Spread over two weeks, this year’s festival brings a variety of jazz to suit all tastes.

Wednesday 13th July - 8pm - Half Moon Hotel, Back Room

RICK WOOLGAR WITH THE PAT McCARTHY TRIO

Highly-rated Lincoln based saxophonist Rick Woolgar joins Pat McCarthy, widely regarded as one of the country's leading jazz guitarists.

'Pat McCarthy showed that a guitar can be as beguiling as any stringed instrument. All the members of the band, in my opinion, are creative, expressive players who give a lot of thought to what they play, yet they don't forget to entertain. A thoroughly enjoyable evening.'

Admission £7

Friday 15th July - 8pm – Half Moon Hotel, Back Room

CATHERINE LLEWELLYN-JONES AND JONNY KERRY

Catherine sings and plays bass and Jonny plays piano. They will perform a selection of jazz standards.

Admission £6

Saturday 16th July - 2pm - Five Sailed Windmill

HOT CLUB OF LINCOLN

The very finest Gypsy Jazz played in the café garden of Alford’s renowned Five Sailed Windmill

Admission FREE

Sunday 17th July - 1pm – The grounds of Alford Manor House

The famous JAZZ PICNIC with the ANTIQUE SIX

One of the highpoints of the year in Alford. Bring your own food, drink, rug and chairs – whatever the weather! Refreshment also available in the Manor House.

The Antique Six play an eclectic mix of jazz, with a strong New Orleans influence, all over the country.

Twice voted 'Band of the Year' by members of The Stafford Jazz Society

Admission £5
Accompanied under 16’s £1

Friday 22nd July - 7.30pm - The Manor House

TERRY SEABROOK’S MILESTONES
This superb sextet performs the music of Miles Davis including the whole of the classic ‘Kind of Blue’, the biggest selling jazz album of all time.

Alan Barnes (baritone and alto sax) Graeme Flowers (trumpet) Paul Whitten (bass) Ian Price (tenor sax) Clark Tracey (drums) and Terry Seabrook (piano.)

Milestones really pulled the crowds in and they were amply rewarded. A cracking band performance from top UK jazz performers. Scarborough Jazz .

There have been many plaudits, for the band, passed on to us by the audience. It was a real shot in the arm for "Jazz in the South" and Portsmouth jazz. Portsmouth Jazz

Admission £12

Saturday 23rd July - 12.00 Midday - Half Moon Hotel Bar

FRED AND THE FLINTSTONES

Enjoy lunchtime drink or meal to the sound of some great Dixieland jazz played by some of Lincolnshire’s own musicians.

Admission FREE

Wednesday 27th July - 8.00pm - Half Moon Hotel, Back Room

JULIE EDWARDS AND KEVIN DEARDEN

Vocalist Julie Edwards and saxophonist-turned-guitarist Kevin Dearden have been together for over a decade. They have produced three CD's which have been featured on shows on BBC Radio 2 and on local radio stations in the UK and elsewhere.

Admission £6

"They have an enviable empathic relationship. Edwards, fluid and commanding, has clearly joined the front runners in the world of the female jazz singer, and a very welcome addition she is too."
Bruce Crowther, Jazz Journal International

"Good singer, isn't she?" Michael Parkinson, BBC Radio

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