Jazz in the West Midlands - December 8th - 14th 2025.
Monday, December 08, 2025
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.
Monday 8
Swing @ Temperance: The Ben Holder Trio “Hot Club Swing” Xmas show
Temperance, 33 Bath St, Leamington Spa CV31 3AF
Jazz Pan Pan *
Pan-Pan, 25D Floodgate St, Birmingham B5 5SL
Tuesday 9
Digbeth Jazz Xmas Big Band
The Night Owl, 17-18 Lower Trinity Street, Birmingham B9 4AG
The Collective
The Jam House, 3-5 St Pauls Square, Birmingham B3 1QU
Down for the Count Swing Orchestra: Swing Into Christmas
Warwick Arts Centre, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL
Wednesday 10
Bedford Street Jazz Jam *
Bedford Street Bar, 4 Bedford Street, Leamington Spa CV32 5DY
Stratford Jazz: Chris Gibbons
Stratford Artshouse, 14 Rother St, Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 6LU
Pershore Jazz Club: Harlem Jazz Orchestra
Pershore Town Football Club, King Georges Way, Pershore WR10 1QU
Sutton Coldfield Trad Jazz Club: Louis, Louis, Louis
Boldmere Sports & Social Club, 323 Boldmere Road, Sutton Coldfield B73 5HQ
Blues Club @ Temperance: Swaps and all-star guests
Temperance, 33 Bath St, Leamington Spa CV31 3AF
The Collective
The Jam House, 3-5 St Pauls Square, Birmingham B3 1QU
Vivid Soul Christmas Party
The Hare & Hounds, High Street, Kings Heath, Birmingham B14 7JZ
Henry Newman Jazz Experience
The Trumpet, 58 High Street, Bilston, Wolverhampton WV14 0EP
Swing From Paris
Great Witley Village Hall, Worcester Road, Great Witley WR6 6HP
Thursday 11
Music Spoken Here presents Eddie Parker’s Airborn
The Marr’s Bar, 12 Pierpoint Street, Worcester WR1 1TA
Julian Gregory, Matthew Compton, Paul Hartley, Peter Robinson, Roger Keay
Alsager Golf & Country Club, Audley Rd, Alsager Stoke-on-Trent ST7 2UR
Blues @ Temperance: Rebecca Downes
Temperance, 33 Bath St, Leamington Spa CV31 3AF
RBC Jazz Gala
Eastside Jazz Club, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, 200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR
Up4 The Downstroke
The Jam House, 3-5 St Pauls Square, Birmingham B3 1QU
Smokey Joe’s Jazzy Xmas Special with Kim Cypher
Smokey Joe’s, 16 Bennington St, Cheltenham GL50 4ED
Friday 12
Birmingham Jazz: Levy / Robson International Quartet
1000 Trades, 16 Frederick St, Birmingham B1 3HE
Jazz at The Bonded Warehouse: Linda Angelis & The L.A. Band ft Mario Bakuna
The Bonded Warehouse, Canal Street, Stourbridge DY8 4LU
Droitwich Jazz Club: Kevin Grenfell & Richard Leach Slide By Slide
Cutnall Green Memorial Hall, Addis Lane, Droitwich, Worcs, WR9 0NE
TDE: Sarost
Midlands Arts Centre, Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham, B12 9QH
Up4 The Downstroke
The Jam House, 3-5 St Pauls Square, Birmingham B3 1QU
Bruce Adams with the Tim Amann Trio
The Trumpet, 58 High Street, Bilston, Wolverhampton WV14 0EP
Saturday 13
Swing @ Temperance: Frankie Lee and the Casuals “Xmas Rock Classics”
Temperance, 33 Bath St, Leamington Spa CV31 3AF
Bongolian
The Night Owl, 17-18 Lower Trinity Street, Birmingham B9 4AG
Vintage Christmas Jazz Jam
KILN at Midlands Arts Centre, Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham, B12 9QH
B:Music: Festive Happening with AMC Gospel Choir & Manchester Camerata
Town Hall, Victoria Square, Birmingham B3 3DQ
Up4 The Downstroke
The Jam House, 3-5 St Pauls Square, Birmingham B3 1QU
Blues Club: Sue Fear & ‘Life’
The Hare & Hounds, High Street, Kings Heath, Birmingham B14 7JZ
BluMONDE
The Trumpet, 58 High Street, Bilston, Wolverhampton WV14 0EP
Downstairs at The Grand *
The Grand Hotel, 1 Church Street, Birmingham B3 2FE
Sunday 14
Jazz at The Ruin *
2 Floodgate Street, Deritend, Birmingham B5 5SR
Swingshift10 + strings and 3 vocalists
Jaguar Social Club, Fenton Road, Coventry CV5 9PS
Solihull Jazz: Spats Langham’s Hot Fingers
Broomfields Hall, Union Road, Solihull B91 3DH
The Walsall Jazz Orchestra Christmas Special
The Trumpet, 58 High Street, Bilston, Wolverhampton WV14 0EP
Sunday Soul Sessions at Phoenix Bar
Phoenix Live Music Restaurant & Bar, Unit 4 Masshouse Ln, Birmingham B5 5JE
* Indicates known regular event but no lineup published by the promoter at time of writing. Click the link for latest details.
Have a great week!
Dave Fuller
Instigator, Music Spoken Here
http://www.musicspokenhere.club