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22 April – 3 May Box Office 0844 576 7979 cheltenhamfestivals.com/jazzfringe
WELCOME Welcome, to the new look allpay Fringe Festival. Kindly supported this year by allpay, there will be a huge fringe offering for all tastes from Thursday 22 April to Monday 3 May complimenting the Barclays Cheltenham Jazz Festival main programme. We’ve developed the Fringe this year and it comprises of three main areas.
FRINGE ON THE TOWN
CHELTENHAM UNTAPPED
In the week building up to the main festival a host of varied acts appear in pubs, bars and venues across Cheltenham all for free!
For the final day of the Festival join us to celebrate the best of the regions talent over the Bank Holiday Monday.
FRINGE ON THE SQUARE
As well as all of the above look out for jazzy antics on the streets of Cheltenham over the Festival including the fabulous JazzJive Swing, Cleeve School samba band and local dance groups taking to the streets.
From Thursday 29 April get down to Jazz on the Square for a great range of gigs, all for free on the Budvar Stage. Make sure you are at our launch of the Square at 5.30pm on the Thursday 29 April.
Inclusion…
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The allpay Fringe Festival 2010
Find out more about your main sponsor: www.allpay.net/jazzfringe 0844 557 8316 enquiries@allpay.net
BUDVAR BREWED JAZZ COMPETITION
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In association with Budweiser Budvar the Barclays Cheltenham Jazz Festival has been running a nationwide competition to find the very best pub Jazz band in the UK. cheltenhamfestivals.com/budweiserbudvar
COMPETITION FINAL
Friday 30 April Budvar Stage 1 – 2pm Featuring the three chosen bands.
WINNERS PERFORMANCE Friday 30 April Budvar Stage 5.55 – 6.40pm
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Budvar Stage
A huge variety of performers from headline acts to local young talent, all for FREE.
Jazz Arena
The purpose built Arena will host an array of main programme headliners and rising stars. Check out cheltenhamfestivals.com/jazz for details.
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Food & Drink Stalls
The Square will come alive, with tantalising tastes from around the world, local produce and plenty of Budvar, champagne, cocktails and more...
Jazz Market
A CD shop with signings from your favourite acts. Plus a specialist jazz vinyl stall, local artists and photographers selling their wares.
Family Activities
Family activities on the Saturday and Sunday with music boxes and arts & crafts. On Monday 3 we have a fun day celebrating our other fantastic festivals of Science, Music and Literature.
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FRINGE ON THE TOWN THURSDAY 22 APRIL
AMY SPENCER, JOE SUMMERS & THE MIDNIGHT MILE University of Gloucestershire, Pittville Campus Bar 8pm The gentle melodies and beautiful vocals of Amy Spencer have swept away numerous audiences. Influences include Bon Iver, Florence and the Machine and Norah Jones. myspace.com/amyspencermusic
Joe Summers is a songwriter and musician who takes influence from the likes of Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell and Jeff Buckley. His folk-rock style coupled with wistful vocals creates arresting songs of heartfelt intimacy. www.myspace.com/joesummerstheband Vocalist Romy Quinnen and guitarist Andy Oliveri make up the soul-folk hitmachine that is Midnight Mile. Their tunes feature country guitar chords, twinkled organs and sultry vocals. myspace.com/themidnightmile
ALEXANDER JOHN & THE TOM HOLLISTER TRIO
Frog and Fiddle 7.30pm Alexander John brings the best of Delta Blues, the country slide guitar styles of Seasick Steve and the sounds of soul searched Gospel. alexanderjohn.com The Tom Hollister Trio are a vibrant powerhouse of blistering original material, fusing rock and blues for the soul. tomhollistertrio.com
FRIDAY 23 APRIL
CHELTENHAM UNDERGROUND
