Jazz in The West Midlands, October 20th - 26th 2025.

Monday, October 20, 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 20

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



The Ben Holder New Orleans Trio
Temperance, 33 Bath St, Leamington Spa CV31 3AF





Tuesday 21

Reuben James
The Hare & Hounds, High Street, Kings Heath, Birmingham B14 7JZ



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



Credo Kampeta
B:Eats, Symphony Hall, Centenary Square, Birmingham, B1 2EA



Wednesday 22

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



Theon Cross
Warwick Arts Centre, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL



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



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



Sutton Coldfield Trad Jazz Club: Warren James Lonesome Travellers
Boldmere Sports & Social Club, 323 Boldmere Road, Sutton Coldfield B73 5HQ



Beoley Jazz Club: Tad Newton’s Jazz Friends
Beoley Village Hall, Beoley Lane, Beoley B98 9AN



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





Thursday 23

Music Spoken Here presents Resolution 88
The Marr’s Bar, 12 Pierpoint Street, Worcester WR1 1TA



Music For The Soul: SAM Band
The Rainbow, 160 High St, Deritend, Birmingham B12 0LD



Phil Shotton / Rich Hughes / Peter Robinson / Roger Keay
Alsager Golf & Country Club, Audley Rd, Alsager Stoke-on-Trent ST7 2UR



Tim Berne’s Capatosta
Eastside Jazz Club, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, 200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR



The British Collective // Terri Walker
The Jam House, 3-5 St Pauls Square, Birmingham B3 1QU





Friday 24

Birmingham Jazz Black History Month
Romarna Campbell Trio // Tony Kofi
1000 Trades, 16 Frederick St, Birmingham B1 3HE



B:Music Free Jazz Fridays: EJN Takeover with Marco Centasso Um/welt
Jennifer Blackwell Performance Space, Symphony Hall, Centenary Square, Birmingham, B1 2EA



Jake Henry
The Blue Piano, 24-26 Harborne Rd, Birmingham, B15 3AA



The Terraplanes Blues Band
Temperance, 33 Bath St, Leamington Spa CV31 3AF



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





Saturday 25

Birmingham Jazz Black History Month
Wayne Matthews // Hexagonal // Dennis Rollins
1000 Trades, 16 Frederick St, Birmingham B1 3HE



The Thomas Heppell Band
Temperance, 33 Bath St, Leamington Spa CV31 3AF



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



Blues Club: Ellie Jones & The Giants
The Hare & Hounds, High Street, Kings Heath, Birmingham B14 7JZ

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





Sunday 26

Music Spoken Here Sunday Service with Onika Venus
The Marr’s Bar, 12 Pierpoint Street, Worcester WR1 1TA



Café Spotlight: Ollie Canham & Luke Chakrabarti
Wolverhampton Arts Centre, Dunkley Street, Wolverhampton WV1 4AN



Miles Davis by the Toby Brazier Quartet
The Hub at St Mary’s, Market Square, Lichfield, WS13 6LG



Tom Martin’s Crossroads Blues & Roots
Tower of Song, 107 Pershore Road South, Birmingham B30 3JX



Fizzle + TDE: Paul Dunmall, Josh Vadiveloo, Kai Chareunsy // Rebecca Wing
Centrala, Unit 4 Minerva Works, 158 Fazeley Street, Birmingham B5 5RT



Solihull Jazz: The Roaring Twenties
Broomfields Hall, Union Road, Solihull B91 3DH



The Tierra Buena Jazz Band
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