The ‘new and revamped’ 2009 Wellington Jazz Festival will be an event of true international standard.
Offering a broad jazz palette of leading international and New Zealand jazz artists, the Wellington Jazz Festival has a musical programme that is widely accessible to audiences. From contemporary and traditional jazz to soul, rhythm & blues, reggae, latin and gospel, this Festival will be not just for the aficionado but for a broad selection of tastes.
The Wellington Jazz and Music Festival Trust has engaged the New Zealand International Arts Festival (NZIAF) to provide administrative, marketing, production and programming services to get this event established on a professional world-class level.
It will provide inspiration to the jazz sector, increase performance prospects and provide professional development opportunities for New Zealand artists through collaboration with highly regarded international musicians.
Although there are a number of jazz events in New Zealand, none delivers a truly international hallmark jazz festival. The Wellington Jazz Festival will be an event where the standard of performance is consistently high, with a spirit that is open and spontaneous. Audiences will be able to explore the diversity of music and recognize just how far jazz has spread its roots into the music we enjoy today.
The Wellington Jazz Festival promises to be another high quality, biennial event that is unique, has capacity for growth and firmly establishes Wellington as the events capital of New Zealand.
Over time the Wellington Jazz Festival will be positioned amongst the major leading jazz festivals worldwide.
Contact the Jazz Festival team
For all enquiries
- Phone: +64 4 473 0149
- Fax: +64 4 471 1164
- Email: info@jazzfestival.co.nz
- Post: PO Box 10-113, Wellington, 6143