The Railway 5.30pm The Cheltenham Underground in association with the Cheltenham Jazz Fringe Festival presents a night of excellent live music at the Railway featuring amongst others London singer-songwriter and teller of dark stories - Mark Hole; player of multiple harmonicas - Brendan Bayliss; Coventry troubadour – Ryan Martin; Swindon’s 12-year-old master of the loop station – Theo Altieri and sultry, quirky covers courtesy of The Coronettes. myspace.com/cheltenhamunderground
BROWN TORPEDO (LIVE & DJ SETS), RADIOACTIVE SPARROW & ANDREW LIPS
Slak 8pm – 3am Brown Torpedo perform Tor-Guides, a virtual tour through the history of an alter-dimensional Cheltenham with pictures and wigs, expressed through improvised handheld techno and abstract poetry. myspace.com/browntorpedo Radioactive Sparrow have delighted and confused countless crowds with their improv-noise free-jazz rock mess. Like The Fall, PiL, Can and Captain Beefheart in a cement mixer. myspace.com/radioactivesparrow Andrew Lips is a young domestic anti-folk troubadour, who presents his amazingly honest tales with brave wit and endearing charm. myspace.com/andrewlips
SATURDAY 24 APRIL
MEN DIAMLER & DALE CAMPBELL
The Vine 2pm Forget any preconceptions you have of singer-songwriters! Men Diamler plays dark folk tunes, full of black humour and his live shows are as energetic as they are unusual. myspace.com/mendiamler Dale Campbell is a solo acoustic guitarist who plays percussion, chords and melody simultaneously, in a unique style that must be seen to be believed drumming, tapping, slapping, strumming and plucking. myspace.com/dalecampbell
SWING FROM PARIS
Montpellier Wine Bar 6pm Jazz in the style of Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli. This four-piece ensemble bring their own sound to jazz and swing classics, evoking the sounds of the streets of Paris – all with an infectious swing rhythm! swingfromparis.com
SUNDAY 25 APRIL
PAUL NEWMAN
Exmouth 12 – 2pm Popular local musician and guitar teacher Paul Newman performs a lunchtime set of classic jazz standards for solo guitar.
ANITA WALSH & THE DIXIES
The Beehive 7.30pm Local vocalist and song writer Anita Walsh has an incredibly versatile voice, able to sing anything from blues to pop and rock. She performs a set of well known standards and her own compositions. anitawalsh.co.uk The Dixies are an exciting young, jazz band from Gloucestershire who play a wide range of jazz music, from toe tapping Dixie standards to the far flung corners of the jazz genre. myspace.com/thedixies
WEDNESDAY 28 APRIL
TOM HOLLISTER PRESENTS... THE JAZZ FEST QUIZ EXTRAVAGANZA!
Exmouth 6pm £5 Team Entry (6 team members maximum) Prizes to be won. South Wales’ most highly respected ‘Answer Prancer’ brings his own twist to the Jazz Festival Quiz Night. Two hours, forty questions, loads of music and general mirth for this special one-off Jazz & music sprinkled quiz.
STRAYHORN
D’Fly 9pm £5 on the door In association with Cheltenham Jazz. A new cutting-edge jazz quartet featuring some of the area's leading jazz musicians, playing original groove-heavy material alongside high-octane renditions of jazz and pop classics. For this Jazz Festival special, singer Wayne Lee guests in a tribute to Sting's jazz-influenced Blue Turtles Band.
FRINGE ON THE SQUARE COMMUTER JAZZ Thursday 29 & Friday 30 April Unwind after work and take some well earned time out. Enjoy the array of refreshments and take in the sounds of the Budvar Stage, as we host a wide range of FREE music and entertainment.
BUDVAR BREWED JAZZ COMPETITION WINNER
Budvar Stage 5.55pm Budvar, in collaboration with Barclays Cheltenham Jazz Festival has been looking for the very best pub bands in Britain, and here the 2010 winning band, selected by a panel of top UK jazz specialist judges, will take to the stage.
CATTLE MARKET THURSDAY 29 APRIL
GRAND OPENING & SPECIAL GUEST PERFORMANCE
Budvar Stage 5.30pm A special guest performance launches Jazz on The Square.
