At Lancaster Jazz Festival we aim to provide an artists playground that is both pioneering and unique. We produce an ambitious jazz festival based in the centre of Lancaster every September.

We wish to create a community where high quality, diverse, emerging artists can experiment, develop, collaborate, learn and grow as musicians.  An organisation that works for artists and shouts about them from rooftops. 

We aim not just to give artists a space in a programme, or a gig, but to make Lancaster Jazz Festival a meeting place for musicians and artists: a place where new projects can be born and where artists can network, learn and grow. We want to make Lancaster a beacon of artistic activity and promoter of good practice - with a festival that cares for, respects, and actively develops artists. We believe that when you do this truly astonishing works of art can be created and experienced.

Lancaster Jazz Festival is a not-for-profit organisation funded through partnerships and via grants. It's then put together by a large volunteer team who work year round to help make Lancaster Jazz Festival and everything else that we do run on super tight budgets.

To find out about supporting our work either through our membership, benefactor, or sponsorship schemes go to our Support Us page.