Rivets Bar at the Durban Hilton Hotel, holds jazz evenings every Thursday. The programme for August is as follows: August 5: John Gay and Friends – Pietermaritzburg drummer John Gay is joined by Lionel Richie on saxophone, Rob Payne on piano and Berry Taylor on bass. August 12 sees the appearance of Vibrations where Graham Saville plays vibraphones, with Noel Bothma on piano. Willy Emerson on bass and Shaun Petersen on drums. On August 19, Rivets will see the swinging sextet Platform Jazz - an offshoot of the KZNPO that specialises in Dixieland sounds.