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Jazz in the West Midlands,  November 9th - 15th 2026.

Monday, November 09, 2026

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



Monday 9


Lorne Lofsky / Nigel Price Quartet
Eastside Jazz Club, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, 200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR


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


Tuesday 10


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


Jazz Funk at Oil Basin
The Oil Basin, 7 Copenhagen Station. Worcester, WR1 2HB


Corner Pocket Jazz & Blues Club: B.D. Lenz
The Westwood Club, Westwood Heath Road, Coventry CV4 8GP


Jazz Night at The Talbot *
The Talbot, Knightwick, Worcester WR6 5PH

 


Wednesday 11


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


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


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


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


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


Swing From Paris
Cawley Hall, Luston, Leominster HR6 0DS

The Jake Leg Jug Band
Kings Bromley Village Hall, 35 Alrewas Rd, King’s Bromley, Burton-on-Trent DE13 7HW

 


Thursday 12


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


Jazz Coventry: Lorne Lofsky / Nigel Price Quartet
The Albany Club, 10 Earlsdon St, Earlsdon, Coventry CV5 6EG


B.D. Lenz
Tower of Song, 107 Pershore Road South, Birmingham B30 3JX


RBC Jazz: Senior Small Bands
Eastside Jazz Club, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, 200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR


Jazz @ Corn Exchange: Kim Cypher’s Funky Latin Jazz Party
Corn Exchange, 8 High St Ross-On-Wye HR9 5HL


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


Swing From Paris
Palace Theatre, Alcester Street, Redditch B98 8AE

 


Friday 13


Birmingham Jazz: James Allsopp
1000 Trades, 16 Frederick St, Birmingham B1 3HE


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


Lorne Lofsky / Nigel Price Quartet
Smokey Joe’s, 16 Bennington St, Cheltenham GL50 4ED


Friday Live Sessions: Kieran Matthews Trio
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


Droitwich Jazz Club: Rich Bennett’s New Orleans All Stars
Cutnall Green Memorial Hall, Addis Lane, Droitwich, Worcs, WR9 0NE


Elle-J Walters Band
The Jam House, 3-5 St Pauls Square, Birmingham B3 1QU


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

 


Saturday 14


Shrewsbury Jazz: Trish Clowes My Iris Quartet
The Hive, 5 Belmont, Shrewsbury, SY1 1TE


Elle-J Walters Band
The Jam House, 3-5 St Pauls Square, Birmingham B3 1QU

 

Sunday 15


Sunday Sessions: Greg Abate with the Tim Amann Trio
The Blue Piano, 24-26 Harborne Rd, Birmingham, B15 3AA


Jazz-a-matazz: Easy Street Spankers
The Ansty Club, Grove Road, Coventry CV7 9JD


Northern Live - Do I love You
Sutton Coldfield Town Hall, Upper Clifton Road, Sutton Coldfield B73 6DA


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. Click the link for latest details.

 

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