Jazz Gig Calendar

This is a live jazz gig listings service from Jazz in Reading. We feature mostly modern jazz gigs happening within 20 miles or so of Reading.

The listings used to be published monthly, under the name 'Jazz Round About Reading', but all gigs now appear in the calendar, the link for which is below left. Check it out whenever you feel the urge to hear live jazz. Don't forget to refresh your browser each time you visit, to be sure of catching all latest changes or additions. Please check with venues before setting off - all details may be subject to change.

Musicians, promoters and venues should send their gig information to us via the Submit Your Gig form. Please note that the details you submit will be checked and edited before being approved for publication. We reserve the right to make amendments before publication if we consider the content inappropriate or inaccurate.

If you have any queries, please email info@jazzinreading.com

Guildford Jazz at the Cricket Pavilion | Matt Wates Sextet

Matt Wates’ swinging, accessible music has been described as “an infectious blend of Jazz Messengers-style bebop and West Coast cool, with some funky rhythm and blues thrown in”. A favourite at festivals, jazz clubs and concert halls throughout Europe, the music is a mix of classic jazz standards and originals performed by some of the finest players on the scene. With Matt Wates – alto sax, Martin Shaw -trumpet/flugelhorn, Andy Panayi – tenor sax, Leon Greening – piano, Matt Skelton – drums, Marianne Windham – bass

Pangbourne Jazz Club: Brian Greene Trio | Wallingford

We will be playing jazz standards and a mix of chilled cool funk.Entrance is free, but do book a table for dinner or drinks and let them know in the notes on the booking page you are coming for the Jazz.

Live Jazz at The Relais | Henley-on-Thames

Live Jazz at The Relais | Henley-on-Thames

Robert Otwinowski

Jazz Singer Mia with Hugh Turner |

Sun 21 July | Jazz Singer Mia with Hugh Turner guitar accompaniment | Login Lounge, Camberley | 1-3pm | Free entry

Live Jazz at The Relais | Henley-on-Thames

Wood Street Jazz Festival | Guildford

Sun 21 July | Wood Street Jazz Festival | Wood Street Village Green Guildford GU3 3EU | Gates open 12.00, Jazz from 12.30 to 5.00 pm | Tickets £25 (discounts for members and students) from here

The Wood Street Jazz Festival is back for our 10th year anniversary in 2024! On Sunday 21st July we will be welcoming you to an afternoon of jazz on the Wood Street Village Green, all in support of Challengers! The afternoon’s music includes one of the UK’s finest swing bands Jivin’ Miss Daisy, the award winning Nigel Price Organ Trio , plus the Somethin’ Else Big Band and our rising stars acoustic stage. A superb Indian meal, a licenced bar and free parking.

Malcolm Earle Smith Five @ Balboa Beckons, Oxford

Sun 21 July | Malcolm Earle Smith Five playing at an afternoon of social balboa dancing | 2.15-6pm, preceded by Balboa Workshop with Izzy and Louis from the London Bal Collective for those with some experience of balboa 12-2.15pm | Old Headington Village Hall, Oxford OX3 9BY | £35 whole day on DanceCloud or £15 afternoon only (cash/card on the door)

Join us for a lovely afternoon of social balboa dancing – other dancers who like to dance to faster music and those who want to come and enjoy listening to an amazing band and watching fabulous dancing also very welcome.

Sundowner Jazz Cruise with Fleur Stevenson | Caversham

Hugh Turner, Chris Cobbson guitars | Henley

Live Jazz at The Relais | Henley-on-Thames

The Supertonics Big Band | Bracknell

Marlow Jazz Club | Roger Beaujolais

Tues 16 Jul | Roger Beaujolais with ‘The Story Of The Vibes In Jazz’ | Marlow Jazz Club, Royal British Legion Hall, SL7 1NT | 8.30pm | £10 at the door, but phone 01628 486571 to reserve a seat or table.

The Virtuoso of the Vibes brings his new project to Marlow. His Quintet includes Jez Cook on guitar.

Jazz at The Fisherman’s Cottage | Zoë White

Zoë White is an accomplished jazz singer and theatre performer. You may also recognise her for the great work she did as house photographer for Jazz at Progress. Tonight she and the band will perform well-loved standards and bossa nova classics.

Every fourth Tuesday: next date 13 August

Live music. Free entry. Excellent food and drink. And a lot more space than the late-lamented Global Cafe. Who could ask for more?

