Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival 2016

Friday 15th to Sunday 24th July 2016
various venues, Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, EH1 2NE, Scotland MAP
varies - depending on event

Last updated: Tue 12th Jul 2016

The Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival takes place from Friday 15th until Sunday 24th July 2016 at various venues around Edinburgh.

Now in its 38th year the festival offers a host of concerts, club gigs, jam sessions, street parties and events.

Line-up

The Festival will feature 150 concerts over 10 days including Jools Holland & his Rhythm & Blues Orchestra, The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band, Rob Heron & Tea Pad Orchestra, Hot 8 Brass Band, Moscow Drug Club, The Mouse Outfit, Curtis Stigers, Doug McLeod, Audiofeeling Trio, Lisa Mann, Rose Room, Marcin Wasilewski Trio, Tom Bancroft /Furio Di Castri Band, Bill Kyle Quintet, Alvin Youngblood Hart, Moishe's Bagel, Blues Afternoon, Mardi Gras, Havana Swing, Hot Antic Jazz Band, Konrad Wiszniewski / Pawel Kaczmarczyk Quartet Konrad Wiszniewski / Pawel Kaczmarczyk Quartet, Viktorija Gecyte, Alan Benzies Piano Playlist, John McLaughlin and the 4th Dimension, Kellock / Peplowski / Fischer / Webber, Thunkfish / No Hay Banda, Hot Antic Jazz Band, Daymé Arocena, Jon Cleary and The Monster Gentlemen, Jam Session, Continental Drift: 50 years of jazz from Europe, Hamish McGregor plays Acker Bilk, An Audience with Richard Michael, Edinburgh Festival Carnival, Dana Dixon Band, Ken Peplowski & Brian Kellock, Ken Mathieson Classic Jazz Orchestra, New Orleans Swamp Donkeys Traditional Jass Band, Brian Molley Quartet, 17-Jul Haftor Medboe, Espen Eriksen, Gunnar Halle, Magnus Ostrom Band, Ben Bryden‘s Velvet Donkey, Grupo Fantasma, Mike Whellans, Remembering Chet, The Bridge, Cyrille Aimée, John Burgess Big 5, Jazz Bar Big Band, Amythyst Kiah, Sari Schorr & The Engine Room, Mike Hart All Stars, Rumba De Bodas, Emmet Cohen Trio, Ole Seimetz, Mr Sipp, The Excitements, Ala.Ni, Bryan Carter Young Swangers, Ugly Bug Ragtime Three, Jan Garbarek Group ft. Trilok Gurtu, Mads Mathias, Cory Henry: The Revival, The Rad Trads, Freddie King, Earl Thomas, King Louis & The Primas, Bratislava Hot Serenaders, Carol Kidd & David Newton, Enrico Zanisi, Martin Taylor, Playtime Collective, Ryan Quigley Band play 60’s Soul Classics Ft Andrew Strong and Bryan Carter, The Bevvy Sisters 10, The Brass & Crimson, Laura Macdonald Quartet, NUJSS Concert, Swing 2016, Diplomats of Jazz, Batchelors of Jazz, Lorna Reid, Bryan Carter: The Music of Romance, John Nemeth, Alligator Gumbo, Davina & the Vagabonds, Paul Harrison Sugarwork, Tommy Smith / Brian Kellock, United Vibrations / Mop Mop Sound System, Warren Haynes, Shayna Steele, Samedia Shebeen X Cross The Tracks, The Scottish Swing Orchestra: Story of Swing, Saturday Blues Afternoon, Alligator Gumbo, Ali Affleck's Copper Cats, Dave Milligan, Bill Salmond’s Louisiana Ragtime Band, Lightnin' Malcolm, Willie 'The Touch' Hayes, Michal Milczarek Trio, Davina & the Vagabonds, Seonaid Aitken and The Tokyo Django Collective, The Troublemakers, David Patrick Tentet, Federation of the Disco Pimp / Charlotte Marshall & the 45s, Graeme Stephen Quartet, Jed Potts & Hillman Hunters, Niki King Sings First Take: The Music of Roberta Flack, Jam Session, Edinburgh Schools Jazz Orchestra, Sunday Blues Afternoon, Dime Notes, Colin Steele Quintet, Tokyo Django Collective, Remembering Alex Welsh, Dime Notes, Pasadena Roof Orchestra, Average White Band / James Taylor Quartet, Fergus McCreadie Trio, Red Stripe Band, Alan Barnes Quartet, Fat-Suit / Werkha (Live band), Michal Milczarek Trio, Todd Gordon and Carol Kidd, Lucky Peterson, Davina & the Vagabonds, and Mario Caribe Quartet.