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JULY 2025
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.
Tue 22: Lewis Watson Quartet @ Newcastle House Hotel, Rothbury. 7:30pm.
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Saturday, April 06, 2019
Springtime Early Birds @ The Lit & Phil - Apr 6

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- CD Review: Adam Baldych Quartet - Sacrum Profanum
- International Jazz Day
- The Eales' Report: BATH, Opus 4, Old Elvet and mor...
- Joe Reid: Postgraduate Recital @ Newcastle Univers...
- Preview: Darlington Jazz Festival (May 3-5)
- CD Reviews: Dinah Washington - Blues For a Day & S...
- Pepperland @ Newcastle Theatre Royal - April 27
- John McLaughlin and the 4th Dimension @ the Barbic...
- Jambone @ Sage Gateshead - April 26
- The Ronnie Scott's Story: 60th Anniversary Concert...
- Preview: The Ronnie Scott’s Story @ Sage Gateshead...
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- Dean Stockdale & Mick Shoulder @ Jazz Cafe Mezzani...
- Jarra Jazz
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- Bebop Parlé Ici - Bienvenue à Raphaël Perez
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- CD Review: Steve Lipman - Hats Off
- CD Review: Lauren White - Life in the Modern World
- A Starry Jazz in the Afternoon @ Cullercoats Cresc...
- CD Review: Aimee Nolte - Looking For The Answers
- Swing Manouche @ Blaydon Jazz Club - Easter Day (A...
- The Cookers, Cécile & the blues...all night long
- North East Jazz Record Requests!
- A Great Day in Harlem: Strictly Smokin' Big Band @...
- CD Review: Nat King Cole - For Sentimental Reasons.
- Showtime with Soznak @ Northumberland St., Newcast...
- Preview: Swing Manouche @ Blaydon Jazz Club - East...
- Classic Swing @ Jesmond British Legion - Good Frid...
- 3.75 million!
- CD Review: Tom Cawley - Catenaccio
- DJazz Festival Launch - Courtyard Cafe, Durham - A...
- Joseph Carville Trio @ Bar Loco, Newcastle - April 18
- The JR Trio @ the Globe Jazz Bar
- CD Review: Gwen & Tiana - African Time
- Blank Taped - April 17
- The word is that ace drummer and occasional actre...
- CD Review: Oscar Peterson - Get Happy
- Jam Session @ the Black Swan - April 16
- CD of the Year - 14 discs forecast to tie for firs...
- Blaydon Gig this Sunday
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- Preview: A Great Day in Gosforth with the SSBB - E...
- Marie Curie Fundraiser
- Preview: Triptych CD recording sessions
- Preview: Three of Birmingham's finest young jazz m...
- The Richie Emmerson Quintet @ Dormans Jazz Festiva...
- CD Review: Anthony Strong - Me and my Radio
- My Record Store Day
- CD Review: Steve Garrett - Discover and Endure
- Film review: The Commemoration of Jazz Musician an...
- Noel Dennis Quartet @ The Lit & Phil - April 12
- Preview: Rick Laughlin Electet @ the Travellers Rest
- EP/CD Review: Animal Society - Rise.
- CD Review: Q4 - Uphill Struggle
- Zoë Gilby & Alan Law: Beatles, Bossa & Beyond @ Ja...
- Emma Fisk’s Hot Club du Nord @ the Gala Theatre - ...
- CD Review: Luca di Luzio – Globetrotter
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- Burton Agnes Jazz and Blues Festival - update
- Best Wishes to Dave Weisser.
- Preview: Indigo Jazz Voices @ The Globe - April 11
- Bill Laurance @ Sage Gateshead - April 6
- Springtime Early Birds @ The Lit & Phil - Apr 6
- Bad luck brings new jazz opportunities
- CD Review: Giovanni Guidi – Avec Le Temps
- Alan Glen @ the Globe Jazz Bar - April 4
- CD Review: Scott Robinson - Tenormore
- CD Review: Ushaw Ensemble - Ushaw Ensemble Volume 1
- CD Review: The David Berkman Sextet (plus guests) ...
- The April Showers' Jam session @ The Dun Cow - Apr...
- CD Review: Sokratis Sinopoulos -Metamodal
- CD Review: Five Play - Live from the Firehouse Stage
- If You Can't Use It - Don't Waste It!
- Gig Cancellation.
- Jam session @ The Black Swan - April 2
- CD Review: Graeme Wilson Quartet - Abscondit
- Red Hot Rhythm Makers @ the Prohibition Bar - April 1
- CD Review: Dominic Miller - Absinthe
- Remembering Keith @ the Prohibition Bar - March 31.
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1 comment :
According to F/b it was also Lucien's birthday today. We wish him many happy solos,
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