After attracting an estimated 2,700 attendees last year, JazzConnect returns to Scarborough Beach from 28 to 30 August 2026 with an expanded program inviting audiences to discover live music across cafés, bars, beachfront venues and every corner of the foreshore.

Award-winning composers Hollis Taylor and Jon Rose are collaborating with Decibel new music ensemble and the ornithological community to bring Australian birdsong to the stage.

Decibel new music ensemble announces two new international releases: a re-issue of Tuned Darker on UK label Huddersfield Contemporary Records (HCR), and Cat Hope’s Speechless on Swiss label Hat Hut – both out now.

Ubiet & Mark Atkins (2019) Tura is progressing a significant new chapter in intercultural collaboration with Kai Jawa , the first major activation of its Sound Connections program - a long-term initiative exploring how music and storytelling build bridges throughout the Indo-Pacific. Inspired by deep-time connections between northern Australia and the Indonesian archipelago, the project looks to centuries in which Makassan and other seafarers travelled to the Kimberley an

Decibel new music ensemble returns to The Rechabite on Thursday 6 November with Inland Lake (le lac intérieur) – a 45-minute electroacoustic composition created by French musique concrète artist Lionel Marchetti in collaboration with Decibel.

A joyful new album of children’s songs, created through a partnership between Tura, Marninwarntikura Women’s Resource Centre and their early childhood and family centre, Baya Gawiy, is bringing Kimberley languages to life through music, while offering a playful and practical way to learn.

Now an unmissable highlight in Perth’s annual winter calendar, JazzConnect brings three days of live music and atmosphere to Scarborough from 29 to 31 August 2025, transforming 10 iconic venues into a weekend-long celebration of jazz.

Mark Atkins and Erkki Veltheim. Photo by Kristian Gehradte Mungangga Garlagula (translated from Wajarri as “yarning by the fire”) is a...

This November, Fremantle’s iconic Naval Store will play host to the Fremantle Long Table Dinner – a beloved annual event raising funds to su

Australian jazz vocalist and composer Holli Scott is set to release her “glorious” second album, Weather and Weeds next month. T

Prepare to be transported on an idyllic journey through jazz, R&B, pop, and classical traditions as Turiya, an all-star trio....

With 9 albums under her belt [including three with her Quintet and four solo] Gemma Farrell is an accomplished jazz saxophonist,...