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Jazz in the West Midlands - November 3rd - 9th 2025.

Monday, November 03, 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, blues and soul gigs to check out this week in the West Midlands area.

 


Monday 3


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



Kenilworth Jazz Club: The Greg Abate Quartet
Kenilworth Rugby Club Glasshouse Lane, Kenilworth CV8 2AJ




Jazz at The Table: Arche
The Table, 33 Lower Hall Lane, Walsall WS1 1RR




Big Band Monday: Tribute to Al Cohn
Eastside Jazz Club, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, 200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR






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

 



Wednesday 5


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




Jazz at Cherry Reds: Nick Manz
Cherry Red’s, 88-92 John Bright Street, Birmingham B1 1BN




Koch Marshall Trio
The Jam House, 3-5 St Pauls Square, Birmingham B3 1QU




BD Lenz & Kim Cypher
Smokey Joe’s, 16 Bennington St, Cheltenham GL50 4ED




Jazz at Fletchers: Joe Masterson Trio with Abi K
Fletcher’s Bar & Eatery, 7 York Rd, King’s Heath, Birmingham B14 7SA




Sutton Coldfield Trad Jazz Club: Nick Ward’s Vintage Jazz Serender
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 6


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

 

Jazz at The Courtyard *
The Courtyard, 2 War Lane, Harborne, Birmingham B17 9R

 


BD Lenz
Alsager Golf & Country Club, Audley Rd, Alsager Stoke-on-Trent ST7 2UR




Fargo Jazz Jam with Sam Kelly
Unit 5 Fargo Village Far Gosford Street, Coventry CV1 5ED




Crow Black Chicken
Temperance, 33 Bath St, Leamington Spa CV31 3AF




Jazz Senior Students Platforms (afternoon)
Eastside Jazz Club, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, 200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR

 


Paul Dunmall Invites Steve Swell
Eastside Jazz Club, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, 200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR






Friday 7


Kidderminster Jazz Club: Nigel Price Organ Trio
St. Ambrose Parish Centre, Leswell Street, Kidderminster DY10 1RP




The Jasmine Myra Octet
Warwick Arts Centre, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL




Birmingham Jazz: Jim Rattigan Quintet
1000 Trades, 16 Frederick St, Birmingham B1 3HE




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




Jazz at the Suffolk Arms: Ronan Ristord
The Suffolk Arms, 40 Suffolk Road, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire GL50 2AQ




Ma Bessie and her Pig Foot Band
The Hub at St Mary’s, Market Square, Lichfield, WS13 6LG




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




Greg Abate with the Tim Amann Trio
The Trumpet, 58 High Street, Bilston, Wolverhampton WV14 0EP

 




Saturday 8


Jazz at The Ruin *
The Ruin, 92 Floodgate Street, Deritend, Birmingham B5 5SR




The Stylistics
Symphony Hall, Centenary Square, Birmingham, B1 2EA




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




The Classic Blues Show
The Edge Arts Centre, William Brookes School, Farley Road, Much Wenlock, Shropshire TF13 6NB




Downstairs at The Grand *
The Grand Hotel, 1 Church Street, Birmingham B3 2FE






Sunday 9


SwingShift10 + Sammy Mayne
Jaguar Social Club, Fenton Road, Coventry CV5 9PS




Easy3 ft. Mary Savva
Temperance, 33 Bath St, Leamington Spa CV31 3AF

 






* Indicates known regular event but no lineup 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