Please note: Some festivals will have been cancelled or postponed. Please check with individual websites, regardless of the listings currently posted on NJP. Some pre-2022 links may go to past pages.
The northern region is host to a growing number of jazz weekends and festivals.
You can also check out the Northern Online broadcasts.
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 | Cancelled | 2022 | To be confirmed
January
February
Southport Festival Feb 2021
Liverpool International Jazz Festival 27 February – 1 March 2020 (facebook page)
The Capstone Theatre
March
Great North Big Band Jazz Festival 4-6 March 2022 (facebook page)
Gateshead International Jazz Festival check website for 2022
April
Ribble Valley Jazz & Blues Festival April 29 – 30 / 1 – 2 May
Wakefield Jazz Festival Five weekly gigs between 29 April and 27 May 2022
May
Wakefield Jazz Festival Five weekly gigs between 29 April and 27 May 2022
Ribble Valley Jazz & Blues Festival April 29 – 30 / 1 – 2 May
Darlington Jazz Festival 1-3 May 2020
Jazz & Blues Festival Newcastle 22-25 May 2020
June
JazzLeeds Festival 1-12 June 2022 (confirmation to follow)
Glasgow Jazz Festival 18-20 June 2021
Grassington Festival 12-27 June 2020
July
Wigan International Jazz Festival 7-10 July 2022
Hull Jazz Festival 22-24 July 2021 Celebrating 30 years in 2022
Burton Agnes Hall Jazz and Blues Festival 8-10 July 2022
JazzLeeds Festival – 18 July 2022
Hyde Park Jazz Festival 31 July 2021
August
Manchester Jazz Festival 23-27 May 2020 homeground and facebook
Newcastle Jazz Festival 13-15 August 2021
Ilkley Jazz Festival 14-18 August 2019 (cancelled)
September
Chapel Allerton Arts Festival in Chapel Allerton, Leeds 4-5 Sept 2021 (fb page)
Lancaster Jazz Festival 11 September 2021
There’s no festival this year, but we couldn’t go this long without bringing you some great live jazz!
Newcastle Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music Friday 23 to Sunday 25 September and then Thursday 29 September to Sunday 2 October 2022
Scarborough Jazz Festival 24-26 September 2021
October
Marsden Jazz Festival 7-9 October 2022
Cleethorpes Blues, Rhythm & Rock Festival 24 October 2021
Whitley Bay International Classic Jazz Party 4-6 November 2022
November
Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival 18-27 November 2022
December
Various times of year
Harrogate International Festivals
International Jazz Festival Organization 15 Leading Jazz Festivals Worldwide
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