Swanage Jazz Festival 2016

Friday 8th to Sunday 10th July 2016
various venues, Swanage, Dorset, BH19 1HE, England MAP
£89 for a weekend stroller ticket

Last updated: Fri 10th Jun 2016

The 27th Swanage Jazz Festival takes place from Friday 8th until Sunday 10th July 2016 at a variety of venues around the town.

Contrary to the announcement made at the end of this year’s festival that next year’s festival would be on the third weekend, the Festival Board has decided next year’s festival will be held on the regular second weekend in July.

Line-up

Friday

Steam Train Jazz Dance: Dave Brennan’s Jubilee Jazz Band

Marquee 1 (Traditional): Julian Phillips, Budapest Ragtime Orchestra

Marquee 2 (Modern): Kofi-Barnes Aggregation, Ian Shaw

Methodist Church: Andy Panayi Trio Plays Sonny Rollins. Zoe Gilby Quartet

Free Venues: Jo Qe, Dave Brennan Jubilee Jazz Band

Saturday

Brass Band Parade: Dave Brennan’s Heritage Jazz Band, Led By Grand Marshall Malcom Hogarth

Marquee 1: Old Hat Jazz Band, Baby Jools’ Jazzaholics With Christine Tyrrell, Pete Allen Jazz Band, Mike Denham, Steve Graham And Hamish Maxwell, Keith Nichols Blue Devils With Joan Viskant Harlem Nights

Marquee 2 (Modern): Mark Nightingale, Alistair White Quintet, Bobby Wellins, Geoff Simkins Quintet, Greg Abate And Alan Barnes With Craig Milverton Trio, Tribute To Phil Woods, Arun Ghosh Quintet, Janette Mason Trio, Buck Clayton Legacy Band

Methodist Church: Andy Urquhart Quintet Feat. Julie Lewis, Tim Garland Quartet, Pigfoot, Andy Cleyndert Quartet, Big Screen With David Newton, Tom Farmer And Sebastiaan De Krom, Dave O'higgins Quartet

Con Club: Dave Martin Jabbo Five, Remi Harris Trio, Kevin Grenfell And Richard Leach, Slide By Slide, John Maddocks Jazzmen

Free Venues: Dave Brennan Jubilee Jazz Band, Mountbatten School Big Band, Dave Brennan Jubilee Jazz Band

Sunday

Methodist Church: Service Of Gospel Music Conducted By Leslie Gibbons, With Dave Brennan’s Jubilee Jazz Band

Marquee 1 (Traditional): Dorset Youth Jazz Orchestra, Keith Nichols, Mike Piggott, Spats Langham With Richard Pite, Tj Johnson Band,John Burgess Alex Welsh Remembered, Dave Brennan Jubilee Jazz Band, Shooting Stars With Amy Roberts

Marquee 2 (Modern): Alton College Jazz Band With Special Guest Alan Barnes, Art Themen’s New Directions Quintet, Amy Roberts – Richard Exell Quintet, Skelton-Skinner Septet Plays Ellington And Basie, Pete Long And Richard Pite Tribute To Jazz At The Philharmonic

Methodist Church: Greg Abate And David Newton Trio, Henry Spencer Juncture, Glow Quartet

Con Club: FB Pocket Orchestra, Sarah Smith Trio, Spats Langham And Mike Piggott

Free Venues: UT Funk, Dorset Youth Jazz Orchestra, Alton School Jazz Band And Big Band,Dave Brennan’s Jubilee Jazz Band