‘Jazz à Vienne Sydney’, in the Hawkesbury - MUSIC TO YOUR EARS!!

Jazz à Vienne Sydney , now in its 3rd year in the Hawkesbury, is made possible by the partnership of the Vienne Action Culturelle, France, (M.Patrick Dussenne) ,the city of Vienne France, and local Music Educator , Rory J Thomas OAM, a Professeur of the Académie Ponsard, associate and friend of the French Festival'. The Jazz a Vienne Sydney Festival is back with a week of great jazz in the Hawkesbury district.

As well as great local talent such as Dan Barnett, The Catholics and Zooo Superband, this year's Festival brings you some great International Jazz talent. From Tokyo we present internationally acclaimed filipino jazz vocalist "Charito" - and accompanying her will be classy French pianist Alain Mayeras. And look out for our special FREE outdoor concert "Sunset Jazz" on October 17 where you can sit back and relax with a picnic or sample the local cuisine in the historic heart of Windsor enjoying the great jazz vibes. As part of our commitment to youth in jazz, we're running another Youth Jazz Band Competition with over $1000 in prizemoney. Go to the Band Comp page for entry forms. So please check out the program pages for full details and we'll see you there !

Aria nominated The Catholics will headline our SUNSET JAZZ free open concert at Thompsons Square Windsor on Saturday October 17 from 5pm till 10pm.
 

Internationally acclaimed singer "Charito" will sing at our Festival on 11th October 2009 at the Hawkesbury Food & Wine Day at Clarendon Racecourse Richmond and at the "Shear Bar"
Mean Fiddler, Rouse Hill, Monday the 12th October 2009.

Internationally recognized youth bigband Zooo Superbande will play the Hawkesbury Food and Wine day, and the "Sunset Jazz Concert" as part of our festival.

Dan Barnett +Rory Thomas Atom Quintet - Sunday 18th October at Shear Bar in the Mean Fiddler Hotel, Rouse Hill

French pianist Alain Mayeras accompanies Charito at the Hawkesbury Racecourse Oct 11th and Mean Fiddler Shear Bar October 12th

"Charito", and Alain Mayeras will play the Shear Bar at the Mean Fiddler - 12th October