​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 PREMIERE COMMISSIONS
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Festival programmes

Previous artists

Headline

Kit Downes: Solo Organ (2018)
Skeltr (2018)
​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)

Commissions

​Archipelago/J Frisco (2018)
​Billy Marrows (2015 Youth Jazz Commission)
Calum MacLeod – Nodha (2016 Youth Jazz Commission)
Cath Roberts (2016 Artist in Residence)
Deep Cabaret (2011)
John Moore - !POP¡JAZZ! (2012)
Leo Geyer – Khymerikal (2014 Youth Jazz Commission)
Maxwell Sterling (2014)
Muchos Huevos (2011)
Ralph Wyld (2017 Youth Jazz Commission)
Seth Bennett (2015 Artist in Residence)
Skeltr (2018 Headline Commission)
Stephen Grew – Islands (2012)
Tom Ridout (2018 Youth Jazz Commission)

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
Babelfish
Beyond Albedo
Big Band Summit – Off the Rails & Jam Factory
Billionaires Trio
Blind Monk Trio
Burst Horns
Cameron Vale
Charlie Pyne Quartet
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
Inside Outside
Jam Experiment
James Beckwith Trio
John Pope Quintet
John Woodhouse
Johnny Hunter Quartet
Johnny Richards
Jon Moore
Joy Ellis
Juggenaught
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
Mosaic
Neil C Young
No Good Beatnicks
Off the Rails
Olivia’s Owls
Outside Line
Palladium
Paul Edis Sextet
Pete Edwards Trio
Phil Meadows Group
Rachael & The Red Socks
Ripsaw Catfish
Roller Trio
Run Logan Run
Samuel Eagles
Satori
Shatner’s Bassoon
Skint
Slow Loris
Slowlight Quartet
Stephen Grew
Stuart McCallum
Sun Street Stompers
Swerve Trio
Tank & Trumpet
Täpp
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
Ubunye
Wardrobe Quintet
Word of Moth
World Service Project
Yesa Sikyi
Yiasena

Year round programme

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

Supported programme

​Altenholtz Big Band
Barrie Marshall Band
Bazzer's Jazzers
​Blast Furness
Boogie Bill Roberts
Burst Horns
DC Deux
Elephant in the Room
Extra Jam
Fran Lee
Grew - Piano - Broadbeck - Movement
Jack Moore
Jazz Phoenix
Jon Moore
Kadar
Kollega
Lancaster Schools Performance
LGGS Big Band
LRGS Big Band
Lancashire Youth Jazz Orchestra
Liz Murray and Tom Vernon
Luca Brasi Four ft. Paul Palmer
Moody and Woof
Morecambe High School Jazz Band
Nu Jazz Collective
Off the Rails
Out of the Blue
Ripley St Thomas Jazz Band
Rob Bee
Run Logan Run
Some Things
Step Aside 5
Sue Parish
Sun Street Stompers
The Hat Speaks
The Lancaster Jazz Fest Binge
Wired In
Youth Orbit