Jazz At The Lounge
Highlights
- Experience world-class jazz talent in the intimate setting of The Lounge from March to December.
- Savour the vibrant energy of the Zela Margossian Quintet alongside iconic artists like James Morrison.
- Delight in the spontaneous magic of live performances, featuring both legendary and fresh voices.
- Join the high-octane Latin Fiesta with Dan Barnett, packed with bold brass and infectious rhythms.
Jazz at The Lounge returns for another celebration of Australia’s finest jazz talent, bringing world-class musicians into the intimate setting of The Lounge from March to December. The 2026 season balances legendary artistry with fresh voices, delivering unforgettable nights of rhythm, soul, and spontaneous magic.
Audience favourites return this year, including James Morrison with Darren Percival, Simon Tedeschi, and Emma Pask, alongside jazz greats Michelle Nicolle, Paul Grabowsky and Monica Trapaga, while tributes to Duke Ellington and Dave Brubeck honour the masters who shaped the music. The refined elegance of the Peter Locke Trio featuring Kate Wadey sits alongside the vibrant energy of the Zela Margossian Quintet, the Pocket Trio, and the Sydney Youth Jazz Orchestra and Spectra Jazz Orchestra, spotlighting the next generation of jazz stars.
The season crescendos with Dan Barnett’s high-octane Latin Fiesta, packed with bold brass, sizzling grooves, and infectious rhythms. From intimate timeless standards to toe-tapping swing, Jazz at The Lounge is immediate, immersive, and vibrant — a must-see series for jazz lovers and curious newcomers alike.
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Dates & times
- Next occurrence: reoccurring
Features
Actively welcomes people with access needs.
General access
- Offers multiple options for booking – web, email, phone is available.
- Offers a range of contact methods for receiving complaints.
- Companion Cards are accepted.
- Employs people with disabilities.
- Staff are trained in disability awareness.
- Accessibility information and photos, including of a bathroom, room and/or floor plan on their website (can be emailed on request).
- Asks all visitors if there are any specific needs to be met.
- Website meets <a href="https://www.w3.org/WAI/standards-guidelines/wcag/" target="_blank">WCAG 2.0</a> accessibility standards
- Advise tour guides of the access needs of guests at the time of booking (includes pick up and drop off requirements)
- Assistance with booking arrangements (includes providing clear itineraries with written instructions on what to do at various destinations)
Communication
Welcomes and assists people who have challenges with learning, communication, understanding and behaviour. (includes people with autism, intellectual disability, Down syndrome, acquired brain injury (ABI), dyslexia and dementia)
- Staff are trained in communicating with people with learning or behavioural challenges.
- Uses Plain English / easy read signage and information (includes menus and emergency information)
- A quiet space is available at the venue/ facility.
Vision
Caters for people who are blind or have vision loss.
- Information in large print is available.
- Information in audio format (includes an audio described map of their venue, audio descs of performances and/ or displays) is available.
- Digital communication materials (hard copy information also online) is available.
- Uses easy to read fonts in their signage and communication materials (Helvetica and Arial).
- Staff are trained in customer service for people with vision loss (training would incorporate way finding and communicating with people with vision loss).
- An appropriate area for toileting an assistance dog is available.
- Audio enabled lifts are available.
- Raised tactile buttons in lifts are available.
- Handrails on all stairways
- Exit signs which are visible at a ground level (high level signs are difficult to see in a fire) are available.
Physical – Mobility
Caters for people with sufficient mobility to climb a few steps but who would benefit from fixtures to aid balance. (This includes people using walking frames and mobility aids)
- Uses floors/coverings which are slip resistant, firm and smooth
- Uses non-slip tiles in the bathroom or slip resistant matting
- Grab rails in the bathroom
- Seating in common areas including reception area
Physical – Wheelchair
Caters for people who use a wheelchair.
- Step free outdoor pathways (includes picnic areas, barbecues and shelters)
- A step free main entrance to the building and/or reception area (includes ramps or slopes with a maximum gradient of 1:14, otherwise are too steep for wheelchairs)
- Step free access to restaurant, lounge and bar
- Step free access to the conference or function room
- Accessible seating areas in theatrette
- Lifts with enough space for people using a mobility aid to enter and turn around to use the lift buttons. Buttons are at accessible height.
- Doorways which are easy to open and have lever handles (doorways 850mm or wider when open and not heavy).
- An accessible public toilet which is unlocked.
- A wheelchair accessible toilet / shower and change room is available.
- Wheelchair accessible transport options available in the general vicinity (provide information on name of the operator, phone and website link to individual providers for private vehicles, community transport train, mini vans, hire cars, buses, taxis, ferry, tram, light rail etc in their access statement).
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