Inner West Jazz Festival 2026

The fourth edition of the Inner West Jazz Fest returns with a line up of remarkable new jazz and improvised music for audiences who want to be planted firmly at the edge of their seats. With artists coming from Melbourne, Adelaide, Stanmore, Newtown (and beyond!) expect the radical, beautiful and straight up amazing across three focussed nights at 21 Shepherd Street, Marrickville. 

From Mike Nock, presenting his legendary trio album “ONDAS” in full, to the launch of the new trio album from Jess Green and Dylan Van Der Schyff with Sandy Evans, Inner West Jazz Fest 2026 represents the living, breathing energy of creative music from our elders to a new generation burning bright. 

Each year, the festival presents a snapshot of local creative mastery functioning at a world class level. For 2026 we are excited to bring you three nights of inspiration for our community of music lovers.

THURSDAY AUGUST 27, 2026

7:00pm ALIEN MEAL

Henry Hall | double bass and electronics

Tom Vogel | drums and electronics

8:00pm HILARY GEDDES QUARTET

Hilary Geddes | guitar

Matthew Harris | piano

Max Alduca | double bass

Alexander Inman-Hislop | drums

9:00pm BELIEVE WITH SCOTT TINKLER!

Scott Tinkler | trumpet

Peter Farrar | saxophones and percussion

Novak Manojlovic | piano and percussion

Clayton Thomas | double bass and percussion

Laurence Pike | drums

FRIDAY AUGUST 28, 2026

7:00pm SAM GILL TRIO

Sam Gill | saxophones 

Jacques Emery | double bass

Simon Barker | drums

8:00pm JESS GREEN, DYLAN VAN DER SCHYFF with SANDY EVANS

Jess Green | guitar and electronics

Dylan van Der Schyff | drums and electronics

Sandy Evans | saxophones

9:00 pm MIKE NOCK PLAYS ONDAS

Mike Nock | piano and compositions

Ben Waples | double bass

Laurence Pike | drums 

SATURDAY AUGUST 29, 2026

6:30pm ALEX JASPRIZZA GROUP

Alex Jasprizza | saxophone

Hinano Fujisaki | saxophones

Felix Bornholdt | piano

Holly Conner | drums

7:30pm DENLEY OSBORNE HEYWOOD JIGALIN

Jim Denley | woodwinds

Tony Osborne | voice and movement

Nikki Heywood | voice and movement

Liz Jigalin | accordion, piano and objects

8:30pm DASIKA KELLER SVOBODA (Melb)

Niran Dasika | trumpet and electronics

Andrea Keller | piano

Helen Svoboda | double bass and voice

9:30pm JAMES MULLER TRIO (Adelaide)

James Muller, guitar

Brett Hirst, double bass

Tim Firth, drums