JAZZ CONCERTS IN MANCHESTER
JAZZ CONCERTS IN MANCHESTER
Most Popular Jazz Concerts in Manchester
Thu 8 May - Sat 14 Jun 2025
Sat 21 Jun - Fri 25 Jul 2025
Mary Coughlan
Tuesday 22 April 2025
Since she rose to international fame in 1985 with her seminal Irish jazz album Tired and Emotional, Mary Coughlan has been one wild Irish girl determined to live a life less ordinary. A prolific artist by anyone's standards, Coughlan is ce...
Tommy Blaize - The Voice of Strictly Come Dancing
Tuesday 22 April 2025
Toxteth, Liverpool, vocalist Tommy Blaize has one of the most recognisable voices in the UK. As the lead singer on Strictly Come Dancing for 20 glorious years, he's sung live each week to up to 12 million people. And in a remarkable caree...
Knats
Tuesday 22 April 2025
Knats, a quintet led by two lifelong best mates from Newcastle Upon Tyne, Stan Woodward (Bass) and King David-Ike Elechi (Drums), alongside their younger sidekick and virtuoso Trumpeter, Ferg Kilsby, making Geordie Jazz with sophisticated a...
Tim Garland's Lighthouse Trio
Wednesday 23 April 2025
Canterbury saxophonist Tim Garland, whose seventeen-year association with Chick Corea made his name widespread, launched his Lighthouse Trio in 2004. A truly unmatched and formidable acoustic jazz band where interplay is paramount, the l...
Cubafrobeat
Wednesday 23 April 2025
Ex-Fela Kuti keyboardist and UK Afrobeat ambassador Dele Sosimi and multi-cultural sensations Lokkhi Terra, leaders of two of the UK's finest Cuban and Afrobeat collectives, join forces for a uniquely captivating blend of two of the world'...
Hejira - A Celebration of Joni Mitchell
Thursday 24 April 2025
Hejira is a seven-piece band set up to celebrate and honour the masterpiece works of Joni Mitchell, mostly from the late 70s. Comprising highly experienced world-class musicians, this band is fronted by the brilliant Hattie Whitehead who no...
Jah Wobble & The Invaders Of The Heart
Friday 25 April 2025
Combining global music, reggae, fusion and punk influences, Jah Wobble has entranced the world with his hypnotic bass riffs for over four decades and has become one of Britain's most influential and distinct bass players. Accompanied by h...
La Fiesta
Friday 25 April - Friday 6 June 2025
A free-to-dance global music night featuring Afrobeat, Reggae, Latin, and Jazz with live band. Free entry, every Friday! ...
Lovely Laura & Ben Santiago - Ibiza Anthems Live
Saturday 26 April 2025
A slice of Ibiza in spectacular surroundings with Northern Irish saxophonist and Britain's Got Talent star Laura Fowles (aka Lovely Laura) and her legendary husband, Berlin Fashion Week musical director and one of the White Isle's most...
Toots and The Maytals Featuring Leba Hibbert
Saturday 26 April 2025
Jamaican ska and rocksteady legends The Maytals, were not only key figures in popularising reggae music with their frontman Toots Hibbert, who died in 2020, considered a reggae pioneer on par with Bob Marley, but they also coined the name...
Manchester Got Soul
Saturday 26 April - Saturday 31 May 2025
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. ...
St Helens Jazz Festival
Sunday 27 April 2025
The St. Helens Northwest Jazz Latin Swing & Blues Club's Jazz Festival is held every 4th Sunday of the month. A social gathering of local musicians who play Jazz, Blues, Swing and Big Band Numbers. Hosts the JaMb Trio take to the stage befo...
Jazz & Blues Festival
Sunday 27 April 2025
Sunday afternoon Jazz & Blues festival in line with Sunday Dinner from 2.00pm with open stage Jam at 4.00pm...
Nonunonu
Monday 28 April 2025
Nonunonu have been making waves playing major gigs around the North West including Manchester International Festival, Lancaster Jazz Festival and Manchester Jazz festival. Groove based jazz loaf fresh out the oven, Nonunonu are a Guitar tri...
Dean Friedman
Tuesday 29 April 2025
Hailed by critics and fans alike as a one of the finest songwriters of his generation, Dean Friedman has achieved legendary, pop-icon status for chart-topping hits, 'Ariel', 'Lucky Stars', 'Lydia', 'McDonald's Girl' and more. Following his ...
Ashley Henry
Tuesday 29 April 2025
Bold and distinctive jazz...
Charlie Cunningham
Wednesday 30 April 2025
Charlie Cunningham has emerged as a truly under-the-radar success story. He has headlined London's iconic Queen Elizabeth Hall and has become a regular fixture in Europe's most prestigious concert halls. Splitting his time between piano and...
A Night of Sade (Tribute)
Wednesday 30 April 2025
A tribute night celebrating 40 years of Sade's seminal debut album, 'Diamond Life', as the house band breathes fresh life into all of the classics, including 'Sweetest Taboo', 'Smooth Operator', 'Kiss of Life' and more. ...
