The Fifth Stourbridge Festival of Improvised Music - line-up announced.

Monday, October 27, 2025

The line-up has been announced for the fifth Stourbridge Festival of Improvised Music which will take place at the Claptrap Venue in Stourbridge on the afternoon of Sunday November 2nd 2025.

Dave Fuller of Music Spoken Here, Worcester has supplied the following information regarding this event;

The Fifth Stourbridge Festival of Improvised Music

Claptrap The Venue
108A High Street, Stourbridge, West Midlands DY8 1EE
Sunday 2nd November, 1pm doors for 2pm start
£10 admission / £5 unwaged

You’d be forgiven for missing The Fifth Stourbridge Festival of Improvised Music at Claptrap on Sunday, as there is very little in the way of online promotion (it doesn’t even appear on the venue website!), but I stumbled across it the other day on Facebook so thought it might be helpful to share the details here.



100% MADE UP ON THE SPOT! ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN! EVEN QUIET BITS! Musicians will be performing in various small-group configurations, with the traditional end section when everyone plays together. That won’t be a quiet bit.

Doors 1pm. Music from 2pm. £10.00 admission (£5.00 unwaged)
Tickets: https://wegottickets.com/event/678727/



The expected line-up includes a number of familiar faces from the Birmingham and West Midlands jazz scene.

Bruce Coates: saxophones
Fliss Evans-Waite: baritone saxophone
Alicia Gardener-Trejo: baritone saxophone/flutes/clarinets
Alex Astbury: trumpet
Becky Lockett: trombone
Mark Summerfield: tuba
Mike Bethell: guitar
Barry Edwards: guitar
Matthew Grigg: guitar/electronics
Dave Nock: guitar
Steve Tromans: piano/keyboards/melodica
Andrew Woodhead: piano/keyboards/electronics
Trevor Lines: bass
Jim Bashford: drums
Jasper Coates: drums
Jonno Gaze: drums
Tymek Jóźwiak: drums
Walt Shaw: percussion/electronics

Though the bar will take card, please bring a bit of spare cash as several of the players will have CDs for sale.