Jazz Festival Programme 2018
Enjoy Northern Ireland’s biggest and best Jazz Festival this May Bank Holiday weekend, from 3rd – 7th May 2018. The City of Derry Jazz & Big Band Festival is back for its 17th year. The annual celebration of jazz and big bands will feature artists from all over the world and welcome more than 60,000 revellers over the bank holiday weekend. We’ve got some returning festival favourites as well as new acts, including Dinosaur, Heavy Beat Brass Band, Red Stripe Band, The Ska Beat, Roaring Forties, Revolutionaires, Kaz Hawkins and many more.
Enjoy Northern Ireland’s biggest and
best Jazz Festival this May Bank Holiday
weekend, from 3rd – 7th May 2018.
The City of Derry Jazz & Big Band
Festival is back for its 17th year. The
annual celebration of jazz and big bands
will feature artists from all over the world
and welcome more than 60,000 revellers
over the bank holiday weekend. We’ve
got some returning festival favourites
as well as new acts, including Dinosaur,
Heavy Beat Brass Band, Red Stripe
Band, The Ska Beat, Roaring Forties,
Revolutionaires, Kaz Hawkins and many more.
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JAZZ HUB<br />
The JAZZ HUB returns this year with an extra venue! Audiences have the opportunity to<br />
Bennigans Bar<br />
Already famed for its weekly jazz programme curated<br />
by pianist and owner John Leighton, Bennigans will host<br />
multiple acts daily over the five days of the <strong>Festival</strong>.<br />
Tickets are available at bit.ly/Bennigans<strong>Jazz</strong><br />
THURSDAY 3rd MAY<br />
Snowpoet<br />
8pm • Adm: £15 / £10<br />
Jack McHale<br />
& The John Street<br />
Blues Band<br />
& Blues Jam<br />
10.30pm • Adm: Free<br />
FRIDAY 4th MAY<br />
Hugh Buckley<br />
& Aoife Doyle<br />
5pm • Adm: £12 / £8<br />
David Lyttle Trio<br />
feat. Kurt<br />
Rosenwinkel<br />
8pm • Adm: £20 / £15<br />
Jam Session<br />
hosted by<br />
John Leighton<br />
10.30pm • Adm: Free<br />
SATURDAY 5th MAY<br />
Gay McIntyre with<br />
John Leighton Trio<br />
5pm • Adm: £15 / £10<br />
Jessica Radcliffe Quartet<br />
feat. Darren Beckett<br />
8pm • Adm: £15 / £10<br />
Jam Session hosted by<br />
John Leighton<br />
10.30pm • Adm: Free<br />
SUNDAY 6th MAY<br />
Suzanne Savage & Hugo<br />
Smit - Music for Voice &<br />
Cello - Two Versus<br />
5pm • Adm: £10 / £5<br />
Leo Richardson &<br />
Tom Harrison Quintet<br />
play Cannonball &<br />
Coltrane 8pm • Adm: £15 / £10<br />
Gillard Pursglove Sextet<br />
11pm • Adm: £12 / £8<br />
MONDAY 7th MAY<br />
The Men Who<br />
Knew Too Much<br />
2pm • Adm: £5 All Day Pass<br />
California Soul<br />
6pm • Adm: £5 All Day Pass<br />
Velvet Alibi<br />
10pm • Adm: £5 All Day Pass<br />
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