JAM Record Bar

14/08/2026

Two big JAM Sessions incoming. 🤝💿

19.08 – Sultry & Sample x Suntory Time
A fully improvised, genre-blending live session moving through R&B, funk, nu-jazz, Afro-house, nostalgic cuts + future sounds. Plus, House of Suntory is joining us for the night with a special cocktail menu featuring exclusive whiskies.

26.08 – Lenny Fontana
New York house legend Lenny Fontana takes over the decks. From Studio 54 to dance floors around the world, expect a proper house-heavy session.
 
Two dates. Two very different JAM Sessions. Meet you at the bar. 🥃

10/08/2026

Meet the JAM Bento Box. 🍱 The newest member of your lunchtime rotation.

Tempura, sashimi, rice + salad. All for $24. Daily from 12–4pm.

22/07/2026

Records packed. Passport stamped. We crossed the Tasman for a bar exchange with Kemuri Hi Fi, spending a few days behind the bar, behind the decks and around Auckland.

03/07/2026

Big love to for taking over the bar with a bespoke cocktail menu, and to everyone who settled in for an evening of great records, great drinks and even better company. 🫶🫶

Thanks for making the Sydney leg one to remember.

03/07/2026

19/06/2026

Quick quiz before the team head to Auckland for the New Zealand leg of our bar exchange. 🧠🇳🇿

Then the team land at JAM on Wed 1 July. See you at the bar. 🥃

18/06/2026

Auckland’s lands at JAM for one night only.

On Wed 1 July, we’re teaming up for the Sydney chapter of a two-city collaboration celebrating great drinks, great records and the people who bring them together.

Vee and JC from Kemuri Hi-Fi will be behind the bar pouring a bespoke menu of favourite serves, with the JAM team alongside.

Records on. Cocktails flowing. From 6pm ‘til late.

22/05/2026

Recent pours, in no particular order. 👉👉
Meet you at the bar for a taste test this weekend?

13/05/2026

City Pop lands at JAM. End Notes, led by Ed Lyons and featuring special guest vocalist Nana Koizumi, brings a one-night celebration of Japanese City Pop to JAM on 20 May.

Expect funky disco grooves and cult classics from Tatsuro Yamash*ta, Anri and Toshiki Kadomatsu. Come through – $18 cocktails all night.

05/05/2026

$18 Margaritas. All Day. All May. 🍋‍🟩 Classic, Tommy’s, Spicy Watermelon and Passionfruit Yuzu. Margarita please! All the details: merivale.info/margmonth2026