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Jazz in the West Midlands - March 24th - 30th 2025.

Monday, March 24, 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 and soul gigs to check out this week in the West Midlands area.

 

Monday 24 Mar


James Borland Quartet
The Table, 33 Lower Hall Lane, Walsall WS1 1RR




Jazz at Pan-Pan: (lineup not published)
Pan-Pan, 25D Floodgate St, Birmingham B5 5SL






Tuesday 25 Mar

 

Digbeth Jazz: Giulia Marro Quartet
The Night Owl, 17-18 Lower Trinity Street, Birmingham B9 4AG




Touki
Temperance, 33 Bath St, Leamington Spa CV31 3AF






Wednesday 26 Mar


Upstairs at Cherry Red’s: Sophie Gilbert with Strings
Cherry Red’s, 88-92 John Bright Street, Birmingham B1 1BN




Alina Bzhezhinska & Tony Kofi
Jennifer Blackwell Performance Space, Symphony Hall, Centenary Square, Birmingham, B1 2EA




Pershore Jazz: Amy Roberts Quartet
Pershore Town Football Club, King Georges Way, Pershore WR10 1QU




Midland Youth Jazz Orchestra
Eastside Jazz Club, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, 200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR




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






Thursday 27 Mar

 

Music Spoken Here presents Rob Luft Quartet
The Marr’s Bar, 12 Pierpoint Street, Worcester WR1 1TA




Julie Edwards / Kevin Dearden
Alsager Golf & Country Club, Audley Rd, Alsager Stoke-on-Trent ST7 2UR




Detroitwich Funk Machine
Tower of Song, 107 Pershore Road South, Birmingham B30 3JX




TDE: Alicia Gardener-Trejo Home/Lands Project
Midlands Arts Centre, Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham, B12 9QH




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




Rebecca Poole Quartet
Smokey Joe’s, 16 Bennington St, Cheltenham GL50 4ED




Alex Clarke
Hush Bar, 2 The Terrace, Leamington Spa CV31 3AB






Friday 28 Mar

 

Birmingham Jazz: Brandon Allen Quintet
1000 Trades, 16 Frederick St, Birmingham B1 3HE




Birmingham Jazz Orchestra ft. Helena Debono & Charlie Bates
Jennifer Blackwell Performance Space, Symphony Hall, Centenary Square, Birmingham, B1 2EA




University Jazz Orchestra play The Music of Binney and Holland
Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music Building, Birmingham B15 2TT




Nat Evans
Hush Bar, 2 The Terrace, Leamington Spa CV31 3AB




Soul Machine
Tower of Song, 107 Pershore Road South, Birmingham B30 3JX






Saturday 29 Mar


Shanty Town
Hockley Social Club, 60 Hampton St, Birmingham B19 3LU




Calypso Moon
St Swithun’s Church, Church Street, Worcester, WR1 2RH




Emma MacLaren
Hush Bar, 2 The Terrace, Leamington Spa CV31 3AB






Sunday 30 Mar

 

Bill Hayes Jazz Experience ft. Gary Bell
The Trumpet, 58 High Street, Bilston, Wolverhampton WV14 0EP




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