Transport Options:

Car

Wangaratta is accessed via the Hume Freeway. Drive time is approximately 2.5 hours from Melbourne, 4.5 hours from Canberra, 7 hours from Sydney and approximately 45 minutes from Albury. Travellers from Melbourne watch out for the official festival coffee break at Balmattum Rest Area 6km north of Euroa.

Train

Melbourne to Sydney train and bus services operate through Wangaratta. Contact your nearest rail service for details. V-line Train Timetables

Bus

Day Trip - Cullen's Australian Tours are running Luxury Coach Day Trips from Melbourne on Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd departing Southern Cross Station (Spencer Street Station) 8am on both days arriving 11am in Wangaratta. Package includes Day Pass to Jazz events plus a Souvenir Program.  (Please call our Ticket Information Line 1800 801 065) or subscribe for our email newsletter (look left on the screen!)

Fly

Domestic flights from Melbourne and Sydney fly to Albury (45min drive). Charter flights operate into Wangaratta airport. Rental cars, buses and taxi services are available.

 

 

 

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Inspiration

"For the past twenty years, the city of Wangaratta has played a critical role in the development of jazz in this country. Its annual Festival has helped nurture a generation of talented musicians, and provided a forum for experimentation; and in doing so has challenged audiences to expand their musical horizons. For those of us who have followed the Festival from its infancy, it’s been an incredible journey. I know I speak for many in wishing Wangaratta Jazz every success for its next twenty years."  Des Cowley, Rythms Magazine 2009

Remember

2010 Festival Dates

Friday 29 October to Monday 1 November 2010