Friday 13th January
Gian Slater w/ Christopher Hale + Nathan Slater The Cooking Club Coffin Bros adam’s garden James Muller Trio feat Ben Vanderwal The MFW
Saturday 14th January
Film Screening - Intangible Asset Number 82 Abel Cross’ Neo Bop Ben Hauptmann’s BOB The Mango Balloon Chuck Yates Trio Matt McMahon’s Paths and Stream Mike Rivett Quintet 20th Century Dog JAM – Hosted by the Warwick Alder Quintet
Sunday 15th January
Song Fwaa A.C.R.O.N.Y.M. Orchestra Tony Electro Heavy-Vibe Concert Band The Alister Spence Trio Zac Hurren Trio JAM – Hosted by the Jackson Harrison Trio

Following on from our highly successful kids concerts last year, Jazzgroove in association with our friends at Musica Viva are delighted to have returning troubadours The World According To James and for the first time Nickelodeon Jr’s own Lah-Lah taking over the Redfern Town Hall for a Sunday morning of fun. Read more...

This year we are extremely honoured to be able to present three award winning projects to take place over one night at the Tom Mann Theatre. The night will kick off with a screening of Emma Franz’s film Intangible Asset Number 82 which documents the search of Jazzgroove’s own Simon Barker in his search for one of the world’s greatest improvisers. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with both the director Emma Franz and her subject Simon Barker. Following the Q&A we will be presenting two Freedman Fellowship projects. The first will be by 2011 recipient Ben Hauptmann and his project “BOB”. The second by 2005 recipient, Jazzgroove Vice-President and all round nice guy Matt McMahon and his project “Paths and Streams.” Get Tickets.

For over a year now we have all been watching as Prince Alfred Park has been given a nip and tuck. In celebration of its return to glory, we have programmed a Saturday afternoon of eco-friendly free shows.
The afternoon will be heralded in by the call of The Glorious Sousaphonics at 1pm, followed by a dance courtesy of The Sun-Chasers Collective at 2:15pm, culminating in the power of James Greening’s horn at 3:30pm with The World According To James. So make some sandwiches, grab a rug and head down for an afternoon not to be missed. Read more...

We welcome the Clarendon Hotel to JGSF 2012 as a place to start off your evening. The Clarendon is hosting a Saturday and Sunday 4:30pm session with two of our favourite bands, The Waples Bros and The Cope St Parade. Read more...

One of the things we at Jazzgroove pride ourselves on is the creation of a community that allows the next generation direct exposure to the master musicians of the genre in a relaxed and creative environment. As such we are very happy to announce that at the 2012 Summer Festival we will be hosting two free workshops at the Redfern Town Hall presented by 2 National Jazz Award recipients.
Saturday 2pm – James Muller Trio feat Ben Vanderwal.
Sunday 2pm – Zac Hurren Trio.
Both workshops will be followed by a free concert. Read more...

With the assistance of our great friends at Eastside Radio, Free Energy Device, Ideas Farm and Venue 505 we are very excited to announce the inaugural 2012 JARA Award. The $10,000 JARA prize aims to provide an artist with the opportunity to record, produce and distribute an album of new work. Please see the JARA Award page to find out about all the details and requirements to submit your work, and stay tuned to find out about the four finalists who will be performing a FREE gig at Venue 505 on Sunday the 15th at 1pm. Read more.

One of the newest editions to the Jazzgroove fold, the opening night talk will bring together the collective minds of some of Australia’s most respected voices in the jazz and improvised music scene. This event will take place in one of the most important spiritual homes for our community – The Old 505 Theatre - which has recently popped its head slightly above ground, to do for theatre what it has been doing for music for years. With extremely limited seating this is one to get in early for. Read more...

We wanted to make it easy for you to walk between our venues so we’ve made them within a 5-10min walk from each other. The venues include:
Venue 505 – 280 Cleveland St, Surry Hills
Upstairs at The Gaelic – 1st Floor 63 Devonshire St, Surry Hills
Tom Mann Theatre – 136-140 Chalmers St, Surry Hills
Old 505 Theatre – Suite 505, 342 Elizabeth St, Surry Hills
The Redfern Town Hall – 73 Pitt St, Redfern
The Clarendon Hotel – 156 Devonshire St, Surry Hills
Prince Alfred Park – Chalmers St, Surry Hills, South of Central Station
For full venue descriptions please click here.

There are a few different ways to book:
SINGLE VENUE ENTRY: $18 

Access to performances at one venue for one night only
DAY PASS: $30
Access to all performances at the Gaelic Club and Venue 505 for one day only (excluding Gala Night event) 
FESTIVAL GALA NIGHT: $30

Entry to the Festival Gala Night at the Tom Mann Theatre only 
FESTIVAL PASS: $70

Access to all performances at Venue 505, The Gaelic Club and the Tom Mann Theatre.

VIP FESTIVAL PASS: $130
Access to all performances at Venue 505, The Gaelic Club, the Tom Mann Theatre, a 2012 Jazzgroove Membership and a DVD copy of Intangible Asset Number 82.
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PLEASE NOTE: Entry to all events is based on a first come first served basis with only a limited number of seats set aside for festival passes.
All ticket purchases are subject to booking fees.