JAZZ & BLUES IN MANCHESTER
JAZZ & BLUES IN MANCHESTER
Most Popular Jazz & Blues in Manchester
Sat 23 Nov 2024 - Sat 13 Sep 2025
Fri 31 Jan - Thu 5 Jun 2025
WOMEX - Worldwide Music Expo
Wednesday 23 - Saturday 26 October 2024
WOMEX - Worldwide Music Expo - the most international and culturally diverse music convention in the world - comes to Manchester in 2024. Each year WOMEX travels to a different European city bringing together 2,600 music industry profession...
Manchester Got Soul
Wednesday 23 October - Saturday 28 December 2024
With live music + DJs across both floors of Blues Kitchen from 10pm - 3am, the house band take to the stage for three live sets. Expect to hear the hits of Aretha Franklin, Fleetwood Mac, Stevie Wonder & The Rolling Stones. ...
Los Bitchos
Saturday 26 October 2024
Panthers prowling through a desert. Cowgirls swaggering into a saloon and kicking up dust. Riding shotgun with a Tarantino heroine. Having the fiesta of your lives under a giant pinata with all your friends. Los Bitchos' hallucinatory surf-...
Fink
Monday 28 October 2024
Described as "a beautiful sound palette of dub, folk, blues, soul, and beat science" by Metro, "John Martyn with added stunning digital traces," by Uncut and "a brooding power reminiscent of a stripped down Nick Cave. A leftfield delight."...
Go Your Own Way - The Fleetwood Mac Legacy
Wednesday 30 October 2024
Go Your Own Way is a brand new spellbinding show featuring the music from the legendary multiple Grammy Award Winning Fleetwood Mac. Their rock n roll legacy is beautifully performed by a highly talented and acclaimed ensemble of musicians ...
Old Sea Brigade
Wednesday 30 October 2024
Ben Cramer describes 5 AM Paradise, his vivid and moving third album as Old Sea Brigade, as a coming-of-age record: ten songs that balance youthful abandon with maturity and restraint, full of imaginative flourishes, evocative textures, and...
Scott Brothers Duo
Thursday 31 October 2024
Mancunian brothers Jonathan & Tom Scott perform an unmissable programme of duos for piano and organ, demonstrating the full range of sounds and colours available from this brilliant combination. Their programme includes original works for p...
Baked a La Ska
Thursday 31 October 2024
Baked A La Ska are the heavy heavy sound of Manchester ska; an 11piece band of assembled oddballs and pranksters fronted by an unholytrio of singers and featuring one of the tightest rhythm sections inManchester with the "chops to make you...
Guy Davis
Thursday 31 October 2024
New York multi-instrumentalist Guy Davis is a two-time, back-to-back Grammy nominee for Best Traditional Blues, musician, actor, author, songwriter, so much more than 'just a bluesman', a troubadour of the folk tradition, and a master of...
Fantastic Negrito - White Jesus Black Problems
Thursday 31 October 2024
A solo stripped down raw acoustic tour of Grandfather Courage with a screening of new film White Jesus Black Problems + a Q&A. When you listen to Fantastic Negrito, you're invited to hear the story of life after destruction. Each song is a ...
Creedence Clearwater Review - Creedence Clearwater Revival Tribute
Saturday 2 November 2024
Creedence Clearwater Review are the UK's premier tribute to Creedence Clearwater Revival, one of America's greatest bands who, despite their relatively short career, left an enduring legacy of classic songs written and sung by lead guitaris...
RNCM Saxophone Day
Sunday 3 November 2024
The UK's largest annual sax gathering returns for another sensational day celebrating all things saxophone. Join us as we throw open our doors and welcome players of all ages and abilities in a day jam-packed with participatory workshops an...
Robert Finley
Sunday 3 November 2024
Robert Finley announces a brand new headline show in Manchester this November in support of his critically acclaimed Easy Eye Sound album Black Bayou....
Chicago
Monday 4 - Saturday 9 November 2024
CHICAGO, the "sexiest musical ever" (Metro) is back."Murder, greed, corruption, exploitation, adultery and treachery... all those things we hold near and dear to our hearts" So begins the international multi-award-winning musical, CHICAGO. ...
Meteor Airlines
Monday 4 November 2024
Experience the rich, culturally infused rock music of Meteor Airlines, a unique band that not only entertains but also educates and connects listeners to the Moroccan Amazigh culture. Meteor Airlines is a Moroccan rock band from the region ...
Marcus King
Wednesday 6 November 2024
Grammy nominated innovative South Carolina songwriter and performer Marcus King delivers a contemporary sonic exploration of rock, blues and country-soul. After learning how to play the guitar at 3, he has now launched a signature Gibson c...
Coruja Jones
Wednesday 6 November 2024
Join Coruja Jones and his full band this November to celebrate the launch of his second record, Undo. Following on from his debut The Crossing, the EP delves into the healing process in different forms, examining the calm and the chaos that...
Warmduscher
Thursday 7 November - Saturday 7 December 2024
The salaciously groovy and expertly grimey Warmduscher have never taken to the term "supergroup", but it's safe to say that their unique, potent blend of raw musicianship, down 'n' dirty rock riffs and devil-may-care party attitude was birt...
Rio 18
Thursday 7 November 2024
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Give Me The Night - A Tribute to George Benson
Friday 8 November 2024
It's time to throw out all your blues and hit the city lights for a night of George Benson classics, as world-renowned leading man Nat Augustin pays tribute to the American soul superstar who helped make r'n'b soul what it is today. Brand n...
