Adelaide Jazz Festival

Adelaide Jazz Festival: The Airbenders

Gilbert Street Hotel 88 Gilbert St,, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Formed in 2009, The Airbenders have been playing swinging, funky, soul jazz around Adelaide and Australia. Playing a mix of originals, jazz standards and jazz “not so standards”, all underpinned by the mighty Hammond Organ. Winners of the 2013 Fowlers Live Music Awards for Best Jazz Act.
Adelaide Jazz Festival

Adelaide Jazz Festival: UNESCO International Jazz Day concert

Adelaide Festival Centre Adelaide, SA, Australia
This year’s headline act the Zela Margossian Quintet blends Armenian traditional music with contemporary jazz, creating a rich, evocative sound that has captivated audiences at the International Women’s Jazz Festival, Sydney Festival, and London’s EFG Jazz Festival at The Barbican. The night features Ciara Louise Ferguson, the 2024 COMA Emerging…
Adelaide Jazz Festival

Adelaide Jazz Festival: Jazz jam with The Gremilies

Grace Emily Hotel 232 Waymouth St, Adelaide, SA, Australia
The Grace has held a weekly Wednesday night jazz jam since 2019. Each week, The Gremilies present an ever-changing line-up, with special guests always dropping in. The special edition late-night jazz jam at the 2024 AJF featured some of Adelaide’s finest musicians and amazing jams with the likes of Dave…

Adelaide Jazz Festival

Adelaide Jazz Festival: Tanghalian

Adelaide Town Hall 128 King William Street, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Jazz quartet Tanghalian features Daniel Isler on trumpet, Andrew Casey on piano, Tasha Stevens on bass and Jack Barton on drums. Performing a combination of songs from the great American songbook, from swing to Latin jazz as well as some contemporary originals, transform your lunchtime and help us celebrate our…
Adelaide Jazz Festival

Adelaide Jazz Festival: Pulpland

The University of Adelaide North Terrace, SA, Australia
Pulpland is a hard-hitting jazz quintet that performs original compositions inspired by the explosive and adventurous spirit of Miles Davis’ second great quintet, particularly the ‘MilesSmiles’ recordings. Led by the accomplished vocalist and composer Chelsea Lee, this project emphasizes the importance of deep listening and communication between band members, resulting in a fiery…
Adelaide Jazz Festival

Adelaide Jazz Festival: Live Slug Reaction

Grace Emily Hotel 232 Waymouth St, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Live Slug Reaction is a 5-piece groove band that takes influence from anything they can get their greedy tentacles on. Ripping sounds and grooves from electronic, jazz-funk and the Australian psych-rock revival to create original contemporary compositions of moody soundscapes and danceable tracks that leave no head unbobbed and no…
Adelaide Jazz Festival

Adelaide Jazz Festival: Jazz in the Square

Hindmarsh Square 2 Hindmarsh Square, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Join the City of Adelaide for a free twilight community concert this May at Jazz in the Square. Experience the soulful sounds of some of Adelaide’s finest live jazz musicians while cosying up by fire pits. Delicious food and wine brought to you by the following local traders will be…
Kew Court House Live

Boroondara Arts: Elly Blackham

Kew Court House 188 High Street, Kew, VIC, Australia
Elly Blackham is an up-and-coming saxophonist in the Melbourne jazz scene. Having recently finished her studies at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, she is excited to debut her quartet of original music at Kew Court House. Specialising in contemporary jazz, her music is influenced by jazz luminaries such as Keith…
Adelaide Jazz Festival

Adelaide Jazz Festival: SILK

Grace Emily Hotel 232 Waymouth St, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Join the City of Adelaide for a free twilight community concert this May at Jazz in the Square. Experience the soulful sounds of some of Adelaide’s finest live jazz musicians while cosying up by fire pits. Delicious food and wine brought to you by the following local traders will be…

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