It is only seven more sleeps until the 2023 instalment of the Castlemaine Jazz Festival (June 9-11).
The festival celebrates its eighth anniversary this year and will feature 30 bands comprising hundreds of musicians across four fantastic local venues.
The party commences next Friday June 9 with a ‘Big Band’ opening night performance at Castlemaine’s iconic Theatre Royal.
Three bands will kick off the celebrations including the virtuosic and original music of the TEK TEK Ensemble, the Balkan brass-fusion sound of Central Victorian faves The Seduceaphones and Melbourne seven piece heavy groove combo The Seven Ups.
TEK TEK Ensemble formed in 2010 and have performed countless times around Australia and the world including Jakarta, The Pilbara, Berlin, New Caledonia, Bangkok and Paris. The band has its roots in the wildness of late-night Melbourne pub music with the sophistication of jazz and classical performance, and the danceability of tropical rhythms and hard-partying disco beats.
Central Victorian gipsy-brass beast The Seduceaphones create grooves that move crowds in completely new and unusual ways, they pioneer an infectious vein of Balkan brass-fusion.
Seven piece heavy groove combo The Seven Ups from Melbourne will take you on an abstruse journey into the darker fringes of instrumental music, drifting from funk to spiritual jazz and through to psychedelic fuzz rock. The Seven Ups are your soundtrack to the dancefloor at the end of the world.
Harry Coulsons Blue Dogs are thrilled to announce that they have been honoured with the task of closing the festival at the Theatre Royal on Sunday June 11.
“We will be joined on stage by a plethora of special guests drawn from the many outstanding ensembles featured throughout the festival weekend,” Coulson told the Mail.
For tickets visit www.castlemainejazzfestival.com.au