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JUNE 2025
Wed 18: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 18: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:30pm. Free. Concert performance (open to the public)..
Wed 18: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.
Thu 19: Gareth John & the SOS Big Band @ The Forum Music Centre, Darlington. 7:00pm. £25.00. CANCELLED!
Fri 20: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 20: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 20: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 20: David Gray's Flextet @ The Lit & Phil, Newcastle. 1:00pm. SOLD OUT!
Fri 20: Strictly Smokin’ Big Band @ Alnwick Playhouse. 7:30pm. £21.50. ‘Time After Time’.
Fri 20: Alexia Gardner Quintet @ Sunderland Minster. 7:30pm.
Fri 20: King Bees @ Billy Bootleggers, Ouseburn, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Free. Superb Chicago blues band.
Sat 21: Milne Glendinning Band @ The Vault, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free.
Sat 21: Red Kites Jazz @ Staithes Café, Dunston. 7:00-9:00pm. Free.
Sat 21: Papa G’s Troves @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Free. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Sun 22: Phoenix 4 @ Wallington, Northumberland. 12 noon-1:00pm & 2:00-3:00pm. Tel: 01670 773606. National Trust admission prices apply. ‘Tunes in the Blooms’.
Sun 22: Lapwing Trio @ Wallington, Northumberland. 1:00-2:00pm. Tel: 01670 773606. National Trust admission prices apply. ‘Tunes in the Blooms’.
Sun 22: 4B @ The Ticket Office, Whitley Bay. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 22: Jason Isaacs Trio @ Pilgrim, Newcastle. 4:00pm. £18.00. + £1.08 bf.
Sun 22: JazzMain @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm.
Mon 23: MSK Trio @ Yamaha Music School, Blyth. 1:00pm. £9.00. at the door; £8.20. (inc £0.20 bf) online, in advance.
Mon 23: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club (1:00pm). Free.
Tues 24: ???
Wed 25: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 25: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 25: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.
Wed 25: The Magpies of Swing @ The Roxy, Leadgate, Co. Durham. 7:30pm. A Ginger Jitterbugs swing dance event, all welcome.
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Tuesday, February 14, 2017
Kathy Dyson stands for General Secretary of the Musicians’ Union the first and only woman ever to do so in the union’s 123 year history

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- CD Review: The Greg Hatza ORGANisation - Diggin' U...
- RIP Horace Parlan
- CD Review - sort of - Tim Armacost: Time Being.
- Sue Ferris Trio @ Bishop Auckland Town Hall - Febr...
- A Hundred Years Ago Today
- CD Review: Theo Bleckmann – Elegy
- Hand to Mouth: Lindsay Hannon & Bradley Johnston @...
- Mo Scott Band @ The Jazz Café - February 24
- Doris Day & the Strictly Smokin’ Big Band @ The Mi...
- CD Review: Craig Taborn – Daylight Ghosts
- Chris Sharkey Trio @ The Jazz Café. February 22
- Jazz Hands Quintet - Black Orpheus
- HSJF 2016 Berklee Concert Jazz Orchestra
- CD Review: Heather Bambrick - You’ll Never Know
- A Highlight of the Year – the Great North Big Band...
- Jazz Café Jam Session - February 21
- Another Chance to Hear Up and Coming Singers: This...
- Larry Coryell (April 2, 1943 - February 19, 2017)
- CD Review: Troy Roberts - Tales & Tones
- CD Review: Jeff Richman - Sizzle.
- The Dream Jazz Collective @ The Empty Shop, Durham...
- Shobaleader One And GoGo Penguin Headline Gateshea...
- Ashington Swings Again
- Bruce Adams w. Strictly Smokin' Big Band @ Globe J...
- CD Review: Beata Pater - Fire Dance
- RIP Peter Skellern (March 14, 1947 - February 17, ...
- CD Review: Kurt Rosenwinkel - Caipi
- Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe. February 15
- RIP Barbara Carroll
- Jam Session @ Empty Shop - February 12
- Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ McConnell's Gin & Ale House,...
- Saturday Night @ The Globe - a Must Be There Occas...
- Kathy Dyson stands for General Secretary of the Mu...
- Madwort Sax Quartet + Noize Choir @ The Bridge, Ne...
- CD Review: Noah Preminger – Meditations on Freedom
- RIP Al Jarreau
- You start with a blank sheet of paper…
- Southport Jazz Festival: Dixon, Edmonstone, Walker...
- Maria Chiara Argiro Group @ The Jazz Café February 10
- CD Review: Sidney Jacobs - First Man
- CD Review: Mark Masters Ensemble - Blue Skylight
- Billie Meets Kurt @ The Globe Jazz Bar - February 9
- Alan Barnes with Paul Edis and Friends @ Opus 4 Ja...
- Alan Barnes & Paul Edis @ The Gala Theatre. Feb 10
- CD Review: Shawn Baltazor - Lionsong
- BABMUS @ The Jazz Café. February 9
- Onyx Brass @ King’s Hall, Newcastle University. Fe...
- Svend Asmussen (February 28, 1916 - February 7, 2017)
- Grandma @ The Jazz Cafe - February 3
- Southport Jazz Festival: Ben Cox Band - February 5
- Southport Jazz Festival: Alan Barnes' Octet - Febr...
- Southport Jazz Festival : Birmingham Conservatoire...
- Southport Jazz Festival - Fabien Mary Quartet. Feb...
- Southport Jazz Festival - Derek Nash Quartet. Feb...
- Seamus Blake Trio @ Black Swan Arts Centre. Februa...
- Southport Jazz Festival - The Train & the River. F...
- Gin & Jazz in Jarrow
- Tommy Weatherly on Vintage Chart Toppers
- Southport Jazz Festival - Seamus Blake Trio. Febru...
- Royal Northern Sinfonia : The Cole Porter Songbook...
- Lickety Split @ The Globe Jazz Bar - February 4
- New Century Ragtime Orchestra with Keith Nichols &...
- Polly Parlourphone Trio @ the Prohibition Bar, Gat...
- Stuart Davies & The New Standard @ The Empty Shop,...
- CD Review: Nikki Iles/Roger Garfitt - In All my Ho...
- Gerry Richardson’s Big Idea @ The Jazz Café. Feb 2
- New Lunchtime Concert Series @ Bishop Auckland To...
- CD Review: Loz Speyer's INNER SPACE - Life on the ...
- CD Review: Maria Chiara Argiró – The Fall Dance
- January had it's moments...
- Garland and Paterson reactivate Lammas in Eyemouth
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1 comment :
Decentralisation would get my vote. The heavy hand of control from officialdom has lost a lot of goodwill from formerly active members.
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