Name: Cheltenham Jazz Festival 2025
Start: 2025-04-30
End: 2025-05-05
Location: Montpellier Gardens

Cheltenham Jazz Festival 2025

Wednesday 30th April to Monday 5th May 2025
Montpellier Gardens, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL50 2AE, England MAP
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Daily capacity: 3,000

Last updated: Mon 23rd Dec 2024

Cheltenham Jazz Festival features big international names alongside the best of British talent and a wide variety of performances across the week. The festival will run from Wednesday the 31st of April until Monday 5th May 2025.

The festival is hosted in a tented festival village in Cheltenham’s Montpellier Gardens, featuring a Big Top stage, the Jazz Arena, and a food, drink and market area. The festival will continue to use nearby venues the Parabola Arts Centre, Cheltenham Town Hall and the Daffodil restaurant.

Line-up

The events announced so far are:

Sat 3rd May 2pm: Corinne Bailey Rae with Ronnie Scott's Jazz Orchestra - The Big Top - from £28

Sat 3rd May 5.30pm: Jools Holland and his Rhythm & Blues Orchestra - The Big Top - from £36

Sun 4th May 2pm: Amadou & Mariam - The Big Top -from £28

Sun 4th May 9pm: Nubya Garcia - Cheltenham Town Hall - from £22

Sun 4th May 9pm: David Gray - The Big Top - from £44

Tickets

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Ticket prices vary depending by event.

Accommodation

This event does not have camping but there are a number of hotels, hostels and guest houses in the area. The Cheltenham Jazz Festival attracts over 17,000 people annually, so if you want to stay in Cheltenham during this period booking accommodation in advance of the event is a must. Some of the hospitality packages available do include overnight accommodation.

Other information

In the Family Tent, there are number of events suitable for all the family including on Saturday, a Jazzlab for children aged 6+ featuring the opportunity to explore rhythms, sounds and styles, along with games - from £6.
More information will be here when available.