Twyford Hall: The "home" of the Merimbula Jazz Festival, having been the heart of it since the very first Festival in 1981. In the past, when it was the only venue, Twyford Hall was often packed to overflowing with beer awash on the floor, cigarette smoke creating a foggy blanket, Terry Hayes conducting it all and trad jazz literally lifting the roof off. Musos and delegates who attended those early years remember the nights with affection, although perhaps with a fuzzy memory(?)
Twyford Hall is still the meeting place for musos on the Friday nights and home to Trad Jazz at the Merimbula Jazz Festival.

The Lakeview Hotel has been a venue for a number of years. One Festival it even had an extra venue in the form of a tent in its car park! Renown for its fantastic view over the lake, the Lakeview is the place to hear modern and mainstream jazz.

RSL Basement has been utilsed for a number of years but the 25th MJF saw a change in its format with it becoming the "Ragtime Corner". This popular style is eminently suited to the RSL Basement.

RSL Auditorium Only just completed in time for the 25th MJF the new auditorium provides another great venue for big bands and a mix of swing and trad. A great place to dance along to the music or just sit back and enjoy it and the view across the lake.

Santa Fe Restaurant A compact and cosy venue which was very popular last year hosting smaller groups and providing meals or just snacks to keep you sustained.

Due to the unavailability of the Bowling Club the Festival Committee has secured 2 "new" venues at the Pambula Merimbula Golf Club.
the Golf Club Lounge - a large open spaced venue with great views over the golf course
and the Golf Club Garden Room - a more initimate room which will comfortably hold 100 jazz lovers

The Jazz Picnic this year will also be at the Golf Course - set in a natural amphitheatre on one the club's fairways, this promises to be a very popular venue.