently located in central Jakarta, located upstairs in a major building. The room is very comfortable, with a nice stage with a grand piano off to one side. The food is quite good. All in all it has the atmosphere of a dinner club, rather than a bar. Tuesday nights are reserved almost always from blues, often with the blues band from the Indonesia Blues Association onstage, along with other bands.

If you are a stranger coming to Jakarta, this is an excellent place to go to learn what's happening in the blues and jazz community.

Black Cat Jazz & Blues Club, Jakarta

This is a delightful jazz joint inside the Plaza Senayan Arcadia. The singing may not be perfect but the overall feel was good. And suddenly appeared a well-known tv comedienne, Pretty Asmara. She sat down close behind my table, you can just see her outline in this video. She is the fat lady with the hat.