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The Wangaratta Jazz & Blues Festival are proud to announce the re-birth of this iconic music event. Now in its 34th year, the festival has provided musicians with wonderful opportunities, pathways and collaborative musical experiences that are vital for the development of Australian live music.

In 2024, our vision is to produce a venue based festival that will feature live Australian Jazz and Blues artists across 4 days.

Each event will be individually ticketed allowing guests to go on a live music crawl across local venues on the weekend of Nov 1 - 4. The festival will feature established and emerging jazz and blues artists with a strong focus on youth.

The Railyard will present our Opening Party on the Friday Nov 1.

Saturday will see The Wangaratta Club will host a Free Community Stage during the day before turning into a ticketed Blues event for the evening. The Jazz Awards will be at the WPACC, this year featuring the Saxophone with a star studded line-up for the backing band. We also introduce the Tiny Jazz Series in the Old Baptist Church. There will be other shows at various venues throughout the day.

Sunday will start with the traditional jazz mass and will see gigs in the Cathedral all day concluding a light show with the local orchestra and a local jazz band. The Tiny Jazz Series will continue. There’ll be big bands at The Pinsent, a day of Blues out at Tarrawingee, and more shows at various venues throughout the day.

Milawa Monday series with the final performances at The Milawa Cheese Factory, Henley’s Wine Bar and Kitchen, Lancemore and a closing party at Brown Brothers Winery.

On top of all this, there will be street performers, buskers, markets and many more fun surprises.

Join us for a memorable weekend and thank you for supporting live music.

Artistic Director - Serge Carnovale