THE ORIGINAL RABBIT FOOT SPASM BAND
Budvar Stage 5.45pm Formed as a proper old style Spasm Band in 2006, this group brings you red hot choruses and kazoo solos. Playing homemade instruments, the seven piece has played all over the UK, Holland and Germany. myspace.com/ theoriginalrabbitfootspasmband
THRILL COLLINS
Budvar Stage 6.40pm Thrill Collins (Cheltenham's Best Band) are a skiffle-pop lounge-jazz trio that specialise in 80s & 90s covers, very much in the tradition of their genre. The band have several residencies around Cheltenham and have enjoyed recent success with support slots for The Wurzles and Blackberry Wood. myspace.com/thrillcollinsmusic
FRIDAY 30 APRIL
MEGAN HENWOOD
Budvar Stage 5.30pm We welcome BBC Radio 2’s Young Folk Musician of the Year 2009 to play a few tracks opening our stage for the evening. Megan’s music is rooted in folk tradition, vibrant and melodic. Join Megan later in her main programme slot supporting Eric Bibb. myspace.com/meganhenwood
Budvar Stage 6.50pm From the sunny and often damp fields of far west England comes a delectable mix of raw funk, latin and jazz - reared and nurtured to form the most perfectly marbled product in the form of an 8 piece package, full of explosive flavour packing all the energy you'd normally get from your five a day. myspace.com/cattlemarketuk
SATURDAY 1 MAY
JAZZ IT UP!
JIM LOCKEY
Budvar Stage 6.15 – 7pm Jim Lockey and the Solemn Sun are a country folk punk band from Cheltenham, made up of four lost souls with a passion for politically poetic storytelling. Influenced by Bright Eyes and Billy Bragg they have supported the likes of Mumford and Sons and Frank Turner. myspace.com/jimlockey
8 FOLD
Budvar Stage 7.15 – 8pm Festival favourites 8-fold have been stunning audiences up and down the country with their inimitable brand of gyphop. They fuse styles such as hip hop, jazz, funk and drum and bass in energetic and exciting live performances. myspace.com/8fold
SUNDAY 2 MAY
JAZZ IT UP!
Budvar Stage 11am Young Jazz musicians from schools all over Gloucesterhsire play music inspired by this years theme Heaven & Hell.
Budvar Stage 11am BIRMINGHAM CONSERVATOIRE Young Jazz musicians from schools all over Budvar Stage 3 – 3.45pm Gloucesterhsire play music inspired by this A group of rising stars from Birmingham years theme Heaven & Hell. Conservatoire’s acclaimed jazz course perform a special Cheltenham Jazz Festival JOE NOEL & SWISS TRIO set. See the future of jazz today! John Gordons, The Promenade 12noon – 2pm THE FRIDAY LUNCHTIME PROJECT Joe Noel is a young singer/songwriter who Budvar Stage 4 – 4.45pm performs catchy, melodic songs about Winners of the Martyn Donaldson Music dreams, drives and impulses in a witty and Trust Award at National Festival of Music inviting style. myspace.com/joenoelmusic for Youth, this talented young sextet from Queen Elizabeth Grammar School and Swiss Trio return to the Festival with Wakefield Girls' High School, perform their 'fraudulent jazz', a dynamic and arrangements of compositions by Wynton exciting fusion of infectious melodies, Marsalis, Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock rock rhythms, electronica musings and Thelonious Monk. and jazz improvisation. myspace.com/theswissmusic
JAKE HALL
Budvar Stage 2.45 – 3.30pm It’s a voice that’s unforgettable and almost unimaginable for someone 20 years old. Jake gives a soulful, raw and confident performance way beyond his years, his voice has leanings from black US soul legend Bill Withers to the UKs Paul Weller on any given day. myspace.com/jakehallofficial
BIRMINGHAM CONSERVATOIRE
Budvar Stage 3.45 – 4.30pm A group of rising stars from Birmingham Conservatoire’s acclaimed jazz course perform a special Cheltenham Jazz Festival set. See the future of jazz today!
