online at abc.net.au/jazz and on the ABC Radio mobile app. It broadcasts original presented shows by Mal Stanley, Dr Megan Burslem, James Valentine and Monica Trapaga, as well as weekly featured albums, live sets, and interviews. ABC Jazz also records local acts and broadcasts local content in the regular playlist. Jazz festivals continue to be staged, including the Melbourne Jazz Festival, Melbourne Jazz Fringe Festival, Wagga Wagga Jazz Festival, the Jazzgroove Summer Festival, the Stonnington Jazz Festival, the Wangaratta Festival of Jazz and Australia's longest running jazz festival, and the Manly Jazz Festival (celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2017) in Sydney. An abundance of talented players, as well as individual composers of unusual strands of jazz, combining jazz with Contemporary Classical music have sprung up in Australia more recently. Australian Jazz Convention Commencing in 1946, the Australian Jazz Convention is the longest running annual jazz event in the world. The Convention archives are housed at the Australian Jazz Museum, which maintains a collection of Australian and overseas jazz materials. The 68th Australian Jazz Convention was held in Goulburn, NSW, from 26 to 31 December 2013. Over 500 Musicians, Delegates and Day Pass Holders participated in the Convention. This was the first Convention arranged by the AJC Executive Task Force Inc, a group of 6 jazz musicians and enthusiasts formed after the 67th Australian Jazz Convention failed to be provided with an option for the 68th Convention. Following the success of the 68th Australian Jazz Convention the Annual General Meeting on 30 December 2013 endorsed the recommendation of the AJC Executive Task Force that the 69th Australian Jazz Convention be held at Swan Hill, Victoria from 26 to 31 December 2014. This Convention saw an increase in the number of musicians and delegates on those that participated in the 68th. A highlight of the Convention was the participation of 30 young musicians from the VJC Jazz Youth Workshop. On 30 December 2014, the 69th AGM was presented with two options for the 70th AJC by the AJC ETF, Penrith NSW and Ballarat Victoria. The meeting selected Ballarat as the venue. The AJC was hosted by Ballarat for four years, the longest the Convention has settled since inception. At the 73rd AJC, 30th December 2018, the AGM accepted a proposal from Albury to host the 74th AJC. The 74th AJC (2019), under continued management by the AJC ETF, hosted for the first