Upton Jazz festival 2012

The 27th Upton Upon Severn International Jazz Festival happens from Friday 22nd until Sunday 24th June 2012. The festival offers a blend of a range of jazz styles and a dash of mainstream/modern and swing with traditional jazz and Dixieland foundations.

The festival held beneath the Malvern Hills offers three days of jazz, fun and good company beside the River Severn in Worcestershire.

Line-up

There will be 60 concerts over 3 days, plus 2 Parades, and a Church Service.

Acts include 'Sir' Alan's Hot Groovers, Alan Barnes' Quartet, Art Themen, Barbara & All That Jazz, Ben Holder 'Djongology', Bennett Brothers Fantabulous Sheepwash Playboys, Bev Pegg & His Good Time Jazz Gang, Bill Bailey Jazz Band, Bob Kerr & His Whoopee Band, Brownfield Byrne Quintet, Carl Sinclair Boogie Band, Casablanca Steps, Claire Taylor Sings Jazz, Dan Block, Dave Brennan's Jubilee Jazz Band, Dave Martins Jabbo Five, Dave Moorwood's Big Bear Stompers, Dave Stradwick's Sussex Jazz Kings, Des Bacon's Red Hot Syncopators, Old Thumper Band, Energy Dancers, Fat Sams Band, Frog Island Jazzband, 52 Skidoo, James Evans, John Petters Jazz & Swing Band, John Shillito's Select Six, Karen Sharp, Robert Fowler Quintet, King Pleasure & The Biscuit Boys, Lamarotte, Mellow Avstreih, Millennium Eagle Jazzband, Mike Burney Quartet, New Orleans Heat, Perdido Street Jazz Band, Pete Allen Jazzband, Phil Wall's Cardinals, Red Stripe Band, Roger Marks Cornish Armada Jazz Band, Ross Jive Swing, Spats Langham Hot Fingers, Strumpit, Swinnerton Hot 5, Tad Newton's Jazz Friends, Terry's Dead Good Boys, Tipitina, The Big Chris Barber Band, The Storyville Jassband, Tom Kincaid Trio, Pete Allen & Friends.

Tickets

Tickets are priced the same as in 2011. Priced at £70 for a full weekend. Day tickets are priced at £25 for Friday, £35 for Saturday, and £30 for Sunday. Children under 14 have free entry if with an adult ticket holder. To buy tickets, click here.

Camping and Caravans

The festival has its own camping and caravan site which is only open to ticket holders and will be supervised at all times. The site opens at 2pm on Thursday until 12noon on Monday.

Camping is priced at around £20 per person. Facilities will include hot showers and washbasins, water, toilets and refuse points.

River mooring

There is FREE mooring on the town pontoon and riverside moorings.

Accommodation

There is also plenty of accommodation options available in the Malvern, Ledbury, Tewkesbury and Pershore areas.

More information will be here when available.

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