Taking over the Castlemaine town centre across the King's Birthday long weekend (7 - 9 June), Castlemaine Jazz Festival has a stacked program of music.
The 2024 return of the Castlemaine Jazz Festival is coming in hot, unveiling a sensational selection of jazz aficionados set to swing into town. Building on last years hit event, the festival is set to take over six iconic venues in the town centre including the historic Theatre Royal, Castlemaine Bowling Club, the Goods Shed, Phee Broadway Theatre, Coolroom at the Northern Arts Hotel and taking over the very popular Boomtown Winery for two night.
Castlemaine Jazz Festival Details
- When: King’s Birthday Long Weekend – Friday 7 June – Sunday 9 June
- Where: Theatre Royal, Castlemaine Bowling Club, the Goods Shed, Phee Broadway Theatre, Coolroom and Boomtown Winery
- Tickets (Full/Concession/Under 18): Opening Night – $30/$25/$15, Day Pass – $90/$80/$50, Full Weekend – $150/$125/$90
- Further information: www.castlemainejazzfestival.com.au
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With a special community-focused opening night at the Goods Shed, Castlemaine Jazz Festival will be in full swing thanks to Thompsons Foundry Band and the Castlemaine Secondary College Stage band who reign as the division winners of the 2024 Generations In Jazz. Keeping the community-focus, the evening will also feature a performance from a community choir as led by Adam Przewlocki of Choir of Hard Knocks fame, featuring the voice of Divine Divas, Rainbow Voices, Marcapellas, Mainesong and the Castlemaine Secondary College Vocal Ensemble.
All of that performance power and that’s not even the main program. Jumping into the festivities, Castlemaine Jazz Festival is full of established jazz names as well as newcomers to the scene. Over at the Theatre Royal you can dig into sets from Tamara Murphy, Ade Ish, Shirazz and a gamut of big bands. Phee Broadway boasts a huge headline act on the Saturday evening – singer, trumpeter, songwriter and three-time ARIA award winner Vince Jones, who is this year celebrating his gold career anniversary; a whopping 50 years in the spotlight.
Brooklyn ’86, Esstee Big Band, Flying Home, Funk Junkies, Harry Coulson’s Blue Dogs, Rebecca Barnard and Stat are a few more names on the huge bill for the Castlemaine Jazz Festival.
“The committee has been working hard this year to bring an even more exciting festival to Jazz enthusiasts, and we can’t wait to bring this to the community,” says Lyndal McClure, President of the Castlemaine Jazz Festival.
“We are also so excited about our paste up project which aims to showcase our artists at this year’s festival as installations along Castlemaine’s main street. It is the first time ever that we have done something like this and we think it will add to the overall feeling of the festival.”
Tickets are now on sale to the 2024 Castlemaine Jazz Festival and can be purchased here.
