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The Pete Allen Jazz Band launch their new album "New Orleans Wiggle - Jazz Magic" with two live shows in Newbury and London on the 2nd and the 4th November 2025. Press release attached.

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.

Jazz in the West Midlands - October 27th - November 2nd 2025.

Monday, October 27, 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.

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The Thing

The Thing, Caf? Oto, London…

Various Artists

Friday at Harmonic Festival, Midlands…

Various Artists

Torfaen Jazz Society Mini Jazz…

Grutronic with Evan Parker

Grutronic with Evan Parker, The…

Mark McKnight

Mark McKnight Organ Quartet at…

Chris Garrick & John Etheridge

Chris Garrick and John Etheridge…

The Ex Guitars meet Nilssen-Love/Vandermark Duo

Lean Left: The Ex Guitars…

Tommaso Starace Quartet

Tommaso Starace Quartet, The Hive,…

Matthew Shipp

Matthew Shipp at The Vortex,…

Alex Garnett

Alex Garnett Quartet at Dempsey’s,…

Marius Neset

Marius Neset Quartet, The Edge…

Phronesis

Phronesis, “Pitch Black Project”, Pemberton…

Mostly Other People Do The Killing

Mostly Other People Do The…

Nybakat!

Nybakat! at Torfaen Jazz Society,…

Sebastian Rochford / Pamelia Kurstin plus Snorkel

Sebastian Rochford/Pamelia Kurstin plus Snorkel,…

The Impossible Gentlemen

The Impossible Gentlemen, Taliesin Arts…

Splashgirl

Splashgirl,Pizza Express Jazz Club, Soho,…

Jazz Mann News

Pete Allen Jazz Band - new album and album launch live dates.

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

Jazz in the West Midlands - October 27th - November 2nd 2025.

Jazz Gigs & Events

K-Music Festival 2025, various venues, London.

Indika Festival presented by Milap, various venues, Liverpool City Region.

Emily Masser Quartet at Cheltenham Jazz Club, The Irving Studio,Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, Glos.

Victor Wooten & The Wooten Brothers at Union Chapel, Islington, London.

Eva Fox & the Sound Hounds at The Black Swan Venue, Newcastle Arts Centre, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.