POLLY & THE BILLETS DOUX
Budvar Stage 6.30 – 7.15pm Championed by Bob Harris & Terry Wogan on Radio 2 as well as performing live sessions with Cerys Matthews on Radio 6, this band take their influences from jazz greats like Billie Holiday, adding a quintessentially English twist with divine harmonised vocals. pollyandthebilletsdoux.co.uk
WAITING FOR KATE
Budvar Stage 7.30 – 8.15pm This lively Bristol based band play funky, big beat indie music featuring vibrant and energetic horn playing and upbeat vocals. Certain to make you dance along. waitingforkate.co.uk
CHELTENHAM UNTAPPED MONDAY 3 MAY
GYJO
Budvar Stage 11.00 – 11.45am Gloucestershire’s high energy leading youth jazz ensemble. This is a first class big band with incredibly talented young musicians. cheltenhamjazzarts.co.uk/youth_bands.php
KISS MY FACE PRESENTS TUBELORD
Arena 11.45 – 12.45pm £5 With sweet vocal harmonies and riotous guitars, underground rockers Tubelord have been gaining momentum during the past couple of years. The band have sculpted a reputation for charismatic live performances and have wowed crowds up and down the country, building up a devoted fan base. Tubelord are geek-chic at its greatest. myspace.com/tubelord
Metz Big Band Five years ago, following a Gloucestershire Music Services initiative to bring music to adults, a group independently formed the Metz Big Band to have fun and make music. Now this group enjoy playing the tunes of yesteryear and not so yesteryear, all in big band style. metzbigband.co.uk glosmusicforum.squarespace.com
THE ROVING CROWS
Budvar Stage 3 – 3.45pm Cheltenham based ’The Roving Crows’ are funky and upbeat guaranteed to get your feet tapping. With roots in traditional Irish music and influences ranging from country to rock and blues every gig is a moving and upbeat experience.
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KIM CYPHER BAND
Budvar Stage 12.45 – 1.20pm The Kim Cypher Band is a lively and funky band fronted by one of Gloucestershire’s finest female saxophonists. They perform a varied repertoire of Jazz, Funk, Latin, Reggae and Blues guaranteed to get you off your seats or tapping your feet along to the compelling rhythms. kimcypherband.co.uk
TOMMY CHARLES TETRAPHONIC Budvar Stage 1.25 – 2pm The spirit of jazz thrives in this energetic off-kilter four-piece from Cheltenham. The band play jazz, bebob, cool, latin and groove.
GMF PRESENTS THE AJL BIG SWING BAND & METZ BIG BAND Arena 2 – 3pm £5
The AJL BIG Swing Band The Big Swing Band has been running for over 10 years, featuring some of the most talented jazz musicians in Gloucestershire. Under the direction of Andy Loveridge they perform a repertoire of big band standards and some fantastic fresh high energy charts, guaranteed to keep you toe taping and dancing all day long. cont...
JB JAZZ AND BLUES
Arena 4 – 4.50pm £5 The band was formed a few years ago, bringing together five talented musicians from different backgrounds with a common approach to music – having fun. Their repertoire includes jump jive favourites and jazz standards and for the Festival they welcome a surprise guest. jbjazzandblues.co.uk
ANDY NOWAK TRIO
Budvar Stage 5 – 5.45pm A young piano led trio from Bristol playing original tunes by pianist and composer Andy Nowak. With an emphasis on exploration and fun, the trio concentrate on bringing the compositions to life with effervescence and flair. myspace.com/andynowaktrio
DOM FRANKS & ALEX STEELE ALL STARS
Budvar Stage 7.30 – 8.15pm A funk-fuelled jam session to round off the free stage festivities featuring an allstar cast of local musicans and vocalists.
JAZZ ON THE SQUARE GRAND OPENING
Imperial Square GL50 1QA Thursday 29 5.30pm FREE cheltenhamfestivals.com/ jazzonthesquare
FAMILY FUN DAY
Sat 1 & Sun 2 May 11am – 2pm The brilliant people from Cheltenham Borough Council’s play development team will have a range of arts and crafts activities and fun music boxes setup for kids to enjoy!
CROSS FESTIVAL FAMILY FUN DAY
Mon 3 May 11am – 2pm We are joined by friends from our fantastic Festival family; Science, Music and Literature, for a fun packed day featuring a range of activities in the gardens for all ages.
JAZZ TOWN FM
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Tune in over the festival for event updates, interviews and VIP competitions cheltenhamfestivals.com/ jazzfringe
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6 Pittville Campus, Uni of Glos Albert Road, GL52 3JG
2 The Vine 1 47 High Street, GL50 1DY