COMING EVENTS AND GIG GUIDE 2008 Events marked * are activities organized by the IJC. Other gigs and events are organised by independent organizations or proprietors. Note - Gigs may be subject to change without notice.
APRIL 08
Sun 13^th	EROS, Corrimal Bowling Club, 2pm
Sat 19^th	Jungle Kings, Cooney’s Tavern, 4pm
Sat 26^th	Short & Horny, Cooney’s Tavern, 4pm
Sun 27^th	Jungle Kings, Towradgi Beach Hotel, 1pm
Sun 27^th	Swing Town, Lagoon Lounge, 2pm – 6pm
MAY 08
Fri 2^nd	IJC TRIVIA Night hosted by Shelley Rae King Master Builders 7pm ph. 0403 750 724
Sat 3^rd	Charlie Harper and the Mudsliders, Cooney’s Tavern, 4pm – 7pm
Sat 3^rd	Short & Horny, Corrimal Leagues Club, 8pm – 12 pm
Sun 4^th	Great Jazz Safari to Robbo Pub call 4285 1903 for more information
	East Coast Jazz Trio, Mt Kembla Hotel, 4pm – 7pm
Sat 10^th	South Beach Boogie, Cooney’s Tavern, 4pm – 7pm
Sat 17^th	Short & Horny, Cooney’s Tavern, 4pm – 7pm
Sat 17^th	JAZZ CLUB HAS TALENT NIGHT MASTER BUILDERS 8PM – 11PM
Sat 24^th	Jungle Kings, Cooney’s Tavern, 4pm – 7pm
Sat 31^st	Ripple Soul Shufflers, Cooney’s Tavern, 4pm – 7pm
JUNE 08
Sun 29^th	Nice n Tight – Sonata Bar, Master Builders Club 2.30 pm – 5.30 pm
JULY 08
Sat 12^th	Nice n Tight – Cooney’s Tavern, 4pm – 7pm
AUG 08
Sat 2^nd	Nice n Tight – Cooney’s Tavern, 4pm – 7pm
Sun 10^th	Nice n Tight – Robbo Pub, 12.30 pm – 3.30 pm

June

NOTE: In the absence of specific gig details, jazz is usually available* at:

· Cooney’s Tavern, Wollongong, every Saturday 4 –7pm

· Sonata Bar, Master Builders Club, Church Street Wollongong, Sundays 2.30 – 5pm

· Towradgi Beach Hotel, Jazz@Oscars every second Saturday – 1pm

· Also Check the Sunday gigs for the Towradgi Beach Hotel – occasional jazz, usually top blues and rock bands – www.oscarshotels.com.au

· Wollongong RSL – Bowling Club at Figtree, 4.30 – 7.30 first Sunday of the month

· Jazz and Blues at the Grand Hotel, Manning Street Kiama, Sundays 4 - 7pm

· Robbo Pub (Robertson County Inn) one Sunday every month.

· Ruby’s, Mount Kembla, every Friday, 7.30 – 10.30pm

· Jazz and blues, Lagoon Lounge, Wollongong, Fridays at 8pm, and Sunday 2 - 6pm

*This list changes as some venues drop off and others come in.

Radio Jazz

• VOX 106.9FM presents Jazz Alive with Dennis Koks, Saturday 10 – 12noon; Modern Jazz Alive with John McGrath Wednesday 10pm – midnight; Land of Jazz with John Packham, Thursday 1.30pm.
• ABC CLASSIC FM 95.7 Jazztrack with Mal Stanley, Sat & Sun between 5pm & 7pm.
• 2MBS-FM 102.5 is not so easy to pick up, but is worthwhile. It has jazz on each weeknight

from 7 till 8 and from 1 till 2 on Wed, Sat and Sun. afternoons.

• A new jazz program is being presented on Sydney’s FM 99.3 every Thursday night at 9:30pm

Sydney Jazz Club - The SJC welcomes members of other jazz clubs to its regular monthly gigs.

The Berry Island picnic is at Berry Island Reserve, Wolstencroft, (UBD p.215 N10) from 12 noon to 3pm. The next is on December 16 – Wally Temple’s Jazz Serenaders. No charge.

Jazz for Dancing is held on the last Friday of most months. The event is currently held at the

Drummoyne RSL Club located on Victoria Road, Drummoyne, 8pm. (No gig in December).

Sydney jazz gigs can be accessed on SJC website at www.sydneyjazzclub.com under ‘Sydney Gig

Guide’. For general info about SJC gigs, contact sjc-president@sydneyjazzclub.com

Jazz News – all sorts of interesting news about jazz – gigs, reviews, happenings. Links to other sites – can be accessed at www.jazzandbeyond.com.au/index.html

• Also Check out Shoalhaven Jazz at www.shoalhavenjazz.com.au for special events.