Jazz in the West Midlands, October 5th - 11th 2026.
Monday, October 05, 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 5
Kenilworth Jazz: Josh Bailey Trio
Kenilworth Rugby Club Glasshouse Lane, Kenilworth CV8 2AJ
NBHD Open Jam Neo-soul & R&B Special, The Night Owl, 17-18 Lower Trinity Street, Birmingham B9 4AG
Jazz Pan Pan *
Pan-Pan, 25D Floodgate St, Birmingham B5 5SL
Tuesday 6
Digbeth Jazz: Ali Watson Trio
The Night Owl, 17-18 Lower Trinity Street, Birmingham B9 4AG
Les Amazones d’Afrique, Gasper Nali and N’famady Kouyaté
Warwick Arts Centre, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL
Jazz Sabbath
Eastside Jazz Club, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, 200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR
Wednesday 7
Coltrane 100: Alex Astbury Sextet + DJ Toni
The Hare & Hounds, High Street, Kings Heath, Birmingham B14 7JZ
Bedford Street Jazz Jam *
Bedford Street Bar, 4 Bedford Street, Leamington Spa CV32 5DY
Sutton Coldfield Trad Jazz Club: Sauce City Jazz Band
Boldmere Sports & Social Club, 323 Boldmere Road, Sutton Coldfield B73 5HQ
Jazz at Fletchers: Simon Spillett with the Joe Masterson Trio
Fletcher’s Bar & Eatery, 7 York Rd, King’s Heath, Birmingham B14 7SA
Henry Newman Jazz Experience
The Trumpet, 58 High Street, Bilston, Wolverhampton WV14 0EP
Thursday 8
Music Spoken Here presents Klara Devlin Quartet
The Marr’s Bar, 12 Pierpoint Street, Worcester WR1 1TA
Jazz Sabbath
Huntingdon Hall, CrownGate, Worcester WR1 3LD
Jazz at The Courtyard with Nye Banfield
The Courtyard, 2 War Lane, Harborne, Birmingham B17 9RN
Birmingham Jazz Orchestra & Student Band Support
Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, 200 Jennens Road, Eastside, Birmingham B4 7XR
Les Amazones d’Afrique, Gasper Nali and N’famady Kouyaté
Town Hall, Victoria Square, Birmingham B3 3DQ
Friday 9
Xhosa Cole presents FreeMonk Big Band
The Edge, Cheapside, Deritend, Birmingham B12 0QH
Birmingham Jazz: Ivo Neame Trio
1000 Trades, 16 Frederick St, Birmingham B1 3HE
Steve Tromans Bossa Nova Quartet
The Blue Piano, 24-26 Harborne Rd, Birmingham, B15 3AA
The BBC Big Band: The Cole Porter Songbook
Malvern Theatre, Grange Rd, Great Malvern WR14 3HB
Droitwich Jazz Club: Alex Clarke
Cutnall Green Memorial Hall, Addis Lane, Droitwich, Worcs, WR9 0NE
Apollo Gold
The Jam House, 3-5 St Pauls Square, Birmingham B3 1QU
Steve ‘Big Man’ Clayton
Chas Manns, 70 The Green, Kings Norton, Birmingham B38 8RU
Jazz Fridays with The Moloney Trio
Warwick Arts Centre, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL
Saturday 10
Xhosa Cole Presents Future Brum Fest
The Edge, Cheapside, Deritend, Birmingham B12 0QH
Shrewsbury Jazz: Tom Thorp & ILUMETRIS
The Hive, 5 Belmont, Shrewsbury, SY1 1TE
Up 4 The Downstroke
The Jam House, 3-5 St Pauls Square, Birmingham B3 1QU
Sunday 11
SwingShift10 with Karen Sharp
Jaguar Social Club, Fenton Road, Coventry CV5 9PS
Steve King Big Band
Moseley All Services Club, 91 Church Road, Moseley, Birmingham B13 9EA
Chet: The Toby Brazier Quartet
The Hub at St Mary’s, Market Square, Lichfield, WS13 6LG
Bethan Sennett & Jay Riley
Southbound Cafe & Bar, Unit 12 Victoria Business Centre, Leamington Spa CV31 2AZ
Steely Jazz
Huntingdon Hall, CrownGate, Worcester WR1 3LD
* Indicates known regular event but no line-up published by the promoter at time of writing.
Have a great week!
Dave Fuller
Instigator, Music Spoken Here
http://www.musicspokenhere.club