The Ellington Jazz Club

What The Ellington Jazz Club does

The Ellington Jazz Club is a privately-held live music venue located at 193 Beaufort Street in Perth, Western Australia, operated by Jazz Standards Pty Ltd and founded in 2009. The venue presents over 500 shows per year, seven nights a week, spanning jazz, blues, soul, funk, fusion, cabaret and contemporary jazz-influenced music, featuring both local musicians and international touring artists such as Dami Im, Jamie Oehlers, and Paris Combo's Jody Sternberg and David Lewis. The venue operates across multiple performance spaces (Gillespie Booths, Main Bar, Coltrane Room, Miles Davis Room, and an upstairs lounge bar with capacity 100) and is positioned as an intimate, listening-focused experience distinct from typical bar entertainment.

Revenue is generated through a diversified mix of streams: ticketed live performances (general and seated tiers ranging from $15 student to $45 premium), food and beverage (hand-stretched pizzas, cocktails, wines, spirits, beer), annual memberships (Duke/Duchess at $550/$750 per year and Jazz Standard at $110/$175 per year), ticket and bar gift cards, commemorative merchandise, and private function hire for corporate and social events. The technology stack is modest — a WordPress-based e-commerce site integrated with Stripe for payments and Hungry Hungry for food ordering — with no proprietary technology or AI capabilities.

The business is owned and operated by proprietors Zoe Jay and Travis Simmons, who acquired it in April 2023 from original founders Graham Wood and Bernard Kong. It holds an Australian Night Club Licence and has adopted the We Have Voice Collective Code of Conduct. Marketing relies on organic social media (Facebook, Instagram, TikTok), an email newsletter, and earned media including TripAdvisor and a preferred accommodation partnership with Alex Hotel. With only 6 reported employees and a single physical venue, the operation is a small, founder-led hospitality business whose growth potential is constrained by venue capacity and a single-city footprint in Perth.

Name

The Ellington Jazz Club

Legal name

Jazz Standards Pty Ltd

Website

https://ellingtonjazz.com.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Ellington Jazz Club is a Perth-based live music venue operating 500+ shows per year across jazz, blues, soul, and cabaret genres, serving individual music enthusiasts and private event clients through ticketed performances, memberships, food and beverage, and venue hire.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Live Music Venue and Nightclub Hospitality

NAICS

Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages) (722410), Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries (711)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900), Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810)

akta.pro primary industry

Live Music Clubs & Venues (MPAGAIAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Live Music Venues & Concert Bars (THAFAEAD)

Keywords

• Live music venue
• Jazz performances
• Nightclub hospitality
• Private event hire
• Food and beverage service

Headquarters

HQ city

Perth

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Ticket Sales: The primary revenue stream comes from ticket sales to live performances. Tickets are sold online through the website with various tiers including General Entry, Seated General Entry, Student Entry, and Duke/Duchess member pricing. Ticket prices range from $15 (student) to $45 (premium seated performances). Some shows offer 'Tickets Available at the Door' pricing while others are sold out in advance.
2. Food and Beverage: Revenue from food and beverage sales including hand-stretched 12-inch pizzas, refined bar snacks, classic cocktails, house and top-shelf spirits, rotating tap and bottled beers, ciders, local and international wines, and French champagne. Vegan and gluten-free options available.
3. Membership Subscriptions: Annual membership programs including Duke/Duchess tier (singles $550/year, couples $750/year) offering free entry for local acts, discounted entry for touring acts, VIP/function space booking, newsletter, and 10% WASO discount; Jazz Standard tier (singles $110/year, couples $175/year) offering discount on door prices, newsletter, and loyalty rewards.
4. Gift Cards and Vouchers: Ticket gift cards ($25-$100) redeemable for show tickets; Bar gift cards ($50-$200) redeemable for food and beverages at the venue.
5. Venue Hire and Functions: Private event bookings for the upstairs lounge bar and private rooms, catering for birthdays, engagement parties, Christmas parties, weddings, art exhibitions, product launches, and corporate gatherings. Includes personalized service, private bar, food and cocktail packages.
6. Merchandise: Sale of commemorative merchandise including 15th anniversary items: pens ($5), wine glasses ($39), and t-shirts ($30).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

The Ellington Jazz Club operates a physical live music venue in Perth presenting jazz, blues, soul, funk, cabaret and contemporary performances seven nights a week, with more than 500 shows annually. Revenue is generated through ticket sales, food and beverage service (pizzas, cocktails, wines, spirits), two tiers of annual membership (Duke/Duchess and Jazz Standard), gift cards, commemorative merchandise, and private function hire across multiple event spaces.

