A new jazz night in Southport

Southport Jazz Club will present a series of jazz nights at the Bakery in the Atkinson in Southport to showcase the wealth of local talent in the area.

Jazz Cafe will feature local bands led by musicians like Mike Smith (pictured above), Miranda Rimmer and Tom Sykes and after the band performs, a jam session will run open to all ages and abilities.

The venue will have food, cake and a full bar on offer.

Listings:

Thursday 27th October - Ginger Tunes Quartet
Thursday 24th November - Sonorous Quartet
Thursday 15th December - Naomi Webber

For more information, visit the Atkinson website.

Southport's Jazz on a Winter's Weekend announces new Director

After 12 years of a highly successful jazz festival in Southport, Director Geoff Matthews took the opportunity at the closing of the 2016 festival on February 7th to announce that he will be stepping down and passing on the role of festival director Neil Hughes in 2017.

Neil Hughes is no stranger to jazz promotion, running the Cinnamon Club in Altrinham for past 13 years. He is 'very excited to be taking over' and is looking forward to revealing the line-up for his first festival which will take place between 3-5 February 2017.

Huge congratulations to Geoff for his tireless work at Jazz on a Winter's Weekend for the last 12 years and we wish Neil Hughes every success in taking the reins next year. Big shoes to fill!