Book ahead, Australia: Anne Summers, Jungle Giants, Melbourne jazz festival

Pharoah Sanders will play the MIJF this year. Photograph: Jamie Williams /supplied

Melbourne International Jazz Festival

The jazz world’s finest are set to descend on Melbourne for the international jazz festival. The legendary Herbie Hancock and Chick Corbea will play the opening night, Dee Dee Bridgewater with Irvin Mayfield and the 15-piece New Orleans Jazz orchestra will close the festival, Kurt Elling will play with the Melbourne Symphony orchestra, the Cat Empire will take over the Bennetts Lane jazz club, and Paul Grabowsky premieres his new work, Nyilipidgi, based on the musical heritage of Indigenous people.

Melbourne International jazz festival, Melbourne, from 28 May to 7 June

Anne Summers in conversation with Elizabeth Broderick

Anne Summers will chat to Elizabeth Broderick in her latest conversation event. Photograph: supplied

After illuminating discussions with Julia Gillard, Tim Flannery and Cate Blanchett, Anne Summers sits down with the outgoing sex discrimination commissioner, Elizabeth Broderick. During her eight-year tenure, Broderick has spoken out about domestic violence, highlighted pregnancy discrimination and encouraged a sexual ethics program in the Australian Defence force, so she’s sure to offer an unique insight into Australian women lives.

Anne Summers in conversation with Elizabeth Broderick, City Recital Hall, Sydney, 7 May

Jungle Giants

Brisbane’s very fine indie rockers, the Jungle Giants, take their sass on the road in May with a national tour. While their new album is scheduled to be released in August, the band promises to play old favourites like She’s a Riot and I Am What You Want Me To Be, a tantalising glimpse of their new work and, hopefully, latest track, Every Kind of Way.

Jungle Giants, Howler, Melbourne on 15 May, then Brisbane, Sydney, Perth, Adelaide

24 Frames a Second

Saburo Teshigawara, Broken Fragments (2015) for 24 Frames per Second at Carriageworks. Photograph: Wonge Bergmann/supplied

Carriageworks continues to break artistic ground with a commissioned exhibition of 24 Australian and international artists crossing the boundaries of visual arts, dance and film. 24 Frames per Second will feature artist Tony Albert working with choreographer Stephen Page on a work about the police shooting of Indigenous teenagers, video artist Kate Murphy scrutinising the ageing body, British choreographer Siobhan Davies and filmmaker David Hinton exploring the ten-second sprint, and more.

24 Frames Per Second, Carriageworks, Sydney, from 8 June to 2 August

Paniyiri Festival

The annual Paniyiri festival in Brisbane. Photograph: supplied

Honey puffs, a Zorba-thon, the bouzouki. The Paniyiri festival, Brisbane’s annual celebration of all things Greek, returns to Musgrave Park with grape-stomping, traditional Hellenic dancing and a Greek coffee barista competition. For many the highlight will be the food at more than 30 stalls: since the festival began in 1976, stallholders have served up more than 4m honey puffs, 320,000 coffees, almost 20 tonnes of haloumi, almost 4m souvlakia and 600,000 dolmades.

Paniyiri Festival, Musgrave Park and the Greek Club, South Brisbane, 23 and 24 May