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Birmingham Jazz A new chapter for independent jazz in Birmingham & the Midlands. Good gigs and a club atmosphere. New members welcome. www.birminghamjazz.co.uk

DAY 3 Birmingham Jazz - Crossing Boundaries Festival Weekend 2026The last day kept us all energised to the end with high...
11/05/2026

DAY 3 Birmingham Jazz - Crossing Boundaries Festival Weekend 2026

The last day kept us all energised to the end with highly entertaining performances all round. Friends performed works of Langston Hughes over jazz standards giving it a whole new dimension and taught us all how to sing the rhythm and blues. Nicolas Meier World Group took us to Turkey, Egypt, Spain, Balkans and beyond and Clarvis/Noble played straight through a breaktaking set entirely composed of the themes from West Side Story.

Huge thanks to everyone who bought raffle tickets which raised over £250 for the charity, and thank you to our artist-in-residence Gina Southgate who donated one of her prints as an additional prize. Gina produced live paintings of all the acts who performed over the weekend and you'll see the fantastic results in some of the photos.

We're taking a one week break after the packed festival weekend and we'll be back with Birmingham Jazz - Howl Quartet on Friday 22nd May making their Birmingham Jazz debut

DAY 1 Birmingham Jazz - Crossing Boundaries Festival Weekend 20263 top-level performances made for a very satisfying day...
09/05/2026

DAY 1 Birmingham Jazz - Crossing Boundaries Festival Weekend 2026

3 top-level performances made for a very satisfying day. It's not too late to come along, both today and tomorrow there are performances at 2pm, 5pm and 8pm. See the full programme and booking here:
https://birminghamjazz.co.uk/across-cultural-boundaries-festival

FESTIVAL TICKET UPDATE DAY 1 Birmingham Jazz - Crossing Boundaries Festival Weekend 2026 Day 1 starts tomorrow and we ar...
07/05/2026

FESTIVAL TICKET UPDATE DAY 1 Birmingham Jazz - Crossing Boundaries Festival Weekend 2026

Day 1 starts tomorrow and we are so excited that it's nearly here!

The schedule for Friday 8th May is as follows:
2pm James Borland Quartet
5pm Asaf Sirkis Carnatic Song Band
8pm Chris Biscoe/Tony Kofi Profiles Quartet (SOLD OUT)

Note that the 8pm performance and day tickets have sold out, so the only way you can still get tickets for all of Friday's shows is to buy a weekend ticket (great value for 9 whole shows starting at £20 for students, £45 members, £60 standard).

All events are upstairs at 1000 Trades, Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham.

Hopefully see you there at some point during the weekend!

2 WEEKS TO GO UNTIL OUR FESTIVAL WEEKEND 8th-10th MayFor 3 days in May we present a diverse programme of 9 bands in a mi...
26/04/2026

2 WEEKS TO GO UNTIL OUR FESTIVAL WEEKEND 8th-10th May

For 3 days in May we present a diverse programme of 9 bands in a mix of styles to suit every taste from Indian classical music to ambient music and many other global influences, including a rare chance to see the 5-piece Carnatic Song Band featuring Asaf Sirkis and a new commission for the Birmingham band Friends (whose members played with the great Andy Hamilton) to perform the poetry of the most celebrated black poet Langston Hughes with musical accompaniment.

In addition there will be an artist-in-residence Gina Southgate who will be painting each gig live in the room for the whole Festival. These can be admired as they take shape and will be available for sale afterwards!

So make sure you get booking for this festival as spaces are very limited. All events take place upstairs at 1000 Trades in Birmingham's historic Jewellery Quarter. Bar and food are available for the duration of the weekend downstairs.

Friday 8th May 2026:
2:00pm James Borland Quartet
5:00pm Carnatic Song Band feat. Asaf Sirkis
8:00pm Chris Biscoe/Tony Kofi Profiles Quintet

Saturday 9th May 2026:
2:00pm Jo Markland Quartet
5:00pm Charlotte Glasson feat. Chris Spedding
8:00pm Harry Christelis

Sunday 10th May 2026:
2:00pm Friends: Langston Hughes Revisited
5:00pm Nicolas Meier World Group
8:00pm Clarvis/Noble

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