A giant of modern guitar. A sound all his own. Bill Frisell returns to Australia for the first time in seven years - bringing his long-time trio with Rudy Royston (drums) and Thomas Morgan (bass). Winner of 12 DownBeat Best Guitarist titles and a Grammy Award, Frisell has shaped the sound of…

JUANITA TIPPINS has spent years touring & recording with some of the most accomplished Australian & international artists, lending her signature vocals to everyone from Joe Bonamassa & The Brand New Heavies, to Marcia Hines, Ian Moss & Cold Chisel.  She’s long been a favourite on the Sydney soul scene due…

A collaboration between SIMA and The Vanguard, ‘In Residence’ highlights the sound of Sydney music by presenting some of the city’s most distinctive creative voices in performance over the course of a month. Across weekly shows audiences are allowed to witness the construction, development and refinement of a musical conversation…

Renowned for her technical mastery and her remarkable ability to reimagine genre and form, Hiromi erases the lines between jazz and classical, taking audiences on an unchartered sonic journey. In The Piano Quintet, Hiromi expands on her impressive emotional range, joining forces with multi-GRAMMY-nominated string quartet, PUBLIQuartet (USA), to present a breathtaking blend…

Rising Jazz vocalist Leah Berry will be spotlighting the sounds of Betty Carter at SIMA’s International Women’s Jazz Festival with her quartet. Featuring Hugh Barrett on piano, Jacob Graham on double bass, and Tim Geldens on drums, they will be presenting an array of Betty’s compositions, electric arrangements, and their…

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 avant-garde, Frisell’s sound traverses the sweep of contemporary American musical history, whilst always maintaining a…

Co-presented by Hal’s Hall & the Elder Conservatorium (Jazz), The University of Adelaide. Wolfert Brederode and Joost Lijbaart are a renowned musical duo in the European jazz scene, known for their innovative and emotive performances. Brederode is a Dutch jazz pianist with a distinctive style that blends elements of classical…

Drummer ABBY CONSTABLE is proud to present a sparkling night of swinging jazz featuring some of Sydneys finest musical gems, in celebration of Sydney’s International Women in Jazz Festival. Abby is honoured to share the stage with HILARY GEDDES on guitar, TILLY STREET on vocals, SARAH PURDON on trumpet &…

Italian violinist and singer Luca Ciarla draws a new musical route in the Mediterranean with a loop pedal, his voice and a few toy instruments. He performs in solo, playing the violin also like a guitar, a cello or a percussion. In this imaginative musical landscape Luca sings, whistles, plays…

For one special night, Emma Pask invites you on a journey through the songs that shaped her, inspired her, and made her fall in love with music again and again. Accompanied by her world class trio, Emma brings warmth and depth to every note as she artfully traverses jazz standards,…

Led by intrepid viola da gambist, Jenny Eriksson, Elysian Fields follows up their much-praised 2020 Scandinavian-inspired jazz-folk-fusion album, FIKA, with a genre-defying musical dialogue between past and contemporary musical realms. Swirling Flame is stimulated by, and draws its title from, the semi-improvisatory art works of leading Australian wood-fired ceramic artist,…

The Wangaratta Festival of Jazz & Blues is back for its 35th iteration with a stellar four- day program from October 31st to November 3rd. Set across 11 local venues, headline acts include some of the country’s most exciting voices across genres and styles including Australian vocalist Emma Pask, First…