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Jazz in the West Midlands - March 9th - 15th 2026.

Monday, March 09, 2026

The Week Ahead 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 9


100 Years of Miles Davis with Percy Pursglove
Old Joint Stock Pub & Theatre, 4 Temple Row, Birmingham B2 5NY

 


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

 




Tuesday 10


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

 


Corner Pocket Jazz & Blues Club: Sue Fear and Life
The Westwood Club, Westwood Heath Road, Coventry CV4 8GP

 


Andrew Wasylyk + William William Rodgers
Pan-Pan, 25D Floodgate St, Birmingham B5 5SL

 

 


Wednesday 11


Upstairs at Cherry Reds: Oli Fitzgerald
Cherry Red’s, 88-92 John Bright Street, Birmingham B1 1BN

 


Bedford Street Jazz Jam with Nick Dunham
Bedford Street Bar, 4 Bedford Street, Leamington Spa CV32 5DY

 


Stratford Jazz: Karen Sharp Quartet
Rother Street Arts House, 14 Rother St, Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 6LU

 


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

 


Sutton Coldfield Trad Jazz Club: Easy Street Spankers
Boldmere Sports & Social Club, 323 Boldmere Road, Sutton Coldfield B73 5HQ

 


blues club @ temperance: The Swaps // C Bone // Ed Blunt
Temperance, 33 Bath St, Leamington Spa CV31 3AF

 


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



 


Thursday 12


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

 


Jazz Coventry: Soft Machine
The Albany Club, 10 Earlsdon St, Earlsdon, Coventry CV5 6EG

 


TDE: Iain Ballamy, Mark Sanders & Arnie Somogyi
Midlands Arts Centre, Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham, B12 9QH

 


Jazz @ Corn Exchange: Alex Clarke Quartet
Corn Exchange, 8 High St Ross-On-Wye HR9 5HL

 


Swing from Paris
Sutton Coldfield Town Hall, Upper Clifton Road, Sutton Coldfield B73 6DA

 


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

 


Marcus Coates Trio
1000 Trades, 16 Frederick St, Birmingham B1 3HE

 


RBC Free Lunchtime Jazz: Lizzy Choyce, Kyle Welch, Owen Nugent
Eastside Jazz Club, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, 200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR

 


RBC Out & About: Rowan Tidball, Luke Cutler, Mate Bagi
St Paul’s Church, St Paul’s Square, Birmingham, B3 1QZ

 

 

Friday 13


Birmingham Jazz: Huw Warren’s Cowbois & Shepherds with Rob Luft
1000 Trades, 16 Frederick St, Birmingham B1 3HE

 


Jazz at The Bonded Warehouse: Alex Clarke Quartet
The Bonded Warehouse, Canal Street, Stourbridge DY8 4LU

 


Friday Live Sessions @ The Blue Piano: Fugue and Groove
The Blue Piano, 24-26 Harborne Rd, Birmingham, B15 3AA

 


She:Music x Women In Jazz: Alina Bzhezhinska
Jennifer Blackwell Performance Space, Symphony Hall, Centenary Square, Birmingham,  B1 2EA

 


Indigo
Tower of Song, 107 Pershore Road South, Birmingham B30 3JX

 


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

 


blues @ temperance: Leamington Blues Mafia
Temperance, 33 Bath St, Leamington Spa CV31 3AF

 


RBC Out & About: Ben Lawrence & Sophie Gilbert
Shenstone Community Library, Main Street, Shenstone, Staffordshire WS14 0NF

 


Sambroso Allstars perform The Buena Vista
The Hare & Hounds, High Street, Kings Heath, Birmingham B14 7JZ

 


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

 

 


Saturday 14


Blues Club with Richard Heath Band
The Hare & Hounds, High Street, Kings Heath, Birmingham B14 7JZ

 


Jazz at The Merryfellow: Alex Clarke
The Merryfellow, 2 School Road, Cheltenham GL53 8AU

 


Shrewsbury Jazz: Mark Lockheart’s Shapeshifter Trio
The Hive, 5 Belmont, Shrewsbury, SY1 1TE

 


blues @ temperance: Jimmy Regal and the Royals
Temperance, 33 Bath St, Leamington Spa CV31 3AF

 


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

 

 


Sunday 15


Northern Soul Orchestrated
Symphony Hall, Centenary Square, Birmingham,  B1 2EA

 


Sunday Afternoon Lounge with Greg Holt & Chris Gibbons
Southbound Cafe & Bar, Unit 12 Victoria Business Centre, Leamington Spa CV31 2AZ

 


Jazzmatazz: Jake Leg Jug Band
The Ansty Club, Grove Road, Coventry CV7 9JD

 


* 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