Program / Venue Guide

Every corner of the newly-refurbished Bellingen Memorial Hall will be brought to life for this festival.

Live Jazz, DJs & Dancing

Main Hall

Dining, Dance Workshops, Live Podcasts

Studio BMH

Dining & DJs

Back Deck

Blue Note Records Exhibition, Chill Out Area

BMH Bunker

Fri 15 Aug

4.00pm
William Street (in the foyer)

5.30pm
Opening Ceremony - Gumbaynggirr meets Jazz

5.45pm
Diamond Tao

7.00pm
Pablo Blitzer Electric Quartet

8.15pm
Reimagined

9.30pm
Horatio Luna

Main Hall

Dining & DJs on rotation

Back Deck

Studio BMH

6.00pm
Horatio Luna in conversation with Josh McGovern / Celebrate Sounds

7.00pm
Dance Makers Collective workshop

Sat 16 Aug

Bellingen Community Markets

9.00am
Bellingen Big Band + special guests

12.00pm
Memorial Hall kitchen and Back Deck dining open for lunch service.

Bunker
1.00pm
Mark Morris plays a selection of Blue Note Records from the exhibition

2.00pm
Roger Burke Quintet

3.15pm
Evans, Singh & Sheehan

4.15pm
KT Memo & Otis

5.15pm
Monstress

6.15pm
Sandy Evans & Andrew Robson Quartet

7.30pm
The Saturday Night Social, feat. Mastersonics

8.45pm
DJ Chris Gill

9.45pm
Nocturnal Swing - The House Band Sessions

Main Hall

Dining & DJs on rotation

Back Deck

11.00am
Dance Makers Collective workshop

4.00pm
Dance Makers Collective workshop

Studio BMH

Sun 17 Aug

9.00am
Yoga with André Meyer

10.00am
Ibiza Sunrise with Phillage Sounds

11.00am
Be Hear Now - Phil’s Smart’s Ambient Sound Bath

12.00pm
Acid Jazz & Other Illicit Beats with Phillage Sounds

1.00pm
Bellingen Brewing Co. presents Stick It On (bring your 2 favourite pieces of music to play on the sound system)

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2.00pm
A Musical Odyssey: hip hop, latin & jazz funk through to big room house & techno floor fillers, featuring local DJs: Phillage Sounds, Coco Varma, Jemka and André Meyer.

6.00pm
Festival close

Main Hall - Sun Day Rave

Dining area - serving brunch from 10am

Back Deck

All weekend

Faces of Jazz - photobooth

What is Jazz? - recording booth

Disco Pig - cocktail bar

Foyer & front lounge

SULT Movement - Burlesque & pop-up performances

YoungStars theatre - Jazzcats roaming characters

Main Hall / Roaming

Swaino’s food with soul

DJs: Jemka, André Meyer, Coco Varma, Peret von Sturmer, Mark Morris, Phillage Sounds

Back Deck Dining & DJs

Exhibition of Blue Note Record album covers, curated & hosted by local jazz collector Mark Morris

Chill out zone

BMH Bunker