welcome Come along and enjoy Northern Ireland’s biggest and best Jazz Festival this May bank holiday weekend. City of Derry Jazz & Big Band Festival is back for the 16th year, and is bigger and better than ever. The annual celebration of jazz and big bands will again feature artists from all over the world and welcome more than 40,000 revellers over the bank holiday weekend. Among the popular acts returning to the festival this year are the Liane Carroll, Harry Connolly, Gay McIntyre, Jiveoholics, Kings of Rhythm, Red Stripe Band, the Jive Aces, Cat Scratch Fever and many more.
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FEsTival HEadlinEr ...................................... 3 Jazz HuB ................................................................. 4 sPOTligHT On Jazz ......................................... 6 Jazz wOrksHOPs .............................................. 8 EducaTiOn PrOgrammE ......................... 10 OPEning EvEnT ................................................ 11 inTErnaTiOnal Jazz day .......................... 12 lisTings ................................................................ 13 Jazz in THE cOmmuniTy ........................... 21 Jazz alFrEscO ................................................. 22 Jazz aT da vinci’s HOTEl ....................... 23 Jazz aT THE ciTy HOTEl ............................ 24 dinE OuT wiTH Jazz ..................................... 25 accOmOdaTiOn OFFErs ........................... 26 FEsTival maP ..................................................... 28 uPcOming EvEnTs ........................................ 30 usEFul inFOrmaTiOn ................................ 31 DerryJazzFestival @derryjazzfest @whatsonderrystrabane
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festiVal Headliner Imelda May & support
sunday 30th aPril & mOnday 1st may millEnnium FOrum 8Pm TickETs FrOm £27.50 The extremely talented Irish musician, producer and singer/songwriter Imelda May this year takes the headline spot at the City of Derry Jazz & Big Band Festival as she launches her new music. May will feature as the headline act at the five day festival on Sunday 30th April and Monday 1st May at The Millennium Forum. As she prepares to bring her new album (described as a ‘new direction for May’) to the festival, Imelda, when asked what her audience should expect, said, “This is me. I always loved the Fifties rockabilly style but there was a point where I felt I was almost dressing up as Imelda May. It was as if I was getting into character for a gig. And I didn’t want to do that anymore. Life changed. I love the albums I made before. They were honest to the person I was. But that was then… and this is now.”
get your tickets today at www.cityofderryjazzfestival.com or at the millennium Forum box office on 028 7126 4455.
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Jazz Hub The Jazz Hub will be returning to two key venues and will allow audiences to relax and enjoy the authentic Jazz experience. Bennigans Bar and The Playhouse will host a stellar line up of locally and internationally acclaimed jazz musicians.
Bennigans Bar Already famed for its weekly Jazz program curated by pianist and owner John Leighton, Bennigans will host multiple acts daily over the five days of the festival. Tickets will be priced £5 for standing ticket and £10 for seated. Tickets available from the bar and online from 1st April.
Thursday 27th April
John Street Band • 9pm
Friday 28th April
Hugh Buckley Trio • 4pm • Adm: £5/£10 Liane Carroll Trio • 8pm • Adm: £5/£10 Joseph Leighton Trio • 12 midnight
Saturday 29th April
Gay McIntyre with John Leighton Trio & Friends • 4pm • Adm: £5/£10 Emilia Martensson • 8pm • Adm: £5/£10 Late Night Jazz Hang with Meilana Gillard & John Leighton Trio • 12 midnight
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Sunday 30th April
Robert Mitchell Trio • 4pm • Adm: £5/£10 Great White Lies • 8pm • Adm: £5/£10 Funk Jam with The John Street Band • 12 midnight
Monday 1st May
Cat Scratch Fever feat. Western Valley Hot Club • 1pm The Wind Down with Julien Jazz • 6 - 9pm California Soul • 11pm
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Jazz Hub The Playhouse 2017 is set to be even bigger and better than before at the Playhouse with performances from top quality Jazz acts!
