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Melbourne International Jazz Festival 2025 Unveils Biggest Line-Up In Its History

by Paul Cashmere

Melbourne is set to swing harder than ever this spring, with the Melbourne International Jazz Festival (MIJF) 2025 unveiling its most ambitious program to date. From 17 to 26 October, the city will host more than 500 artists from 18 countries, presenting over 150 performances across 40 venues.

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Samara Joy

Melbourne International Jazz Festival Reveals Six More Acts for 2025

by Paul Cashmere

The Melbourne International Jazz Festival has added six more events including multi-Grammy Award winner Samara Joy making her first Australian appearance.

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Gregory Porter Still Rising credit Erik Umphery

Gregory Porter To Perform at Melbourne International Jazz Festival

by Paul Cashmere

Melbourne International Jazz Festival has announced three performers for 2025. Gregory Porter, Hiromi with PUBLIQuartet and Lettuce are a preview of what is to come.

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Herbie Hancock

Herbie Hancock Heads Up An Excellent 2024 Melbourne International Jazz Festival Program

by Noise11.com

Jazz legend Herbie Hancock will return to Australia and return to the Melbourne International Jazz Festival in 2024.

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Herbie Hancock (supplied by Live Nation)

Herbie Hancock To Play Australia, New Zealand And Melbourne International Jazz Festival

by Paul Cashmere

Herbie Hancock will return to Australia as well as New Zealand in October and include a headline show for the Melbourne International Jazz Festival.

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Erica Tucceri (Credit - Max Roux)

Erica Tucceri To Lead Melbourne International Jazz Festival Take Note Program

by Noise11.com

Melbourne based world renowned flutist Erica Tucceri has been named as the Take Note project leader for 2024.

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Nile Rodgers and Chic Rod Laver Arena on Sunday 8 April 2017. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Chaka Khan and Nile Rodgers and Chic To Perform At Melbourne International Jazz Festival

by Paul Cashmere

The 2023 Melbourne International Jazz Festival program has just dropped with Chaka Khan and Nile Rodgers & Chic listed for a double header at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl on 21 October.

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William Barton and Nduduzo Makhathini

William Barton To Collaborate With Blue Note’s Nduduzo Makhathini At Melbourne

by Paul Cashmere

International Jazz Festival distinguished award winning Indigenous artist and 2023 Queenslander of the Year William Barton collaborating with South Africa’s Nduduzo Makhathini as part of this year’s line-up.

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Lalah Hathaway (supplied Melbourne International Jazz Festival)

Lalah Hathaway, Al Di Meola Join Melbourne International Jazz Festival Line-up

by Paul Cashmere

The Melbourne International Jazz Festival will return after a two-year pandemic hiatus with Grammy winners Al Di Meola and Lalah Hathaway leading the international line-up.

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Thando

Melbourne International Jazz Festival To Go Ahead In December

by Paul Cashmere

Melbourne International Jazz Festival artistic director Michael Tortoni has confirmed that the festival is definitely going ahead for 2021.

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The 2017 APIA Good Times tour in Melbourne at Hamer Hall on Friday 26 May 2017 with Deborah Conway, Colin Hay, Mental As Anything, Black Sorrows.

Melbourne International Jazz Festival Cancelled

by Paul Cashmere

The Melbourne International Jazz Festival, due to start on May 29 and due to be announced today, will no longer go ahead.

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Herbie Hancock

Melbourne International Jazz Festival Program 2019

by Announcement

The 2019 Melbourne International Jazz Festival (MIJF) returns for its twenty-second year.

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Lisa Fischer

Lisa Fischer to perform during Melbourne International Jazz Festival

by Paul Cashmere

The incredible voice of Lisa Fischer has been added to the Melbourne International Jazz Festival for 2019.

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Herbie Hancock

Herbie Hancock to headline Melbourne International Jazz Festival

by Noise11.com

Melbourne International Jazz Festival has signed jazz legend Herbie Hancock to headline the 2019 festival.

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Kram Spiderbait ADOTG at Mt Duneed Winery near Geelong featuring The Fauves, Tumbleweed, The Lemondheads, Veruca Salt, Spiderbait, The Living End.

Kram To Collaborate With Paul Grabowsky and James Morrison In The Others For Melbourne International Jazz Festival

by Paul Cashmere

The Melbourne International Jazz Festival has a lot of surprises for 2018 including a collaboration called The Others pairing jazz geniuses Paul Grabowsky and James Morrison with Rock God Kram from Spiderbait.

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