The Perth International Jazz Festival makes its much anticipated return for one weekend only from Friday 9, Saturday 10 & Sunday 11 November 2018.

Bringing an incredible array of over 60 local, national and international jazz artists for performances, intimate ‘in conversations’ and open rehearsals – in a mix of ticketed and free community events.

Bring your friends and family and be seduced by jazz in the heart of the Perth Cultural Centre, venues include: State Theatre Centre of Western Australia, The Ellington Jazz Club – Perth, The Bird, the Perth Cultural Centre Wetlands Stage and Downstairs At The Maj.

Prices vary per individual performances from just $10 to $45. Why not make the most of your festival weekend and take advantage of our State Theatre Centre Weekend Pass at $200, giving you access to 23 shows, in two close venues, over three days.

A message from PIJF Artistic Director, Dr Mace Francis.

We need your help to make PIJF 2018 bigger and better by donating to the PIJF Performing Artist Fund!

Every donation over $2 is tax deductible.

Donations Close 30 June 2018

This year is our sixth year and we want to carry on the legacy of what Graham Wood started, and make it bigger and better for our great city. We are asking you, our audience and our supporters, to help us expand on the visiting guest artist program which will allow us to access more artists to bring to you!

We are aiming to raise $20,000 to bring a greater variety of national and international artists to this festival. It is a great undertaking to bring artists to this fair isolated city of ours, but with every donation it makes our job easier to create the very best festival that this city deserves.

This campaign will receive a matched funding ‘boost’ of $2,000 from Creative Partnerships Australia, provided it raises $2,000 by 30 June 2018. Donate now and help give this project a boost!

DONATE TO THE PERFORMING ARTIST FUND

https://australianculturalfund.org.au/projects/pijf-performing-artist-fund/

Every tax deductible donation will go directly to the artist fund. This will help pay for the artists fees, flights and accommodation. This is the core of the festivals success and longevity and we need you, as our audience and supporters, to work with us to build this festival to something greater than it has already been.

As donations and support comes in over the next few months we will be able to secure artists and announce them. You can follow our progress, from your support at http://www.perthinternationaljazzfestival.com.au/ as well as our Facebook, Twitter https://twitter.com/PerthJazzFest and Instagram https://www.instagram.com/perthjazzfestival/ accounts.

We appreciate your support and thank you for helping us make this festival a success for YOU!

Dr Mace Francis
Artistic Director

Now in it’s 16th year, the JazzNOW! Jazzcamp is tailored towards students aged 11-18 and held at WAAPA annually in the first week of the July school holidays.

This years dates are Monday 3rd – Friday 7th July, and the 2017 tutors are Allira Wilson (voice), Marty Pervan (trumpet), Blake Phillips (trombone), Dylan Hooper (saxophone), Freddie Grigson (guitar), Chris Foster (piano), Karl Florisson (bass) and Daniel Susnjar (drums).

For more detailed information about Jazzcamp click here

Prospective students need to register by filling out our online registration form

Any queries should be directed to the JazzNOW! Project Manager Pete Jeavons (0405818718)

Two sax players; Paul Andrews (Fremantle) and Irene de Vocht (Netherlands) met each other a few months ago and were both yearning for a regular, high quality music night in central Fremantle.

Paul Andrews recalls “We wanted to create an atmosphere where people feel at home and a place for the Freo community to sit down, have a drink and a chat and meanwhile enjoy high quality music”.

The result; Automatic Sound Series every Monday night at the Flytrap. A night to meet fellow musicians, enjoy their music and share the stage with them. Also an opportunity for the Fremantle community to discover new music and meet people in a relaxed ambiance.

The night not only provides a platform for established artists/groups, but also for new, young, talented musicians. It has been going for a month and so-far everyone who experiences this little room, loves it. The musical content is very  broad; from electronica, contemporary jazz to minimal, to soundscape, to world music. The Automatic Sound Series has so far been host to some amazing performances from Masonik, the Alex Borthwick Trio, Gemma Farrell’s Quartet, and young trumpeter Matthew McGlynn. Also, many beautiful moments have arisen during the open stage jam sessions.

AUTOMATIC SOUND SERIES on Monday nights 7.30 at the Fly Trap (Victoria Hall) on 179 High Street. Tickets are $10 at the door, all the money goes to the musicians who perform on the night.

2017 is going to be a huge year for Jazz at WAAPA!

WAAPA has announced they will have Kneebody with them for a week to give workshops and perform with the students, as well as their summer school in New York at NYU, plus loads more.

To start your jazz career at WAAPA, apply at www.ecu.edu.au/degrees/courses/bachelor-of-music.

For more information about Jazz Performance courses, visit www.waapa.ecu.edu.au/courses-and-admissions/our-courses/music/jazz-performance.

And don’t forget to download their Jazz Application & Audition Information. (PDF File, 498.4 KB)