Thursday 27th April Club Cabaret presents
Anita O’Day (Life of a Jazz Singer) with Joan Talbot & Ursula McHugh • 8pm • Adm: £8
Friday 28th April
Linley Hamilton Quintet • 8pm • Adm: £8
Saturday 29th April
The Henry Girls – A Tribute to the Boswell Sisters • Matinee Show 1:30pm • Adm: £11 / Conc. £8 • Evening Show 8pm • Adm: £14 / Conc. £11
Sunday 30th April
Piano Masterclass with Steinway artist Robert Mitchell • 12noon • Adm: £5 Paul McIntyre & Friends feat. Marjorie Barnes with Special Guest appearance by Gay McIntyre • 8pm • Adm: £6
Monday 1st May
The Return of the Playhouse Jazz Festival Speakeasy Friday 28th - Sunday 30th April from 9.30pm Tickets: £5 (includes £1 development contribution) Music, danger, excitement and old fashioned post war punch! The original Speakeasy is back by popular demand for its fourth year! We’ve had gangsters and gambling, molls and dolls, 50’s swing and G.I. blues… every year there’s always something exciting and new to enjoy. This year we will be transporting you back to the 1940s in the company of the one and only Billie Holiday as portrayed by Marlene Hill in her amazing ‘Strange Fruit’ tribute show. Complimenting Marlene and filling the haze of the Speakeasy with Jazz Coated Crochets will be musical director and maestro Maurice Kelly. Get the secret the password and tell them that “Frankie the Lips sent ya!”
To book tickets contact The Playhouse Box Office on T: 028 71 268 027.
John Leighton & Friends • 8pm • Adm: £6
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spotligHt on Jazz Hugh Buckley Hugh Buckley is a Dublin born, selftaught guitarist, composer, arranger, educator and author. He has performed throughout Europe, the U.S., Argentina and China, working as a sideman and also leading his own groups.
Meilana Gillard Ohio raised saxophonist and composer Meilana Gillard emerged as a rising star on the New York scene whilst studying at the New School in the early 2000s. She has worked with U.S. icons Charli Persip, Christian McBride and also Greg Osby, who released her debut album ‘Day One’ on his Inner Circle Music label in 2009, as well as Debbie Reynolds, Glenn Campbell and the New York all-female big band DIVA. Based near Belfast since 2012, she’s now set to release her second album Dream Within a Dream on May 26th (pre-order May 4th). Choosing a chordless trio format, Meilana features MOBO nominated drummer David Lyttle, who has featured her in his own trio and alongside trumpet star Terell Stafford, and whose own recent studio collaborations include Joe Lovano and Talib Kweli. On bass is Co. Clare born Neil O’Loghlen, who is known for his work with guitar master Louis Stewart and Ensemble Eriu. Meilana will take her trio on tour throughout Ireland starting June 2nd with her official release party at the Crescent Arts Centre (Belfast) on June 3rd.
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Hugh has performed with a wide array of internationally acclaimed artists including; John Stowell, Peter Bernstein, Sheryl Bailey, Jim Mullen, Louis Stewart, Nigel Clark, Van Morrison and many other fantastic artists. Besides featuring on many records as a sideman, Hugh has released three albums as leader. Hugh is the founder and organizer and host of the extremely successful and acclaimed monthly event ‘The Dublin Guitar Night’. The event showcases national and international guitar players across all genres.
spotlight on Jazz Emilia Martensson Emilia is a London based Swedish vocalist who has built a reputation as one of the most exciting young vocalists on the UK jazz scene. She was named ‘Jazz Vocalist of the Year’ at the 2016 Parliamentary Jazz Awards and released a critically-acclaimed album with ELDA Trio. Her contributions to Kairos Quartet helped them bring home a 2011 MOBO Award, while her distinctive voice led The Observer to deem her “The new face of British jazz 2012”. Emilia has toured extensively in Europe.
