"Hello and welcome to Lancaster Jazz Festival. We're really excited about being able to unveil our eighth festival with a line up full of exceptional music from around the UK.
In putting it together we've searched for artist that we think will produce some amazing and hopefully unforgettable performances. From beautiful jazz vocal sets in Sun Square to Mercury Prize nominees with new albums at Lancaster Brewery to the legendary Kit Downes, on solo pipe organ, in the beautiful Ashton Hall on Sunday night. We have brand new, daring commissions happening for the first time, at The Storey with both Archipelago/J Frisco and our 2018 Youth Jazz Commission Tom Ridout, and at our Saturday headline gig with the astonishing Skeltr in the Round at The Dukes.
Above all we aim for Lancaster Jazz Festival to be a place that celebrates great artists and great music. This year we've completely redesigned the festival from the ground up to make sure audiences can experience as much as possible, and to give artists greater space, freedom and opportunity to make amazing things.
We really hope you can join us - see you there!"
- Matt Robinson, artistic director
In putting it together we've searched for artist that we think will produce some amazing and hopefully unforgettable performances. From beautiful jazz vocal sets in Sun Square to Mercury Prize nominees with new albums at Lancaster Brewery to the legendary Kit Downes, on solo pipe organ, in the beautiful Ashton Hall on Sunday night. We have brand new, daring commissions happening for the first time, at The Storey with both Archipelago/J Frisco and our 2018 Youth Jazz Commission Tom Ridout, and at our Saturday headline gig with the astonishing Skeltr in the Round at The Dukes.
Above all we aim for Lancaster Jazz Festival to be a place that celebrates great artists and great music. This year we've completely redesigned the festival from the ground up to make sure audiences can experience as much as possible, and to give artists greater space, freedom and opportunity to make amazing things.
We really hope you can join us - see you there!"
- Matt Robinson, artistic director
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.
