Jazz in the West Midlands, June 1st -  7th 2026.

Monday, June 01, 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 and soul gigs to check out this week in the West Midlands area.

Monday 1

Kenilworth Jazz: Vasilis Xenopoulos with the Aaron Moloney Trio
Kenilworth Rugby Club Glasshouse Lane, Kenilworth CV8 2AJ

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



Tuesday 2

Macy Gray
Warwick Arts Centre, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL

Digbeth Jazz: Becca Wilkins
The Night Owl, 17-18 Lower Trinity Street, Birmingham B9 4AG

Wednesday 3

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

Candlelight Jazz Club: Joe Masterson Trio with Ellie Dattani
Fletcher’s Bar & Eatery, 7 York Rd, King’s Heath, Birmingham B14 7SA

Sutton Coldfield Trad Jazz Club: New Orleans Hot Shots
Boldmere Sports & Social Club, 323 Boldmere Road, Sutton Coldfield B73 5HQ

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

Thursday 4

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

Lichfield Jazz Weekender: The Nick Dewhurst Band ft Lydia Rae
The Hub at St Mary’s, Market Square, Lichfield, WS13 6LG

Alsager Jazz Club: Carole Williams & Suzanne Fonseca with the Robin Dewhurst Trio
Alsager Golf & Country Club, Audley Rd, Alsager Stoke-on-Trent ST7 2UR

Fargo Jazz Jam ft Kim Cypher
Unit 5 Fargo Village Far Gosford Street, Coventry CV1 5ED

Friday 5

Birmingham Jazz: Theo Travis Double Talk
1000 Trades, 16 Frederick St, Birmingham B1 3HE

Kidderminster Jazz Club: Harry Diplock Trio
St. Ambrose Parish Centre, Leswell Street, Kidderminster DY10 1RP

Jazz Fridays with The Moloney Trio
Warwick Arts Centre, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL

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

The Grant Russell Quartet
The Wren, 75 High Street, Stone, Staffordshire ST15 8AT

Lichfield Jazz Weekender: Chris Bowden and Edgar Macías (free event)
Insomnia Coffee Shop, Boley Park, Lichfield WS14 9XJ

Lichfield Jazz Weekender: Ray Butcher and Bill Hayes (free event)
The Quill & Scholar, 12-14 Tamworth St, Lichfield WS13 6JJ

Lichfield Jazz Weekender: Dino Baptiste & Tash Buxton
The Hub at St Mary’s, Market Square, Lichfield, WS13 6LG

Lichfield Jazz Weekender: The Ben Holder Quartet
The Hub at St Mary’s, Market Square, Lichfield, WS13 6LG

Lisa Curley Band
Southbound Cafe & Bar, Unit 12 Victoria Business Centre, Leamington Spa CV31 2AZ

TDE: Hans Koller Sextet featuring Rebecka Edlund and John O’Gallagher
Midlands Arts Centre, Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham, B12 9QH

Detroit Soul Collective
The Jam House, 3-5 St Pauls Square, Birmingham B3 1QU

Little Rumba
The Edge Arts Centre, William Brookes School, Farley Road, Much Wenlock, Shropshire TF13 6NB

Saturday 6

Pete Roth Trio ft Bill Bruford
Wolverhampton Arts Centre, Dunkley Street, Wolverhampton WV1 4AN

swing@temperance: Frankie Lee and the Casuals
Temperance, 33 Bath St, Leamington Spa CV31 3AF

Lichfield Jazz Weekender: The Gaz Hughes Trio
The Hub at St Mary’s, Market Square, Lichfield, WS13 6LG

Lichfield Jazz Weekender: Tom Hill’s 70s Jazz Funk Machine
The Hub at St Mary’s, Market Square, Lichfield, WS13 6LG

Lichfield Jazz Weekender: The John Evans Jazz Experience ft Suzanne Fonseca
Minster Hall, Cathedral Rise, Lichfield WS13 6AE

Lichfield Jazz Weekender: Antonio Forcione Trio
The Hub at St Mary’s, Market Square, Lichfield, WS13 6LG

Detroit Soul Collective
The Jam House, 3-5 St Pauls Square, Birmingham B3 1QU

Sunday 7

Joe Webb Trio
Jennifer Blackwell Performance Space, Symphony Hall, Centenary Square, Birmingham,  B1 2EA

Lichfield Jazz Weekender: James Taylor Quartet
The Hub at St Mary’s, Market Square, Lichfield, WS13 6LG

Lichfield Jazz Weekender: The James Oliver Band
The Hub at St Mary’s, Market Square, Lichfield, WS13 6LG

Lichfield Jazz Weekender: Sunday Soul Sessions with the Tom Morgan Quartet ft Sir Louis
The Hub at St Mary’s, Market Square, Lichfield, WS13 6LG

Lichfield Jazz Weekender: Sophie Gilbert, Arran Shaghavi & RJ Gilbert
Minster Hall, Cathedral Rise, Lichfield WS13 6AE

Jazz @ The Tower: Garry Allcock Trio ft Judy Blu
Tower of Song, 107 Pershore Road South, Birmingham B30 3JX

Jazz-a-matazz: Sarah Spencer’s Transatlantic Band
The Ansty Club, Grove Road, Coventry CV7 9JD

SAM Duo
The Trumpet, 58 High Street, Bilston, Wolverhampton WV14 0EP

The Jake Leg Jug Band
The Chestnut Tree, 17 Lansdowne Road, Worcester WR1 1SS

* Indicates known regular event but no line-up published by the promoter at time of writing.

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