Robert Mitchell Robert brings his new trio to N. Ireland for the first time, featuring Tom Mason on bass and Salem Raman on drums they perform from Robert’s new album ‘A Vigil For Justice. A Vigil For Peace’. Robert’s current priorities include his long-running ensemble Panacea; his new trio Epiphany 3, and solo performance - including his fascination with onehanded works, which led to a solo album. He will deliver a workshop at this year’s festival entitled ‘The Illusion Of One Hand’. Mitchell also continues to work with young Cuban firebrand vocalist Dayme Arocena, Soul and West End star Shaun Escoffery, French sax innovator Stephane Payen, great young saxophonist Tom Harrison, Cuban violinist Omar Puente, South African education, percussion and conflict resolution genius Eugene Skeef, and new free jazz/radical poetry group StaggerLee Wonders. He has recently appeared on new albums by legends Julien Lourau and Courtney Pine - both of whom he tours with this year. Robert Mitchell is proud to be a Steinway Artist.
In 2017 she is thrilled to be performing with her new trio featuring Luca Boscagin (guitar) and Fulvio Sigurta (trumpet). Both musicians hail from Italy but have carved a place for themselves on the London jazz scene. The trio is a natural evolution from Emilia’s last eponymous album ‘Ana’ and continues to blur the lines between jazz/folk and alt-pop through original compositions, refreshing takes on standards and new renderings of pop classics from artists such as Paul Simon.
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Jazz worKsHops Dance Workshops TuEsdays THrOugHOuT aPril guildHall, dErry wEdnEsdays THrOugHOuT aPril sTraBanE cOmmuniTy liBrary AdmiSSion: free For those of you left standing at the edge of the dance floor, now is your chance to shine! Get your dancing shoes on and try out our Jazz Dance classes at the Guildhall and Strabane Community Library. Over four weeks participants can pick up a range of steps and learn how to adapt to a variety of rhythms, including Jazz, Swing, Boogie Woogie, and Big Band sounds.
Book your place at cityofderryjazzfestival.com or call: The Guildhall on 028 71 376 510 / Strabane community library on 028 71 883 686.
Robert Mitchell: The Illusion of One Hand sunday 30th aPril THE PlayHOusE 12 nOOn AdmiSSion: ÂŁ5 Tickets available from the Playhouse Box Office 5-7 Artillery Street, derry~londonderry T: 028 71 268 027 or online at www.cityofderryjazzfestival.com Steinway artist Robert Mitchell will talk about a number of historical figures who contributed to the incredibly fertile niche of left hand only piano music. This will be illustrated through slides, audio, video and some live playing. This will then be followed by a short workshop plus Q&A session (on anything music related). Workshop participants will be chosen on the day - be early!
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Jazz worKsHops Emilia Martensson Singing & Songwriting Workshop saTurday 29th aPril nErvE cEnTrE 2Pm AdmiSSion: ÂŁ5 You are invited to join Emilia for this two hour long session and to discuss the different approaches to song writing and how one might find inspiration for writing songs. She will share some of her own methods and sources of inspiration and use songs from her last two albums as examples where the main focus was to blur the lines between genres and mix influences from traditional folk music, jazz and alternative pop. The workshop will also offer you the opportunity to get feedback on your own compositions so go along with your instrument and have your songs ready to share!
Tickets available at www.cityofderryjazzfestival.com
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education programme
Primary School Jazz Workshops Live Music Now, the leading outreach and musicians’ development charity, will deliver a programme of jazz performances through 26 sessions in 12 schools to over 3200 children in primary schools across the city of Derry in the run-up to the Jazz Festival. The acclaimed local jazz singer Victoria Geelan, a veteran performer at the City of Jazz Festival, will deliver the sessions with pianist Neil Burns. The duo have extensive experience of delivering participatory music sessions to young children. The short performances will be interactive and fun, including favourites like ‘The Bear Necessities’, ‘Summertime’ and ‘Somewhere over the Rainbow’ as well as a jazz interpretation of a nursery rhyme, and will be a perfect introduction to jazz for wee ones.
