The Take Your Seats campaign encourages Australians to get vaccinated to support a safe return to cultural and creative venues and events.

Zela Margossian, Bree van Reyk and Sia Ahmad will take part in a livestreamed panel discussion, instead of the traditional speech by an individual.

Sowerby shows the Roaring Twenties behaving themselves.

Jeremy Rose talks jazz in the time of corona, the resilience of musos and showcasing the best of the local scene at the Earshift Music Festival.

Perth International Jazz Festival will feature the very best of West Australian jazz across three days in Perth, followed by a special all-day event in Busselton. 

Anne Cawrse, Melbourne Digital Concert Hall, Sydney Chamber Opera and Speak Percussion among those honoured at this year's Art Music Awards.

Melbourne Digital Concert Hall, Generations in Jazz festival, and a new musical inspired by the TV series Round the Twist are among the latest round of RISE funding recipients.

Three of the four finalists for this year's Freedman Jazz Fellowship are women, while the styles of all four are markedly different – which is a boon for Australian jazz.

With international borders still closed, MIJF 2021 will showcase the very best of Australian jazz – including Paul Grabowsky as the festival's very first Artist in Residence.

The 20 new appointments assess applications to Create NSW Arts and Cultural Funding Program and advise on strategic directions for the sector.

Joseph Tawadros and Katie Noonan have taken home the Classical and Jazz trophies at the 2021 AIR Awards for their recent ABC albums.

Programmed by Artistic Director Annette Shun Wah, OzAsia Festival 2021 features 300 artists including musicians Belle Chen and Mindy Meng Wang, writer Benjamin Law, and dancer Raghav Handa.