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Melbourne International Jazz Festival

The state of jazz in Australia
Melbourne International Jazz Festival
by
ABR Arts 25 October 2022

Melbourne International Jazz Festival

The state of jazz in Australia
Melbourne International Jazz Festival
by
ABR Arts 25 October 2022
Mike Nock Trio (Photography by Duncographic)
Mike Nock Trio (Photography by Duncographic)

The pandemic was always destined to cast a long shadow, leaving promoters and festivals twitchy when it came to long-term planning. The Melbourne International Jazz Festival (MIJF), like so many other events, swallowed a bitter pill in 2021, as the city went into its sixth lockdown just weeks out, scuttling months of preparation. A quick scramble saw a scaled-back, hastily assembled program of exclusively local acts rolled out over a weekend in December, a temporary marker signalling that the MIJF was down but far from out.

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