Jazz in the West Midlands - June 2nd - 8th 2025.

Monday, June 02, 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 and soul gigs to check out this week in the West Midlands area.

Monday 2

RBC Exit Velocity Festival
Eastside Jazz Club, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, 200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR



Brian Newton Big Band
E57 Social Club, 699 Alcester Road South, Birmingham B14 5EY





Tuesday 3

RBC Exit Velocity Festival
Eastside Jazz Club, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, 200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR



Digbeth Jazz: Ed Puddick Big Band
The Night Owl, 17-18 Lower Trinity Street, Birmingham B9 4AG





Wednesday 4

Upstairs at Cherry Reds: Harry Diplock Trio
Cherry Red’s, 88-92 John Bright Street, Birmingham B1 1BN



Joe Masterson Trio with Sophie Gibson
Fletcher’s Bar & Eatery, 7 York Rd, King’s Heath, Birmingham B14 7SA



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



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





Thursday 5

Alan Barnes
Alsager Golf & Country Club, Audley Rd, Alsager Stoke-on-Trent ST7 2UR



TDE: Joe McPhee & Maria Portugal
Midlands Arts Centre, Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham, B12 9QH



Kim Cypher
Dunkertons Cider Shop, Cheltenham, GL52 6UT





Friday 6

Salt Peanuts
St. Ambrose Parish Centre, Leswell Street, Kidderminster DY10 1RP



Magpie Trio
1000 Trades, 16 Frederick St, Birmingham B1 3HE



RBC Jazz Orchestra and Salsa Orchestra
Jennifer Blackwell Performance Space, Symphony Hall, Centenary Square, Birmingham, B1 2EA



C-JAM

The Blue Piano, 24-26 Harborne Rd, Birmingham, B15 3AA



Dom Pipkin
The Suffolk Arms, 40 Suffolk Road, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire GL50 2AQ



Cat Davis Trio
Tower of Song, 107 Pershore Road South, Birmingham B30 3JX



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



Helen Gayle and Matt Ratcliffe
Warwick Arts Centre, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL



Roy Forbes with the Tim Amann Jazz Band
The Trumpet, 58 High Street, Bilston, Wolverhampton WV14 0EP





Saturday 7

Southern Beauty ft. Alison Wheeler
Temperance, 33 Bath St, Leamington Spa CV31 3AF

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



Catherine Nightingale
Hush Bar, 2 The Terrace, Leamington Spa CV31 3AB





Sunday 8

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



SwingShift10 + Vasilis Xenopolous
Jaguar Social Club, Fenton Road, Coventry CV5 9PS

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