Merimbula Jazz Festival 2025
Tickets and registrations open for the 43rd Merimbula Jazz Festival in 2025!
Mark the date – 6th to 9th June 2025 – because that’s when the 2025 Merimbula Jazz Festival will be taking place.
Tickets and registrations are now open and can be found here.
More than a music event, the Merimbula Jazz Festival brings musicians together on the beautiful Far South Coast to play jazz, connect long-term friends, with the opportunity to make new ones through a shared love of jazz.
Our poster for 2025 has been designed around a photo of the jazz-loving Clark family (Rory and Roger Clark) and has been used with their kind permission. It very much reflects the ethos of the Merimbula Jazz Festival. We have a strong legacy of encouraging and supporting young musicians. They are part of our program and in fact, one of the highlights of the festival is the Jazz Quest which showcases and promotes young jazz musicians.
We’re not the only ones who think this is important. The Pambula and Bega Community Banks have once again, generously supported the Merimbula Jazz Festival's Jazz Quest and we are able to offer a a total prize money pool of $5000 for this event.
Jazz educator Saul Richardson of Jazz Workshop Australia said the Merimbula Jazz Festival was unique for its welcoming encouragement of young musicians.
“Bands like us play to real audiences in real venues and are made part of the community of jazz musicians and fans that make the MJF so special and so enduring.”
Saul Richardson, Jazz Workshop Australia
We encourage younger musicians to be part of the festival and delight in hearing their interpretations of works, old and new.
We value all our musicians and of course our wonderful Jazz Lovers who come to enjoy Merimbula and hear a wide variety of jazz played over the June long-weekend. We saw many people we now know as friends and met some of those who were discovering the Merimbula Jazz Festival for the first time in 2024. We look forward to seeing you all return 6-9 June 2025!
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We very much look forward to seeing you all in paradise for the 43rd Festival
Denise Dion
President, Merimbula Jazz Festival
