MIJF 2025 Highlights

2025 marked another extraordinary chapter for the Melbourne International Jazz Festival, strengthening our 28-year legacy as Australia’s leading presenter of jazz and improvised music.

With the largest, most ambitious program in our organisation’s history, we connected over 730 artists from 20 countries with almost 70,000 attendees, and additional 1000,000+ listeners through our broadcast partnerships.

Over recent years, MIJF has adopted a proactive stance, aimed at building community. It accomplishes this not by simply serving as a litmus test for the state of the art… but by challenging audiences with new definitions of jazz, championing under-represented voices, commissioning new works, programming innovative one-off collaborations, and nurturing the next crop of talent.” — Australian Book Review

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2025 Image Gallery

Gregory Porter, Hamer Hall. Image by Duncographic.

Hiromi, Hamer Hall. Image by Will Hamilton-Coates.

LETTUCE, 170 Russell. Image by Duncographic.

Emma Donovan, Sidney Myer Music Bowl. Image by Duncographic.

Gary Bartz, 170 Russell. Image by Duncographic.

Gregory Porter, Hamer Hall. Image by Duncographic.

Harry Connick, Jr., Sidney Myer Music Bowl. Image by Duncographic.

Linda May Han Oh, Melbourne Recital Centre. Image by Duncographic.

Danilo Pérez, Melbourne Recital Centre. Image by Duncographic.

Ausecuma Beats, Whitehart. Image by Duncographic.

Samara Joy, Hamer Hall. Image by Duncographic.

LETTUCE, 170 Russell. Image by Duncographic.

Surprise Chef, Night Crawl, Fed Square. Image by Duncographic.

Gary Bartz, 170 Russell. Image by Duncographic.

LETTUCE, 170 Russell. Image by Duncographic.

Linda May Han Oh, Melbourne Recital Centre. Image by Duncographic.

Adam Manning, Melbourne Recital Centre. Image by Will Hamilton-Coates.

Melanie Charles, Max Watts. Image by Will Hamilton-Coates.

Gary Bartz, 170 Russell. Image by Duncographic.

Alexander Flood, Night Crawl, Section 8. Image by Duncographic.

Ibrahim Maalouf, 170 Russell. Image by Will Hamilton-Coates.

Solune, Night Cat. Image by Will Hamilton-Coates.

Linda May Han Oh, Melbourne Recital Centre. Image by Duncographic.

WhoAllGonBeThere, Max Watt's. Image by Will Hamilton-Coates.

Hilary Geddes, Chapel Off Chapel. Image by Will Hamilton-Coates.

YARRA, Penny Young. Image by Duncographic.

Joanna Duda, Chapel off Chapel. Image by Sabine Fritsch.

Melbourne International Jazz Festival flags at Fed Square. Image by Duncographic.

Speedball, Jazzlab. Image by Duncographic.

IGNABU, Max Watt's. Image by Will Hamilton-Coates.

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