Jazz & Blues Festival 2008- Darling Harbour
The 2008 Jazz and Blues Festival is on again this June long weekend at Darling Harbour – just next to Pyrmont Village! So come along and enjoy jazz and blues from big band swing and funky jazz to delta blues and hip-hop.
Jazz & Blues Festival 2008
- Where: Darling Harbour, Sydney
- When: Saturday, 7 June – Monday, 9 June 2008
- Cost: FREE
- Program: Outlined below
The program is as follows:
Saturday, 7 June 2008
Harbourside Amphitheatre
12.30pm Jack Evans Band
1.45pm Ray Beadle Trio
3:00pm The Hands
4.30pm Doc Span
Convention Centre Forecourt
12noon Gerard Masters Trio
1.30pm Evelyn Duprai, Zkye with Joseph Calderazzo Trio
3:00pm Pete McDonald Quintet featuring Ali Foster
Aquashell Cockle Bay
4:00pm Judie Bailey’s Jazz Connection featuring James Greening
5.45pm ‘Sinatra and Ella Swing’: Ed Wilson Big Band featuring Monica Trapaga, Frank Bennett & Jeff Duff
Tumbalong Park
12noon Kirrawee High Big Band
1.30pm The Hiptones
3:00pm The Backsliders
4.30pm CW Stoneking
Sunday, 8 June 2008
Harbourside Amphitheatre
12.30pm Rick Price & Mitch Grainger
1.45pm Adam Pringle Band
3:00pm Leanne Paris Band
4.30pm Ray Mann Three
Convention Centre Forecourt
12noon Old Spice Boys
1.30pm Mike Nock’s ‘Space Bugaloo’
3:00pm John Morrison’s Jam Session
Aquashell Cockle Bay
4:00pm d.i.g. – Directions in Groove
5.45pm James Morrison and Deni Hines
7:00pm Fireworks
Tumbalong Park
12noon Geoff Bull’s New Orleans Jazz Band
1.30pm Blaine Whittaker Quintet featuring Emma Pask & Erana Clark
3:00pm Dale Barlow’s Tribute to Art Blakey and The Messengers
4.30pm Nicky Bomba’s Bustamento
Monday, 9 June 2008
Harbourside Amphitheatre
12.30pm Brewster Bros
1.45pm Johnny G and the E types
3:00pm Continental Robert & the Rinky Dinks
4.30pm Organ Donors
Convention Centre Forecourt
12noon Zac Hurren Trio
1.30pm Bob Henderson Quintet
3pm Bruce Mathiske and George Golla
Aquashell Cockle Bay
4:00pm Katie Noonan’s Elixir
5.45pm The Bamboos
Tumbalong Park
12noon Tim Oram Big Band
1.30pm Royal Australian Navy Band featuring Carl Riseley and Genevieve Davis
3:00pm the catholics
4.30pm Tina Harrod Band
Roving Entertainment Everyday
11.30am – 2.30pm Charlie’s Angels – Pyrmont Bridge
Bogalusa Strutters – Chinese Garden Forecourt
JAZZ IN THE GARDEN
Chinese Garden of Friendship
Soak up the mellow sounds of the Jim Pennell Trio at the tranquil Chinese Garden of Freindship.
Everyday 11am – 2pm.
JAZZ WORKSHOPS
Palm Grove Marquee
Learn tips, tricks and tools of the trade from some of Australia’s top jazz musicians.
Saturday, 7 June 2008
12pm – 1.15pm Dale Barlow
1.45pm – 3pm Judy Bailey
Sunday, 8 June 2008
12pm – 1.15pm John Morrison
1.45pm – 3pm John Morrison
Monday, 9 June 2008
12pm – 1.15pm Peter Bishop
1.45pm – 3pm Peter Bishop
(Information Source: Darling Harbour Website)
June 6th, 2009 at 9:48 am
thank you for putting up the jazz program – I had dug around the darling harbour website unsuccessfully looking for it and given up – a quick google found your list which I’ve now printed out for handy reference, so thanks !
June 6th, 2009 at 12:07 pm
on second thoughts … I assumed the undated program on your website was for the 2009 jazz blues festival, but when I printed out two different pages and found no correlation, I started wondering – and went back into View Source for your webpage and found, yes, ’2008′
So – thanks but no thanks for putting up a great copy of last year’s program and wasting half an hour of my time !!!
June 6th, 2009 at 7:12 pm
Hey David.
Thank you for letting us know. We sincerely apologise for the oversight. We have now updated both articles to avoid any confusion. Once again our sincerest apologies. I hope you had fun at the Festival!
And should you have any further thoughts on the matter, or indeed If I can be of any further assistance, please feel very free to touch base. I can be reached on don[at]pyrmontvillage.com.au have also shot though an email. Cheers Don