Sandwell Council

Jazz Festival 2021 - join us for some fantastic music

Sandwell Council sent this bulletin at 14-07-2021 03:05 PM BST

Time for all that jazz again in Sandwell

The 37th annual Birmingham, Sandwell & Westside Jazz Festival runs from 16 July to 1 August 2021.

There are a mixture of events you can attend or watch live streamed to wherever you are.

Please stay safe at our jazz festival events and follow all safety measures that organisers have put in place to protect you, other music lovers, performers and staff.

Due to Covid-19 some performances this year will be live-streamed.

Visit the Sandwell Council Jazz Festival webpage and the Birmingham Jazz Festival webpage for more information about performances.

Brooks Williams

Friday 16 July 2021, 7.30pm
Blackheath Library
Live streamed event, no audience.

‘Brooks Williams is one of those select few “How on earth does he do it?” artists.’ – Fatea

Find out more about Brooks Williams

Digby Fairweather and the Backyard Music Boys

Saturday 17 July 2021, 7pm
Lightwoods House, Bearwood
Performance will take place in the Shakespeare Garden (weather permitting).
Advance ticket only (free) from TicketSource.
Q&A session with the band from 18:00.

Find out more about Digby Fairweather

Billy Thompson Trio

Wednesday 21 July 2021, 7.30pm
Wednesbury Library
Advance ticket only (free), no admittance on the door, call 0121 569 4945 to book your ticket.

This event will also be available via a live stream.

For more about the Billy Thompson Trio

Roy Forbes Quartet

Friday 23 July 2021, 7.30pm
Thimblemill Library, Smethwick
Live streamed event, no audience.

Song stylist Roy Forbes’ vocal style is, as Jazz UK expressed it, ‘infused with the warmth of his own personality’. His dynamic and soulful treatments of the Great American Songbook have brought him acclaim at international festivals as far afield as Milan and St. Lucia, as well as continuing popularity in his native Birmingham.

Find out more about the Roy Forbes Quartet

Tipitina

Saturday 24 July 2021, 2pm
Bromwich Hall, Stone Cross
Performance will take place outdoors (weather permitting).
Advance ticket only (free) from TicketSource.

Saturday 24 July 2021, 7.30pm
West Bromwich Central Library
Advance ticket only (free), no admittance on the door, call 0121 569 4904 to book your ticket. This event will also be available via a live stream.

For more about Tipitina

Shufflepack

Sunday 25 July 2021, 2pm
Oak House, West Bromwich
Performance will take place outdoors (weather permitting).
Advance ticket only (free) from TicketSource

Led by singer/harmonica player Stuart ‘Son’ Maxwell, the Shufflepack plays groovy shuffling blues in the classic style, from Chicago to the West Coast. For more about Shufflepack

David Moore Blues Band

Sunday 25 July 2021, 2pm
Haden Hill House, Cradley Heath
Performance will take place outdoors (weather permitting).

Leading an exciting blues band that is one of the great favourites at Henry’s Blueshouse, David Moore graduated from the Birmingham Conservatoire in 1999.

For more about the David Moore Blues Band