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10th Year of Wangaratta Festival of Jazz (Tin Kan 2)Print Page 
16-December-2016
Photographs supplied by Sandra Brown
The sculpture commemorates the 10th year of Wangaratta Festival of Jazz.
Conceived by a group of locals in 1989 as a way to attract visitors and raise the profile of the town, the first Wangaratta Festival of Jazz (as it was then known) was staged in 1990, with attendances at around 2500.
Since then – with blues added to the program in 1994 – it has grown to become an internationally renowned event, attracting around 25,000 visitors, and more than 200 jazz and blues artists from the USA, the UK, Europe and Australia.
Location
| Address: | Ryley Street, Merriwa Park , Wangaratta, 3677 |
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| State: | VIC |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -36.357591 Long: 146.322783 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Sculpture |
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| Monument Theme: | Culture |
| Sub-Theme: | Community |
| Approx. Event Start Date: | 1989 |
| Approx. Event End Date: | 1999 |
| Artist: | Ann Ferguson-Durkin |
Dedication
| Approx. Monument Dedication Date: | October-1999 |
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Front Inscription
Source: MATo celebrate the 10th year of the Wangaratta Festival of Jazz
"Tin Kan 2"
Created by Ann Ferguson-Durkin
Funded by Arts Victoria
Unveiled by the Mayor of the Rural City of Wangaratta Cr G. Dinning
October 1999
Monument details supplied by Monument Australia - www.monumentaustralia.org.au
