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Our History

​We are an artist-led, artist-focussed festival and not-for-profit artist development company.
Now in our 8th year after the rebirth of the festival at Not-the-Lancaster Jazz Festival.

To date

FESTIVALS
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PERFORMANCES
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HOURS OF LIVE MUSIC
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ARTISTS
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WORLD PREMIERES
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Festival programmes

2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017

Previous artists

HEADLINE

​Dinosaur (2017)
Cath Roberts – Favourite Animals (2016)
Empirical (2015)
Dennis Rollins’ Velocity Trio (2014)
Courtney Pine: House of Legends (2014)
Beats & Pieces (2013)
Neil Cowley Trio (2013)
Andy Sheppard – Trio Libero (2012)
Maoz-Sirkis (2011)

ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE

Cath Roberts (2016)
Seth Bennett (2015)

COMMISSIONS

​Billy Marrows
Calum MacLeod – Nodha
Cath Roberts – Favourite Animals
Deep Cabaret
John Moore - !POP¡JAZZ!
Leo Geyer – Khymerikal
Maxwell Sterling
Muchos Huevos
Ralph Wyld
Stephen Grew – Islands

JAZZ DIRECTORS SERIES (IN PARTNERSHIP WITH BAND ON THE WALL)

​Chris Potter
Courtney Pine
Terence Blanchard
Zoe Rahman

OPEN PROGRAMME

​3 Point 1
7 Hertz
A Dread Supreme
ACV
Adverse Camber
Archipelago
Atlas
Big Band Summit – Off the Rails & Jam Factory
Billionaires Trio
Blind Monk Trio
Burst Horns
Cameron Vale
Craig Scott’s Lobotomy
Crank Project
Dakhla Brass
Dave Birchall
Deep Cabaret
Eliza Ramsey Trio
Elliot Galvin Trio
Emily Francis Trio
Emma Johnson’s Gravy Boat
En Bas Quartet
Entropi
Eskdale Quintet
Grew & Watts
Grew Quartet
Jam Experiment
James Beckwith Trio
John Woodhouse
Johnny Hunter Quartet
Johnny Richards
Jon Moore
Katharine Timoney Quartet
Léche-Vitrine
Let Spin
Local Heroes feat. Off the Rails
LRGS Big Band
LYJO
Madwort Saxophone Quartet
Maja Bugge
Maria Chiara Argirò Group
Matt Anderson Quartet
Matt Johnson
Matthew Bourne
Morpher
Neil C Young
No Good Beatnicks
Off the Rails
Olivia’s Owls
Outside Line
Palladium
Paul Edis Sextet
Pete Edwards Trio
Phil Meadows Group
Ripsaw Catfish
Roller Trio
Run Logan Run
Samuel Eagles
Shatner’s Bassoon
Skint
Slowlight Quartet
Stephen Grew
Stuart McCallum
Sun Street Stompers
Swerve Trio
Tank & Trumpet
Taupe
The Allsorts Band
The Evil Usses
The Initiative
The Lindsay Hannon Plus
The Moods
The Paradise Trio
Thunkfish
Tom Green Septet
Tom Rivière’s Family Band
Tony Bianco
Tori Freestone / Alcyone Mick
Trio F-C-T
Wardrobe Quintet
Word of Moth
Yesa Sikyi

YEAR ROUND PROGRAMME

​Archipelago
Article XI & Favourite Animals
Beats & Pieces Big Band
Blind Mink Trio
Electrio
Engine Room Favourites
Maja Bugge
Metamorphic & Royst
Neil C Young
Pete Moser – Sound Games
Phil Meadows Project
Stephen Grew
Stuart McCallum
Unfurl
Word of Moth

SUPPORTED PROGRAMME

​Altenholtz Big Band
Barrie Marshall Band
John Moore
Kollega
Lancaster Schools Performance
LGGS Big Band
LRGS Big Band
LYJO
Morecambe High School Jazz Band
Nu Jazz Collective
Ripley St Thomas Jazz Band
Rob Bee
Run Logan Run
Sue Parish
Sun Street Stompers
The Hat Speaks
The Lancaster Jazz Fest Binge
Wired In
Youth Orbit

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