Manchester Jazz Festival 2016

Friday 22nd to Sunday 31st July 2016
various venues, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M2 2BE, England MAP
mostly free

Last updated: Thu 14th Jul 2016

Manchester Jazz Festival celebrates 21 years in 2016 and takes place over 10 days from Friday 22nd until Sunday 31st July.

Line-up

Expect over seventy acts to perform in various venues throughout the city, more than half of them free. They include Mr Wilson’s Second Liners, Big-Boy-Bloater , Chris 'King' Robinson, Llareggub Brass Band, Solstice, Jo Harman, Seany Clarke, Young Pilgrims, De La Puríssima, Collocutor, AndChuck!!, Connie Lush, Kyla Brox,Hannabiell & Midnight Blue, Thomas de Pourquery: Supersonic Play Sun Ra, Dana Ali Band, Zamani, Global Grooves: Creating Carnival, Doreen Edwards & Robin Dewhurst, Thunkfish, Najia B&W, Twisted Tubes, Michelson Morley, Matt & Phred's 01, Mary O'Reilly, Tim Garland Electric Quartet, Jamie Brownfield Quartet, HTrio, Pat McCarthy Quartet feat. Shannon Reilly, Lewis & Dav, Inclusion Principle, Maja Bugge, Tom Rivière’s Family Band, Taupe, Firebird Quartet, Johnny Hunter Quartet, Soul Jam, Alexandra Ridout Quintet, Paul Towndrow & Steve Hamilton Duo, Clare Morel & Richard Wetherall, Skutch Manos, Shatner’s Bassoon, Lieko Quintet, Leeds College of Music: The B-Side, The Impossible Gentlemen, The Gelatos, Pareidolia, Emilia Mårtensson & Barry Green, Edward Barnwell & Matt Owens, Olivia Moore’s 'Happiness and the Generational Divide', Entropi, Gavin Barras Quartet, Odd Poets, Ben Cottrell, Graham Massey’s Toolshed, The Night Creatures, Peter Edwards Trio, Atom String Quartet, Laura Moody, John Helliwell & John Ellis, Theon Cross, Alex Douglas Quartet, Kit Downes & Tom Challenger, Mammal Hands, Glowrogues, Empirical, James Brown Is Annie, James Beckwith Trio, Stuart McCallum and Amika, Alabaster dePlume, Dr Graeme Wilson, Adam Fairhall & Tom Ward, Manchester Jazz Collective, Jeremy Sassoon’s Ray Charles Project, Jam Experiment, Matt & Phred's, Niño de Elche, Hot Botz Brass Band, Lauren Kinsella Ensemble, Ben Lee Quintet, Perhaps Contraption, Abstract Orchestra, Craig Charles Funk & Soul Club feat. Beggar & Co., The Boom Yeh, Lilli Unwin Band, Greg Cordez: Paper Crane, and Snowpoet.

Commissions

New commissions will premiere at this year's festival as part of mjf originals, the festival scheme that pioneers new work.

A new collaboration with HOME Jazz Goes to the Movies, a series of films that present a visual and audio snapshot of the interaction between jazz and cinema including documentaries, biopics and films celebrated for their use of jazz related scores, the season highlights include Louis Malle’s Lift to the Scaffold with its mournful Miles Davis score and Bertrand Tavernier’s superlative Round Midnight, featuring, amongst others, Dexter Gordon. We also herald the return of the Tubby Hayes doc, Man in a Hurry, a HOME sell-out when it was shown in 2015. Full programme announced soon.

Tickets

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Accessible to all and mostly free, some ticket prices vary depending upon event.

Accommodation

This event does not have camping but there are a number of hotels, hostels and guest houses in the area.

More information will be here when available.