manchester jazz festival

manchester jazz festival Manchester's longest running music festival: jazzin' up your Summer since '96! manchesterjazz.com

Unlike any other event on the jazz festival circuit, manchester jazz festival offers a fascinating journey of discovery through the world of contemporary jazz. The weird and the wonderful, the challenging and relaxing, the surprising and the familiar - mjf is a prized collection of treasures that is simply not available anywhere else. First staged in the summer of 1996, the annual festival has gro

wn to feature hundreds of musicians, across 60+ free and ticketed events each year. The festival traverses the city’s music venues and public spaces, which in 2024 include First Street, Matt & Phreds, Band on the Wall, St Ann’s Church, RNCM, Band on the Wall, The Stoller Hall, The Carlton Club and Forsyth Music Shop. New and original work is championed, and regional, national and international artists celebrated through our performances, commissions and premieres. Emerging and established artists are supported year round through mjf’s talent development programmes that have helped launched the careers of a host of artists. Throughout all of our work, mjf celebrates diversity, innovation and creativity.

And just like that we are back! Applications currently open to join our youth advisory board for the next 3 years!👉 http...
02/06/2026

And just like that we are back! Applications currently open to join our youth advisory board for the next 3 years!

👉 https://manchesterjazz.com/apply-to-our-yab/
⏰ deadline: Friday 26th June @ midnight

Are you 18-25 and based in commuting distance of Greater Manchester? Want to understand the inner workings of a music festival? Keen to enter the industry but not sure where to start (or perhaps what role you’d like to play?) - we’ve got you covered! 🫶

Previous YAB members have gone on to:
🎪 programme their own night as part of our festival
🎤 held industry insight evenings, interviewing leading creatives in the jazz sector
👯‍♀️ taken part in shadowing opportunities with mjf staff over the festival period

📸 Pixel Hive Media

26/05/2026
Thank you for groovin’ with us at & what was our 31st festival! Our hearts are full & our heads a little sore… 🍻SAVE T...
25/05/2026

Thank you for groovin’ with us at & what was our 31st festival!

Our hearts are full & our heads a little sore… 🍻

SAVE THE DATE: 21 - 30 may 2026

We will be back baby ☀️ ⚡️

📸 Ana Cunha

Signing off with an obligatory team photo 📸Thank you to all of our audiences, artists , venues, volunteers and friends f...
24/05/2026

Signing off with an obligatory team photo 📸

Thank you to all of our audiences, artists , venues, volunteers and friends for another fantastic year 💜

See you in 2027: 21 - 30 May 2027

📸 Alice Phillips

24/05/2026

The camera is rolling so let the tea commence ☕️

Our team may be very hard at work doing very important things to make a very important festival happen but that doesn’t mean we can’t get some content out of it… 👀

Big 🫶 to our staff who have worked tirelessly this week to make a reality!

Day 10! For one last time this year, here is your daily lineup of jazz! & what a spectacular close out to the festival t...
24/05/2026

Day 10!

For one last time this year, here is your daily lineup of jazz!

& what a spectacular close out to the festival this year 🕺

Unfortunately, due to airport delays, harpist Rafaelle Renaud will be unable to perform in this evening’s performance of...
23/05/2026

Unfortunately, due to airport delays, harpist Rafaelle Renaud will be unable to perform in this evening’s performance of Nout.

Delphine Joussein (flute) & Blanche Lafuente (drums) will perform as a duo instead.

We apologies for the unavoidable late change to the programme and we are excited to welcome you to Band on the Wall as Nout make their UK debut.

A big 💜 to our wonderful volunteers - for 10 days they have worked tirelessly across a range of festival roles includi...
23/05/2026

A big 💜 to our wonderful volunteers - for 10 days they have worked tirelessly across a range of festival roles including artist liaison, photography , videography , crew & more to make sure that you lovely audiences have the best most welcoming experience at our festival!

We could not exist & do what we do without them - thank you ✨

📸 Rina Srabonian , Mark Lear & Paul Edwards

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