Step inside and be transported to an NYC jazz club, right in the heart of Perth! This intimate venue offers delicious food and beverages and showcases jazz artists from all around the globe, every night of the festival and into the wee hours of the morning each weekend!
Thursday 24 October
PRAAZ
Multicultural World Music With Indian Raaga – Jazz Roots
A multi-cultural quartet playing a unique blend of jazz fusion led by a leading Indian Classical Sarod player and featuring didgeridoo, violin, guitar, Nagada Dhol drum, Jaw harp and more!
Doors: 6PM
Show: 7PM
Seated General Entry $29
Seated Student Entry $24
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Friday 25 October
JAZZ GREATS
Jamie Oehlers Quartet
In this electrifying performance, an outstanding quartet pays homage to legendary jazz figures, delivering powerful interpretations of classic tunes that have shaped the history of music!
Doors: 6PM
Show: 7:30PM
Seated General Entry $29
Seated Student Entry $24
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THE WITCHY DJYPSIES
A high-energy 6-piece band from Guadeloupe, The Netherlands, France, and Australia, skillfully fusing soulful Latin beats, cheeky gypsy jazz and brass-infused ska rhythms! Get ready to dance!
Doors: 10:30PM
Show: 11PM
Seated General Entry $20
Seated Student Entry $15
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Saturday 26 October
JAZZ FOR KIDS
WITH LIBBY HAMMER
A festival favourite for all the family! It’s a singalong, it’s interactive, it’s toe-tapping and it encourages kids to celebrate life and to get up and dance! Popular with the big kids too!
1st Session
Doors: 12PM
Show: 12:30PM
Seated General Entry $26
Show bags $10
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2nd Session
Doors: 2PM
Show: 2:30PM
Seated General Entry $26
Show bags $10
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BAD WHIP
The improvisational dance music duo of Alex Reid (drums) and Josiah Padmanabhan (synths) from prominent Boorloo/Perth outfit Grievous Bodily Calm.
Doors: 10:30PM
Show: 11PM
Seated General Entry $20
Seated Student Entry $15
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Sunday 27 October
SONGS FOR HELEN
LIBBY HAMMER, ALI BODYCOAT & RAY WALKER
An intimate sofa concert in Helen’s Room, Upstairs at The Ellington! Vocalists Ali Bodycoat and Libby Hammer with guitarist, Ray Walker, share acoustic songs and stories in celebration of the late, great Helen Matthews. Drinks & nibblies included.
Doors: 3PM
Show: 3:30PM
Seated General Entry $49
Seated Student Entry $44
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ILARIA CROCIANI ‘CONNECTING THE DOTS’
GRABOWSKY | GUERRINI | SCHÄUBLE (MEL)
Commissioned & produced by ABC Jazz, Connecting The Dots is an album of original jazz compositions written by an Italian/Australian, that tells the stories of nine remarkable Australian women. Performed by four of Melbourne’s finest Jazz musicians in an exclusive Ellington event.
Doors: 5PM
Show: 6PM
Seated General Entry $45
Seated Student Entry $35
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Monday 28 October
ARTEMIS ORCHESTRA
A brilliant Perth big band made up of people of marginalised genders that only perform original music by Australians of marginalised genders. Led by WAM / APRA AMCOS nominee, Gemma Farrell.
Doors: 6PM
Show: 7PM
Seated General Entry $29
Seated Student Entry $24
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Tuesday 29 October
KAROLINA BEIMCIK (POL)
An award–winning Polish vocalist and violinist fusing Jazz with the cultural traditions of Central and Eastern Europe. Direct from Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute and Berklee’s Global Music Institute, featuring Hugh Stuckey (MEL) & Jay Dabgar (IND).
Doors: 6PM
Show: 7PM
Seated General Entry $35
Seated Student Entry $30
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Wednesday 30 October
PERTH CHORO
Hailing from Brazil, Sri Lanka, Italy and Australia, these world-class musicians perform Choro – a fusion of African rhythms and European dances born in the heart of Rio de Janeiro!
Doors: 6PM
Show: 7PM
Seated General Entry $29
Seated Student Entry $24
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Thursday 31 October
VOICES OF NOONGAR BOODJA
Boox Kid | Gina Williams & Guy Ghouse
Acoustic, original music from three extraordinary First Nations artists. An award-winning duo, preserving the endangered Noongar language through song, and a rising star with deep Noongar roots and a fresh, contemporary sound. Doors: 6PM
Show: 7PM
Seated General Entry $29
Seated Student Entry $24
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