Manchester Jazz Festival 18th - 27th July

Festival season is well and truly under way. This week is a continuation of a theme and sees Manchester Jazz festival get off to a flying start. The festival takes place over ten days across locations in the city. A grand total of 88 bands being set to perform in 8 venues.


There will be a feast of various genres including world jazz, pop, ska, chill brass, folk and rockabilly. 
The festival made it's first appearance onto the festival circuit in 1995 and has subsequently grown in popularity and acclaim. Focusing specifically on home grown talent and also opening its stages to international artists, the festival has gone from strength to strength. Funded predominantly by the Arts council, Manchester city council and the PRS for music foundation, 2014 looks to offer a high quality programme of events. 

Tickets are available for purchase in advance as well as on the door. As is customary, you will pay more on the door, so if you want to benefit from advance prices, visit the 2014 programme on the website and buy tickets here

Venues

Band On The Wall
25 Swan Street, Northern Quarter M4 5JZ

Central Library
St Peters Square M2 5PD

Matt And Phreds jazz club
64 Tib Street M4 1LW

Royal Northern College of Music
124 Oxford Road M13 9RD

Soup Kitchen
31-33 Spear St M1 1DF

St Anns Church Manchester
St Ann Street M2 7LF

The Midland Hotel, Manchester

Thwaites festival square & Pavillion

If you would like to volunteer and help out at the event, you can do so by filling out the online application form here 

On Saturday 19th July Son Yambu and DJ Lubi will get the party started  at Band on The Wall. Son Yambu - a UK based collective that plays authentic Cuban Son; Afro Cuban music originated from Cuba and giving rise to salsa. The band are predominantly from Santiago De Cuba.

DJ Lubi Jovanovic - one of the UK's leading Salsa / Cuban / Latin DJ's who has been in the industry for 30 years, and cutting edge producer will set the tone for the evening.

List of artist performing:

Jazz on 3: BBC introducing
Bugalu foundation + DJ
Durham university big band
Klammer
Red Hippo
Juliet Kelly's spellbound stories
Pigfoot
Arun Ghosh Sextet: A South Asian suite + DJ
Son Yambu & DJ Lubi
Speakeasy bootleg band
Greater Manchester Jazz Orchestra
Young Pilgrims
Twelves
Seafarers
Soft Machine legacy & Keith Tippett
Kristyna Myles
John Ellis Trio
Unfurl
The Slowlight Quartet
The magic Beans
Adam Fairhall
Simon Read Octet
Zoe Gilby Quartet
New York Brass Band
Svarc Hanley Longhawn
Nicola Farnon Trio
Booker T Jones + support
A dead Supreme
The Jazz Worriers
The new Orleans Jam - houseband - The Nightcreatures
The Initiative
MJF introduces : Dead Hedge Trio
Carles Benavent
Dorian Ford Quartet
Helen Pillinger &  John Ellis
Nick Malcom Quartet
MJF introduces: Aaron Wood Quartet
Namvula
Adam Fairhall's "The Legendary Delta" with Jackie Kay
Ukebox
The Great Mountain
Alexander Hawkins
Sandrani
King / Raven Duo
Paul Edis Sextet
Twisted Tubes
Nat Birchall Quintet
Johnathon Silk Big Band
The Bad Plus
Space Flight + Silence Blossoms
Rioghnach Connolly _ Henry Botham
Matt Chandler Trio
Ex Easter Island Head
Tori Freestone Trio
Berry Trio
Engine Room Favourites
Anton Hunter's Article XI
Top Cat Jazz Band
Maysa + Debra Debs + DJ
Natalie Williams
Tin men and the Telephone + Diego Amador Trio
Spilt Milk
Joshua Cavanagh-Brierley Nonet
Matt Owens: keys
Brian Molley Quartet
UZ2
Papanosh
Beats & Pieces Big Band + DJ
Lonnie Liston Smith & The new Cosmic Echoes + DJ
Mancheska
Rachel Cohen Quartet
Parshmaune
Mr Wilson's second Liners
The Wagon Train
Hackney Colliery Band + Charlie Cooper + DJ
Craig Charles Funk 'n' Soul club + London Afrobeat collective
Sam Healey Quartet
The Paradise Trio
The Music Place Choir