From 27 October to 5 November, the Sydney International Women’s Jazz Festival will present a diverse and exciting range of Australian and international talent, both established and emerging. Now in its 11th year, the annual festival, presented by Sydney Improvised Music Association (SIMA), has announced its Club Program, featuring 20 shows across nine venues. This program is in addition to the festival’s previously announced Headliner events.

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Some of Sydney’s best-loved venues for jazz – Lazybones Lounge, Foundry616 and Johnston Street Jazz – will host a lineup of female jazz musicians, with a program that includes ‘“jazz jams, artist-led initiatives, intimate speakeasies and a modern future-soul closing party”.

Artists featured include Jiem, an emerging contemporary quintet led by Tessie Overmyer, a Sydney-based saxophonist who performed at the Newport Jazz Festival at the age of 17,  and the Hilary Geddes Quartet. Composed of pianist Matt Harris, bassist Max Alduca and drummer Alexander Inman-Hislop, the Quartet’s leader is...