Jazz in the West Midlands - September 14th - 20th 2026.

Monday, September 14, 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 14
Jazz Pan Pan *
Pan-Pan, 25D Floodgate St, Birmingham B5 5SL

Tuesday 15
Digbeth Jazz: In // Motion
The Night Owl, 17-18 Lower Trinity Street, Birmingham B9 4AG

Wednesday 16

Lichfield Jazz: Jazz Jam with Tom Morgan & Nick Dewhurst
Cathedral Hotel, 62 Beacon Street, Lichfield WS13 7AR

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

Sutton Coldfield Trad Jazz Club: Trudgeon’s Troubadors
Boldmere Sports & Social Club, 323 Boldmere Road, Sutton Coldfield B73 5HQ

Midweek Sessions Jam
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

Don-E & Friends
The Jam House, 3-5 St Pauls Square, Birmingham B3 1QU

Thursday 17

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

Jazz Coventry: Ben Crossland’s Threeway with Rob Luft
The Albany Club, 10 Earlsdon St, Earlsdon, Coventry CV5 6EG

Alsager Jazz Club:Graham South with the Richard Jones Trio
The Thirteen Club, Cedar Avenue, Alsager ST7 2PH

Friday 18

TDE: Ritual for John Coltrane - Evan Parker, Trance Map & Mark Sanders Percussion Ensemble
Midlands Arts Centre, Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham, B12 9QH

Joe Masterson Trio
The Edge Arts Centre, William Brookes School, Farley Road, Much Wenlock, Shropshire TF13 6NB

Birmingham Jazz @ 50: Jon Lloyd
1000 Trades, 16 Frederick St, Birmingham B1 3HE

The History of Soul
Sutton Coldfield Town Hall, Upper Clifton Road, Sutton Coldfield B73 6DA

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

B:Music Free Jazz Fridays: Sam Franks’ Octabones
Jennifer Blackwell Performance Space, Symphony Hall, Centenary Square, Birmingham,  B1 2EA

Saturday 19

Birmingham Jazz @ 50: Fabienne Ambuehl
1000 Trades, 16 Frederick St, Birmingham B1 3HE

Birmingham Jazz @ 50: Nikki Iles
1000 Trades, 16 Frederick St, Birmingham B1 3HE

Swing From Paris
Cidermill Theatre, Chipping Camden School, Cidermill Lane, Chipping Camden, Gloucestershire GL55 6HU

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

LIFE
Alvechurch Inn, Radford Road, Alvechurch, Birmingham B48 7LD

Sunday 20

Sunday Sessions @ The Blue Piano: Tim Amann Xtet
The Blue Piano, 24-26 Harborne Rd, Birmingham, B15 3AA

Jazz-a-matazz: Washington Whirligigs
The Ansty Club, Grove Road, Coventry CV7 9JD

Soul Sessions Brum: Music on the Lawn
Uplands Allotments, Oxhill Road, Handsworth, Birmingham B21 8EX

Kevin Mott Renton Remembered
Southbound Cafe & Bar, Unit 12 Victoria Business Centre, Leamington Spa CV31 2AZ

* 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