Jazz

PBS has been a welcome home to jazz since its inception. With contemporary jazz, swing, Latin, fusion, lounge, free and vocal jazz on offer throughout the week, you’ll find jazz for every taste on PBS.

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Sun Ra Arkestra

Fri 7 Mar 2025

PBS Presents

Just Announced

WAT Artists and PBS 106.7FM are thrilled to bring the Sun Ra Arkestra back to Australia this March for an intergalactic national tour.

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As one of the most important living musical institutions in the world, the Sun Ra Arkestra has been spreading its Afro-futuristic jazz message for 66 years, continuing the cosmic jazz heritage of the mythical pianist, composer, and electronic music pioneer Sun Ra.

Port Fairy Folk Festival 2025

Fri 7 Mar 2025 to Mon 10 Mar 2025

PBS Presents

Port Fairy Folk Festival has announced even more exciting local and global artists for 2025!

New announcements include one of Australia’s most renowned musical figures, Peter Garrett with his band The Alter Egos. At their side will be fellow local artists Andrea Kirwin and Claire Evelynn, Gusto Gusto, and Meghan Maike & The Cactus Flowers, plus exciting young folk-country star Jenny Mitchell from just across the seas in Southern New Zealand.

As We Speak - Béla Fleck, Zakir Hussain, Edgar Meyer feat. Rakesh Chaurasia

Fri 17 Jan 2025

PBS Presents

Experience an evening of musical brilliance, as the extraordinary Béla Fleck, Zakir Hussain, Edgar Meyer and Rakesh Chaurasia grace the stage of Hamer Hall to perform their GRAMMY-winning album As We Speak.

When Pigs Fly NYE 2024

Tue 31 Dec 2024

PBS Presents

The pigs that go weeeeeeee are here for round threeeeee – this New Year's Eve, When Pigs Fly returns to Melbourne’s plushest paddock!

Jaubi Studio 5 Live

Tue 3 Dec 2024

Studio 5 Live

Pakistani instrumental outfit Jaubi traverse Hindustani ragas and spiritual jazz seemingly at will. Hailing from Lahore, Pakistan, Jaubi are composed of Ali Riaz Baqar (guitar and composer), Zohaib Hassan Khan (sarangi) and Kashif Ali Dhani (tablas and percussion). The looseness of the band’s title also functions as the group’s guiding principle: their mission is to create whatever sounds and feels good.

The Breakfast Spread live from Fed Square

Thu 28 Nov 2024

PBS Events

Join PBS 106.7FM for a special, one-off broadcast of The Breakfast Spread with Milo Eastwood.

Featuring special guest interviews and live sets from Yalanji, Jirrbal and Badu Islander
songwriter/performer Kee'ahn, and Finn Rees (Close Counters) and his band, all set to the soundtrack of Milo’s revered Thursday morning soundtrack.

Bumpy & Erica Tucceri live at the 2024 Melbourne International Jazz Festival

Tue 26 Nov 2024 to Mon 30 Dec 2024

PBS News

This week on PBS we’ll be featuring two world premiere broadcasts of recordings made at the 2024 Melbourne International Jazz Festival (MIJF). On Tuesday November 26 Mike Gurrieri will broadcast the very personal suite Tooni from MIJF First Nations artist-in-residence Bumpy. Tooni traces Bumpy’s learnings of language and reflects on her travels on Noongar Boodja, tracing the footsteps of her family and Elders.

Balaclava Boogie 2024

Fri 22 Nov 2024 to Sun 24 Nov 2024

PBS Presents

Balaclava Boogie takes over the Carlisle Street precinct November 22-24.

MPavilion Season 11 Opening Night

Thu 21 Nov 2024

PBS Events

Come and experience the new hum happening in Tadao Ando’s iconic pavilion, as we celebrate the launch of Season 11 at MPavilion, Thursday November 21.

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It’s opening night, and PBS has collaborated with MPavilion to help kick things off with a night of garden partying and sound-art immersion.