Swanage Jazz Festival, “the oldest and probably the largest pure Jazz Festival on the South Coast of England”, has made its first 2025 programme announcement. This 34th festival takes place over three days, from Friday 11 July – Sunday 13 July 2025. Tickets are now in sale
Among the acts announced are:
Andy Sheppard
Elaine Delmar
Hejira – celebrating Joni Mitchell
Soothsayers
Sultan Stevenson Trio
Adrian Cox
Pete Long’s Jazz At The Mowlemonic
Ian Bateman’s Tribute To Louis Armstrong
Liane Carroll – “Mr & Mrs” Quartet with Georgia Mancio, Roger Carey, Dave Ohm
Tickets : “Advance Tickets for this jam-packed weekend of quality Jazz are £145 for a weekend stroller, £45 for a Friday-only stroller and £85 for a Saturday or Sunday Stroller. Stroller tickets give purchasers access to all ticketed venues, subject to capacity. Advance tickets are on sale until 30 June and prices will rise from 1 July.”
Some further acts are yet to be booked and programme updates will be made in due course. The programme schedule will be released by the end of April.
Paul Kelly, Chair of Swanage Jazz Festival said, “We are incredibly pleased to bring another top quality Jazz programme to Swanage. We have over 300 Jazz groups wanting to play the Festival and have thus been able to resist the temptation to book soul, rock or pop acts. So audiences will get nothing but Jazz for their money. That said it’s always a difficult balancing act to both celebrate the best of the past and the best of now and what is to come. I think once again we have another good balance of talents and musical styles and hope our audiences will agree.”
Programme as at 8 February:
Friday 11 July
Soothsayers
The Elaine Delmar Quartet
The Adrian Cox Trio
BD Lenz Trio
Andy Panyi and Chris Coull’s Blues and The Abstract Truth
Hexagonal
The Jazz Defenders
The Tara Minton Trio – in association with Swanage Jazz Club
Saturday 12 July
Andy Sheppard Quartets
Hejira
Ian Bateman’s Tribute to Louis Armstrong and his Allstars
Threeway with special guest John Etheridge
Atlanticus
Ribbons with Sara Coleman and Rebecca Nash
The Kevin Figes Sextet – You Are Here
Craig Milverton’s Tribute to Oscar Peterson
Terry Quinney’s Tribute to Benny Golson with Mark Nightingale
The Josh Thorn Quartet
The Dart Valley Stomper’s Legacy Band – Tribute to Jeremy Huggett
Sunday 13 July
The Sultan Stevenson Trio
Pete Long’s Jazz at The Mowlemonic
10 piece band with Simon Spillett and Alex Clark
Rainey’s Revue
Mr and Mrs with Georgia Mancio and Liane Carroll
The Jazz Couriers Revisited – with Pete Long and Simon Spillett
The Emily Masser/Alex Clarke Quintet
The Jon Lloyd Quartet
The Martin Dale Quartet
The Neil Burns Trio – with Roger Beaujolais and Alec Dankworth
Chris Walker’s Pedigree Chums
Moscow Drug Club
Tony Waller’s Prohibition Jazz
Plus free Festival Fringe in Swanage Hotels and Pubs – details to be announced
