Name: Manchester Jazz Festival 2015
Start: 2015-07-31
End: 2015-08-09
Location: various venues

Manchester Jazz Festival 2015

Friday 31st July to Sunday 9th August 2015
various venues, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M2 2BE, England MAP
mostly free

Last updated: Wed 3rd Jun 2015

Manchester Jazz Festival celebrates 20 years in 2015 and takes place over 10 days from Friday 31st July until Sunday 9th August.

Line-up

Expect over seventy acts to perform in various venues throughout the city, more than half of them free, including New York Brass Band, Kevin Le Gendre, Buffalo Brothers, James Banner, Mark Pringle’s A Moveable Feast, Pepe Rivero Trio, Makanitza, Terri Shaltiel and The Soultroopers, Charlie Cooper & The CCs, Mr Scruff Keep It Unreal, HSQ + 3: How Monkey Found His Swing, Living Story Music Ensemble: I Have a Duck Who Can Roar, Turn the Tables, Rodrigo Constanzo: dfscore, Orquesta Timbala, The Lindsay Hannon Plus, Iain Dixon / Les Chisnall Duo, Cameron Vale, Matt Holborn Quartet, Snapdragon, Grew Quartet, John Bailey Quintet, Manjula, Pan Jumby, Graeme Wilson Quartet, Blind Monk Trio, John Surman and Strings, Tipping Point, Blues Jam led by Franny Eubanks, Bugalu Foundation, Yesa Sikyi, Tori Freestone & Alcyona Mick, The Intimacy of the Blues, Hansu-Tori, James Girling Quintet, Kirsty McGee & The Hobopop Collective, Stuart McCallum + Alice Zawadzki, Jon Thorne’s Sunshine Brothers, Taupe, Christine Tobin Trio, Madwort Saxophone Quartet, Zoe Kyoti Trio, Blue-Eyed Hawk, Partisans, Efpi Records + Onze Heures Onze Collectives, The Session, Agua Pasa, Winstone/Gesing/Venier, Dave Kane Quartet, The Flat Cap 3, Craig Scott’s Lobotomy, Kalakuta, Mamadou & The Super Libidor Band, Iain Ballamy: The Pepper Street Orchestra with Matthew Sweeney and Dave McKean present ‘An Ape’s Progress’, Hans Prya, Gypsies of Bohemia, Afrika Jazz, Mike Walker & Gwilym Simcock, Stretch Trio, Dan Whieldon Trio, The Quarry Hillbillies, GoGo Penguin, The Juggernaut Love Band, Irwin Mitchell, Glowrogues, Neil Yates, Gorka Benítez Trio, Stevie Williams & The Most Wanted Band, Nick Conn Octet, Riot Jazz Brass Band + Baked à la Ska, Robert Glasper Trio, 52 Skidoo, Natural Causes, Shama Rahman Band, and Airelle Besson Quartet.

Commissions

New commissions will premiere at this year's festival as part of mjf originals, the festival scheme that pioneers new work.

Tickets

Accessible to all and mostly free, some ticket prices vary depending upon event. Not yet on sale.

Accommodation

This event does not have camping but there are a number of hotels, hostels and guest houses in the area.

More information will be here when available.