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opening eVent Mayor’s Opening Event A Celebration of Local Jazz THursday 27th aPril guildHall, dErry 6pm - 8pm AdmiSSion: free Officially opening this year’s Festival in style is Derry Jazz legend Gay McIntyre with The Paul McIntyre Trio and a selection of performances from Derry Jazz Artists including Johnny Quigley, George Hasson, Joe Quigley, John & Fiona Trotter, Jim Whiteside, Jim McDermott and Jackie Molloy. Taking place in the Guildhall, this is the perfect opportunity to enjoy a wealth of talent in these stunning surroundings. Everyone Welcome! Donations are welcome at the event, in aid of the Mayor’s Charities; Tearfund and Action Cancer.
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international Jazz day Sunday 30th April 2017 International Jazz Day brings together communities, schools, artists, historians, academics, and jazz enthusiasts all over the world to celebrate and learn about jazz and its roots, future and impact; raise awareness of the need for intercultural dialogue and mutual understanding; and reinforce international cooperation and communication.
“All What Jazz?”
HOlywEll TrusT • 11am • Adm: free Creative Writing Sessions facilitated by Dr Liam Campbell & Eamonn Baker.
Paul McIntyre & Friends Piano Masterclass
Featuring
Robert Mitchell
with Special Guest appearance by
with Steinway artist
THE PlayHOusE • 12noon • adm: £5
Each year on April 30th, this international art form is recognized for promoting peace, dialogue among cultures, diversity, and respect for human rights and human dignity; eradicating discrimination; promoting freedom of expression; fostering gender equality; and reinforcing the role of youth in enacting social change.
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Marjorie Barnes
Gay McIntyre THE PlayHOusE • 8pm • Adm: £6
Imelda May
millEnnium FOrum • 8pm • TickeTS from £27.50
Listings
Thursday 27th April
Hot to Trott Sandwich Co, the Diamond • 2pm
Etesian Dananos • 8pm
The Ska Beats The Bentley • 10pm
Bourbon Swing Band Foyleside • 4pm
Anita O’Day Life of a Jazz Singer with Joan Talbot & Ursula McHugh Playhouse theatre • 8pm • Adm: £8
Cat Scratch Fever The Metro Bar • 10pm
Gerry O’Neill Blackbird • 8:30pm
String Empire Gweedore Bar • 10.30pm
John Street Band Bennigans Bar • 9pm • Adm: Free
Thumpin’ Jellyfish Blackbird • 11pm
Harry Connolly Band City Hotel • 9:30pm
The Jive Aces Da Vinci’s GrillRoom • 11pm
The Roaring Forties Da Vinci’s GrillRoom • 9:30pm
Mirenda Rosenberg Dungloe Bar • 11pm
Dee White Jack’s Bar • 10pm
The Whistlin’ Donkeys Granny Annie’s • 11pm
Opening Event: Celebration of Local Jazz with Paul McIntyre Trio, Gay McIntyre, George Hasson, John & Fiona Trotter, Jim McDermott, Joe Quigley, Johnny Quigley, Jim Whiteside & Jackie Molloy The Guildhall • 6pm Phyllis Curran Everglades Hotel • 7pm The Social Conscience of the Song: Folk, Blues, Rock, Punk & Jazz Holywell trust • 7:30pm
The Motown Brothers The Quays Bar • 10pm
Dave Martin The Maldron • 8pm
