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JULY 2025
Tue 15: Vieux Carré Hot 4 @ The Victoria & Albert Inn, Seaton Sluice. Tel: 0191 237 3697. 12:30pm. ‘July Jazz Barbecue’. Tickets: £15.00.
Tue 15: Brass Bash @ Hackworth Park, Shildon, Co. Durham. 6:00-9:00pm. Free. Various bands. A Durham Brass Festival event.
Tue 15: Brass Bash @ The Witham, Barnard Castle, Co. Durham. 6:00-8:00pm. Free. Various bands. A Durham Brass Festival event.
Tue 15: Julian Lage Trio @ 1856 Exchange, North Shields. 7:30pm . Lage (guitar); Jorge Roeder (double bass); Joey Barron (drums).
Tue 15: Jools Holland’s Rhythm & Blues Orchestra @ The Hippodrome, Darlington. 7:30pm.
Tue 15: Jam session @ The Black Swan, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free. Stu Collingwood, Paul Grainger, Bailey Rudd.
Wed 16: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 16: Brass Bash @ Willington Town Park, Co. Durham. 6:00-8:00pm. Free. Various bands. A Durham Brass Festival event.
Wed 16: Brass Bash @ Market Place, Spennymoor, Co. Durham. 6:00-8:00pm. Free. Various bands. A Durham Brass Festival event.
Wed 16: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 16: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.
Thu 17: Brass Bash @ Trimdon Community College, Co. Durham. 6:00-9:00pm. Free. Various bands. A Durham Brass Festival event.
Thu 17: Brass Bash @ Blackhill & Consett Park, Co. Durham. 6:00-8:00pm. Free. Various bands. A Durham Brass Festival event.
Thu 17: NONUNONU @ Elder Beer, Heaton, Newcastle. 7:00pm (doors). £11:55 (inc bf).
Fri 18: Greg Abate w. Dean Stockdale Trio @ The Lit & Phil, Newcastle. 1:00pm. SOLD OUT!
Fri 18: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 18: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 18: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 18: Brass Bash @ Town Park, Newton Aycliffe, Co. Durham. 6:00-9:00pm. Free. Various bands. A Durham Brass Festival event.
Fri 18: Brass Bash @ North Terrace, Seaham, Co. Durham. 6:00-9:00pm. Free. Various bands. A Durham Brass Festival event.
Fri 18: Zoë Gilby Quartet @ Sunderland Minster. 7:30pm.
Fri 18: Knats: Masterclass & jam session @ The Glasshouse, Gateshead. 7:30pm. £15.00.
Fri 18: Rat Pack - Live in Concert @ Tyne Theatre, Newcastle. 7:30pm.
Fri 18: Greg Abate w. Dean Stockdale Trio @ Traveller’s Rest, Darlington. 8:00pm. £15.00.
Fri 18: Front Porch Three @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. A Hoodoo Blues dance class & social. Social & Front Porch Three only from 8:30pm. £5.00.
Sat 19: Streets of Brass @ Durham City. From 10:00am. Free. Various street bands. A Durham Brass Festival event.
Sat 19: Mr Wilson’s Second Liners: BRASS Boat Cruise @ Elvet Bridge jetty (by the boat club & Tomahawk Steak), Durham City. 12 noon. £12.00.; £10.00.; £5.00. 60 mins cruise, 2 x sets. SOLD OUT! A Durham Brass Festival event.
Sat 19: Bollywood Brass Band @ Monument Metro Station & Haymarket Metro Station, Newcastle. 2:00pm & 3:00pm & 4:00pm (3 x 30 mins). Free. A Gem Arts Masala Festival event.
Sat 19: Diddy Sweg: BRASS Boat Cruise @ Elvet Bridge jetty (by the boat club & Tomahawk Steak), Durham City. 2:00pm. £12.00.; £10.00.; £5.00. 60 mins cruise, 2 x sets. A Durham Brass Festival event.
Sat 19: Brazen Brass Band: BRASS Boat Cruise @ Elvet Bridge jetty (by the boat club & Tomahawk Steak), Durham City. 12 noon. £12.00.; £10.00.; £5.00. 60 mins cruise, 2 x sets. A Durham Brass Festival event.
Sat 19: Party in the Park @ Wharton Park, Durham. 5:00-9:00pm. Free. Ten street brass bands. A Durham Brass Festival event.
Sat 19: Jeff Hewer Trio @ The Vault, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free.
Sat 19: Merlin Roxby @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Free. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Sat 19: Tyne Valley Big Band @ Chopwell Community Centre. 8:00pm.
Sun 20: Streets of Brass @ Durham City. From 11:00am. Free. Various street bands. A Durham Brass Festival event.
Sun 20: Always Drinking Marching Band: BRASS Boat Cruise @ Elvet Bridge jetty (by the boat club & Tomahawk Steak), Durham City. 11:00am. £12.00.; £10.00.; £5.00. 60 mins cruise, 2 x sets. A Durham Brass Festival event.
Sun 20: New York Brass Band: BRASS Boat Cruise @ Elvet Bridge jetty (by the boat club & Tomahawk Steak), Durham City. 1:00pm. £12.00.; £10.00.; £5.00. 60 mins cruise, 2 x sets. A Durham Brass Festival event.
Sun 20: Das Brass: BRASS Boat Cruise @ Elvet Bridge jetty (by the boat club & Tomahawk Steak), Durham City. 3:00pm. £12.00.; £10.00.; £5.00. 60 mins cruise, 2 x sets. A Durham Brass Festival event.
Sun 20: 4B @ The Ticket Office, Whitley Bay. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 20: Pope/Garner/Byrne/Alderson @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm. JNE.
Mon 21: Gerry Richardson Quartet @ Yamaha Music School, Blyth. 1:00pm. £9.00. at the door; £8.20. (inc £0.20 bf) online, in advance.
Mon 21: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club (1:00pm). Free.
Mon 21: New Century Syncopated Seven @ The Black Bull, Blaydon. 8:00pm. £10.00.
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Tuesday, August 31, 2010
The Imposters @ The Magnesia Bank. Monday August 30th.
Jazz in the Afternoon @ Cullercoats Crecent Club. Monday 30th August.
The Cultured Ms Gilby.
Tomorrow Night @ Live Theatre - A Funny Valentine
Monday, August 30, 2010
Verona Chard w. Paul Edis Trio @ The Cherry Tree Restaurant, Jesmond.
Tonight @ the Cherry Tree Restaurant

