Jazz is a party for blues, swing, cool, latin, trad, ​groove and classics - and everyone's invited!​

WHAT

The Inverloch Jazz Festival, held every year since 1994. Three days and nights of music on a lazy long weekend. Over forty bands and hundreds of artists in all styles of jazz.

WHERE

At Inverloch, a seaside village just a short drive from Phillip Island, with town and surf beaches, boating, coastal walks,  cool cafes and modern restaurants.
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WHY

Hear great jazz just two hours from Melbourne, in three indoor venues and a park by the sea. Enjoy regional food and wine, and help support community projects.
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Welcome to Inverloch Jazz Festival

The festival takes place in the centre of beautiful Inverloch on the Bass Coast, only two hours from Melbourne. Enjoy some amazing music, along with great food and wine in a landscape of river and ocean beaches. The performers are tops in their field and the jazz atmosphere will be eclectic magic. ​

Friday 8 March 2019
Special evening with the Streeton Court Big Band, popular vocalists Anita Harris and Pippa Wilson and the Ron Anderson All Stars.

Saturday 9 March 2019
Enjoy the Community Jazz Parade through Inverloch's streets, followed by non-stop jazz, 11am to 11pm, in three easy-access venues.

Sunday 10 March 2019
Combined Church Services, followed by non-stop jazz, 11am to 11pm, in three venues within close walking distance of each other.​

Monday 11 March 2019
The now-legendary Jazz Picnic in the Glade, with free bands, big raffle and food trucks, under the trees beside the sandy seashore.
Jazz Festival Inverloch,
​Labour Day Weekend

​Days flip verso
a large bass floating,
scored over the inlet breeze
pianists compete for what’s left of cool.
Notes are transfused eternal,
the flamenco trio has a new language
George Michael to a different beat.
The sky draws sail boards in bluesy clefs
the old blokes banter in sets,
so familiar they change key with a look
marry Rodrigo in Autumn Leaves,
tapping feet counting in vintages.
Torch singers coy the crowd,
drummers get their solos
saxophones blow a curing mist.
Buskers play kiss chasey for a place,
strangers smile a harmony.
A day is gifted on to another
all silky wrapping smooth as sway.

Published 2018 in "Nine Muses Poetry" by award-winning poet James Walton.
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We acknowledge the Bunurong people of the Kulin nation as the custodians of the land on which we meet, and pay respect to their elders past and present.
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