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Listings
Friday 28th April
Jaydee Brass Band Trench Road Primary School • 1pm
Harry Connolly Band Granny Annie’s • 6pm
Etesian Dananos • 8pm
The Jive Aces Foyleside • 1pm
Jim McDermott & Friends Bishops Gate Downstairs Bar • 6.30pm
Leanne & Dan Da Vinci’s Main Bar • 8pm
Red Stripe Band Ardnashee School • 2pm Anna Nolan Trio Sandwich Co, the diamond • 2pm Silver Fox DJ Richmond Centre • 2pm Second Line Parade Workshop Cultúrlann • 4pm Hugh Buckley Trio Bennigans Bar • 4pm • Adm: £5/£10 Lee Hedley Band Da Vinci’s GrillRoom • 5pm Mike Wilgar Band Blackbird • 5.30pm Derry Jazz Quartet City Hotel • 5.30pm Modern Funk Quintet Sandinos • 5.30pm
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Calgach Singers Foyleside • 7pm Gerard Bradley & Joan Talbot Quartet Everglades Hotel • 7pm Bourbon Swing Band The Maldron • 7pm Bluez Katz Silver Street • 7pm Paddy Sherlock & Les Swingin’ Lovers Dungloe Bar • 7.30pm Cat Scratch Fever Gweedore Bar • 7:30pm Dougie Breslin Tracy’s Bar • 7:30pm Anne Tracey, Family & Friends present ‘Jazz With a Twist’ Holywell • 8pm • Adm: £10
Liane Carroll Trio Bennigans Bar • 8pm • Adm: £5/£10 Ruth James Jack’s Bar • 8pm King Rat The Bentley Wine Bar • 8pm Linley Hamilton Quintet Playhouse Theatre • 8pm Adm: £8 DD & The Delta Boys The Quays Bar • 8pm Rab McCullough Blackbird • 8.15pm Mark Black & The Trips Granny Annie’s • 8.15pm Ricky Cool & The In Crowd City Hotel • 8:30pm
Listings
Hot Chocolate Da Vinci’s GrillRoom 8:30pm • Adm: £25
Friday 28th April
Thumpin’ Jellyfish Anchor Bar • 10pm
The Motown Brothers The Metro Bar • 10:30pm
Supported by
The Motown Sensations
Niall Gallagher Badgers Bar • 10pm
Jiveoholics The Quays Bar • 10.30pm
Mike Wilgar Band Metro Bar • 8:30pm
Wide Mouth Frogs Collon Bar • 10pm
Portabello Blackbird • 11pm
Café Jazz Project Bishop’s Gate Downstairs Bar • 9pm
String Empire Da Vinci’s Main Bar • 10pm
The Roaring Forties City Hotel • 11pm
Lee Hedley Band The Bentley Main Bar • 10pm
Cat Scratch Fever Dungloe Bar • 11pm
Oonagh Clarke The Cosh Bar & Grill • 10pm
Velocity Brown & The Hot Rods Gweedore Bar • 11pm
Palais Swing Band Bishop’s Gate Ballroom • 9pm The Jive Aces Everglades Hotel • 9pm Adm: £5 Doghouse & Cradle Rock FIFTY-SEVEN Waterloo Street • 9pm • Adm: £3 Rebecca Harkin The Gate Bistro • 9pm Kings of Rhythm The Maldron • 9pm Red Stripe Band AOH • 9.30pm Wild Spaghetti Junction • 9.30pm
Class Act The Magnet Bar • 10pm One Extreme The Phoenix Bar • 10pm Phyllis Curran White Horse Hotel • 10pm Chris Wilson Jack’s Bar • 10:30pm The Ska Beats Silver Street • 10:30pm
Loose Change The Rocking Chair • 11pm Bluez Katz Tracy’s Bar • 11pm Paddy Sherock & Les Swingin’ Lovers Granny Annie’s • 11.15pm Joseph Leighton Trio Bennigans Bar • Midnight
Jaywalkers Unplugged The Derby • 10:30pm
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Listings
Saturday 29th April
“All What Jazz?” Holywell • 11am
John & Fiona Trotter Bishop’s Gate Downstairs • 2.30pm
Dougie Breslin Gweedore Bar • 5pm