Parking at The Fisherman’s Cottage, on surrounding streets or take an easy stroll along the Kennet from the Queen’s Road car park – park for just £3.60 for the evening. More parking information here

Live Jazz at The Relais | Henley-on-Thames

Michael Varekamp Quartet | Fawley, Henley-on-Thames

Sundowner Jazz Cruise with Fleur Stevenson | Caversham

Hugh Turner Quartet | Goring

Guildford Jazz at the Stoke | Nicholas Meier Quartet with Alex Hutton

Swiss guitarist Nicholas Meier has toured the world as part of Jeff Beck’s Band He has drawn from a love of Turkish, Eastern & Middle Eastern music, Flamenco, Tango and more — all mixed with jazz! Tonight’s quartet is a preview of Nicolas’ brand new project which features pianist Alex Hutton , who is an established pianist on the London scene, renowned for his Latin Jazz playing!

Live Jazz at The Relais | Henley-on-Thames

Jazz at Progress | Jazz Suite: Under Milk Wood

Fri 12 July | Jazz Suite: Under Milk Wood | Ewen Baird tenor saxophone, Martin Pickett piano, Steve Kershaw double bass, Mike Goff drums Siân Goff & Tom Neill narrators | Progress Theatre, The Mount, Reading RG1 5HL | 7: 30pm | £17 (£15 concessions) plus maximum 5% booking fee | Details and tickets

You’ve heard the original Radio Drama and seen the Play – now experience the Musical! OK, not exactly a musical – but read on…

In 1965, inspired by Dylan Thomas’ masterpiece, renowned pianist and composer Stan Tracey, ‘the godfather of British jazz’, composed Jazz Suite: Under Milk Wood – a beautifully constructed set of eight tunes, each with an unmistakably individual character, including the acknowledged genius of the tone-poem Starless and Bible Black.

Jazz in Reading – in collaboration with Progress Theatre – has arranged a performance of the work: Stan Tracey’s music interwoven with Dylan Thomas’ words. This is a rare opportunity to experience two musical and literary masterworks at their uplifting and life-affirming best.

“A friend of mine has attended every presentation of this performance to date having attended the previous five at Goring, Oxford, Marlow, Bracknell and Reading. He finds new treasures to enjoy on each occasion. So will you. This is not to be missed.” – Trevor Bannister

Pangbourne Jazz Club | Paul Higgs, trumpet

Aret Komlosy Trio | Oxford

Sun 7 July | Aret Komlosy Trio featuring Hugh Turner | Summertown Wine Bar | 7-9 pm | TBC

Live Jazz at The Relais | Henley-on-Thames

Jan Steele

Fleur Stevenson Quartet | Woodcote Jazz

Live Jazz at The Relais | Henley-on-Thames

Ewen Baird

Live Jazz at The Relais | Henley-on-Thames

Mike Goff

Live Jazz at The Relais | Henley-on-Thames

Theo Warren is a 19-year-old saxophonist and clarinetist who is currently a first-year student at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance in London. He is a composer and arranger, studying and collaborating with some of the finest musicians in the country. His passion for jazz, coupled with his unwavering commitment, makes him a promising talent in the jazz scene.

Hugh Turner Funky Instrumental Trio | Reading

Wed 3 July | Hugh Turner Funky Instrumental Trio | Calico Restaurant. Reading | Tbc

Jazz at The Four Horseshoes, Sherfield-on-Loddon

Tues 2 July | Equinox Quintet with John Dickson | John Dickson piano, Peter Bingham tenor sax, John Clarke guitar, Derek Alford bass, and Paul Kaluza drums | Four Horseshoes pub, Sherfield-on-Loddon RG27 0EX | 8pm to 10.30pm | Four Horseshoes | No charge for admission (donations are welcomed)

Live Jazz at The Relais | Henley-on-Thames

Phil Craddock

Guildford Jazz in Loseley Park | “Embraceable Ella” with Joanna Eden

Joanna Eden presents a show celebrating the music of Ella Fitzgerald. From ‘A Tisket A Tasket’, which brought Ella to fame with the Chick Webb Orchestra, to the songbook album classics. Joanna launched Embraceable Ella to much acclaim at the London Jazz Festival. With Paul Higgs on trumpet, Chris Ingham on piano, George Double on drums and Marianne WIndham on bass. The evening will open with big band swing from the FARNHAM BIG BAND. The garden kiosk will be open for drinks and snacks, and you can bring your own picnic. Every penny raised at this event supports GUTS, fighting bowel cancer.

Marcus Bonfanti – Nothing But The Blues | Dorchester-On-Thames

An exhilarating evening of live Jazz and fun!

Tori Freestone and Alcyona Mick | The Forge, Basingstoke

This award-winning pairing are currently creating a stir on the UK jazz
scene.

