Sydney International Jazz Festival 2025

Sydney International Women’s Jazz Festival: Hetty Kate – Spring

Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre Penrith, NSW, Australia
Paris-based Australian jazz vocalist Hetty Kate presents songs from her latest release, a sparkling homage to the most effervescent of seasons — Spring. This album marks the first chapter in Jazz in Four Seasons, a globe-spanning four-album journey through the calendar year. Recorded in Prague with four of the city’s…

Sydney International Women’s Jazz Festival: Samara Joy

City Recital Hall Sydney, NSW, Australia
Five-time Grammy winner and breakout jazz sensation Samara Joy brings her timeless voice to Sydney for the first time, joined by her outstanding seven-piece band. A Bronx native steeped in gospel and classic R&B, Joy rose to prominence after winning the 2019 Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition while studying at SUNY…

Sydney International Women’s Jazz Festival: Juanita Tippins with special guest Rellek Brown

Butcher’s Brew Bar 499 Marrickville Rd, Dulwich Hill, NSW, Australia
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…

Sydney International Women’s Jazz Festival: Lauren Tsamouras’ Another Green World

The Vanguard 42 King Street, Newtown, NSW, Australia
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…

Sydney International Women’s Jazz Festival: Leah Berry Quartet + Indigo Collective

The Vanguard 42 King Street, Newtown, NSW, Australia
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…

Sydney International Women’s Jazz Festival: Abby Constable Quintet

Butcher’s Brew Bar 499 Marrickville Rd, Dulwich Hill, NSW, Australia
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 &…

Sydney International Women’s Jazz Festival: A Few Of My Favourite Things

Foundry Theatre 55 Pirrama Rd,, Pyrmont, NSW, Australia
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,…

Sydney International Women’s Jazz Festival: Elysian Fields – ‘Swirling Flame’ Album Launch

Annandale Creative Arts Centre 81 Johnston St, Annandale, NSW, Australia
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,…

Sydney International Women’s Jazz Festival: Liv Andrea Hauge

Annandale Creative Arts Centre 81 Johnston St, Annandale, NSW, Australia
Seven years after first crossing paths in Los Angeles, pianist-composer Liv Andrea Hauge (NO) and drummer Chloe Kim (AUS) reunite to fulfil a long-held promise — to make music together. Back then, they connected instantly through jazz, humour, and the kind of easy laughter that only happens with the right…

Sydney International Women’s Jazz Festival: The Cloud Maker

Paddington Town Hall 249 Oxford St, Paddington, NSW, Australia
The Cloud Maker’s music celebrates goddesses from each of the five female master musician’s cultures. Channelling ancient tales of fierce battles, shaman dances, journeys to the after-life, and a moth goddess singing the most beautiful song of all time. Featuring Taonga Pūoro (Maori singing treasures), Bass clarinet, Harmonic flutes, Cello,…

Sydney International Women’s Jazz Festival: Lauren White Trio at The Eveleigh Hotel

The Eveleigh Hotel 158 Abercrombie St, Redfern, NSW, Australia
Join Lauren White and her trio of Ben Hauptmann (guitar) and James Hauptmann (drums) for a post festival celebration at the beautiful Eveleigh Hotel. Relax with a drink as the genre-defying bassist and vocalist opens up the afternoon with a choice selection of standards and originals before some of Sydney’s…