The northern region is host to a growing number of jazz weekends and festivals.
Many of the established festivals feature artists from the wide spectrum of jazz and improvised music. They add to the wealth of jazz on offer in Yorkshire and The Humber.
Key: Coming up | Past | 2019 | To be confirmed
January
February
Liverpool International Jazz Festival 21-24 February 2019 (facebook page)
The Capstone Theatre
March
Great North Big Band Jazz Festival 2-4 March 2018 – CANCELLED
April
Gateshead International Jazz Festival 6-8 April 2018
May
Ribble Valley Jazz & Blues Festival 2-6 may 2019
Darlington Jazz Festival 4-6 May 2018
Southport Festival 11-13 May 2018
Manchester Jazz Festival 23-27 May 2019
June
Cleethorpes Jazz Festival 1-3 June 2018
Grassington Festival 21-29 June 2019
July
Wigan International Jazz Festival 11-14 July 2019
Burton Agnes Hall Jazz and Blues Festival 12-14 July 2019
Hull Jazz Festival 19-20 July 2019
JazzLeeds Festival – 20-24 July 2018
August
Ilkley Jazz Festival 14-19 August 2018
Village Jazz Festival Leeds in Chapel Allerton Leeds, run by JazzLeeds 28 August-2 September 2018 Download line-up and Press
September
Lancaster Jazz Festival 11-15 September 2019
Scarborough Jazz festival 28-30 September 2018
October
Newcastle Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music 4-7 October 2018
Marsden Jazz Festival 12-14 October 2018
Middlesbrough Jazz Festival 19-22 October 2018
November
Whitley Bay International Jazz Festival 2-4 November 2018 (Village Hotel, North Tyneside)
Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival 16-25 November 2018
December
Various times of year
Harrogate International Festivals
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