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Jazz in the West Midlands, April 13th - 19th 2026.

Monday, April 13, 2026

A roundup of jazz, funk, blues and soul gigs to check out this week in the West Midlands area. Listings supplied by Dave Fuller of Music Spoken Here, Worcester.

The Week Ahead

A roundup of jazz, funk, blues and soul gigs to check out this week in the West Midlands area.

 


Monday 13


B.D. Lenz
Kenilworth Rugby Club Glasshouse Lane, Kenilworth CV8 2AJ

 


Aspyrian
Everyman Theatre, Regent Street, Cheltenham, GL50 1HQ

 


blues @ temperance: James Oliver Band ft Norman Watt-Roy
Temperance, 33 Bath St, Leamington Spa CV31 3AF

 


Jazz Pan Pan
Pan-Pan, 25D Floodgate St, Birmingham B5 5SL



 


Tuesday 14


Digbeth Jazz: TC.KYLIE X THE HOURGLASS
The Night Owl, 17-18 Lower Trinity Street, Birmingham B9 4AG

 


Corner Pocket Jazz & Blues Club: Dale Storr
The Westwood Club, Westwood Heath Road, Coventry CV4 8GP

 

 


Wednesday 15


Upstairs at Cherry Reds: Hyper Lokal
Cherry Red’s, 88-92 John Bright Street, Birmingham B1 1BN

 


Bedford Street Jazz Jam with Mark Millington
Bedford Street Bar, 4 Bedford Street, Leamington Spa CV32 5DY

 


Lichfield Jazz: Tim Amann with Lichfield Jazz House Band
Cathedral Hotel, 62 Beacon Street, Lichfield WS13 7AR

 


Sutton Coldfield Trad Jazz Club *
Boldmere Sports & Social Club, 323 Boldmere Road, Sutton Coldfield B73 5HQ

 


Steamin Jazz Club: Swing From Paris
The Steam & Whistle, 247 Gloucester Rd, Cheltenham GL51 8NW

 


Yolanda Penn Trio
Queens Arms, 150 Newhall Street, Birmingham B3 1RY

 


Henry Newman Jazz Experience
The Trumpet, 58 High Street, Bilston, Wolverhampton WV14 0EP



 


Thursday 16


TDE: Let Spin
Midlands Arts Centre, Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham, B12 9QH

 


RBC Free Lunchtime Jazz: Freddie Dal, Nathan Thomas, Kathryn Schulz
Eastside Jazz Club, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, 200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR

 


Jazz @ Wolverhampton Arts Centre: Buckley-Batchelor Zone-B
Wolverhampton Arts Centre, Dunkley Street, Wolverhampton WV1 4AN

 


Will Edmunds Trio
Cafe Metro, 46 Church St, Bilston, Wolverhampton WV14 0AH

 


Emily Masser with the Dean Stockdale Trio
Alsager Golf & Country Club, Audley Rd, Alsager Stoke-on-Trent ST7 2UR

 


The Sharmanaires Big Band ft Garry Rutter
Knowle Royal British Legion, 1611 Warwick Road, Knowle, Solihull B93 6LU

 

 


Friday 17


Live Jazz @ The Box: Aspyrian
Unit 5 Fargo Village, Far Gosford Street, Coventry CV1 5ED

 


Birmingham Jazz: Alcyona Mick
1000 Trades, 16 Frederick St, Birmingham B1 3HE

 


Elle-J Walters Band
The Jam House, 3-5 St Pauls Square, Birmingham B3 1QU

 


TrueMendous & Special Guests: Break Offline Tour
Jennifer Blackwell Performance Space, Symphony Hall, Centenary Square, Birmingham,  B1 2EA

 


Saraband
Southbound Cafe & Bar, Unit 12 Victoria Business Centre, Leamington Spa CV31 2AZ

 


Alex Clarke with the Tim Amann Trio
The Trumpet, 58 High Street, Bilston, Wolverhampton WV14 0EP

 


Me and My Friends
The Edge Arts Centre, William Brookes School, Farley Road, Much Wenlock, Shropshire TF13 6NB

 


A Nod to Louis - Jamie Brownfield, Ben Holder, Jim Swinnerton, Mal Garrett
Harbury Village Hall, S Parade, Harbury, Leamington Spa CV33 9JE

 

 


Saturday 18


The Classic Blues Show
The Hive, 5 Belmont, Shrewsbury, SY1 1TE

 


Elle-J Walters Band
The Jam House, 3-5 St Pauls Square, Birmingham B3 1QU

 


blues @ temperance: Hollie Rogers “Everything’s Fine” album tour
Temperance, 33 Bath St, Leamington Spa CV31 3AF

 


RBC Out and About: Marcus Coates, Benjamin Shankland
All Saint’s Parish Church, Church Road Alrewas DE13 7BT

 


Blues Club with Midnight City
The Hare & Hounds, High Street, Kings Heath, Birmingham B14 7JZ

 


BluMONDE
The Trumpet, 58 High Street, Bilston, Wolverhampton WV14 0EP

 

 


Sunday 19

 

Jazz-a-matazz: Martinique
The Ansty Club, Grove Road, Coventry CV7 9JD

 


Fat Chops Big Band ft Charlie Green
Fentham Hall, Marsh Lane, Hampton-in-Arden B92 0AH

 


SwingShift10
Jaguar Social Club, Fenton Road,  Coventry CV5 9PS

 


Andy Hague’s Double Standards
The Wren, 75 High Street, Stone, Staffordshire ST15 8AT

 

 


* Indicates known regular event but no lineup published by the promoter at time of writing. Click the link for latest details.Spec


Have a great week!
Dave Fuller
Instigator, Music Spoken Here
http://www.musicspokenhere.club