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Radio Organisations

• CBAA The Community Broadcasting Association of Australia is the peak organisation for the community radio sector

Music Organisations

• APRA Australian Performing Rights Association
• Jazzgroove Association Collective promoting new Australian jazz and groove via record label and regular gigs in Sydney
• Jazz Action Society A non-profit organisation with a mission to promote Australian Jazz
• SIMA Sydney Improvised Music Association

• Jazz and Beyond ‘Australia’s Jazz Magazine on the Internet’

Jazz Venues

• The Basement Australia’s most famous jazz venue located in Sydney’s Circular Quay
• Bennetts Lane Melbourne’s famous jazz club
• Civic Hotel Restored deco, inner-city Sydney venue
• Strawberry Hills Hotel Inner-city Sydney venue housing traditional jazz performances
• The Vanguard Come be seduced by Australia’s hottest new live music venue and restaurant.

Annual Jazz Events

• Bellingen Jazz and Blues Festival Our mission is to stage Australia’s Premier Jazz & Blues Festival for the benefit of the Bellingen Shire.
• Fremantle International Jazz Festival A vibrant part of the Perth International Arts Festival
• Gold Coast Jazz Festival Fine jazz in a fine town
• Inverloch Jazz Festival A great festival based in Inverloch, Victoria
• Manly Jazz Festival Australia’s largest and longest-running community based jazz festival.
• Moruya Jazz Festival A successful and popular musical feast in the pretty and historic town of Moruya
• Noosa Jazz Festival A four day event that showcases over 140 national and international artists
• Thredbo Yulumba Jazz Festival A favourite with festivalgoers because of the unique mountain location, friendly atmosphere and high quality performances.
• Valley Jazz Festival The Valley Jazz Festival features over 130 artists in over 40 bands over 7 days in over 12 venues.
• Wangaratta Festival of Jazz Australia’s premier jazz festival
• Wagga Jazz Festival

Local Labels / Distributors

• Didgeridoo Records Australian distributor of many overseas labels
• EMI Music Australia Local distributor of Blue Note, Capitol and others
• Groovescooter Records Sydney based record label
• Head Records Jazz, blues and groove record label based in Melbourne
• Jazz Head Melbourne based jazz record label
• La Brava Music Sydney based jazz record label
• Mammal Records Sydney based record label
• Mana Music Productions Australian label and home of film music / composers
• MRA Entertainment Group Distributors of overseas world, jazz and blues labels
• Newmarket Music Distributors of jazz, blues and world labels
• Rajon Music Australia record company
• Rufus Records Sydney based jazz record label
• Shock Australian independent record company and distributors
• Sonart Local distributors of jazz, blues and world labels including ECM and Naxos
• Undercover Music Home of the Silent Recordings label as well as outfits, Prop and Coda
• Universal Music Australia Local distributor of Universal Jazz and the Verve label amongst others

Media

• 3D World Sydney music and entertainment street press
• Diaspora World-beat and roots magazine
• Drum Media Free weekly Sydney based street press featuring Craig N Pearce’s Blow jazz column
• Rhythms Magazine Roots music magazine
• The Beast Magazine Free local Bondi rag
• Wentworth Courier Free local newspaper

Local Councils

• Randwick Council www.randwick.nsw.gov.au
• City of Sydney www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au
• Waverley Council www.waverley.nsw.gov.au
• Woollahra Council www.woollahra.nsw.gov.au
• Botany Council www.botanybay.nsw.gov.au

Non-Government Organisations:

• Amnesty International www.amnesty.org.au
• Anglicare www.anglicare.org.au
• Austcare www.austcare.org.au
• Australian Republican Movementwww.republic.org.au
• Greenpeace www.greenpeace.org.au
• Human Rights Council of Australiawww.hrca.org.au
• National Environmental Defender’s Office Network www.edo.org.au
• Oxfam Community Aid Abroadwww.oxfam.org.au
• Refugee Council of Australia www.refugeecouncil.org.au
• Rural Australians for Refugees www.ruralaustraliansforrefugees.org
• The Smith Family www.smithfamily.com.au
• The Salvation Army www.salvos.org.au

International links

Labels

Blue Note The famous jazz and blues labels

Cooking Vinyl London-based record label

Delmark Records Chicago-based record label

ECM Records One of the world’s quality jazz record labels

ESC Records German jazz record label

Heads Up International Cleveland based record label

HighNote Records New York based record label

Verve Classic jazz and reissue label

Radio Stations

Jazz Radio.net German jazz station with extensive online material

Klon online ‘America’s Jazz Station’

Jazz Websites

allaboutjazz.com A great jazz resource site, based in Philadelphia