Scottish National Youth Jazz Orchestra (SNYJO) announces 2025-26 series of afternoon Big Band Jazz concerts.

Wednesday, August 20, 2025

The Scottish National Youth Jazz Orchestra (SNYJO) is delighted to announce their 2025-26 season with a series of afternoon Big Band Jazz concerts that are suitable for the whole family. Details att.

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The Scottish National Youth Jazz Orchestra (SNYJO) is delighted to announce their 2025-26 season with a series of afternoon Big Band Jazz concerts that are suitable for the whole family. This afternoon of music will bring alive the energy of jazz to get your toes tapping and features the future stars of jazz in Scotland, and beyond, who will demonstrate their instrumental skills while paying tribute to some legendary jazz icons including tracks from Ellington to Corea, Basie to Shorter or Miles to Metheny.

More information and tickets at;
https://snjo.co.uk/snyjo/hear-the-snyjo-live-in-2025-26

Sept ‘25 - May ‘26
Hear the SNYJO Live in 2025 / 26
The Scottish National Youth Jazz Orchestra

The Scottish National Youth Jazz Orchestra (SNYJO) is delighted to announce their 2025-26 season with a series of afternoon Big Band Jazz concerts that are suitable for the whole family.  This afternoon of music will bring alive the energy of jazz to get your toes tapping and features the future stars of jazz in Scotland, and beyond, who will demonstrate their instrumental skills while paying tribute to some legendary jazz icons including tracks from Ellington to Corea,  Basie to Shorter or Miles to Metheny,.

Formed in 2002, the Scottish National Youth Jazz Orchestra offers Scotland’s best young jazz talents a grounding in Big band music and the library of jazz masters.  It has advanced the musicianship of over one hundred and thirty young players including winners of the Scottish Album of the Year Award, the BBC Young Jazz Musician title and the Young Scottish Jazz Musician of the Year competition and have registered successes in the Scottish Jazz Awards and the Jazz FM Awards and nominations in the Mercury Prize. The orchestra’s albums too have won praise internationally and regularly feature in radio programmes across the world.

The class of 25/26 continues to impress audiences with individual and collective prowess, producing performances that guarantee excitement, creativity and grooves to make you move.  So come and enjoy a fantastic afternoon as these young players showcase their endless talents in an extraordinary concert of outstanding music. Please do join and support us and these young players.

NB: Tickets for all afternoon concerts will go on sale in mid August.  Melrose Music Festival tickets are available now, direct from the Festival.

Concert Dates

05
Sep
2025
UK
Melrose
Melrose Music Festival
Corn Exchange, Market Square
The SNYJO Live: 2025-26
Scottish National Youth Jazz Orchestra
7:30pm

11
Oct
2025
UK
Stirling
The Tolbooth
Jail Wynd
The SNYJO Live: 2025-26
Scottish National Youth Jazz Orchestra
2:00pm 01786 473544

12
Oct
2025
UK
Peebles
Eastgate Theatre
Eastgate
The SNYJO Live: 2025-26
Scottish National Youth Jazz Orchestra
2:00pm

08
Nov
2025
Scotland
Edinburgh
St Bride’s Centre
10 Orwell Terrace, Edinburgh EH11 2DZ
The SNYJO Live: 2025-26
Scottish National Youth Jazz Orchestra
Tickets available on door
2:00pm 07446 286412

09
Nov
2025
UK
Glasgow
Cottiers
93-95 Hyndland St, Glasgow
The SNYJO Live: 2025-26
Scottish National Youth Jazz Orchestra
2:00pm 0141 357 4000

14
Feb
2026
UK
Kilmarnock
Centrestage Theatre
15 Elmbank Drive
The SNYJO Live: 2025-26
Scottish National Youth Jazz Orchestra
2:00pm
01563 551505

Scotland
Cumbernauld
Cumbernauld Theatre
Lanternhouse South Kildrum Ring Road Cumbernauld North Lanarkshire G67 2UF
The SNYJO Live: 2025-26
Scottish National Youth Jazz Orchestra
2:00pm 01236 732 887

28
Mar
2026
UK
Dollar
Dollar Academy, Gibson Hall
The Gibson Auditorium
The SNYJO Live: 2025-26
Scottish National Youth Jazz Orchestra
2:00pm

29
Mar
2026
UK
Giffnock
Eastwood Park Theatre
Rouken Glen Rd
The SNYJO Live: 2025-26
Scottish National Youth Jazz Orchestra
2:00pm 0141 577 4956

16
May
2026
Scotland
Greenock
Beacon Arts Centre
Custom House Quay, Greenock, PA15 1HJ
The SNYJO Live: 2025-26
Scottish National Youth Jazz Orchestra
2:00pm
01475 723723

17
May
2026
UK
Pitlochry
Pitlochry Theatre
Port na Craig Rd
The SNYJO Live: 2025-26
Scottish National Youth Jazz Orchestra
2:30pm
01796 484626