By GEORGIA WESTGARTH
IN its 11th year, the Cuban Jazz Festival returned to the Yarra Valley, filling the green at Rochford Wines.
Headline act Jam Xpress, the masterminds behind ARIA chart hit ‘I love you so,’ had everyone up and dancing.
The annual event was held on Sunday 26 October, with four stages full of live jazz music, drums, dancing and food and wine.
Commercial house DJs performed inside the Commercial House tent, along with some jazzy beats in the Jazz Lab and Latin and Cuban tunes chiming from the Latin House.
The R’n’B stage proved popular with sambasita dancers topping off a day of dance.
Carlito’s Way and SON3 performed on the main stage, while jazz and salsa lessons took place to their smooth harmonies.
Festival goers could choose from a range of pick up and drop off spots on the day or book the bus service that departed from Bond Bar in Melbourne’s CBD.
The bar was also the official after party for the event with many getting jazzy long into the night.
