Name: Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival 2015
Start: 2015-07-17
End: 2015-07-26
Location: various venues

Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival 2015

Friday 17th to Sunday 26th July 2015
various venues, Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, EH1 2NE, Scotland MAP
varies - depending on event

Last updated: Tue 23rd Jun 2015

The Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival takes place from Friday 17th until Sunday 26th July at various venues around Edinburgh.

Now in its 37th year the festival offers a host of concerts, club gigs, jam sessions, street parties and events.

Line-up

The Festival will feature 150 concerts over 10 days including celebrations of the centenaries of Frank Sinatra and Willie Dixon.

Friday 17: AJ Brown, Mr Sipp, Naomi Shelton and the Gospel Queens, Bratislava Hot Serenaders, Davina And The Vagabonds.

Saturday 18: Mardi Gras, Janiva Magness, Bandakadabra, Ambrose Akinmusire Quartet / Enrico Zanisi Trio.

Sunday 19: Remembering Acker Bilk, Edinburgh Festival Carnival, Laura MacDonald Quartet, Batchelors of Jazz, with guest Warren Vache, Edinburgh Jazz Festival Orchestra / Echoes of Ellington, Trio HSK with Cory Henry.

Monday 20: Cedric Burnside Project, New Orleans Swamp Donkeys, Melissa Aldana and Crash Trio / Kim Macari & Enrico Zanisi Band, Brian Kellock Swingtet, Dom and The Ikos.

Tuesday 21: Ali Affleck and Copper Cats, Tom Gordon Basie Septet, The Silver Project, Gol.

Wednesday 22: Stefan Grossman, Elaine Delmar, Orkestra Del Sol.

Thursday 23: Bill Salmond’s Louisiana Ragtime Band, David Patrick –The Jazz Rites Of Spring, Troker.

Friday 24: Mud Morganfield Band / Lurrie Bell, Rose Room, Calum Gourlay - Thelonious, Brandon Santini, Ben Rice.

Saturday 25: Bearded Gypsy Band, Jools Holland & his Rhythm & Blues Orchestra, Haftor Medbøe, Espen Eriksen, Gunnar Halle, Jazzpospolita.

Sunday 26: Hamish McGregor plays Acker Bilk, Remembering Alex Welsh, George Benson, Lorna Reid, Pocion de Fe.