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February 2025
Fri 28: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free. THIS WEEK ONLY JAMES BIRKETT (guitar)!
Fri 28: Luis Verde Quartet @ The Gala, Durham. 1:00pm. £8.00. SOLD OUT!
Fri 28: Spilt Milk @ St. James’ STACK, Newcastle. 7:00-9:00pm. Free. Nolan Brothers (vocal harmonies).
Fri 28: Castillo Nuevo Orquesta @ Pilgrim, Newcastle. 7:30pm (doors). £8.00.
Fri 28: Knats @ Lubber Fiend, Newcastle. 7:30pm. £11.50. (inc bf.). Album launch gig. Support act TBC.
Fri 28: Black is the Color of My Voice @ The Gala, Durham. 7:30pm. Apphia Campbell’s one-woman show inspired by the life of Nina Simone, performed by Florence Odumosu.
Fri 28: Great North Big Band Jazz Festival: Musicians Unlimited @ Park View Community Centre, Chester-le-Street. 8:00pm. £10.00. (Weekend ticket £20.00., available on the door). Day 1/3. Musicians Unlimited in concert.
Fri 28: Redwell @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
MARCH 2025
Sat 01: Great North Big Band Jazz Festival @ Park View Community Centre, Chester-le-Street. 11:00am. £15.00. Day 2/3.
Sat 01: TJ Johnson Band @ St Augustine’s Parish Centre, Darlington. 12:30pm. £10.00.
Sat 01: Play Jazz! workshop @ The Globe, Newcastle. 1:30pm. £25.00. Tutor: Steve Glendinning. Get your funk on! Enrol at: learning@jazz.coop.
Sat 01: Shunyata Improvisation Group @ The Watch House, Cullercoats. 2:00-3:30pm. Free.
Sat 01: Ray Stubbs R&B All Stars @ Billy Bootleggers. Ouseburn, Newcastle. 4:00pm. Free.
Sat 01: Lapwing Jazz Trio @ Three Sheets to the Wind, Alnwick. 5:15pm or 5:45pm (times tbc). Part of the Alnwick Story Festival's music fringe programme: Free.
Sat 01: Struggle Buggy @ The Peacock, Sunderland. 6:00pm. Blues band.
Sat 01: Edison Herbert Trio @ The Vault, Darlington 7:00pm. Free.
Sat 01: Joseph O’Brien: The Ultimate Tribute to Frank Sinatra @ Fire Station, Sunderland. 7:30pm. O’Brien & seven piece band (inc. Wendy Kirkland, Jim Corry & Pat Sprakes).
Sat 01: Rendezvous Jazz @ Red Lion, Earsdon. 8:00pm. £3.00.
Sat 01: Jack & Jay’s Vintage Songbook @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Sun 02: Great North Big Band Jazz Festival @ Park View Community Centre, Chester-le-Street. 11:00am. £10.00. Day 3/3.
Sun 02: Smokin’ Spitfires @ The Cluny, Newcastle. 12:45pm. £7.50.
Sun 02: Nauta @ Central Bar, Gateshead. 2:00pm. £10.00.
Sun 02: Sax Choir @ The Globe, Newcastle. 2:00pm. Free (donations).
Sun 02: Side Café Orkestar @ Café Under the Spire, Derwentwater Road, Gateshead. 2:00pm. Free.
Sun 02: 4B @ The Ticket Office, Whitley Bay. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 02: Milne Glendinning Band @ The White Room, Stanley. 6:30pm.
Sun 02: Bella by Barlight @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 7:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Sun 02: Tweed River Jazz Band @ Spittal Bowling Club, Berwick. 7:00pm. Free.
Sun 02: Ali Watson Quartet @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm.
Mon 03: Milne Glendinning Band @ Yamaha Music School, Blyth. 1:00pm. £9.00. at the door; £8.20. (inc £0.20 bf) online, in advance.
Mon 03: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Tue 04: Vieux Carré Hot 4 @ Victoria & Albert Inn, Seaton Delaval. Tel: 0191 237 3697. 12:30pm. £8.00. ‘Jazz ‘n’ Pancakes’.
Tue 04: Jam session @ The Black Swan, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free. House trio: Stu Collingwood, Paul Grainger, Abbie Finn.
Tue 04: Customs House Big Band @ The Masonic Hall, North St., Ferryhill DL17 8HX. 7:30pm. Free.
Thu 06: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone, Whitley Road, Holystone. 1:00pm. Free.
Thu 06: Jazz Appreciation North East @ Brunswick Methodist Church, Newcastle NE1 7BJ. 2:00pm. £4.00. Subject: The Jazz Music of Quincy Jones.
Thu 06: BBC Big Band @ The Hippodrome, Darlington. 7:30pm. £32.00., £25.00., £16.00. ‘The Sound of Cinema’ featuring Emer McPartland (vocals).
Thu 06: Merlin Roxby @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Free. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Thu 06: Tees Hot Club @ Dorman’s Club, Middlesbrough. 8:30pm. Free. Guests: Dan Johnson (sax); Josh Bentham (sax); Gary Hadfield (keys); Adrian Beadnell (bass). A Tees Hot Club promotion. First Thursday in the month.
Fri 07: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 07: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 07: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 07: James Birkett & Emma Fisk @ Old Lowlight, Clifford’s Fort, North Shields NE30 1JE. 7:00pm. £15.00. + bf. www.oldlowlight.co.uk. Rescheduled from Friday 7th February.
Fri 07: Jake Leg Jug Band @ Saltburn Community Hall. 7:30pm. £12.00.
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Sunday, July 31, 2011
Super Sunday @ The Jazz Café
Rendezvous Jazz @ Preston Grange Community Centre. July 30th
Saturday, July 30, 2011
More Jazz At The (Lit and) Phil - Brian Bennett.
JAZZATHON
Friday, July 29, 2011
Blues To Be There - Daryl Sherman/Jay Leonhart in Palm Beach.

