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Jazz in the West Midlands - March 17th - 23rd 2025.

Monday, March 17, 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, soul and blues gigs to check out this week in the West Midlands area.

 

Monday 17 Mar


Dom Franks’ Strayhorn
Cheltenham Jazz Club, The Victory Club Ballroom, Burlington House, Lypiatt Road, Cheltenham GL50 2SY




Jazz at Pan-Pan: Kathryn Shultz / Nathan Thomas / Amy Coates / Isla Hutchins/ Jam night
Pan-Pan, 25D Floodgate St, Birmingham B5 5SL






Tuesday 18 Mar

 

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






Wednesday 19 Mar


Van Morrison
Symphony Hall, Centenary Square, Birmingham, B1 2EA




Upstairs at Cherry Red’s: Luke Chakrabati
Cherry Red’s, 88-92 John Bright Street, Birmingham B1 1BN




Bedford Street Jazz Jam (lineup not published)
Bedford Street Bar, 4 Bedford Street, Leamington Spa CV32 5DY




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






Thursday 20 Mar

 

Corn Exchange Jazz Club: Mike Hall with the Alex Steele Trio
Kings Head Hotel, 8 High St Ross-On-Wye HR9 5HL



CBSO An Evening of Thelonious Monk & Miles Davis
Symphony Hall, Centenary Square, Birmingham, B1 2EA




Alison Rayner Quintet
The Albany Club, 10 Earlsdon St, Earlsdon, Coventry CV5 6EG




Bryan Corbett
Alsager Golf & Country Club, Audley Rd, Alsager Stoke-on-Trent ST7 2UR




Banda Brasileira
Eastside Jazz Club, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, 200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR




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




Saraband
Hush Bar, 2 The Terrace, Leamington Spa CV31 3AB






Friday 21 Mar

 

Soft Machine
Guildhall, Bore Street, Lichfield, Staffordshire, WS13 6LU




Steve Tromans Trio ft Giulia Marro
The Blue Piano, 24-26 Harborne Rd, Birmingham, B15 3AA




Tom Cawley
1000 Trades, 16 Frederick St, Birmingham B1 3HE




Red Lemons
The Jam House, 3-5 St Pauls Square, Birmingham B3 1QU




The Atlantic Players
The Hare & Hounds, High Street, Kings Heath, Birmingham B14 7JZ




Jeremy
Hush Bar, 2 The Terrace, Leamington Spa CV31 3AB






Saturday 22 Mar




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




Red Lemons
The Jam House, 3-5 St Pauls Square, Birmingham B3 1QU




Mike Davids Band
Cafe Metro, 46 Church St, Bilston, Wolverhampton WV14 0AH




Jack Tyson Charles
Hockley Social Club, 60 Hampton St, Birmingham B19 3LU




Variations with Tina Edwards & Digbeth Jazz
Artum at Hockley Social Club, 60 Hampton St, Birmingham B19 3LU




Trip for Biscuits
Hush Bar, 2 The Terrace, Leamington Spa CV31 3AB

 



Sunday 23 Mar

 

Jazz @ NAC Cafe Spotlight: Nat2
Newhampton Arts Centre, Dunkley Street, Wolverhampton WV1 4AN




Manos Puestas Trio
Temperance, 33 Bath St, Leamington Spa CV31 3AF








Have a great week!
Dave Fuller
Instigator, Music Spoken Here
http://www.musicspokenhere.club