Jazz in the West Midlands, June 22nd - 28th 2026.

Monday, June 22, 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 22

Lindsey Webster
The Hare & Hounds, High Street, Kings Heath, Birmingham B14 7JZ

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

Tuesday 23

Digbeth Jazz: Alex Hitchcock Quartet
The Night Owl, 17-18 Lower Trinity Street, Birmingham B9 4AG

Ben Holder’s “Hot Club”
Temperance, 33 Bath St, Leamington Spa CV31 3AF

Jazz Night at The Red Lion *
The Red Lion, Market Square, Evesham WR11 4RW

Wednesday 24
Ashley Allen & Friends: A Celebration of Gospel Icons
Jennifer Blackwell Performance Space, Symphony Hall, Centenary Square, Birmingham,  B1 2EA

Home at The Hub: Muntu Valdo (free lunchtime gig)
The Hub at St Mary’s, Market Square, Lichfield, WS13 6LG

Bedford Street Jazz Jam hosted by Clive Allsopp
Bedford Street Bar, 4 Bedford Street, Leamington Spa CV32 5DY

Chanson Swing Quartet
Dunchurch Village Hall, Rugby Road, Rugby CV22 6PN

Pershore Jazz Club: Pete Allen Jazz Band
Pershore Town Football Club, King Georges Way, Pershore WR10 1QU

Sutton Coldfield Trad Jazz Club: Louisiana Nights
Boldmere Sports & Social Club, 323 Boldmere Road, Sutton Coldfield B73 5HQ

Connor Selby Trio ft Stevie Watts
Temperance, 33 Bath St, Leamington Spa CV31 3AF

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

Thursday 25

Music Spoken Here presents Alex Hitchcock Quartet
The Marr’s Bar, 12 Pierpoint Street, Worcester WR1 1TA

Alsager Jazz Club: Frank Griffith with the Dan Whieldon Trio
Alsager Golf & Country Club, Audley Rd, Alsager Stoke-on-Trent ST7 2UR

Detroitwich Funk Machine
Tower of Song, 107 Pershore Road South, Birmingham B30 3JX

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

Jazz Collective Big Band and Friends
The Night Owl, 17-18 Lower Trinity Street, Birmingham B9 4AG

Friday 26

Birmingham Jazz: Tomorrow’s New Quartet
1000 Trades, 16 Frederick St, Birmingham B1 3HE

B:Music Free Jazz Fridays: B:Music Talent Development Takeover
Jennifer Blackwell Performance Space, Symphony Hall, Centenary Square, Birmingham,  B1 2EA

Jazz Dynamos ft Lucy Randell
Cidermill Theatre, Chipping Camden School, Cidermill Lane, Chipping Camden, Gloucestershire GL55 6HU

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

AquaVit ft Charlotte Foster on vocals
The Trumpet, 58 High Street, Bilston, Wolverhampton WV14 0EP

Saturday 27

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

BuMONDE / John Evans Jazz Experience
The Trumpet, 58 High Street, Bilston, Wolverhampton WV14 0EP

Sunday 28

Fat Chops Big Band ft Tom Lindsay
Moseley All Services Club, Church Road, Birmingham B13 9EA

Birmingham Improvisers Orchestra
Centrala, Unit 4 Minerva Works, 158 Fazeley Street, Birmingham B5 5RT

LIFE
Joe Joe Jim’s, 444 Lickey Rd, Cofton Hackett, Birmingham B45 8UU

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

The Jake Leg Jug Band
The Fleece Inn, The Cross, Bretforton, Evesham WR11 7JE

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

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