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Jazz Office
Your festival hub for everything you need. Purchase festival and raffle tickets, collect your badge and program, and get event information all in one place. Stop by and say hello – our friendly volunteers are there to help.
Location: Merimbula Visitor Information Centre
Parking: Directly behind the centre or on Beach Street
Opening hours:
Thursday 9am – 5pm
Friday 9am – 9pm
Saturday 9am – 3pm
Merimbula RSL
RSL Function Room
The RSL Function Room is one of our bigger venues, which will showcase many of this year’s big bands, alongside a select mix of other styles to add variety across the program.
Maple Leaf Room
Featuring a beautiful grand piano, the Maple Leaf Room offers an intimate and secluded setting within the RSL, making it perfectly suited to mainstream jazz performances. Find this venue tucked away downstairs near the back carpark.
Club Sapphire
The Auditorium
Want to see big bands back to back? The Audi is the place to be – it has ample seating and a good sized dance floor.
Kitty’s Bar – New for 2026
Located in Club Sapphire, join us at the intimate Kitty’s Bar speakeasy. Serving modern asian cuisine, it’s the place to be for dinner, delicious drinks and some cool jazz.
Twyford Hall
Situated in the centre of Merimbula, Twyford Hall is the heart of the festival. This was the first jazz festival venue in 1981 and is known as the “home” of trad jazz at the festival.
2026 update: The hall is part of the new Twyford Theatre. Entry is on Market Street via the large metal door for both musicians and ticket holders.
Lakeview Hotel
Want beautiful lake views, great food and jazz? Look no further than The Lakeview Hotel – it is the place to hear modern and mainstream jazz during the festival.
Dulcie’s Cottage
It’s intimate, cosy and uber-cool. Dulcie’s Cottage is an original weatherboard cottage, built in 1925 by Arthur and Dulcie Goodsill which has been reimagined into a watering hole that serves burgers, cocktails and craft beers. Dulcie’s will host our smaller jazz groups over the weekend but feel free to pop in anytime.
St Joseph’s Church
St Joseph’s is the spiritual home of the Ecumenical Service, held on the festival Sunday. This is also the location for the gospel vocal workshop and performance.
Busking Venues
Buskers with their own equipment are welcome at the following places:
Grassy knoll on Beach Street opposite Twyford Hall
Hyland Corner
Outside the Jazz Office
Musicians click here to find out what facilities are supplied at the venues.
