AUSTRALIA Jazz Clubs

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITOY

Canberra Jazz Club. 30 Holden Crescent, Wanniassa. Tel: 02 6231 6509. [contact: Garry Owen. The Canberra Jazz Club is a collection of like-minded individuals supporting the local Jazz community in Canberra]

GOLD COAST

Gold Coast Jazz Action Society. 4 Polynesia Ave. Tel: (07) 5573 0160 [contact: Roy McKeen. Meetings held at the Surfers Paradise Golf Club, Clear Island Waters every 2nd Monday 7 pm. Full restaurant and bar facilities. Concert entrance: members $8 non members $12]

Gold Coast City Jazz Club. P.O. Box 1471. Tel: (07) 5528 8015. [contact: Sonia Curtis, President. The Club is in its third year and was formed to promote jazz on the Gold Coast. Monthly concerts, held at the Southport Yacht Club, present local, Brisbane and interstate headline jazz groups, playing a variety of styles. Bistro and Bar facilities are available at each concert. Gold Coast City Jazz Club concerts are held at the StudiOz Restaurant and Bar in the Nelson Building on a Nerang River canal at 5, Admiralty Drive, Paradise Waters.]

NEW SOUTH WALES

ALBURY WODONGA

JAZZ Albury Wodonga. PO Box 580. Albury, New South Wales 2640 [contact: Mike Fuery (President) Located on the NSW/Victorian border with Wodonga; the music venues are varied between nightclub and concert environments; all styles of jazz are featured; we present national and international artists. Venue located at 51 Elgin Boulevard, Wodonga - behind Elgin's Complex]

GOSFORD

CCLC JazzLeague. PO Box 1360 Gosford 2250. Central Coast Leagues Club, Dane Dr. NSW Central Coast. Tel: [02] 4322 4591 Fax: [02] 4322 4590 [contact: Rod Gale [hon sec.] Formed in 1993 as an internal club of the Central Coast Leagues Club Gosford,where JazzLeague members & guests meet Sunday afternoon 2-5pm to listen & dance to a different live jazz band each week. Full club facilities available]

Newcastle & Hunter Jazz Club. P.O. Box 2262. Dangar. Tel: 02 49 422 906 [The Newcastle and Hunter Jazz Club has regular functions with mainly mainstream and traditional jazz. The Newcastle Jazz Festival is held on the last week in August. The 23rd Newcastle Jazz Festival will be held from 27-29th August 2010. Full details are on the club website]

SYDNEY

Colbourne Ave. 37-47 St Johns Rd. Glebe. [contact: Andrew Lorien. We only run on Thursday nights. It\'s a listening venue, an acoustic venue, mainly featuring improvised instrumental jazz. Artist-run, all-proceeds-to-the-musicians, BYO everything.]

The Basement. 29 Reiby Place, Circular Quay, Sydney. Tel: 02 9251 2797. Fax: 02 9252 3007. [In the heart of Sydney’s CBD, there aren’t too many businesses – especially in the entertainment and hospitality field - that can claim over 30 years in existence. With an international reputation for providing the finest in both local and overseas music to Sydneysiders 6-7 nights a week, a line up of ‘greats’ have graced our stage.]

Sydney Jazz Club Co-operative Limited. P.O. Box 186, Broadway, NSW 2007. Tel: 02 9798 7294 Fax: 02 9798 2968 [contact: President: Maggie Drinkwater; Secretary: Margaret Stevenson. Traditional Jazz Club. Founded in 1953.Approx 500 members. Probably the longest running jazz club in Southern Hemisphere. Approx 500 members. Concerts, cruises, monthly free picnics. Monthly dances. Monthly newsletter (ed. Kate Dunbar) and quarterly journal( The Quarterly Rag, ed. Peter Newton).Annual subscription $Aus 25.00.]

