• The Clocktower Centre: Lady Be Good with Nina Ferro

    The Clocktower Centre 750 Mount Alexander Road, Moonee Ponds, VIC, Australia
    Goosebumps? Check. Spine tingling? Absolutely. Emotions uplifted? You bet! Lady Be Good is a joyous, swinging tribute to the First Lady of Song, Ella Fitzgerald and the legends of The Great American Songbook - George Gershwin, Irving Berlin, Rodgers & Hart, Cole Porter and Duke Ellington. Nina Ferro is one…

    Monash Peforming Arts Centres: Mina Yu

    The Count's 48 Exhibition Walk, Clayton, VIC
    Experience the brilliance of Mina Yu, a pianist and composer whose performances captivate with elegance, sensitivity and lyrical beauty. Based in Melbourne after seven years in NYC, Mina has built a reputation as a top-tier pianist and educator. Over the last three years, she has appeared on a number of…
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    Canberra International Music Festival: Gassenhauer

    Wesley Music Centre 20-22 National Circuit, Forrest, ACT, Australia
    Artistic Director Eugene Ughetti’s 2026 program is deeply rooted in place, from site-specific bell works at Parliament House and the National Carillon to chamber and choral premieres. Anna-Louise Cole sings Wagner Lieder and Strauss’s Four Last Songs, the Australian String Quartet surveys British music from Purcell to Britten and Rebecca…
  • WA Youth Jazz Orchestra: Women in Big Band

    Margaret River HEART 47 Wallcliffe Road, Margaret River, WA, Australia
    Big band jazz has always been shaped by extraordinary women as composers, arrangers, instrumentalists, and bandleaders, even when their contributions haven’t always been given the spotlight. Women & Big Band celebrates the powerful legacy and ongoing influence of women in large-ensemble jazz. Featuring music by trailblazers such as Melba Liston,…

    Monash Performing Arts Centres: Phil Dizack

    The Ian Potter Centre for Performing Arts 48 Exhibition Walk, Clayton, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    Philip Dizack is an artist of vision, one of the defining jazz trumpeters of his generation, a musician whose sound carries both the weight of tradition and the urgency of the moment. This show will feature Paul Grabowsky on piano, and a set with students from the Sir Zelman Cowen…
    Bumpy – Live + Intimate at Old Stone Hall

    Old Stone Hall: Bumpy – Live + Intimate at Old Stone Hall

    Old Stone Hall 7 Church Street, Beechworth, VIC, Australia
    Proud Noongar artist Bumpy brings her "vibrant sonic journey" to the intimate Old Stone Hall. Fresh from her acclaimed 2025 debut album Kanana, Bumpy blends contemporary soul, funk, jazz, and folk into a masterclass of authenticity. Having graced stages from the Sydney Opera House to the London Jazz Festival, this…
    Bumpy – Live + Intimate at Old Stone Hall

    Old Stone Hall: Bumpy – Live + Intimate at Old Stone Hall

    Old Stone Hall 7 Church Street, Beechworth, VIC, Australia
    Proud Noongar artist Bumpy brings her "vibrant sonic journey" to the intimate Old Stone Hall. Fresh from her acclaimed 2025 debut album Kanana, Bumpy blends contemporary soul, funk, jazz, and folk into a masterclass of authenticity. Having graced stages from the Sydney Opera House to the London Jazz Festival, this…

    Fernleigh Orchestral and Arts Network: In Concert with James Morrison

    Newcastle Conservatorium of Music Cnr Laman Street, Auckland St, Newcastle, NSW
    Join us for an evening of jazz with multi-instrumentalist James Morrison and his quartet, alongside Newcastle’s own Fernleigh Wind Ensemble. Performing for one show only, this is an exceptional opportunity to experience one of Australia’s most talented and versatile jazz musicians! James Morrison is renowned globally as one of the…

    The Art House, Wyong: Lisa Simone: A Daughter’s Tribute to Nina Simone

    The Art House 19-21 Margaret Street, Wyong, NSW, Australia
    A highlight of The Art House 2026 calendar, nowhere else will you see such a celebrated, respected, and award-winning performer of this calibre, outside the city AND in the intimate setting of a 500-seat theatre! It’s a new dawn, it’s a new day, it’s a new life… Following her sold…

    Monash Performing Arts Centres: Daryl McKenzie Jazz Orchestra with Raleigh Williams

    The Ian Potter Centre for Performing Arts 48 Exhibition Walk, Clayton, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    The Daryl McKenzie Jazz Orchestra is an Australian cultural icon, uniting Melbourne’s most exceptional instrumentalists to perform original jazz works and to accompany some of the country’s finest local and international performers. Returning to The Count’s after a sell out show in 2025, the orchestra joins forces with vocalist Raleigh…

    Willoughby City Council: Jazz at The Lounge – Peter Locke Trio with special guest, Kate Wadey

    The Concourse, Chatswood 409 Victoria Ave, Chatswood, NSW, Australia
    If you love the piano, you’ll love hearing one of Australia's most highly respected jazz pianists and musical directors, Peter Locke. Renowned for his deft touch and lyrical style on the keys, expect Locke’s cool, elegant arrangements of classics by Cole Porter, Gershwin, Duke Ellington, and more - delivered with…

    Monash Peforming Arts Centres: Koi Kingdom

    The Count's 48 Exhibition Walk, Clayton, VIC
    As established composers, improvisers, and bandleaders, each member brings a distinct voice to the group’s bold, genre-defying sound. Their latest album was a collaboratively written, concept driven album, structured around a narrative based in the Koi world, or rather, ‘Koi Kingdom’ and was awarded the 2025 APRA/AMCOS Art Music Award…