Manchester Jazz Festival 2017

Manchester Jazz Festival 2017

Friday 28th July to Sunday 6th August 2017
various venues, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M2 2BE, England MAP
mostly free
Last updated: Tue 18th Jul 2017

Manchester Jazz Festival takes place over 10 days from Friday 28th July until Sunday 6th August 2017.

Line-up

Expect over seventy acts to perform in various venues throughout the city, more than half of them free. 

Fri 28th: How Monkey found his Swing; Riot Jazz Brass Band; New York Brass Band; BLOW Trio

Sat 29th: HMS Syncopation; Nikki Iles Quintet; Northern Monkey Brass Band; Atlas; Nerija; The Breath; Dave Maric, Phronesis and Engines Orchestra: Decade Zero; Craig Charles Funk & Soul Club; Haggis Horns

Sun 30th: Dave Evans: The Improvisation Salon; Our Kids Jazzy Jungle Social; Dean Stockdale & Gavin Barras; Pete Lee; Brass Gumbo; Dean Stockdale & Gavin Barras; Camilla George Quartet; The Darkening Blue; Collocutor; Shri - Just a Vibration

Mon 31st: Dan Whieldon Quartet; Deep Cabaret; Birkett & Fisk play Venuti & Lang; Archipelago; The New Skin Project; Tiptoe; Early Nite; Ushaw Ensemble; Skeltr; Perpetual Motion Machine; The Electrio; Ubunye; Locking Horns Brass Jam

Tue 1st: Toco Madera; The Magic Beans; Fragments; Leila Martial & Valentin Ceccaldi; The Magic Beans; Chesaba; Future Currents; Glowe; The African Salsa Orchestra; Mali Hayes; Andy Scott & Group S; Loud Noises Brass

Wed 2nd: Mat Walklate & Paolo Fuschi; Treppenwitz; Aubin Vanns Trio; Kaja Draksler; Mat Walklate & Paolo Fuschi; Bitch 'n' Monk; Andrew Woodhead: Pocket Piano; Run Logan Run; Edward Perraud's Synaesthetic Trip; Plume; Zee Guveya and the Heritage Survival; Family Band

Thu 3rd: Alexander Bone & Friends; Alex Hitchcock/Will Barry Duo; Emily Francis Trio; Lauren Kinsella & Kit Downes; Alex Hitchcock/Will Barry Duo; One Million Faces Inwardness; Clouds Harp Quartet; Even Sanne; Rangeela; Andy Stamatakis-Brown: Cottonopolis; Denys Baptiste Quartet: The Late Trane; Heavy Beat Brass Band

Fri 4th: Charlie Cooper Trio; Wandering Monster; Iain Dixon & Les Chisnall; Medboe/Eriksen/Halle; Charlie Cooper Trio; Sawa; Polygon Quartet; Kinkajous; Mighty Stranger; Tetes de Pois; Joshua Redman Quartet: Still Dreaming; Baked a la Ska; Back Chat Brass

Sat 5th: Zoe Gilby Trio; Back Chat Brass; Afriiibop; Zoe Gilby Trio; Dinosaur; Horse Orchestra; The Big Brass Love-In; Secret Salon

Sun 6th: Remi Harris Project; Tom Syson Sextet; Lucy Mae; Remi Harris Project; Eliot Galvin Trio; Fini Bearman

Tickets

Accessible to all and mostly free. Ticketed event prices vary depending upon event.

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.




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