Who is Kaz Hawkins?

Born and raised in Belfast, Kaz Hawkins grew up in a world where music became far more than something to listen to. It became somewhere to go.

The little girl Kaz now calls “Little Kaz” would eventually become part of the way she tells her own story, the child behind the voice, the survivor behind the songs and a reminder of the person she carried with her through everything that followed.

Belfast shaped Kaz’s humour, honesty, storytelling and the unmistakable voice that would later take her far beyond Northern Ireland.

But before the stages, albums and audiences, music was simply a place where she could feel safe.

Kaz came to her original music later than many artists, without the traditional path through music schools, conservatoires or a carefully planned career.

What she did have was a lifetime of stories and a voice capable of carrying them.

Songwriting became a way of making sense of lived experience. Rather than separating the difficult parts of her life from the artist she was becoming, Kaz brought them with her.

Writing honestly about survival, love, loss, humour, fear and starting again.

As audiences began connecting with those songs, something unexpected happened. The experiences Kaz once thought she had to hide became the very things that allowed her to connect with people across languages, countries and cultures.

That was when finding her voice became about much more than singing.

Surviving became far more than a song for Kaz.

Written from lived experience, its piano version reached people who recognised something of their own lives in hers.

As audiences began sharing their stories with Kaz, music became a meeting place, somewhere difficult conversations could happen without shame, judgement or pity. What began with one woman telling the truth through her songs grew into Kaz’s mental health mission.

That mission continues to shape everything she creates: using music, storytelling and safe spaces to remind people that even after the darkest parts of life, hope can still have a voice.

Hope • Healing • Happiness • Music.

Leaving Belfast did not mean leaving Belfast behind. It travelled with Kaz in her voice, her humour, her songs and the stories she carried onto every stage.

France eventually became home, giving Kaz the space to build a life in peace, away from the traumas as well as a career.

From there, the music continued to travel across Europe, creating friendships, communities and unexpected places of belonging along the way.

For Kaz, “coming home” is no longer simply about a place. It is about finding where you belong, learning to remain there, and finally allowing yourself to feel at home in your own life.

And sometimes, after a lifetime of moving forward, the bravest thing is simply to stay.

Today, Kaz Hawkins is a singer, songwriter, storyteller, warrior, mental health advocate, still led by the same thing that brought her to music in the first place; human connection.

She is an artist who refuses to fit neatly into one genre or one version of herself. The diva and Little Kaz, the laughter and the difficult stories, strength and vulnerability all belong on the same stage.

Whether performing for thousands or sitting at a piano telling the story behind a song in a masterclass, Kaz’s purpose remains simple;

To create spaces where people can feel, laugh, cry, connect and leave carrying a little more hope than they arrived with.

Not blues. Not jazz. Just Kaz.

Hope • Healing • Happiness • Music.