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The 15th annual Manchester Jazz Festival will be bringing all sorts of new sounds into town. From big bang and swing to blues, funk and fusions, there's something for everyone at the Manchester Jazz Festival, even the cynics.
RALPH ALESSI WITH THE JIM HART TRIO
Festival Pavillion, 7.30pm
£5
NAT BIRCHALL QUARTET, MARSHALL ALLEN & HAMES HARRAR'S CINEMA SOLORIENS AND THE COSMO-DRAMA
Band on the Wall, 8.30pm
£14
HONEYFEET
Matt & Phred's Jazz Club, 10pm
£5
MAGIC HAT ENSEMBLE
Festival Pavillion, Noon
Free
THE TRASH CAN COLLECTIVE
St Ann's Square, 1pm
Free
GLAZZ
Festival Pavillion, 2pm
Free
TWITCHY FINGERS
St Ann's Square, 3pm
Free
TONY WOODS PROJECT
Festival Pavillion, 4pm
Free
MATT CHANDLER TRIO
St Ann's Square, 5pm
Free
HUW JACOB, LIAN CARROL TRIO
Festival Pavilion, 8pm
£10
MR SCRUFF: KEEP IT UNREAL
Band on the Wall, 9pm (open until 3am)
£11/£12
JON THORNE'S OEDIPUS MINGUS
Matt & Phred's Jazz Club, 10pm
£5
PAPA MILES
St Ann's Square, 1pm
Free
GARY BOYLE BAND, MIKE HALL & DAN WHIELDON, SARA COLMAN QUARTET
The Bridgewater Hal Foyer, 1pm
Free
WORKSHOPS: AN INTRODUCTION TO AFRO-CUBAN PERCUSSION AND DANCE WITH SONG
Festival Pavillion, 2pm – 5pm (with short breaks)
£10
WAY OUT (NORTH) WEST
St Ann's Square, 3pm
Free
JD73
St Ann's Square, 5pm
Free
DIÁSPORA, MOJITO
Festival Pavillion, 8pm
£7.50
NATIONAL YOUTH JAZZ ORCHESTRA OF SCOTLAND
Band on the Wall, 8pm
£10
EXTRA CURRICULAR
St Ann's Square, 11.45am
Free
PETE HUGHES
Festival Pavillion, 12.30pm
Free
GLASS MYSTERY PLAYS THE MUSIC OF TOM HARRELL
The Bridgewater Hall Foyer, 1pm
Free
MJF INTRODUCES: SAM RAPLE/ADAM CHATTERTON QUINTET
Festival Pavillion, 2.30pm
Free
AFTERNOON TEA WITH...ELAINE HARRIS & ANDRZEJ BARANEK
Midland Hotel, 2.30pm (music starts at 3pm)
£15
EUROPEAN UNION QUARTET
St Ann's Square, 5pm
Free
ORFEO 5, RICHRAD SCOTT'S LIGHTNING ENSEMBLE, RUDNICKI/POSTLE ELECTRIC DUO
St Ann's Church, 6.15pm
£3 (on the door)
MONIKA LIDKE
Festival Pavillion, 8pm
Free
JAZZ JAM SESSION
Matt & Phred's Jazz Club, 10pm
Free
JAZZ ON 3
Band on the Wall, 11.15 - please arrive by 10.30
Draw for tickets
FUNDING SURGERIES FOR JAZZ MUSICIANS AND PROMOTERS
Midland Hotel: Wyvern Suite, 11am – 3.30pm
Free
CUSP
St Ann's Square, 11.45am
Free
COOL CEOL QUARTET
Festival Pavillion, 12.30pm
Free
EBRCHT-SHERRIF PROJECT
The Bridgewater Hall Foyer, 1pm
Free
MJF INTRODUCES: CAIT MAYALL & BEN NEWTON DUO, DANIEL MARKS
Festival Pavillion, 2.30pm
Free
AFTERNOON TEA WITH...SARAH BENNETT & CURT SHAW
Midland Hotel, 2.30pm (music starts 3pm)
£15
ORCHESTRA DC DANSETTE
St Ann's Square, 5pm
Free
SIMCOCK/WALKER/SWALLOW/NUSSBAUM
RNCM, 7.30pm
£14/£12 (concessions available)
RODINA
Festival Pavillion, 8pm
Free
KID CREOLE AND THE COCONUTS
Band on the wall, 8.30pm
£25
STUART MCCALLUM WITH RIOGHNAGH CONNOLLY
Matt & Phred's Jazz Club, 10pm