Noella Hutton Sandwich Co., Diamond • 12noon
Ursula McHugh & Co Sandwich Co., Diamond • 2.30pm
Eric McNeil & Felix Healy The Rocking Chair • 5pm
Errigal Grove Orchestra Guildhall Square (Outdoor) • 12.15pm
Burntollet Sons of Ulster Flute Band with Sid Peacock play Jazz Hollwell trust • 2.30pm
Hipjoint DC Sandinos • 5.30pm
Harry Connolly Band The Craft Village • 1pm Sue & Gary Workshop Da Vinci’s Spirit Bar • 1pm Café Jazz Project Foyleside • 1pm The Henry Girls – A Tribute to the Boswell Sisters Playhouse Theatre • 1.30pm Adm: £11 / Conc. £8
Jim McDermott & Friends Badgers Bar • 3pm Dave Martin Everglades Hotel • 3pm Paddy Sherlock & Les Swingin’ Lovers Foyleside • 3pm Foyle College, Lisneal, EA (WELB) Jazz Ensembles Guildhall Square (Outdoor) • 3pm
Bourbon Swing Band City Hotel • 2pm
Limavady Big Band craft village • 3pm
St Patrick’s & St Brigid’s College Big Band Guildhall Square (Outdoor) • 2pm
Kings of Rhythm Blackbird • 3.15pm
Undercover Da Vinci’s Main Bar • 2pm Mindbenders Granny Annie’s • 2pm Children’s Musical Themed Craft Workshops Gwyn’s Café & Pavilion, Brooke Park • 2pm Singing & Songwriting Workshop with Emilia Martensson Nerve Centre • 2pm • Adm: £5 Silver Fox DJ Richmond Centre • 2pm Derry Jazz Quartet The Maldron • 2pm
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Ska Beats Collon Bar • 4pm Red Stripe Band Silver Street • 4pm Gay McIntyre with John Leighton Trio & Friends Bennigans Bar • 4pm • Adm: £5/£10 Lee Hedley Band Dungloe Bar • 4.30pm The Roaring Forties Granny Annie’s • 4.30pm Cat Scratch Fever Feat. Western Valley Hot Club City Hotel • 5pm Pontious Pilate & The Nail Drivers Craft Village • 5pm
Bluez Katz Blackbird • 5.45pm Café Jazz Project Everglades Hotel • 6pm Peter Price Jack’s Bar • 6pm Phyllis Curran The Gate Bistro • 6pm Fiona Trotter Band The Maldron • 6pm Victoria Geelan & Piano perform ‘Heroines of Heartache’ Sandinos Back Bar • 6.30pm Adm: £5 Wild Collon Bar • 7pm Midnight Blue Da Vinci’s Main Bar • 7pm Velocity Brown & The Hot Rods Silver Street • 7pm Paul McIntyre & Friends feat. Marjorie Barnes with Special Guest appearance by Gay McIntyre cultúrlann • 7.30pm • Adm: £8 Jiveoholics Dungloe Bar • 7.30pm
Listings Mike Wilgar Band Tracy’s Bar • 7.30pm Rebecca Harkin Trio Waterfoot Hotel • 7.30pm Emilia Martensson Trio Bennigans Bar • 8pm • Adm: £5/£10 Gerry The Bizz Bishop’s Gate Ballroom • 8pm Derry Jazz Quartet Dananos • 8pm DD & The Delta Boys Gweedore Bar • 8pm Anne Tracey, Family & Friends present ‘Jazz With a Twist’ Holywell • 8pm • Adm: £10
Saturday 29th April Bye Bye Baby: A Celebration of Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons Supported by The Jive Aces City Hotel • Doors 9pm • Adm: £12
Phyllis Curran The Phoenix Bar • 10pm
Adele Songbook Da Vinci’s GrillRoom • 9pm Adm: £39.95 (includes dinner) Supported by Conor McGinty
Stringfellows Jack’s Bar • 10.30pm
Michael McCafferty Everglades Hotel • 9pm Kings of Rhythm Silver Street • 9pm Mission Impossible The Maldron • 9pm Peter Price the gate bistro • 9pm
Harry Connolly Band Waterfoot Hotel • 10pm