Thursday, July 28, 2011
Maine Street Jazzmen @ Rosie Malone's.
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Message From Omid (via Facebook).
Satchmo by Satchmo: the Louis Armstrong Tapes
Breach @ The Cluny. July 26th
The Big Audition @ Pizza Express
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
R.I.P. Frank Foster

Monday, July 25, 2011
Zoe Gilby Quartet @ The Cherry Tree, Restaurant, Jesmond.
Bill Ashton on Amy Winehouse.
ACV @ The Bridge Hotel. July 24th

Tonight @ The Cherry Tree
KIT DOWNES TRIO to perform exclusive CONCERT @ CHAPPELLS - YAMAHA LONDON FOR CENTREPOINT
SAGE SUMMERTYNE AMERICANA FESTIVAL 2011
Sunday, July 24, 2011
The Heritage Hall Band @ Heaton Park, Newcastle.
CD/Download review. The Matt Anderson Quartet.
Amy Winehouse Found Dead
Jazz on a Summer evening at Kirkharle Courtyard. Friday July 22.

Saturday, July 23, 2011
SAGE SUMMERTYNE AMERICANA FESTIVAL
Friday, July 22, 2011
Raul Malo and the Northern Sinfonia - The Sage, Gateshead, Summertyne American Festival.
Preview: The Door Mouse Quintet @ Pizza Express
Thursday, July 21, 2011
Greg Abate @ The Corner House
Maine Street Jazzmen @ Rosie's.

Wednesday, July 20, 2011
SUMMERTYNE AMERICANA FESTIVAL 2011
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Carol Kidd @ Theatre Royal, York.
This Thursday (July 21) @ Corner House Heaton
“2011 - a golden age for jazz?” - A Yorkshire view.
A Newcastle Big Band Memory
Monday, July 18, 2011
Frith St NE1 @ The Cherry Tree.
Wooster-Dunmall Quartet @ The Bridge. July 17th
Tonight @ The Cherry Tree.
JAZZ UNITES THE HOUSE AS YAMAHA HONOUR 2011 JAZZ SCHOLARS

Sunday, July 17, 2011
Today
Saturday, July 16, 2011
R.I.P. Eric Delaney
Robert Walser: 1878-1956
Friday, July 15, 2011
New Gil Evans Project.
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Maine Street Jazzmen @ Rosie Malone's.
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Zbigniew Namyslowski

Dance Me To The End of Love Standing on a Rooftop (Sounds Dangerous!)
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
CD Review: The Swing City Trio - What a Little Moonlight Can Do!
New Out of Town Venue.

Monday, July 11, 2011
Gerry Richardson Quartet @ The Cherry Tree Restaurant.
Maine Street Jazzmen @ Ashington Jazz Club.

Tonight @ The Cherry Tree
Sunday, July 10, 2011
Paul Edis Sextet - Splinter @ The Bridge.

