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The Majestic Cabaret, Auckland, 1934

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The Majestic Cabaret, Auckland, 1934

The Majestic Cabaret Dance Band perform for a crowd enjoying high tea in Auckland, in 1934. Despite the depression of the 1930s, cabarets, nightclubs and movie shows continued to provide Saturday night entertainment for those who could afford it. Dance bands tried to keep up with the latest American fashions in music and dance.

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Auckland Council Libraries − Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero o Tāmaki Makaurau, Sir George Grey Special Collections

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Peter Clayworth, Weekends – Saturday – pay day, work day, half-holiday, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/39785/the-majestic-cabaret-auckland-1934 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Peter Clayworth, published 30 November 2012.