MIJF 2023 Highlights
The 2023 Melbourne International Jazz Festival was the most bold and ambitious program in our 26-year history. With a deep through-line of connection and collaboration, MIJF 2023 saw artists and audiences unite both in the heart of Melbourne and well beyond. Over 10 incredible days, audiences of 56,000+ witnessed the extraordinary talent of 571 artists from 17 countries—including the US, UK, Ghana, Venezuela, South Africa, Italy, Japan, Canada, Poland, Zimbabwe and more.
MIJF showcased 137 eclectic performances and events in 33 different venues and civic spaces across the city—stretching from Werribee in the west to Monash in the south, and of course in the heart of Melbourne’s CBD. We welcomed a host of international, interstate and Victorian artists and audiences, commissioned more new works and Australian/international collaborations than ever before, celebrated the next generation of jazz, and continued the festival’s most recent tradition: Jazz at the Bowl—featuring icons Chaka Khan and Nile Rodgers & CHIC performing for a 9,800+ crowd at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl.
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