Thank you to everyone who took part in the 2020 festival!

In 2021 the Inverloch Jazz Festival will be a winter event, so save the dates:

Friday 6 AUGUST to Sunday 8 AUGUST 2021

WHAT

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

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WHERE

At Inverloch, a seaside village just a short drive from Phillip Island, with town and surf beaches, coastal walks, boating, 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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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 in "Nine Muses Poetry" 2018 by award-winning poet James Walton.