Jazz in the West Midlands, October 19th - 25th 2026.

Monday, October 19, 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 19

Soul II Soul
Symphony Hall, Centenary Square, Birmingham,  B1 2EA

Cheltenham Jazz Club: The Tommy Scott Trio
Everyman Theatre, Regent Street, Cheltenham, GL50 1HQ

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

soul @ temperance: Blue Rose Code
Temperance, 33 Bath St, Leamington Spa CV31 3AF

Tuesday 20

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

Omar Puente Latin Quartet - One Night In Havana
Boston Tea Party, Stratford-upon-Avon

Wednesday 21

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

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

Lichfield Jazz: Lydia Rae
Cathedral Hotel, 62 Beacon Street, Lichfield WS13 7AR

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

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

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

Thursday 22

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

Arnie Somogyi Invites: Josephine Davies
Eastside Jazz Club, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, 200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR

TDE: Camila Nebbia with John Edwards and Mark Sanders
Midlands Arts Centre, Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham, B12 9QH

Alsager Jazz Club: Lucy Lockwood with the Robin Dewhurst Trio
The Thirteen Club, Cedar Avenue, Alsager ST7 2PH

Soul Sessions Brum presents: Olly Powell / Brumshido / Collective Sleep / KZAM
The Cuban Embassy (The Bulls Head), 23 St Mary’s Row, Moseley, Birmingham B13 8HW

Swing From Paris
Temple Speech Room, Barlby Road, Rugby, CV22 5DA

Friday 23

Mike Lindup Trio
Wolverhampton Arts Centre, Dunkley Street, Wolverhampton WV1 4AN

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

Women of Jazz - Ola Brown & Sapphire Sings
Chas Manns, 70 The Green, Kings Norton, Birmingham B38 8RU

Shrewsbury Django Fest: John Wheatcroft Trio ft Olivia Frances Brown // The Mozes Rosenburg Trio with Christiaan Van Hemert
St Mary’s Church, St Mary’s Street, Shrewsbury SY1 1DX

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

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

Saturday 24

Incognito
The Assembly, Spencer St, Leamington Spa CV31 3NF

Jazz at Wolverhampton: Alice Zawadzki & Rob Luft
Thimblemill Library, Thimblemill Road, Smethwick,, Smethwick, B67 5RJ

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

Shrewsbury Django Fest: Marion & Sobo Band // Paulus Schäfer & Olli Soikkeli
St Mary’s Church, St Mary’s Street, Shrewsbury SY1 1DX

Sunday 25

Shrewsbury Django Fest: Retreat Attendee Concert // Marion & Sobo Band
St Mary’s Church, St Mary’s Street, Shrewsbury SY1 1DX

LIFE
Cafe Metro, 46 Church St, Bilston, Wolverhampton WV14 0AH

Bethan Bennett & Jay Riley
Southbound Cafe & Bar, Unit 12 Victoria Business Centre, Leamington Spa CV31 2AZ

FIZZLE + TDE: Tymek Jozwiak ft. Mystery Guests + Uroboro
Centrala, Unit 4 Minerva Works, 158 Fazeley Street, Birmingham B5 5RT

* 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