the wagga wagga jazz festival was established in 1995 and has featured a range of australian and international musicians. established in 1976 as the riverina trucking company and renamed in 1983, the riverina theatre company is one of australia's longest running regional theatre companies and runs a full program of events each year at the riverina playhouse, which is located on the banks of the murrumbidgee river and owned by charles sturt university.