Sundowner Jazz Cruise with Fleur Stevenson | Caversham

Dinner Jazz at The Angel | Michelle Aspell

Sat 29 Jun | Michell Aspell vocals, Phil Craddock piano, Phil Berry bass, Jim Wade drums | The Angel, Woolhampton RG7 5RT | Music from 8pm | Free entry. Call 0118 971 3827 to make dinner reservations

Michelle has cultivated a distinctive vocal style and versatility that sounds at home in all kinds of musical genres, be it jazz, R&B, blues or even country. However she is primarily a jazz vocalist, inspired and influenced by the great queens of jazz such as Ella Fitzgerald, Dinah Washington, Billie Holiday and Sarah Vaughan. Her true passion is singing the great jazz standards and American songbook numbers.

The Meters New Orleans Soul, from the Meterologists | Henley

Fri 28 June | The Meters New Orleans Soul, from the Meterologists | Cool hand Luke guitar, Neill Ettridge drums, Dan Caney bass guitar, Andy Purcell Hammond organ | The Green Room, 48 Market Place, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 2AG | 8pm | £8 on the door

Kim Osmond | Yarnton

Fri 28 June | Vocalist Kim Osmond with Hugh Turner guitar and Esther Ng acoustic bass | Turnpike Inn, Yarnton OX5 | 7-9pm | Free entry

Live Jazz at The Relais | Henley-on-Thames

Jon Walsh

Sarah Jane Eveleigh | Reading

Tues 25 June | Sarah Jane Eveleigh & Friends | Sarah Jane Eveleigh vocals, Peter Bingham tenor sax, Lawrie Wright piano, Phil Berry bass, Jim Wade drums | The Rising Sun, 16 Castle St., Reading RG1 7RD | Doors open midday, music 3 – 6pm | Free entry

Book a table and join us for the opening of the beautifully refurbished Sun Inn, Reading’s oldest pub, now known by its original 17th century name : The Rising Sun

Live Jazz at The Relais | Henley-on-Thames

Lawrie Wright

Sarah Jane Garside / Hugh Turner Jazz Duo | Hartley Witney

Midsummer Music with Clive Fortune Big Band | Burghfield Village 

Live music, including jazz standards, big band classics and contemporary arrangements for big band in a beautiful garden setting. Raffle, bar and hog roast available (£7.50 additional charge), card payments accepted. Interval support from The Tonyx and singer songwriter Liza Marsall.

Budapest Cafe Orchestra | Yattendon

Budapest Cafe Orchestra is a 4-piece orchestra playing gypsy & folk-flavoured music from all around the world, especially traditional Balkan, Russian, Hungarian and Romanian in their own fresh and surprising way with jazz nuances and their own unique arrangements, established by award-winning British violinist Christian Garrick in 2009.

Fleur Stevenson/Hugh Turner Duo | Didcot

Live Jazz at The Relais | Henley-on-Thames

Jazz at Progress | The Gaz Hughes Trio: The Nuclear Bebopalypse Tour

Fri 21 Jun – The Gaz Hughes Trio: The Nuclear Bebopalypse Tour – Gaz Hughes drums, Andrzej Baranek piano, Gavin Barras double bass | Progress Theatre, The Mount, Reading RG1 5HL | 7: 30pm | £19.00 (£17.00 concessions, £10 under 16) plus maximum 5% booking fee | Details

Jazz at The Fisherman’s Cottage | Gareth Chelley & Sarah Jane Weston

Tues 18 June | Jazz at The Fisherman’s Cottage | Gareth Chelley tenor sax, Phil Craddock piano, Mike Bennett bass, Jim Wade drums plus special set featuring Sarah Jane Weston vocals/piano | Fisherman’s Cottage, Kennet Side RG1 3DW | Music from 8pm | Free entry, donations welcomed.

Every fourth Tuesday: next date 16 July

Live music. Free entry. Excellent food and drink. And a lot more space than the late-lamented Global Cafe. Who could ask for more?

Fleur de Lys Jazz Festival | East Hagbourne, South Oxfordshire

Sun 16 June | Fleur Stevenson Quintet [ Fleur Stevenson: vocals  Anatoliy Vyacheslavov: sax  Pete Billington: piano / guitar  Paul Jefferies: double bass  Simon Price: drums] The Ronnie Scott’s All Stars, Dom Pipkin & The Ikos | The Fleur de Lys, 30 Main Road, East Hagbourne, OX11 9LN | Music from 2pm | Barbecue | Day tickets £30 | For further
information & tickets contact The Fleur de Lys, East Hagbourne, 01235 813247 or email info@thefleurdelyspub.co.uk

Rebecca Poole with Hugh Turner | Henley

Sun 16 June | Rebecca Poole with Hugh Turner tbc | Henley Jazz Festival

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