Friday 29th May MIJF 2015 – Opening Ceremony at Fed Square – Melbourne, Australia.
A free open-air concert hosted by Fem Belling.
A perfect Melbourne day to watch performances by The Bad Plus (USA), Eric Harland (USA) with his band Voyager and the Melbourne sextet The Hoodangers .
Photos taken at the Opening Ceremony seated on one of those ‘easy chairs’ in front of the stage that you could not get out of, that easily and so comfy!
Fem Belling (MC)
Councilor – Beverly Tinder-Mortimer
Reid Anderson – The Bad Plus
Ben Gillespie – The Hoodhangers
Michael Tortoni – Artistic Director of the Festival
Eric Harland and the Voyager Band
Eric Harland
A future Drummer, Bassist, guitarist saxophonist in the making!
Ethan Iverson – The Bad Plus
David King – The Bad Plus
David King – The Bad Plus
Reid Anderson – The Bad Plus (USA)
Reid Anderson – The Bad Plus (USA)
Reid Anderson – The Bad Plus (USA)
Eugene Ball – The Hoodangers
Ben Gillespie – The Hoodangers
Eugene Ball – The Hoodangers
Mark Elton – The Hoodangers
Mal Williams – The Hoodangers
Julian Lage, Eric Harland – Voyager
Walter Smith and Harish Raghavan – Voyager
Taylor Eigsti – Voyager
Walter Smith III – Voyager