Product overview

The Ellington Jazz Club is a live music venue operating seven nights a week with more than 500 shows per year. The core offering consists of live jazz, blues, soul, funk, cabaret and contemporary performances complemented by a food and beverage service featuring hand-stretched pizzas, cocktails, wines, and spirits. The club's product portfolio includes two membership tiers (Duke/Duchess premium and Jazz Standard entry-level), ticket and bar gift cards, commemorative 15th anniversary merchandise, and private function hire across multiple event spaces. The venue utilises an online ticketing system for show reservations and integrates Stripe for payment processing and Hungry Hungry for food ordering.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• The Duke/Duchess Membership: Premium membership tier offering free entry for local acts, discount entry for touring acts, VIP/function space booking, email newsletter, and 10% discount on WASO bookings.
• The Jazz Standard Membership

Products and services

• Live Music Performances Live jazz, blues, soul, funk, cabaret and contemporary performances presented seven nights a week featuring both local musicians and touring artists in an intimate listening-focused venue. More than 500 shows are presented annually.
• Food and Beverage Service On-site food and beverage offering including hand-stretched 12-inch pizzas, refined bar snacks, classic cocktails, house and top-shelf spirits, rotating tap and bottled beers, ciders, local and international wines, and French champagne, with vegan and gluten-free options available.
• Duke/Duchess Membership Premium annual membership tier ($550 for singles, $750 for couples) offering free entry for local acts, discounted entry for touring acts, complimentary booking of VIP and function spaces, email newsletter, and 10% discount on WASO bookings.
• Jazz Standard Membership Entry-level annual membership tier ($110 for singles, $175 for couples) offering student-price entry to shows, email newsletter, and a loyalty stamp scheme where nine attended local act performances earn a free 10th show.
• Ticket Gift Cards Digital gift cards redeemable for show tickets at the online ticketing platform, available in denominations of $25, $50, and $100, excluding Fringe World shows.
• Bar Gift Cards Gift cards redeemable for food and drinks at the venue bar, available in denominations of $50, $100, and $200.
• 15 Years of Jazz Commemorative Merchandise Commemorative merchandise celebrating 15 years of the club, including 15 Years of Jazz pens ($5), wine glasses ($39), and t-shirts ($30).
• Function and Event Venue Hire Private venue hire for events including birthdays, engagement parties, Christmas parties, weddings, corporate gatherings, art exhibitions, and product launches, with personalized catering and beverage packages across multiple event spaces including the upstairs lounge bar (capacity 100), Gillespie Booths, Coltrane Room, and Miles Davis Room.

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Alex HotelminorGTM or Marketing PartnerAlex Hotel is recommended as the preferred accommodation partner for The Ellington Jazz Club, located nearby in Perth. The partnership targets visitors to the venue who may need accommodation, positioning the hotel as a convenient option for out-of-town guests attending performances.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Venue 505: Sydney live music and arts venue presenting jazz, world music, and contemporary programming. Comparable as a multi-night-per-week live performance venue with bar service in the Australian market.
• The Jazzlab: Melbourne live music venue focused on jazz and contemporary programming. Comparable as a small-to-mid sized Australian live jazz club with ticketed performances and bar service.
• Bird's Basement: Melbourne-based dedicated jazz club presenting live jazz performances nightly with a similar artist-in-residence and touring artist model. Most directly comparable Australian peer given shared city-tier venue scale and live-music-only positioning.
• Paris Cat Jazz Club: Melbourne live jazz venue operating as a bar and music club with nightly performances and F&B service. Closely comparable in format—a dedicated listening jazz venue with bar operations in the Australian market.
• Foundry 616: Sydney-based intimate jazz performance venue with ticketed shows and bar service. Directly comparable in offering format: small capacity, listening-focused jazz club with premium ticketing.
• Smalls Jazz Club: NYC intimate basement jazz club presenting live jazz nightly with ticketed performances. Closely comparable in intimate listening-venue format and dedicated jazz programming model.
• Dizzy's Club: Jazz at Lincoln Center's intimate jazz venue presenting ticketed performances with bar and dining service. Comparable as a dedicated jazz listening venue with premium ticketing and bar-driven revenue.

Broad incumbents

• Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club: Legendary London jazz club presenting world-class artists in an intimate setting. Comparable business model—ticketed live jazz performances with food and beverage—but at a much larger and more established scale.
• The Jazz Cafe: Iconic London live music venue with similar intimate format and global touring artist programming. Comparable as a destination jazz/music venue but at significantly larger scale and higher brand recognition internationally.
• Blue Note Jazz Club: Globally recognized jazz club brand with locations in NYC and beyond, presenting ticketed live jazz performances with F&B service. Comparable core offering but at much larger international scale and brand recognition.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/theellingtonjazzclub
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UC0Bn3GM7b8ZxBgkIWdQf7hQ
• Facebookfacebook.com/173127469382656
• Instagraminstagram.com/theellingtonjazzclub
• TikToktiktok.com/@theellingtonjazzclub
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ellington-jazz

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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