Sunday, August 29, 2010
Jam Session @ The Jazz Café - Pink Lane Jumps.

Saturday, August 28, 2010
Jamie Cullum @ The Proms
The Railway Canteen - Newcastle
Friday, August 27, 2010
No SAVILL at the SAVILLE - Mike Lovell's Six In A Bar + 1 - 1 + 1!
Thursday, August 26, 2010
RIP Billy Calboutin

CD Review: Looking Glass - Zoe Gilby

Rosie Malone's The Maine Street Jazzmen.
Blasts from the Past

Wednesday, August 25, 2010
The Long Goodbye - Farewell to Jacky Denton

Aprés Funeral Quiz.
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Jacky Denton Funeral Music

Jacky Denton - Funeral Announcement

Monday, August 23, 2010
JC says...
Tommy Henderson on Eddie Farrow
Jazz Café Jam Session @ Jazz Café, Newcastle. Sunday 22nd August.
Django's Autograph.

Sunday, August 22, 2010
Swing Fever @ The Maggi Bank, North Shields.
SPACE IS THE PLACE - Jazz Night @ the City Arts & Music Project
The Ronnie McLean Story

Saturday, August 21, 2010
High Point Jazzmen
Friday, August 20, 2010
Take it to the Bridge @ The Chilli. August 18
Brief and to the point - Maine Street Jazzmen @ Rosie's Thursday August 19.
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Eilleena @ The Spice of Life.

Billy Harper on Jacky Denton
Gillespiana @ The King's Head, Crouch End. Tues Aug 17.

Monday, August 16, 2010
Pizza Jazz Awards Pizza Express, London.

Jazz Café Jam
Sunday, August 15, 2010
So Long Jacky Denton - they broke the mould.