Rebecca Harkin Trio Park Bar • 10.30pm Dougie Breslin badgers Bar • 10.30pm Jaywalkers Unplugged Collon Bar • 10.30pm Bluez Katz Argyle Arms • 10.30pm The Motown Brothers The Quays Bar • 10.30pm
Undercover Jack’s Bar • 8pm
Ricky Cool & The In Crowd AOH • 9.30pm
Palais Swing Band The Bentley Wine Bar • 8pm
Anna Nolan Trio Bishop’s Gate Downstairs • 9.30pm
The Roaring Forties The Cosh Bar & Grill • 8pm
King Rat Anchor Bar • 10pm
The Roaring Forties The Cosh Bar & Grill • 8pm
The Motown Sensations Bishop’s Gate Ballroom • 10pm
The Henry Girls – A Tribute to the Boswell Sisters Playhouse Theatre • 8pm Adm: £14 / Conc. £11
Hot To Trott Da Vinci’s Main Bar • 10pm
Andrew Monk White Horse Hotel • 8pm
Cat Scratch Fever The Bentley Main Bar • 10pm
Rab McCullough Blackbird • 8.15pm
Wide Mouth Frogs The Derby • 10pm
Gerard Bradley & Joan Talbot Quartet Tracy’s Bar • 11pm
Lee Hedley Band Granny Annie’s • 8.15pm
String Empire The Magnet Bar • 10pm
Jiveoholics Granny Annie’s • 11.15pm
Mindbenders City Hotel • 8.30pm
Velocity Brown & the Hot Rods The Metro Bar • 10pm
Late Night Jazz Hang with Meilana Gillard & John Leighton Trio Bennigans Bar • Midnight
Live Wire Soul Club Sandinos Back Bar • 10pm
Wild Blackbird • 11pm Doghouse City Hotel • 11pm Pontious Pilates & The Nail Drivers Dungloe Bar • 11pm Red Stripe Band Gweedore Bar • 11pm The Ska Beats The Cosh Bar & Grill • 11pm DD & The Delta Boys Rocking Chair • 11pm
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Listings Sharon Graham Sandwich Co, the Diamond • 10am “All What Jazz?” Holywell • 11am Piano Masterclass with Steinway artist Robert Mitchell Playhouse • 12noon • Adm: £5 Andrew Monk Craft Village • 1pm Cat Scratch Fever Da Vinci’s GrillRoom • 1pm Dougie Breslin White Horse Hotel • 1pm
Sunday 30th April Gerard Bradley & Joan Talbot Quartet Waterfoot Hotel Wine Bar • 2.30pm Mission Impossible Craft Village • 3pm
Jim McDermott & Friends with June Grant The Maldron • 6pm
Mindbenders Granny Annie’s • 3pm
Bluez Katz Rocking Chair • 6pm
Robert Mitchell Trio Bennigans Bar • 4pm • Adm: £5/£10
Gerard Bradley & Joan Talbot Trio Collon Bar • 7pm
Kings of Rhythm Collon Bar • 4pm Doghouse Dungloe Bar • 4pm
Red Stripe Band City Hotel • 2pm
Sandinos 20th Anniversary Long Jazzy Sunday: ‘Come Away with Me’ A Tribute to Norah Jones feat. Leanne Doherty Sandinos • 4pm
Ricky Cool & The In Crowd Foyleside • 2pm
Thumpin’ Jellyfish Gweedore Bar • 4.30pm
Children’s Musical themed Craft Workshops Gwyn’s Café & Pavilion, Brooke Park • 2pm
The Roaring Forties Blackbird • 5pm
Rebecca Harkin Sandwich Co., Diamond • 1pm
Johnny Quigley Band The Maldron • 2pm Wild Waterfoot Hotel - Carvery • 2pm Harry Connolly Band Bishop’s Gate Downstairs • 2.30pm Paddy Sherlock & Les Swingin’ Lovers Blackbird • 2.30pm Palais Swing Band Everglades Hotel • 2.30pm
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Rebecca Harkin the Gate Bistro • 6pm
Lee Hedley Band City Hotel • 5pm Peter Price Everglades Hotel • 5pm Jiveoholics Silver Street • 5pm
