Jazz in the West Midlands, June 8th - 14th 2026.

Monday, June 08, 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 8
Jazz Pan Pan
Pan-Pan, 25D Floodgate St, Birmingham B5 5SL



Tuesday 9
Digbeth Jazz: Birmingham Jazz Orchestra
The Night Owl, 17-18 Lower Trinity Street, Birmingham B9 4AG

Wednesday 10

Stratford Jazz: Nick Costley-White Trio
Rother Street Arts House, 14 Rother St, Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 6LU

Dave Bristow Quintet
The Jam House, 3-5 St Pauls Square, Birmingham B3 1QU

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

Sutton Coldfield Trad Jazz Club *
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 11

Music Spoken Here presents V6 Organ Trio
The Marr’s Bar, 12 Pierpoint Street, Worcester WR1 1TA

Alsager Jazz Club: Dean Masser with the Andrej Baranek Trio
Alsager Golf & Country Club, Audley Rd, Alsager Stoke-on-Trent ST7 2UR

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

Friday 12

Jazz at the Bonded Warehouse: Detroitwich Funk Machine
The Bonded Warehouse, Canal Street, Stourbridge DY8 4LU

Impossible Conversations album launch
House of Beorma, 104-108 Floodgate Street, Birmingham B5 5SR

Birmingham Jazz: Matt Ridley
1000 Trades, 16 Frederick St, Birmingham B1 3HE

B:Music Free Jazz Fridays: RBC Jazz Orchestra
Jennifer Blackwell Performance Space, Symphony Hall, Centenary Square, Birmingham,  B1 2EA

TDE: Andersen Luft Sommer
Midlands Arts Centre, Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham, B12 9QH

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

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

Ben Holder Quartet
Smokey Joe’s, 16 Bennington St, Cheltenham GL50 4ED

Swing & Jazz Night with Martin Leonard
Chas Manns, 70 The Green, Kings Norton, Birmingham B38 8RU

Saturday 13

Jools Holland and his Rhythm & Blues Orchestra
Warwick Arts Centre, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL

Shrewsbury Jazz: Gaz Hughes Quartet
The Hive, 5 Belmont, Shrewsbury, SY1 1TE

SAM Band
The Wheatsheaf, 4 Birmingham Road, Walsall WS1 2NA

The Heels
Chas Manns, 70 The Green, Kings Norton, Birmingham B38 8RU

Midnight City Soul Band
Cafe Metro, 46 Church St, Bilston, Wolverhampton WV14 0AH

Big B Swing Band
The Trumpet, 58 High Street, Bilston, Wolverhampton WV14 0EP

Sunday 14

Salt Peanuts
Bottles Wine Bar, 22-24 New Street, Worcester, WR1 2DP

LIFE
The Brasshouse, 44 Broad Street, Birmingham B1 2HP

Walter Smitty & The Unviables
Chas Manns, 70 The Green, Kings Norton, Birmingham B38 8RU

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

Easy 3 Quartet ft Mary Savva
Temperance, 33 Bath St, Leamington Spa CV31 3AF

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

* 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