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Brecon Jazz Festival 2023, ‘Jazz & Film Weekend’ - The Music - Saturday 19th and Sunday 20th August 2023.

Ian Mann enjoys the four musical performances of Brecon Jazz Festival's 'Jazz & Film Weekend' by Hot Club Gallois, Baires Connection Tango Trio, Zoe Rahman Octet and Zoe Gilby w. Terence Collie Trio

Brecon Jazz Festival 2023, Main Weekend, Sunday 13th August 2023.

Ian Mann enjoys a very full day of music including performances by the Rachel Starritt Trio, Faith i Branko, Festival Big Band with LaVon Hardison and Dionne Bennett & Friends.

Brecon Jazz Festival 2023, Main Weekend, Saturday 12th August 2023.

Ian Mann on the second full day of the main Festival weekend & performances by the All Stars of Brecon Jazz, Deborah Glenister, Annette Walker / Gary Crosby and the Gary Brunton / Emma Rawicz Quartet.

Brecon Jazz Festival 2023, Main Weekend, Friday 11th August 2023.

Ian Mann enjoys the first full day of the Festival and performances from Janet Evra, Edison Herbert, LaVon Hardison and many more.

Brecon Jazz Festival, ‘Jazz at the Marquee’, Family Jazz & Dance Day, Brecon County Showground, Brecon, 06/08/2023.

Ian Mann enjoys a hugely successful start to the 2023 Brecon Jazz Festival and three very different musical performances by the Rachel Hayward Swing Quartet, Fiesta Resistance and Funkyard

62nd Jazz a Juan, Juan-les-Pins, France - Part 2, 14th, 15th, 16th July 2023.

Guest contributor Colin May reports on the 62nd Jazz A Juan Jazz Festival. Performers include Brad Mehldau, Branford Marsalis, Sophie Alour, Stochelo Rosenberg, Guy Mintus, and Sixun

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Jazz Mann News

EFG London Jazz Festival wins “Festival Of The Year” at The LIVE Awards 2025.

Friday, December 12, 2025

EFG London Jazz Festival has been honoured with the prestigious Festival of the Year award at The LIVE Awards 2025, held on 10 December 2025 at Troxy in East London. Press release attached.

Miller Theatre at Columbia University School of the Arts, New York City, announces the Winter 2026 season of its free POP-UP CONCERTS, January, February, March 2026.

Thursday, December 11, 2025

Miller Theatre’s hour-long, musician-curated Pop-Up Concerts—free, informal, and intimate—bring the audience right onto the stage. 2026 Winter programme attached.

An opportunity for young people.

Thursday, December 11, 2025

Bath Jazz Weekend and All Of The Above (AOTA) are trialling a new project aimed at encouraging young people to become the next generation of music promoters. Details attached.

Jazz Gigs & Events

Chris Gibbons Band at Southbound, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire.

Saturday, December 13, 2025 - Sunday, December 14, 2025

Daylight Music: The 400th Edition, lunchtime event at St Mary Magdalene Church, London N7.

Saturday, December 13, 2025

Darius Brubeck Quartet ‘music of the Brubecks’ at Union Chapel, Islington, London.

Monday, December 15, 2025

Outside UP! at Leicester Jazz House, International Arts Centre, Garden Street, Leicester.

Wednesday, December 17, 2025

Amuse Manouche at The Lion’s Den, Midhurst.

Thursday, December 18, 2025