Birmingham International Jazz Festival 2011

The 27th Birmingham International Jazz Festival will take place from Friday 1st until Sunday 10th July 2011. The emphasis of this 10-day event is on maximum accessibility to the public with over 180 shows in some 70 venues citywide.

More than 250,000 people come into contact with the festival which has musicians and bands from all over the world.

Line-up

The first confirmations include the Billie Holiday tribute Lady Sings The Blues with Val Wiseman, Digby Fairweather, Alan Barnes, Roy Williams, Brian Dee, Pat McCarthy, Len Skeat and Bobby Worth, Greg Abate, Bourbon Street Stompers, Teens Jazzband Velke Losiny, Djabe, plus many more bands from the region, UK and abroad.

Full confirmed acts (in alphabetical order) are: Adrian Macintosh, Alan Barnes, Andy Hamilton & Ther Blue Notes, Arthur Brown Jazz Band, The Baghdaddies, The Barrelhouse Blues Band, Becky Brine, Bill Coleman, Bob Kerr’s Whoopee Band, Bobby Woods, Brass Volcanoes, Carol Sudhalter, Chuck Willis, Chris Gower, Chris Walker, Craig Milverton, Dave Donohoe's Jazz Band, Dave Moorwood's Rascals of Rhythm, Dave O'Higgins, Digby Fairweather, The Dirty Robbers, The Dixie Ticklers, Drake University Big Band, Edgar Macias, Emanuele Fizzotti, Europa Jazz Band, Fabulous Lounge Swingers, Federation Of The Disco Pimp, Forty 4, Greg Abate, James Morton's Porkchop, The Jazz Ramblers, Jeanie Barton, Jerry Senfluk, The Jive Romeros, Joe Fournier, John Patrick, Judy Eames & The Kaminsky Connection, Julian Smith, Keith Bill, King Pleasure and the Biscuit Boys, La Bouche Manouche, Len Skeat, Lewis Floyd Henry, Malcolm Garrett, Martin Taylor, Martinique Jazz Band, Michael Sutton, Mike Burney, Millennium Eagle Jazz Band, Monday Session, New Orleans Hotshots, New Orleans Jump Band, Nick Millward, The Might Trippers, The Notebenders Community Big Band, Otis Gibbs, Paul Sealey, Pat Giraud Trio, Pat McCarthey, Peter Carlton's Jazzstrata, Rythme Futur, The Sambuca Diaries, Shawn Harvey & B57, Shout Gospel Choir, The Shuffling Hungarians, Simon Spillett, Spat Langham's Hot Fingers, Steve Ajao, Steve Steinhaus String Quartet, Strumpit, Tad Newton’s Jazz Friends, Velke Losiny and the Teens Jazzband, Tim Huskisson, Tipitina, Tom Hill, Valery Kiselyov, and Village Lizards.

Tickets

For further information call 0121 454 7020 or email festival@bigbearmusic.com

More information will be here when available.

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