Wagga Wagga Jazz and Blues Festival
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The Wagga Wagga Jazz and Blues Festival was a three-day event held in September of each year, in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales which is the major city of the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. The festival commenced as the Wagga Wagga Jazz Festival in 1995 and had grown to accommodate at least 530 musicians playing in some 80 bands.{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/riverina/stories/s1451183.htm |title=ABC Riverina live at the Wagga Jazz Festival |publisher=ABC Riverina |accessdate=2007-05-06 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20051102082225/http://www.abc.net.au/riverina/stories/s1451183.htm |archivedate=2 November 2005 }}
Regional, intra and interstate musicians arrived to play at the festival each year.{{cite web | url = http://www.waggajazz.org.au/program.htm| title = Program 2007 | publisher = Wagga Wagga Jazz inc | accessdate = 2007-05-06 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070210041720/http://www.waggajazz.org.au/program.htm |archivedate = 2007-02-10}}
The festival ceased running after the 2014 iteration.
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.waggajazz.org.au Wagga Wagga Jazz and Blues Festival] website
- [http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/wsd/4172.htm Australian Government – Culture and Recreational Portal]
- [http://www.jazz.org.au/news/237?regions%5BRegion%5D= Jazz Australia news]
Category:Jazz festivals in Australia
Category:Music festivals established in 1995
Category:1995 establishments in Australia
Category:Music festivals in New South Wales
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