9 Below Zero + Dr Feelgood
Saturday 9 November 2024
Two of the finest UK Rhythm 'n' Blues bands on one incredible bill. South London's Nine Below Zero toured with The Who and The Kinks between 1980 and 1982 and also appeared on 'The Old Grey Whistle Test', and 'The South Bank Show'. Dr. Feel...
Pygmy Twylyte - The Music of Frank Zappa
Saturday 9 November 2024
Navigating the vast Zappa oeuvre then is no mean feat, but Scotland's Pygmy Twylyte have embraced the challenge with gusto. So prolific was Frank Zappa's output, that it is nearly impossible to present a representative sample of his work in...
9 Below Zero
Saturday 9 November 2024
South-London's finest rhythm and blues group, British blues rock institution Nine Below Zero have released both commercially and critically acclaimed albums since being formed in in 1977 by guitarist and lead vocalist Dennis Greaves. Named ...
Kinder Blue Jazz
Saturday 9 November 2024
Fundraising gig for New Mills Volunteer Centre. Kinder Blue Jazz play a lively blend of jazz, blues and swing with Latin flavours & a twist of ska....
Ezra Collective
Sunday 10 November 2024
Lighting up sweaty dance floors and soundtrack dinner parties in equal measure, London jazz five-piece Ezra Collective are proving themselves as a harmonious tour de force. A thumping celebration of life and synergy in motion, their winding...
Briana Corrigan (The Beautiful South)
Sunday 10 November 2024
With a voice that "could melt icebergs at 50 paces" (VOX), Briana Corrigan was a member of The Beautiful South from 1988 to 1992 and is best known for delivering their most successful single - the chart-topping, Brit Award-winning 'A Li...
Jamie Cullum
Monday 11 November 2024
With 10 million album sales to date and his successful BBC Radio 2 Radio show, Jamie Cullum is a celebrated musician the world over with loyal fans in every corner of the globe. With a career spanning over 20 years, his legendary live shows...
Wasia Project
Wednesday 13 November 2024
Siblings Will Gao and Olivia Hardy encorporate a diverse mix of genres including Jazz, Pop, and Classical inspired by their mixed British-East Asian heritage and training. With a live band of upcoming musicians: Luca Wade (drums) and Tom P...
Dreamflower Collective - Jazz-Funk Tribute to Childish Gambino
Wednesday 13 November 2024
Sheffield's 8-piece jazz-funk ensemble Dreamflower Collective are giving audiences one last chance to catch their insatiable live re-interpretation of Childish Gambino's 'Awaken, My Love!' Formed in 2018 through a shared love for jazz, neo ...
The Manfreds
Thursday 14 November 2024
The '60s group Manfred Mann is now considered, more than ever, one of the finest and most respected bands from that era. Their numerous hits were R&B based with an undercurrent of jazz - a very unusual but winning combination of playing sty...
Julia Fordham
Thursday 14 November 2024
California-based, Hayling Island jazz and pop singer-songwriter Julia Fordham returns to the UK for her first headline tour in seven years. Performing an array of her classic songs including Happy Ever After, Where Does The Time Go, Porcela...
Odyssey
Thursday 14 November 2024
Chart-topping icons of Disco - Odyssey will perform their greatest hits from the 1970s and 80s, including "Native New Yorker", "Use It Up & Wear It Out", "Looking for a Way Out", "Don't Tell Me Tell Her", "Inside Out", and "Going Back to My...
KALEO
Friday 15 November 2024
Known for the way they gorgeously blend folk, country, rock and blues, the five-piece KALEO have become one of Iceland's most successful music exports. They released their debut eponymous album in 2013 and followed it with A/B in 2016...
Ibibio Sound Machine
Friday 15 November 2024
Fronted by Nigerian singer Eno Williams, Ibibio Sound Machine is a clash of African and electronic elements inspired in equal measure by the golden era of West-African funk and disco and modern post-punk and electro. Ibibio Sound Machine we...
Anton Brine
Friday 15 November 2024
Welcome to Blackpool! Home of fish and chips, hen dos, and the dulcet, nicotine stained, vocal tones of Anton Brine! Brimming with elements of live music, cabaret, and theatrical storytelling that is often extremely chaotic and unapologetic...
Seasick Steve
Saturday 16 November 2024
Born in Oakland, Steven Gene Leach spent his childhood in California during the '50s. He left home by the time he was a teenager and lived the life of a panhandler on the road travelling America. Leach spent time in Mississippi, Tennessee a...
One Night of Billy Joel - The Piano Man
Saturday 16 November 2024
The ultimate celebration concert to one of the most iconic and best-selling artists of all time is a non-stop hits show! In this brand-new touring tribute theatre show Robert Schmuck (Billy The Kid) and his amazing 7 piece band perform bre...
Tropical Fuck Storm
Saturday 16 November 2024
It?s been two years since our favourite Australian post-apocalyptic acid punk disco scuzzheads, Tropical Fuck Storm, toured Europe. And while we can?t blame EVERYTHING terrible that?s happened since then on their absence, it does make you t...
Khruangbin
Sunday 17 - Monday 18 November 2024
Taking influence from 1960's Thai funk - their name literally translates to 'Engine Fly'; in Thai - Khruangbin's music has always been multilingual, weaving far-flung musical languages like East Asian surf-rock, Persian funk, and Jamaican d...
Newton Faulkner
Sunday 17 November 2024
The famous dreadlocks are probably the easiest signifier for Newton Faulkner. That might have been the point, as pretty much everything else about the Surrey-born singer songwriter is more difficult to define. Faulkner possesses a pop sensi...
