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Melanie Charles (USA) with Ignabu x Paul Wilson Bae

SIMA 2025 Sydney International Women’s Jazz Festival Presents...

Melanie Charles (USA) with Ignabu x Paul Wilson Bae

7:00pm, Sun 26 October, 2025
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DOORS 7:00PM

Brooklyn-born singer-songwriter-flutist Melanie Charles is set to stun Sydney audiences on Sunday, October 26th, in a headline performance for the 2025 Sydney International Women's Jazz Festival at Mary’s Underground.

Charles, renowned for her genre-bending style of jazz, soul and R&B, mixed with electronics, samples and hints of her Haitian roots, will perform with her Trio; Charles (vocals, flutes, effects), with Ignabu (drums, percussion) and Paul Wilson Bae (piano, key bass), the group promising a night of genre-defying, boundary-pushing sound, together celebrating Rev John Coltrane’s legacy with found footage, interviews, and samples from his contemporaries.

Charles’s unique style has been embraced by a range of heavy-hitting jazz, R&B, hip hop and pop artists, seeing her work with Gorillaz, The Roots, SZA, Jean Grae, Mach-Hommy, and Wynton Marsalis. Her television appearances include The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, SNLGood Morning America, and HBO’s Vinyl.

Showcasing her eclecticism, Charles recently released the album Y’all Don’t (Really) Care About Black Women on the esteemed Verve Records (2021), and Hotel San Claudio, a collaboration with Mark de Clive-Lowe and Shigeto, on !K7 Music (2023).

One Night Only! Don't miss this coveted performance from one of international jazz's newly established talents in an intimate venue setting.

MELANIE CHARLES (USA)
with Ignabu x Paul Wilson Bae

+ Special Guest to be announced

Mary's Underground
Sunday October 26th, 2025 – 7pm


TICKETING INFO

This is an 18+ event. 

Do not attend if you are feeling unwell.

Photo ID is essential, acceptable ID is a current and valid Australian Photo Drivers Licence, State Approved ‘Proof of Age’ card or Passport. Must be a physical or digital copy. Photos or scans will not be accepted.




We acknowledge that this event is held on the stolen lands of the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to Elders, past, present and emerging. Sovereignty was never ceded.