£5
JIM FAULKNER GROUP
St Ann's Square, 11.45am
Free
SARA DOWLING & ANDY KINGSLOW
Festival Pavillion, 12.30pm
Free
EDWARD BARNWELL TRIO
The Bridgewater Hall Foyer, 1pm
Free
AFTERNOON TEA WITH...ALICE ZAWADZKI & MOSS FREED
Midland Hotel, 2.30pm (music starts 3pm)
£15
MJF INTRODUCES: ANDREW WOODHEAD QUARTET
Festval Pavillion, 2.30pm
Free
GENI LAMB QUINTET WITH SUEYO
St Ann's Square, 5pm
Free
SURROUNDINGS: OPEN REHEARSAL
St Ann's Church, 6pm
Free
PHIL BANCROFT'S 'HOME, SMALL AS THE WORLD'
RNCM, 7.30pm
£14/£12 (concessions available)
TERRI SHALTIEL
Festival Pavilion, 8pm
Free
KID CREOLE AND THE COCONUTS
Band on the Wall, 8.30pm
£25
THE RACHAEL GLADWIN SEXTET
Matt and Phred's Jazz Club, 10pm
£5
SERGE TEBU PROJECT
St Ann's Square, 11.45am
Free
THE 265 QUARTET
Festival Pavillion, 12.30pm
Free
OUR LIBERATED WINTER, STEVE TROMANS/DAN NICHOLLS DUO
St Ann's Church, 1pm
Free
MJF INTRODUCES: BEN WATTE/SAM HEALEY QUINTET
Festival Pavillion, 2.30pm
Free
AFTERNOON TEA WITH...AN JACOBS & DAN WHIELDON
Midland Hotel, 2.30pm (music starts at 3pm)
£15
SARGASSO TOWNSHIP JAZZ BAND
St Ann's Square, 5pm
Free
STU BROWN SEXTET: THE RAYMOND SCOTT PROJECT
RNCM, 7.30pm
£14/£12 (concessions available)
HARRY MAGOYA BAND
Festival Pavillion, 8pm
£10
ASAF SIRKIS TRIO, ARUN GHOSH QUINTET
Band on the Wall, 9pm
£12
CABBAGE ALLEY
Matt & Phred's Jazz Club, 10pm
£5
SENDAI
St Ann's Square, 11.45am
Free
BAYLIS/HOWARD/MCCALLUM
Festival Pavillion, 12.30pm
Free
LES CHISNALL
St Ann's Church, 1pm
Free
MJF INTRODUCES: ORCA TRIO
Festival Pavillion, 2.30pm
Free
AFTERNOON TEA WITH...DOREEN EDWARDS & GEORGE KING
Midland Hotel, 2.30pm music starts 3pm
£15
AD INFINITUM
St Ann's Square, 5pm
Free
STUART MCCALLUM, THE GOLDEN AGE OF STEAM, TRIO VD
Festival Pavillion, 8pm)
£7.50
ROB DURBIN TRIO WITH CHIP WICKHAM
Matt & Phred's Jazz Club, 10pm
£5
DANIEL ERDMANN AND FRANCIS LE BRAS
Festival Pavillion, Noon
Free
MIKE SMITH' GINGER TUNES QUARTET
St Ann's Square, 1pm
Free
KOBU
Festival Pavillion, 2pm
Free
BILLY ADAMSON GROUP
St Ann's Square, 3pm
Free
BALDO MARTÍNEZ GROUP
Festival Pavillion, 4pm
Free
ZOE CHIOTIS BAND
St Ann's Square, 5pm
Free
MJF ORIGINALS: NEIL YATES & THE N-CIRCLE JAZZ ORCHESTRA – SURROUNDINGS
St Ann's Church, 7pm
£9
BEATS 'N' PIECES BIG BAND, DARK KNIGHTS OFSOUL
Festival Pavillion, 8.30pm
£7.50
EXTRA LOVE
Matt & Phred's Jazz Club, 10pm
£5
For more information about the venues, artists or performances at Manchester Jazz Festival, visit www.manchesterjazz.comTickets can be purchased online at www.ticketline.co.uk
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I hope the festival preparations didn't cause the cutting down of what appeared to be a perfectly healthy tree in St Ann's Square
Now now cobbydaler, you know what the council are like about plants and green spaces, it was probably overshadowing the bricks