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Jazz in the West Midlands - October 6th - 12th 2025.

Monday, October 06, 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 6


RBC Salsa Orchestra
Eastside Jazz Club, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, 200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR




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




Kenilworth Jazz: The Burt Bacharach Jazz Experience ft Alex Steele & Catherine Sykes Quartet
Kenilworth Rugby Club Glasshouse Lane, Kenilworth CV8 2AJ






Tuesday 7

 

Jose Zalba-Smith - ARRIBA CUBA Project and special guest Javier Zalba
The Bradshaw Hall, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, 200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR




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




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




Tommy Scott Trio: Homage to McCoy Tyner
Smokey Joe’s, 16 Bennington St, Cheltenham GL50 4ED





Wednesday 8


Bedford Street Jazz Jam ft Georgie Mason
Bedford Street Bar, 4 Bedford Street, Leamington Spa CV32 5DY




Sutton Coldfield Trad Jazz Club: Richard Leach Street Band
Boldmere Sports & Social Club, 323 Boldmere Road, Sutton Coldfield B73 5HQ




The Yolanda Penn Trio
The Queens Arms, 150 Newhall Street, Birmingham B3 1RY




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






Thursday 9


The Ellington Piano Project
Eastside Jazz Club, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, 200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR




Music Spoken Here presents Robert Castelli & BOOM (UK)
The Marr’s Bar, 12 Pierpoint Street, Worcester WR1 1TA




Jazz Coventry: The Steve “Big Man” Clayton Trio
The Albany Club, 10 Earlsdon St, Earlsdon, Coventry CV5 6EG




Swing That Music with the Down For The Count All-Stars
Albany Theatre, Albany Road, Coventry CV5 6JQ




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




Mike Hall / Richard Wetherall
Alsager Golf & Country Club, Audley Rd, Alsager Stoke-on-Trent ST7 2UR




Soul Sessions Brum: Funktober Festival with The Honey Drops / Hunzz / Astrofunken / Collective Sleep
The Night Owl, 17-18 Lower Trinity Street, Birmingham B9 4AG






Friday 10


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




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




Dom Pipkin
Temperance, 33 Bath St, Leamington Spa CV31 3AF




Up4 the Downstroke
The Jam House, 3-5 St Pauls Square, Birmingham B3 1QU




Alex Clarke with the Tim Amann Trio
The Trumpet, 58 High Street, Bilston, Wolverhampton WV14 0EP




Droitwich Jazz Club: Swing From Paris
Cutnall Green Memorial Hall, Addis Lane, Droitwich WR9 0NE






Saturday 11


Sax in the City with The Notebenders
Jennifer Blackwell Performance Space, Symphony Hall, Centenary Square, Birmingham, B1 2EA




Shrewsbury Jazz: Nigel Price Organ Trio
The Hive, 5 Belmont, Shrewsbury, SY1 1TE


(born)
The Dome, Bramall Music Building, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston B15 2TT




Errol Linton Band
Temperance, 33 Bath St, Leamington Spa CV31 3AF




Up4 the Downstroke
The Jam House, 3-5 St Pauls Square, Birmingham B3 1QU




Lady Nade sings Nina Simone
The Edge Arts Centre, William Brookes School, Farley Road, Much Wenlock, Shropshire TF13 6NB




Swing From Paris
Wixford Village Hall, Wixford, Alcester B49 6DA






Sunday 12


Jazz at The Ruin *
The Ruin, 92 Floodgate Street, Deritend, Birmingham B5 5SR




SwingShift10 ft Robert Fowler
Jaguar Social Club, Fenton Road, Coventry CV5 9PS




Solihull Jazz: Kevin Grenfell’s Jazz & Boogie Band
Broomfields Hall, Union Road, Solihull B91 3DH




The People’s Big Band
Snobs, 200 Broad Street, Birmingham B15 1SU





* 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.org