Jazz in the West Midlands - March 16th - 22nd 2026.

Monday, March 16, 2026

A roundup of jazz, funk, blues and soul gigs to check out this week in the West Midlands area. Listings provided 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 16

Big Band Double Bill: RBC Jazz Orchestra & Midlands Youth Jazz Orchestra
Eastside Jazz Club, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, 200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR

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



Tuesday 17

Digbeth Jazz: Teolis / Jaeckel / Mansfield / Sach / Caruso
The Night Owl, 17-18 Lower Trinity Street, Birmingham B9 4AG

Wednesday 18

Steamin Jazz Club: Klara Devlin Quartet
The Steam & Whistle, 247 Gloucester Rd, Cheltenham GL51 8NW

Boomslang
Dead Wax Digbeth, 28 Adderley St, Birmingham B9 4ED

Bedford Street Jazz Jam with Letitia George
Bedford Street Bar, 4 Bedford Street, Leamington Spa CV32 5DY

Lichfield Jazz: Ant Stevens
Cathedral Hotel, 62 Beacon Street, Lichfield WS13 7AR

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

Swarthy Korwar
The Hare & Hounds, High Street, Kings Heath, Birmingham B14 7JZ

Yolanda Penn Trio
Queens Arms, 150 Newhall Street, Birmingham B3 1RY

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



Thursday 19

Jazz @ Wolverhampton Arts Centre: Choro Choro Choro
Wolverhampton Arts Centre, Dunkley Street, Wolverhampton WV1 4AN

The Two Tenors: Ollie Weston / Dom Franks Quintet
Smokey Joe’s, 16 Bennington St, Cheltenham GL50 4ED

Eric Bibb - One Mississippi
Warwick Arts Centre, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL

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

The Sharmanaires Big Band ft Garry Rutter
Knowle Royal British Legion, 1611 Warwick Road, Knowle, Solihull B93 6LU

Friday 20

Birmingham Jazz: Mark Lockheart Shapeshifter Trio
1000 Trades, 16 Frederick St, Birmingham B1 3HE

Friday Live Sessions @ The Blue Piano: C-Jam
The Blue Piano, 24-26 Harborne Rd, Birmingham, B15 3AA

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

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

The Atlantic Players + Swampmeat Family Band
The Hare & Hounds, High Street, Kings Heath, Birmingham B14 7JZ

Pershore Jazz Club: Freetime Old Dixie Jassband
Pershore Town Football Club, King Georges Way, Pershore WR10 1QU

blues @ temperance: Saint Senara // Young Martyrs
Temperance, 33 Bath St, Leamington Spa CV31 3AF

Saturday 21

King Pleasure & The Biscuit Boys
Lichfield Guildhall, Bore Street, Staffordshire WS13 6LU

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

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

RBC Out and About: Jamie McLeish & Sophie Gilbert
Bewdley Methodist Church, 12 High Street, Bewdley DY12 2DH

blues @ temperance: Errol Linton Band (two shows)
Temperance, 33 Bath St, Leamington Spa CV31 3AF

Sunday 22

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

FIZZLE & TDE Presents: Skrijelj | Malmendier + Sanders | Niblock | Dunmall
Centrala, Unit 4 Minerva Works, 158 Fazeley Street, Birmingham B5 5RT

Aaron Moloney Quartet
Southbound Cafe & Bar, Unit 12 Victoria Business Centre, Leamington Spa CV31 2AZ

SAM Band
The Fountain, 49 Lower Forster St, Walsall WS1 1XB

An Afternoon with Gilles Peterson (DJ Sets)
The Hare & Hounds, High Street, Kings Heath, Birmingham B14 7JZ

Halesowen Jazz Club *
Halesowen Cricket Club, Dog Kennel Lane, Halesowen B63 3EG

John Evans 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. Click the link for latest details.

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