R.I.P. Herman Leonard

Reese to play Peggy in movie
Robert Mitchell's Panacea The Cusp Tour.
Django Lives - in Newbiggin-by-the-Sea
Saturday, August 14, 2010
Ray Stubbs' R 'n' B All Stars @ The Magnesia Bank, North Shields.
Nick Pride and Laurie Shepherd on Blyth Quayside

Friday, August 13, 2010
Another Scoop for the Cherry Tree
6e Fest-Jazz de Châteauneuf-du-Faou - August 1, 2010

Thursday, August 12, 2010
Maine Street Jazzmen @ Rosie's (Rosie Malone's, South Shields.)
Alexander Stewart @ The Hideaway.
More on Jack Parnell
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Ayanna - Schmazz @ The Cluny.
Keith Stephen Hot Club Trio with Caroline Stephen (nee Irwin) headin' South.

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- The Cultured Ms Gilby.
- Tomorrow Night @ Live Theatre - A Funny Valentine
- Verona Chard w. Paul Edis Trio @ The Cherry Tree R...
- Tonight @ the Cherry Tree Restaurant
- Jam Session @ The Jazz Café - Pink Lane Jumps.
- Remembering Chris Connor
- Jamie Cullum @ The Proms
- The Railway Canteen - Newcastle
- No SAVILL at the SAVILLE - Mike Lovell's Six In A ...
- RIP Billy Calboutin
- CD Review: Looking Glass - Zoe Gilby
- Rosie Malone's The Maine Street Jazzmen.
- Blasts from the Past
- The Long Goodbye - Farewell to Jacky Denton
- Aprés Funeral Quiz.
- Jacky Denton Funeral Music
- Jacky Denton - Funeral Announcement
- JC says...
- Tommy Henderson on Eddie Farrow
- Jazz Café Jam Session @ Jazz Café, Newcastle. Sund...
- Django's Autograph.
- Swing Fever @ The Maggi Bank, North Shields.
- SPACE IS THE PLACE - Jazz Night @ the City Arts & ...
- The Ronnie McLean Story
- High Point Jazzmen
- Take it to the Bridge @ The Chilli. August 18
- Brief and to the point - Maine Street Jazzmen @ Ro...
- Eilleena @ The Spice of Life.
- Billy Harper on Jacky Denton
- Gillespiana @ The King's Head, Crouch End. Tues Au...
- Pizza Jazz Awards Pizza Express, London.
- Jazz Café Jam
- So Long Jacky Denton - they broke the mould.
- R.I.P. Herman Leonard
- Reese to play Peggy in movie
- Robert Mitchell's Panacea The Cusp Tour.
- Django Lives - in Newbiggin-by-the-Sea
- Ray Stubbs' R 'n' B All Stars @ The Magnesia Bank,...
- Nick Pride and Laurie Shepherd on Blyth Quayside
- Another Scoop for the Cherry Tree
- 6e Fest-Jazz de Châteauneuf-du-Faou - August 1, 2010
- Maine Street Jazzmen @ Rosie's (Rosie Malone's, So...
- Alexander Stewart @ The Hideaway.
- More on Jack Parnell
- Ayanna - Schmazz @ The Cluny.
- Keith Stephen Hot Club Trio with Caroline Stephen ...
- Verona Chard
- MO SCOTT GIG TAKE 2 – A LEARNING EXPERIENCE
- The Victory 'V' Jazzmen @ 15th Annual Great Whitti...
- Farewell Jack Parnell (1923 - 2010)
- Mo is 'The Most' @ the Maggi
- Maine Street Jazzmen move on to the Sunniside of t...
- Cool Breeze - Robin Hood, Jarrow
- The Jazz Train
- Jazz on BBC Radio 2 & 3
- More from Cecile
- Keith Stephen's Hot Club Trio w. Steve Andrews @ A...
- The Second Coming - or was it the third or fourth?...
- Friends Of Jazz. All Saints Church Hall Cleadon Au...
- Take It To The Bridge @ The Chillingham. August 4th.
- Keith Stephen's Hot Club Trio w. Steve Andrews @ A...
- Harry Klein - very much a jazz death
- Two not quite jazz deaths
- Chestnuts In Blossom
- Zoe Gilby Quartet @ The Cherry Tree
- Zoe Gilby Tonight @ The Cherry Tree
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- Vintage cartoon
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