The Australian Jazz Convention was established in 1946 to create an opportunity for Australian Jazz musicians and fans to gather and celebrate their music. For 74 years the AJC moved across Australia enabling musicians and delegates to gather in different communities.
Albury is proud to welcome the 75th AJC. On 26th December 2020 the 75th AJC will transform Albury, NSW, into the centre of Australian Jazz for one fantastic week as it did in 2019.
The 75th AJC will present premium Australian jazz across venues in the centre of the border city. With the support of the Albury Commercial Club, who have generously provided the majority of our venues and will host our Welcome Night and NYE Party, and Albury City Council the 75th AJC promises a number of special events that will welcome seasoned conventioneers and those new to our celebration of jazz of all styles.
At the core of our values is safety of conventioneers. We understand that many conventioneers may fall into what has been identified as a the high risk group. Therefore, the footprint for the 75th will take this into consideration leading to changes that may be unfamiliar to regular conventioneers.
To comply with COVID-19 precautions the number of people in venues will be capped, leading to the potential that conventioneers may not be able to enter a venue when the cap has been reached. We also need to restrict the number of people who can attend our Welcome Night and NYE Party to 280 people. Therefore, we are ticketing these events to ensure the maximum capacity is not exceeded. Tickets to these events can only be purchased in conduction with registration as a Musician or Delegate and will be on a first purchased basis.
If COVID-19 restrictions prevent the 75th AJC going ahead as scheduled all registration and function fees will be refunded.
At the 74th AJC we had the privilege of hosting two wonderful guests from New Orleans. Regrettably COVID-19 makes it unlikely that we will have an overseas guest artist at the 75th AJC despite our plans.
Musicians can only be registered in ten bands. If a musician is registered in more than ten bands they will be asked to nominate bands that they should be removed from. Should it be necessary musicians who exceed the ten band limit will be removed from the last registered band.
As we head toward the 75th AJC this site and the Australian Jazz Convention Facebook page will provide you with all you need to know to join the week long jazz party.
To comply with COVID-19 precautions the number of people in venues will be capped, leading to the potential that conventioneers may not be able to enter a venue when the cap has been reached. We also need to restrict the number of people who can attend our Welcome Night and NYE Party to 280 people. Therefore, we are ticketing these events to ensure the maximum capacity is not exceeded. Tickets to these events can only be purchased in conduction with registration as a Musician or Delegate and will be on a first purchased basis.
If COVID-19 restrictions prevent the 75th AJC going ahead as scheduled all registration and function fees will be refunded.
At the 74th AJC we had the privilege of hosting two wonderful guests from New Orleans. Regrettably COVID-19 makes it unlikely that we will have an overseas guest artist at the 75th AJC despite our plans.
Musicians can only be registered in ten bands. If a musician is registered in more than ten bands they will be asked to nominate bands that they should be removed from. Should it be necessary musicians who exceed the ten band limit will be removed from the last registered band.
As we head toward the 75th AJC this site and the Australian Jazz Convention Facebook page will provide you with all you need to know to join the week long jazz party.