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Gregory Porter

Perth International Jazz Festival: Gregory Porter

Regent Theatre 191 Collins St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Gregory Porter, the internationally acclaimed jazz and soul singer, is returning to Australia in 2025. He captivates audiences around the globe with his soulful baritone and deeply emotional performances with a voice that has been described as "liquid gold". His unique blend of jazz, soul, and gospel has earned him…

Melbourne International Jazz Festival: Linda May Han Oh

Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
Invisible Threads is a daring new work from jazz powerhouse and GRAMMY-winning bassist-composer Linda May Han Oh, featuring trailblazing vocalist and media artist Pamela Z (USA). This unmissable Melbourne International Jazz Festival commission explores the unseen forces that connect us - memory, emotion and shared experience - through an electrifying…

Melbourne International Jazz Festival: Jazz Association Singapore Orchestra

Chapel off Chapel 12 Little Chapel Street, Prahran, Victoria, Australia
Celebrated Singaporean pianist and the Lion City’s “King of Swing,” Jeremy Monteiro returns to the Melbourne International Jazz Festival in 2025 – this time leading the full power of the Jazz Association Singapore Orchestra (JASSO), a dynamic 18-piece ensemble featuring some of Singapore’s finest jazz talents. Known for their bold,…

Melbourne International Jazz Festival: Melanie Charles + WhoAllGonBeThere

Max Watt's Melbourne 125 Swanston St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Melanie Charles — Brooklyn-born vocalist, flautist, composer, and activist — is a genre-fluid trailblazer whose metamorphic fusion of jazz, soul, experimental sounds and Haitian roots is powered by a fierce commitment to social justice. Lauded by The New York Times and NPR, and widely respected by her peers, Charles’ singular…
Bill Frisell Trio

John Cristian Productions: Bill Frisell Trio

The JazzLab 27 Leslie St, Brunswick, VIC, Australia
Mesmerising, elegant and electric, multi- Grammy-winning jazz guitarist Bill Frisell returns to Brisbane. For over 40 years, the extraordinarily original and prolific Bill Frisell has been a seminal figure in modern American music. From jazz, bluegrass, country, rock and roll, to folk, interwoven with metamorphic splendor with bursts of the…
Late Night Jams

Melbourne International Jazz Festival: Late Night Jams

The JazzLab 27 Leslie St, Brunswick, VIC, Australia
Champions of the UK’s cutting-edge jazz scene, Jazz re:freshed return with a bold and boundary-pushing double bill featuring Amy Gadiaga and DoomCannon, alongside a line-up of their best DJs. Originally founded to spotlight the talent of underrepresented young artists, Jazz re:freshed has since scouted and nurtured the biggest names in UK jazz including Shabaka Hutchings, Yussef Dayes,…

Melbourne International Jazz Festival: Samara Joy

Arts Centre Melbourne Forecourt, 100 St Kilda Road, Southbank, VIC, Australia
5x Grammy winner and breakout jazz sensation Samara Joy brings her timeless voice to Australia and New Zealand for the first time, joined by her outstanding seven-piece band. Celebrated for her rich tone, refined phrasing, and love and understanding of the Great American Songbook, she’ll perform in cities across the…

Camelot Arts Club: Alemay Fernandez & The Michael Pignéguy Quartet

Camelot Arts Club 16 Lochee St,, Mosman Park, WA, Australia
Perth audiences are in for a rare treat as two of the Asia-Pacific's most distinguished jazz artists collaborate for their first Perth performance together. The acclaimed Michael Pignéguy Quartet welcomes internationally renowned Singaporean vocalist Alemay Fernandez to Camelot's intimate setting. Fernandez brings extraordinary credentials, having performed with David Foster, Gregory…

Michael Pignéguy: Alemay Fernandez & The Michael Pignéguy Quartet

Camelot Arts Club 16 Lochee St,, Mosman Park, WA, Australia
Perth audiences are in for a rare treat as two of the Asia-Pacific's most distinguished jazz artists collaborate for their first Perth performance together. The acclaimed Michael Pignéguy Quartet welcomes internationally renowned Singaporean vocalist Alemay Fernandez to Camelot Art Club's intimate setting. Fernandez brings extraordinary credentials, having performed with David…
Bill Frisell Trio

John Cristian Productions: Bill Frisell Trio

The JazzLab 27 Leslie St, Brunswick, VIC, Australia
Mesmerising, elegant and electric, multi- Grammy-winning jazz guitarist Bill Frisell returns to Brisbane. For over 40 years, the extraordinarily original and prolific Bill Frisell has been a seminal figure in modern American music. From jazz, bluegrass, country, rock and roll, to folk, interwoven with metamorphic splendor with bursts of the…

Sydney International Women’s Jazz Festival: Melanie Charles

Mary's Underground 29 Reiby Place, Circular Quay, NSW, Australia
Brooklyn-born singer-songwriter-flutist Melanie Charles is set to stun Sydney audiences on Sunday, October 26th, in a headline performance for the 2025 Sydney International Women's Jazz Festival at Mary’s Underground. Charles, renowned for her genre-bending style of jazz, soul and R&B, mixed with electronics, samples and hints of her Haitian roots,…

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