Jazz in the West Midlands April 21st - 26th 2026.

Tuesday, April 21, 2026

A roundup of jazz, funk & 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.

Tuesday 21
Digbeth Jazz: Dreamscapes
The Night Owl, 17-18 Lower Trinity Street, Birmingham B9 4AG

Wednesday 22

Mark Kavuma
The Jam House, 3-5 St Pauls Square, Birmingham B3 1QU

Chip Wickham
The Hare & Hounds, High Street, Kings Heath, Birmingham B14 7JZ

Bedford Street Jazz Jam *
Bedford Street Bar, 4 Bedford Street, Leamington Spa CV32 5DY

Nuit De Paris Quartet
Dunchurch Village Hall, Rugby Road, Rugby CV22 6PN

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

Saadet Türköz + Bark!
Pan-Pan, 25D Floodgate St, Birmingham B5 5SL



Thursday 23

Music Spoken Here presents Poppy Daniels
The Marr’s Bar, 12 Pierpoint Street, Worcester WR1 1TA

Cliff Ray with Robin Dewhurst Trio
Alsager Golf & Country Club, Audley Rd, Alsager Stoke-on-Trent ST7 2UR

RBC Free Lunchtime Jazz: Joe Noble, Poppy Baker, Kefan Hu
Eastside Jazz Club, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, 200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR

Smokey Joe’s Jazz Club: Nat Steele Quartet
Smokey Joe’s, 16 Bennington St, Cheltenham GL50 4ED

Friday 24

Birmingham Jazz: Henrik Jensen Trio
1000 Trades, 16 Frederick St, Birmingham B1 3HE

B:Music Free Jazz Fridays:John Flemming Trio
Jennifer Blackwell Performance Space, Symphony Hall, Centenary Square, Birmingham,  B1 2EA

Swing From Paris
Number 8, High Street, Pershore WR10 1BG

Tru Groove
The Jam House, 3-5 St Pauls Square, Birmingham B3 1QU

LIFE
Broomfield Tavern, 14-16 Broomfield Place, Coventry CV5 6GY

Saturday 25

Swing From Paris
Conquest Theatre, 6 Tenbury Road, Bromyard HR7 4LL

Easy 3
Southbound Cafe & Bar, Unit 12 Victoria Business Centre, Leamington Spa CV31 2AZ

Surely Dan
Tower of Song, 107 Pershore Road South, Birmingham B30 3JX

blues @ temperance: Big Wolf Band
Temperance, 33 Bath St, Leamington Spa CV31 3AF

Tru Groove
The Jam House, 3-5 St Pauls Square, Birmingham B3 1QU

Blues Club *
The Hare & Hounds, High Street, Kings Heath, Birmingham B14 7JZ

Midnight City Soul Band
Joe Joe Jim’s, 444 Lickey Rd, Cofton Hackett, Birmingham B45 8UU

Sunday 26

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

Foregate Brothers ft Basil
Joe Joe Jim’s, 444 Lickey Rd, Cofton Hackett, Birmingham B45 8UU

* 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