Sun Ra Arkestra (USA), Chiri featuring Bae Il Dong (KOR/AUS) and the Cairo Club Orchestra (AUS)

The Melbourne International Jazz Festival and The Light in Winter invite you to an unmissable celebration of jazz that will have you dancing into the twilight! Rain, hail or shine, the 2011 Festival officially kicks off with a free open-air concert at Federation Square.
Be sure to bring your dancing shoes as Melbourne's own sultans of debonair, the Cairo Club Orchestra, serenade in the evening's spectacular lineup of headline artists, including the awe-inspiring Chiri featuring internationally renowned Korean pansori singer Bae Il Dong performing with Australian improvising treasures drummer Simon Barker and trumpeter Scott Tinkler, followed by a special sneak peak performance by the legendary, the notorious, the groundbreaking 'tone scientists', the Sun Ra Arkestra, making their Australian premiere performance on the eve of their sold-out Festival shows.

Federation Square - Main Stage

Sat 4 June, 3–5pm
Spaceboy and I will have our dancing shoes on down the front!