Wangaratta Festival of Jazz & Blues 2022Friday 28 October to Sunday 30 October REVIEW Full marks to this festival – not because everything was perfect (it wasn’t), but because it returned, against the odds. Also because of Mark, Mark and Marc, who, in the front row of the Wangaratta Performing Arts & Convention Centre on Friday evening, helped remind me of what this festival with … Continue reading Top Marks and thanks for all the memories
BREAKING NEWS There will be no Wangaratta Festival of Jazz & Blues in 2019. This esteemed festival will take a break before celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2020. In a media release embargoed until 10am today — Friday 1 February, 2019 — the festival board announced it had voted to postpone the festival’s 30th anniversary celebrations. The 30th festival will now be held in 2020. … Continue reading WANGARATTA FESTIVAL ON FURLOUGH
Ellen Kirkwood performs in [A]part with Gian Slater and Sandy Evans. Image: Roger Mitchell REVIEW Wangaratta Festival of Jazz, November 2-4, 2018 Music speaks for itself. That’s what visiting saxophonist from Holland, Yuri Honing – a man of few words – told the audience in Wangaratta’s Performing Arts Centre Theatre on Saturday night during his quartet’s second festival outing. He’s right, of course. The … Continue reading BEYOND, AND WITH, WORDS
