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mjf 2022 ran from 20 – 29 may 2022 at venues and sites across Manchester, including a free opening weekend at Escape to Freight Island, weekday gigs at St Ann’s Church, nightly gigs at Matt & Phreds, events at Forsyth Music and at The Yard with partners NQ Jazz, and close with an extended weekend-long party at Band on the Wall. Some highlights from […]
The #mjfpianotrail competition with Forsyth Music Shop is now closed. It’s been a great month of music-making around Manchester city-centre, and it’s really brightened our moods – much as we hope it has yours. Now we just need to decide on some winners… to be announced late June 2022. Thanks to all of our piano […]
manchester jazz festival and Forsyth’s music shop are on the hunt for Manchester’s most entertaining street pianist as a trail of 13 street pianos are placed across the city this week. From May 6 – 29, the mjf piano trail will see pianos dotted throughout Manchester available for all passers-by to play. And for those […]
manchester jazz festival is back for 10 days of unmissable musical moments across the city this May! From May 20-29, mjf2022 will see gigs taking place across Manchester celebrating the latest up and coming talent from across the North, and the best names in contemporary jazz including Nubya Garcia, Tim Garland, Anthony Joseph, Zoe Rahman, […]
We’re excited to announce the launch of the mjf fantasy festival podcast! Hosted by mjf’s Artistic Director Steve Mead and Festival Assistant Ash Doherty, the fantasy festival podcast invites jazz musicians, creators, supporters and fans to programme their fantasy festival. We’ll unpick what it is that makes a festival so magical; from the setting, to […]
manchester jazz festival is set to premiere four new works in an online festival this January, celebrating the creativity of digital music making. The mjf digital originals festival will run from January 17-21 and share a newly commissioned digital work from the most promising northern musicians each night at 6pm. The new works range from […]
Your exclusive discounted stay at Whitworth Locke We are now just four weeks away from the mjf weekend takeover at Manchester’s Escape to Freight Island from June 11 – 13. If you’re as excited as we are, and fancy making a night (or even a weekend!) of it then read on… We’ve teamed up with […]
manchester jazz festival took a trip down to Media City for our very own showcase as part of Digital City Festival with Stream GM. Digital City Festival is an annual event series exploring what makes a leading digital city. Running from 12 – 23 April, it featured two weeks of keynotes, panels, the Digital City […]
manchester jazz festival will head to Escape to Freight Island for three FREE days of new music this June! The mjf team will bring the very best in contemporary jazz to three stages across the Piccadilly venue from June 11 – 13. The cutting-edge street market and selection of open-air bars at Escape to Freight […]
We are proud to announce that manchester jazz festival has signed up to Black Lives in Music’s Charter as one of the founding members. Black Lives in Music – or BLiM – supports the music community to act on and achieve diversity and inclusion so we can move towards a truly representative music industry. Recognising […]