Jazz in the West Midlands, October 12th - 18th 2026.
Monday, October 12, 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 12
Jazz Pan Pan *
Pan-Pan, 25D Floodgate St, Birmingham B5 5SL
Tuesday 13
Stevie Wonder: Songs in the Key of Life 50th Anniversary
Utilita Arena, King Edwards Road, Birmingham B1 2AA
Digbeth Jazz: Birmingham Jazz Orchestra
The Night Owl, 17-18 Lower Trinity Street, Birmingham B9 4AG
Jazz + Funk at Oil Basin: Dan Lockheart + house band
The Oil Basin, 7 Copenhagen Station. Worcester, WR1 2HB
Corner Pocket Jazz & Blues Club: Steve ‘Big Man’ Clayton
The Westwood Club, Westwood Heath Road, Coventry CV4 8GP
Jazz Night at The Talbot *
The Talbot, Knightwick, Worcester WR6 5PH
The Sharmanaires Big Band
Knowle Royal British Legion, 1611 Warwick Road, Knowle, Solihull B93 9LU
Wednesday 14
Upstairs at Cherry Reds: Ben Shankland Trio
Cherry Red’s, 88-92 John Bright Street, Birmingham B1 1BN
Stratford Jazz: Low Key
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
Bearwood Jazz: Josh Bailey Trio
1000 Trades On The Park, 2 Adkins Lane, Bearwood, Birmingham B67 5DP
Sutton Coldfield Trad Jazz Club: San Janacita
Boldmere Sports & Social Club, 323 Boldmere Road, Sutton Coldfield B73 5HQ
MT Jones
The Hare & Hounds, High Street, Kings Heath, Birmingham B14 7JZ
Midweek Sessions @ Southbound
Southbound Cafe & Bar, Unit 12 Victoria Business Centre, Leamington Spa CV31 2AZ
Thursday 15
Jazz Coventry: Zoe Gilby Quartet
The Albany Club, 10 Earlsdon St, Earlsdon, Coventry CV5 6EG
Alsager Jazz Club: Liam Byrne with the Richard Wetherall Trio
The Thirteen Club, Cedar Avenue, Alsager ST7 2PH
Outside the Box presents Transcendental Jazz
The Duke William, 25 Coventry Street, Stourbridge DY8 1EP
Paul Dunmall Quartet
Eastside Jazz Club, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, 200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR
Henry Newman Jazz Experience
The Trumpet, 58 High Street, Bilston, Wolverhampton WV14 0EP
Brother Strut
The Hare & Hounds, High Street, Kings Heath, Birmingham B14 7JZ
Jean Toussaint with the Alex Steele Trio
Smokey Joe’s, 16 Bennington St, Cheltenham GL50 4ED
Friday 16
Birmingham Jazz: Kate Williams
1000 Trades, 16 Frederick St, Birmingham B1 3HE
B:Music Free Jazz Fridays: Lucy Anne-Daniels
Jennifer Blackwell Performance Space, Symphony Hall, Centenary Square, Birmingham, B1 2EA
Benet McLean
Southbound Cafe & Bar, Unit 12 Victoria Business Centre, Leamington Spa CV31 2AZ
Jazz Fridays with the Moloney Trio
Warwick Arts Centre, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL
Simon Spillett with the Tim Amann Trio
The Trumpet, 58 High Street, Bilston, Wolverhampton WV14 0EP
Much Ado About Jazz
The Edge Arts Centre, William Brookes School, Farley Road, Much Wenlock, Shropshire TF13 6NB
Saturday 17
Ruby Turner
Warwick Arts Centre, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL
Simon Spillett
Southbound Cafe & Bar, Unit 12 Victoria Business Centre, Leamington Spa CV31 2AZ
Out of The Blue Big Band
Thimblemill Library, Thimblemill Road, Smethwick, Birmingham B67 5RJ
Sunday 18
Jazz-a-matazz: Fugue & Groove
The Ansty Club, Grove Road, Coventry CV7 9JD
Fat Chops Big Band ft Elaine Delmar
Moseley All Services Club, Church Road, Birmingham B13 9EA
Chris Gibbons Band
Southbound Cafe & Bar, Unit 12 Victoria Business Centre, Leamington Spa CV31 2AZ
Tomas Donker “Everybody’s Black”
Temperance, 33 Bath St, Leamington Spa CV31 3AF
Bill Hayes Trio with Paul Drakeley
The Trumpet, 58 High Street, Bilston, Wolverhampton WV14 0EP
Come Sunday Jazz Dance (DJ Session)
The Dark Horse, 145 Alcester Rd, Moseley, Birmingham B13 8JP
* 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