Festivals

Y ou’ll find jazz festivals in cities and country towns in Australia. Everything from trad to wild and free.

Suggestions welcome – we’re updating this page all the time. If we’ve missed a jazz festival you know about  please get in touch!

 

17-27 May 2012 : Stonnington Jazz -  www.stonningtonjazz.com.au

1-10 June 2012 : Melbourne International Jazz Festival – www.melbournejazz.com

26, 27, 28, 29 July 2012 : Devonport Jazz Festival  – www.devonportjazz.com

17, 18, 18 August 2012 : Bellingen Jazz Festival – www.bellingenjazzfestival.com.au

2-5 November 2012 : Wangaratta Festival of Jazz and Blues – www.wangarattajazz.com

 

Kinetic Jazz  Festival - www.kineticjazz.com

Melbourne Jazz Fringe Festival – melbournejazzfringe.com

 

Friday Video 18 May 2012

Scott Tinkler Quartet: Red Door

Scott Tinkler Quartet at Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne on April Fools Day, 2005

Interviews 17 May 2012

Rai Thistlethwayte – a bit mongrel-ish

‘I guess maybe I can’t decide what I like, I just like it all, and although that is hard to ‘market’ to the world, it’s true to me, so I’m a mongrel.’

Interviews 16 May 2012

Gian Slater receives Creative Fellowship

Musician Gian Slater receieved an early career fellowship in the first round of creative fellowships under the new Federal Government’s Creative Australia Artist Grants initiative.

Festivals 13 May 2012

Barney McAll’s creeping unease

Barney McAll’s Graft is a suite of music that looks at technology and the bizarre affect it is having on human connection. It is a wild musical sound painting reflecting the ever increasing ambiguity between virtual and real.

News 12 May 2012

ANU School of Music – changes cause concern

Recent changes to the ANU School of Music in Canberra have created a dismayed buzz in the Australian jazz and [...]

Friday Video 11 May 2012

Gian Slater sings Belinda Moody’s ‘Sleepy Head’

‘Slumber’ composed and arranged by Belinda Moody, performed by Moody on bass, Gian Slater on vocals, Colin Hopkins on piano, Phil Collings on drums, and string quartet.