THE four-day Wangaratta Festival of Jazz and Blues kicks off tonight, while Tarrawingee's Plough Inn will host its second annual Tarra Blues Fest over Saturday and Sunday, and a host of other complementary events are set to lend a real festival feel to the North East's pre-Melbourne Cup weekend.
The staging of the 34th jazz and blues festival is a story in itself, coming 12 months after the event's...