MIJF 2024 Highlights

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2024 was an extraordinary year for the Melbourne International Jazz Festival—building on our 27-year legacy as Australia’s premier platform for jazz and improvised music.

“There were second line street parades through the city, historical jazz films projected at Federation Square, and free lunchtime concerts – much more than was humanly possible to absorb. Not least, the 2024 MIJF provided what may be a last opportunity to hear from one of jazz’s greatest living legends, Herbie Hancock, whose towering performance set the tone. You would be hard pressed to argue for more.”
– Australian Book Review

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Makoto Ozone TRiNFiNiTY, The JazzLab

Rhapsody in Blue at 100, Arts Centre Melbourne: Hamer Hall

Rhapsody in Blue at 100, Arts Centre Melbourne: Hamer Hall

Rhapsody in Blue at 100, Arts Centre Melbourne: Hamer Hall

Rhapsody in Blue at 100, Arts Centre Melbourne: Hamer Hall

Inside Out, ArtPlay

esperanza spalding, Arts Centre Melbourne: Hamer Hall

Lani Zimmer, Night Crawl, Whitehart Bar

CB3, Night Crawl, Workshop

Evening News, Night Crawl, Whitehart Bar

Nicole Zuraitis, Malvern Town Hall

Bright Splinters, The JazzLab

Bumpy 'Tooni', Arts Centre Melbourne: Fairfax Studio

Bumpy 'Tooni', Arts Centre Melbourne: Fairfax Studio

Bumpy 'Tooni', Arts Centre Melbourne: Fairfax Studio

Bumpy 'Tooni', Arts Centre Melbourne: Fairfax Studio

The JazzLab

Fed Square

Fed Square

Marcus Miller, Jazz at the Bowl

Jazz at the Bowl

Marcus Miller, Jazz at the Bowl

Marcus Miller, Jazz at the Bowl

Herbie Hancock, Jazz at the Bowl

Herbie Hancock, Jazz at the Bowl

Herbie Hancock, Jazz at the Bowl

Herbie Hancock, Jazz at the Bowl

Herbie Hancock, Jazz at the Bowl

Herbie Hancock, Jazz at the Bowl

Herbie Hancock, Jazz at the Bowl

Herbie Hancock, Jazz at the Bowl

Herbie Hancock, Jazz at the Bowl

Second Line Street Party feat. TBC Brass Band

Second Line Street Party feat. TBC Brass Band

Second Line Street Party feat. TBC Brass Band

Second Line Street Party feat. TBC Brass Band

Second Line Street Party feat. TBC Brass Band

Second Line Street Party feat. TBC Brass Band

Second Line Street Party feat. TBC Brass Band

Second Line Street Party feat. TBC Brass Band

Second Line Street Party feat. TBC Brass Band

Second Line Street Party feat. TBC Brass Band

Free Jazz at Fed Square

Tony Allen Experience, Fed Square

Free Jazz at Fed Square

Antonio Sánchez: Birdman Live, Melbourne Recital Centre

Antonio Sánchez: Birdman Live, Melbourne Recital Centre

Antonio Sánchez: Birdman Live, Melbourne Recital Centre

Antonio Sánchez: Birdman Live, Melbourne Recital Centre

TBC Brass Band, 170 Russell

TBC Brass Band, 170 Russell

TBC Brass Band, 170 Russell

TBC Brass Band, 170 Russell

TBC Brass Band, 170 Russell

Marcus Miller, The JazzLab

Marcus Miller, The JazzLab

Marcus Miller, The JazzLab

Marcus Miller, The JazzLab

Marcus Miller, The JazzLab

Marcus Miller, The JazzLab

Tiana Khasi, 170 Russell

Nubya Garcia, 170 Russell

Nubya Garcia, 170 Russell

Nubya Garcia, 170 Russell

Nubya Garcia, 170 Russell

Nubya Garcia, 170 Russell

Vince Jones, Malvern Town Hall

Now.Here.This.

Steam Down, 170 Russell

Steam Down, 170 Russell

Steam Down, 170 Russell

Steam Down, 170 Russell

Steam Down, 170 Russell

Steam Down, 170 Russell

Steam Down, 170 Russell

Brandee Younger, The JazzLab

Brandee Younger, The JazzLab

Brandee Younger, The JazzLab

Brandee Younger, The JazzLab

Audrey Powne, Howler

Audrey Powne, Howler

Jazzmeia Horn, Melbourne Recital Centre

Jazzmeia Horn, Melbourne Recital Centre

Jazzmeia Horn, Melbourne Recital Centre

Jazzmeia Horn, Melbourne Recital Centre

FaceSoul, Kindred Bandroom

Erica Tucceri, Howler

Erica Tucceri, Howler

Erica Tucceri, Howler

Kira Kira, The JazzLab

Tin Men and the Telephone, The JazzLab

Wild Gloriosa, Misfits

Makoto Ozone TRiNFiNiTY, The JazzLab

Makoto Ozone TRiNFiNiTY, The JazzLab