Venue 505. 280 Cleveland St Surry Hills. [Venue 505 is our full time live music space seating 160. It Presents the best live jazz, roots, reggae, funk, gypsy, latin, instrumental and vocal entertainment in town. With performances every Monday-Saturday (except public holidays)]

SOUTH AUSTRALIA

QUEENSLAND

TOWNSVILLE

Townsville Jazz Club Inc. (formerly NQ JAZZ CLUB Inc.)Townsville PCYC, Wellington Street, Aitkenvale Tel: 0413456542 [Contact: Marie Gibson. 2nd and 4th Sunday of each month. Slight change to entrance fee - $10.00 members; $15.00 non-members.] 

BRISBANE

The Brisbane Jazz Club. 1 Annie Street, Kangaroo Point. Tel: 61-7-33912006 [Clubhouse situated on Brisbane river, Open for live jazz every Thu, Fri, Sat and Sunday evening.Each month we also feature a Sundayriverside brunch show, and regular jam sessions. We present two major weekend festivals each year - our Brisbane Big Band Festival in May, and our Oz Manouche Festival in November with International Gypsy jazz artistes.]
 

FORTITUDE VALLEY

Garuva Hidden Tranquility Restaurant. 324 Wickham Street, Fortitude Valley. Tel: 61+7 32160124. Fax: 61+7 32160125. [contact: Kerri Cooper. Open 7 nights a week. Live entertainment Friday and Saturday nights from 8pm.]

NOOSA HEADS

Noosa Heads Jazz Club. 34 Weyba Street, Sunshine Beach. Tel: 610418195123. [contact: Presdt.Richard Stevens. All styles,classic jazz, dixie, swing. Licenced when neccessary, special occasions, food available.]

VICTORIA

MELBOURNE

Birds Basement. 11 Singers Lane, Melbourne, 3000. Tel: 1300BBJAZZ

Manchester Lane. 234 Flinders Lane. Tel: (03) 9663 0630 Fax: (03) 9663 0515 [contact: Doug Smith, Jamie Norris. Various Styles of Jazz including Swing & Traditional. Full International Al La Carte Menu. Monday-Saturday]
 

Paris Cat Jazz Club. 6 Goldie Place, Melbourne. Tel: +61 3 9642 4711. [Featuring local & international jazz musicians & performers]

The Mill Restaurant. 71 Hardware Lane, Melbourne. Tel: (03)96001454 [contact: Michelle Barry. Live jazz every Sunday evening from 6pm (no cover charge). Take a seat at the bar and enjoy some tapas and a drink, or grab a table and enjoy Modern Australian cuisine at it's finest. Bookings recommended.]

Victoria Jazz Club. GPO Box 2421V Mebourne, 3001. Australia. Melbourne, Victoria. 3108. Tel: (03) 9534 1173 [contact: Margaret Hendrie, President. All Club gigs at:  Clayton RSL Carinish Road, Clayton. Dinner, dancing & Traditional Jazz with a different band every week. Opens 6.30 p.m. for dinner, music 8.00 - 11.00 p.m. Program infoline 'ph. 9517 3099]

RICHMOND

Dizzy's Jazz Bar. 381 Burnley St, Richmond. Tel: (03) 94281233 [Contact: Roger Clark.Dizzy’s is open five nights a week from 5.30pm, Tuesday ­ Saturday and features more than 250 live music events each year. The restaurant offers an exquisite range of tapas, main meals, light snacks and delicious desserts matched with a large selection of local and imported beers and wines as well as a jazz themed cocktail list. Dizzy’s Jazz Bar has a cosy and welcoming atmosphere, excellent service, a delicious menu and the best jazz in town. ]

WOLLONGONG

JAZZ Albury Wodonga. JAZZ basement - 51 Elgin Bvd. Postal Address: PO Box 580 Albury NSW. Wodonga. Victoria 3690. Australia. Tel: 0438 623 462. [contact: Musical Director - Graeme Cook Located on the Victorian/New South Wales border, non profit organisation presenting a broad range of jazz on a monthly basis. We cater to National and International artists as well as local jazz musicians. We are now located at our own dedicated jazz venue, 'the JAZZ basement in Wodonga VIC]