Ryan Davis & The Roadhouse Band
Wednesday 30 April 2025
At the frayed bottom-edge of Indiana ? just a moderate bike ride north of Louisville, Kentucky ? multi-instrumentalist, artist and songwriter Ryan Davis? Americana-noir soundwaves have been emanating for years in a myriad of forms. As drivi...
Elephunk in the Room
Thursday 1 May 2025
Showcasing some of the finest local bands, melding disco, funk and jazz together and ending the night with disco classics. Come dance with the Elephunk in the Room, a Rebel Riot Record event. ...
Kruder & Dorfmeister
Friday 2 May 2025
Austrian electronic duo, Peter Kruder and Richard Dorfmeister, are known for their trip hop/downtempo remixes of rock, pop, hip hop and drum and bass songs. In celebration of the 25th Anniversary of their renowned compilation album, they wi...
Alabaster dePlume
Saturday 3 May 2025
Mancunian jazz poet-performer Gus Fairbairn (a.k.a. Alabaster DePlume), who plays the saxophone out of the side of his mouth, is now known across the globe as the saxophonist who creates wonderful, wordless music, however back home he's ...
A Night at The Oscars - A Musical Revue
Tuesday 6 - Sunday 11 May 2025
Every year Hollywood pats itself on the back and celebrates its best films, best performers and best songs! A Night at the Oscars tells the story of the Golden Age of Hollywood through song, dance and stories! Enjoy the fabulous music of Ge...
Gary Barlow
Thursday 8 - Friday 9 May 2025
One of Britain's most successful songwriters and record producers, as part of the Manchester group Take That, Frodsham's Gary Barlow has won eight BRIT Awards and sold over 45 million records. Aside from his achievements with Take That, he ...
Federico Albanese
Thursday 8 May 2025
Between before and now; between reality and imagination; between memory and remembering. Berlin-based Italian composer and pianist Federico Albanese captures and inhabits these moments and passages of time. Each exquisitely rendered fusion...
Emma-Jean Thackray
Friday 9 May 2025
The Yorkshire-raised, South East London based bandleader, multi-instrumentalist and producer draws glowing lines between '70s jazz fusion and P-funk, the cosmic invocations of Sun Ra and Alice Coltrane and the gorgeous orchestration of the ...
High Fade
Friday 9 May 2025
Discover the electrifying, intoxicating High Fade: the most exciting thing to happen to funk since the '70s. Get your funk on. ...
Gregory Porter
Saturday 10 May 2025
Gregory Porter, international best selling artist and two time Grammy Award-winning jazz/soul singing sensation, is honoured to announce a thirteen date UK tour. With his irresitable warm baritone vocals, Porter continues to perform to ...
Special Kinda Madness - Tribute to The Specials & Madness
Saturday 10 May 2025
2 Bands... 2-Tone... 1 Fantastic Night! A Specials Tribute Band and a Madness Tribute Band, all on one stage. That's Special Kinda Madness. Special Kinda Madness perform a truly authentic set from each band, combining the phenomenally energ...
Jerron Paxton
Sunday 11 May 2025
Growing up in Los Angeles, Jerron Paxton would sit with an ear by the radio, eagerly absorbing the nuances and history of Black American traditional music that connect him to his ancestral roots in the South.A songwriter, inheritor of tradi...
University of Manchester Jazz Ensemble
Monday 12 May 2025
Led by Alexander Gagatsis, the Music Department's jazz ensemble was established in October 2019. It is one of the department's many assessed ensembles that complement the larger orchestras operating under the umbrella of Manchester Universi...
The Necks
Tuesday 13 May 2025
The Necks are one of the great cult bands of Australia. The deceptive simplicity of their music throws forth new charms on each hearing. Not entirely avant-garde, nor minimalist, nor ambient, nor jazz, the music of The Necks is possibly un...
Jesús Aguaje Ramos & the Buena Vista Orchestra
Wednesday 14 May 2025
The biggest-selling Cuban group in music history, led by the Buena Vista Social Club's founding member Jesus "Aguaje" Ramos, The Buena Vista Orchestra continues the legacy of the renowned Cuban musical ensemble into 2025. Jesus "Aguaje" Ram...
Jess Gillam Trio
Thursday 15 May 2025
Cumbrian Royal Northern College of Music-alumni Jess Gillam is celebrated as a leading figure of the saxophone. With her electrifying performances, vibrant stage presence and magnetic personality, the 'uniquely mercurial' (The Times) Jess ...
Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox
Friday 16 May 2025
New York City's pop-jazz sensation, Postmodern Jukebox, are returning to the UK. Bringing their innovative twist on classic sounds, performing 'today's hits yesterday', on an unforgettable tour. Famed "Pop music in a Time Machine" concert a...
Yazz Ahmed
Saturday 17 May 2025
Through her music, British-Bahraini trumpet player Yazz Ahmed seeks to blur the lines between jazz and electronic sound design, bringing together the sounds of her mixed heritage in what has been described as 'psychedelic Arabic jazz, intox...
Jah Wobble & The Invaders Of The Heart
Saturday 17 May 2025
Combining global music, reggae, fusion and punk influences, Jah Wobble has entranced the world with his hypnotic bass riffs for over four decades and has become one of Britain's most influential and distinct bass players. Accompanied by h...