Lance.
Jazz Café
Jerry Herman
Leaflets or Litter?
Saturday, July 09, 2011
Brass Jaw and Jambone @ The Sage.
Brass Jaw and Jambone @ The Sage Tonight.
Friday, July 08, 2011
Golden Wedding @ Jazz @ The Fell @ The Legion

RIP Stan Legg.
Tomorrow's Jazz Library
Thursday, July 07, 2011
Frank Brooker @ Blaydon Jazz Club.
Maine St. Jazzmen @ Rosie Malone's.
Wednesday, July 06, 2011
Customs House Big Band July 5 New Crown Hotel South Shields.
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- Super Sunday @ The Jazz Café
- Rendezvous Jazz @ Preston Grange Community Centre....
- More Jazz At The (Lit and) Phil - Brian Bennett.
- JAZZATHON
- Blues To Be There - Daryl Sherman/Jay Leonhart in ...
- Maine Street Jazzmen @ Rosie Malone's.
- Message From Omid (via Facebook).
- Satchmo by Satchmo: the Louis Armstrong Tapes
- Breach @ The Cluny. July 26th
- The Big Audition @ Pizza Express
- R.I.P. Frank Foster
- Zoe Gilby Quartet @ The Cherry Tree, Restaurant, J...
- Bill Ashton on Amy Winehouse.
- ACV @ The Bridge Hotel. July 24th
- Tonight @ The Cherry Tree
- KIT DOWNES TRIO to perform exclusive CONCERT @ CHA...
- SAGE SUMMERTYNE AMERICANA FESTIVAL 2011
- The Heritage Hall Band @ Heaton Park, Newcastle.
- CD/Download review. The Matt Anderson Quartet.
- Amy Winehouse Found Dead
- Jazz on a Summer evening at Kirkharle Courtyard. F...
- SAGE SUMMERTYNE AMERICANA FESTIVAL
- Raul Malo and the Northern Sinfonia - The Sage, Ga...
- Preview: The Door Mouse Quintet @ Pizza Express
- Greg Abate @ The Corner House
- Maine Street Jazzmen @ Rosie's.
- SUMMERTYNE AMERICANA FESTIVAL 2011
- Carol Kidd @ Theatre Royal, York.
- This Thursday (July 21) @ Corner House Heaton
- “2011 - a golden age for jazz?” - A Yorkshire view.
- A Newcastle Big Band Memory
- Frith St NE1 @ The Cherry Tree.
- Wooster-Dunmall Quartet @ The Bridge. July 17th
- Tonight @ The Cherry Tree.
- JAZZ UNITES THE HOUSE AS YAMAHA HONOUR 2011 JAZZ S...
- Today
- R.I.P. Eric Delaney
- Robert Walser: 1878-1956
- New Gil Evans Project.
- Maine Street Jazzmen @ Rosie Malone's.
- Zbigniew Namyslowski
- Dance Me To The End of Love Standing on a Rooftop ...
- CD Review: The Swing City Trio - What a Little Moo...
- New Out of Town Venue.
- Gerry Richardson Quartet @ The Cherry Tree Restaur...
- Maine Street Jazzmen @ Ashington Jazz Club.
- Tonight @ The Cherry Tree
- Paul Edis Sextet - Splinter @ The Bridge.
- Jazz Café
- Jerry Herman
- Leaflets or Litter?
- Brass Jaw and Jambone @ The Sage.
- Brass Jaw and Jambone @ The Sage Tonight.
- Golden Wedding @ Jazz @ The Fell @ The Legion
- RIP Stan Legg.
- Tomorrow's Jazz Library
- Frank Brooker @ Blaydon Jazz Club.
- Maine St. Jazzmen @ Rosie Malone's.
- Customs House Big Band July 5 New Crown Hotel Sout...
- New Venue
- Splinter @ The Seaside - The Trojan Rooms, Whitley...
- Customs House Big Band are at the New Crown South ...
- Splinter @ The Seaside - The Trojan Rooms, Whitley...
- Splinter @ The Seaside - The Trojan Rooms, Whitley...
- No Picnic at Great Whittington This Year.
- Bright Street Big Band @ Barnes Park Sunderland
- Pierre Bensusan @ The Sage, Gateshead.
- Info on Bill Croft wanted
- Robert Walser Reading. Friday July 15. 6:00pm, Cul...
- New Century Ragtime Orchestra @ Gateshead Legion Club
- Tomorrow Night @ The Sage
- R.I.P. Ian Wheeler
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