WESTERN AUSTRALIA

FREEMANTLE

Jazz Fremantle. level 2 64 High Street Fremantle. Tel: 61 (08) 9330 3491 [contact: Tony Goodman: President. We have a programme of modern and mainstream jazz each Sunday afternoon, excluding long weekends, from 4pm to 7pm at the Navy Club premises Level 2, 64 High Street, Fremantle WA.]

PERTH

The Ellington Jazz Club. 191 Beaufort Street. Perth. Tel: +61408069867 [contac: Graham Wood. Western Australian jazz has demonstrated resounding success with its jazz artists, from WAAPA jazz students and graduates all the way through to established professionals. The Ellington Jazz Club will provide opportunities for all of these jazz artists to perform and develop in an uncompromising environment purpose-built for them. This would hopefully lessen the bleed of talented Western Australian musicians to the Eastern States and overseas due to limited performance opportunities.
The service style at The Ellington is a table-serviced cabaret, and the music will be original jazz of a world class, cutting edge standard. The initial plan is to open for four nights per week with the long-term goal of staging live performances seven nights a week. The ground floor will be dedicated to live jazz performances and the first floor will be set out as a lounge area to allow socialising away from the main performance space.
The Ellington is fitted out with purpose built bar areas, stage, PA and modern lighting for optimum comfort and entertainment of both performers and patrons. We feel that the Perth music and entertainment market is primed for opening and sustaining a dedicated jazz performance venue.]

Jazz Club of WA. Yokine Bowling Club, 10 Wordsworth Avenue. Postal Address .PO Box 254. North Perth. Western Australia. country: Australia. Tel: 08 93777003 Fax: 08 93789335 Skype: jazznotes [contact: Ron Knight. The Jazz Club of WA at the Yokine Bowling Club, 10 Wordsworth Avenue, (cnr Latrobe ST) Yokine [caters for traditional New Orleans/Dixieland Jazz in all of its styles.A different band appears every week so as to display the talents of local, national and international musicians. Sit ins by local musicians are always welcome. The club has a wonderful social atmosphere and visitors are made very welcome. Club Contacts: Post: PO Box 254, North Perth, WA 6906. Tel: Ron Knight (09) 377 7003. Time:Every Tuesday 7.30pm-10.30pm. Cost: $9 (Aus)Club Members, $12(Aus)Visitors. Club Membership is always available: Single: $20 &Double $35 (Aus) per annum] Full bar service and facilities. Meals available by ringing Judy on 08- 93777003]

Perth Jazz Society. P.O. Box 822 Claremont, Tel: (08) 9284 2578. [contact: Trevor Knox (president). The Perth Jazz Society showcases different modern and contemporary jazz musicians and bands (local/international/national) every monday night from 8pm at the Charles Hotel 509 Charles St. North Perth. Has been functioning for the last 35 years, still going strong and holds a great reputation world-wide. The Charles Hotel has great food, and offers a great venue for listening to modern jazz.]

MOUNT HAWTHORN

The Jazz Cellar. Buxton Street Corner, Scarborough Beach Road, Mount Hawthorn. Tel: 61 8 9385 8111 Fax: 61 8 9385 7178 [contact: Roy Burton. The Jazz Cellar is a basement entered through an old style red telephone box. You open the door of the phone box, then the back wall opens inwards, leading to the stairs down into the cellar. The Jazz Cellar is run by Corner House Jazz Band and is open every Friday evening from 7pm. The venue is not licensed so patrons can bring their own alcoholic beverages and any food they require. There is a bottle shop nearby and also several take-away food shops. The Corner House Jazz Band plays a wide range of tunes in the traditional jazz idiom. The band has three regular weekly gigs]