The Ska Beats The Bentley Wine Bar • 7pm Bourbon Swing Band Tracy’s Bar • 7pm California Soul Gweedore Bar • 7.15pm Red Stripe Band Blackbird • 7.30pm Paddy Sherlock & Les Swingin’ Lovers City Hotel • 7.30pm Paddy Sherlock & Les Swingin’ Lovers City Hotel • 7.30pm Manouche Swing Dungloe Bar • 7.30pm Great White Lies Bennigans Bar • 8pm • Adm: £5/£10
Wild Granny Annie’s • 5.45pm
Cat Scratch Fever Feat. Western Valley Hot Club Bishop’s Gate Ballroom • 8pm
Mindbenders Da Vinci’s Main Bar • 6pm
Derry Jazz Quartet Dananos • 8pm
String Empire Jack’s Bar • 6pm
Kevin Brown Jack’s Bar • 8pm
Hipjoint DC Sandinos • 6pm
Imelda May Millennium Forum • 8pm
Listings
Sunday 30th April
Modern Funk Quintet Sandinos • 8pm
Justin Black The Gate Bistro • 9pm
Wild Argyle Arms • 10pm
DD & The Delta Boys The Metro Bar • 8pm
Shane Rogers The Magnet Bar • 9pm
Thumpin’ Jellyfish The Bentley Main Bar • 10pm
Paul McIntyre & Friends Feat. Marjorie Barnes with Special Guest Gay McIntyre Playhouse Theatre • 8pm • Adm: £6
Ricky Cool & The In Crowd The Maldron • 9pm
Doghouse The Cosh Bar & Grill • 10pm
Kings of Rhythm Granny Annie’s • 8.15pm
The Dream Band, Jaydee Brass Band & Jive Aces Da Vinci’s Grill Room • 9.30pm Adm: £10
Peter Price The Phoenix Bar • 10pm
Johnny Quigley & Family Badgers Bar • 8.30pm
Rebecca Harkin Trio The Derby • 9.30pm
Mirenda Rosenberg The Quays Bar • 8.30pm
Wide Mouth Frogs The Anchor Bar • 10pm
String Empire Timber quay • 8.30pm
Palais Swing Band Bishop’s Gate Ballroom • 10pm
The Fantastics Legends of Soul & Motown Supported by The Foyle Showband city hotel • Doors: 9pm • Adm: £12
Mission Impossible Blackbird • 10pm
The Bizz Da Vinci’s Spirit Bar • 9pm
Etesian Iona Inn • 10pm
Gerd Janson Celtronic Fifty-Seven: Waterloo Street • 9pm Adm: £12 / £14
Superstition Jack’s Bar • 10pm
Pontious Pilate & The Nail Drivers Silver Street • 9pm Jiveoholics The Bentley Wine Bar • 9pm
King Rat Collon Bar • 10pm
Mike Wilgar Band Park Bar • 10pm The Ska Beats Pitchers • 10pm
Maya Goldblum Trio Tracy’s Bar • 10pm Velocity Brown & The Hot Rods City Hotel • 10.30pm The Roaring Forties dungloe Bar • 10.30pm Bluez Katz Gweedore Bar • 10.30pm Sensation Rocking Chair • 10.30pm The Motown Brothers Metro Bar • 10.30pm Red Stripe Band Da Vinci’s Spirit Bar • 11pm The Humble Earth Worm Granny Annie’s • 11pm Funk Jam with The John Street Band Bennigans Bar • Midnight
Velvet Alibi Sandinos • 10pm
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Listings
Cat Scratch Fever feat. Western Valley Hot Club Bennigans Bar • 1pm
Monday 1st May
Claragh Connor Blackbird • 3.30pm
Mindbenders Granny Annie’s • 6.30pm
The Ska Beats Granny Annie’s • 3.30pm
Thumpin’ Jellyfish The Bentley • 7pm
Lee Hedley Band The Bentley • 4pm
John Leighton & Friends Playhouse Theatre • 8pm • Adm: £6
Dave Martin Da Vinci’s Main Bar • 2pm
Mindbenders Duo Acoustic Set Silver Street • 5pm
Imelda May Millennium Forum • 8pm
Kings of Rhythm Foyleside • 2pm
Jazz Gazette City Hotel • 5.30pm
Silver Fox DJ Richmond Centre • 2pm
John & Fiona Trotter rocking Chair • 5.30pm
Rebecca Harkin Trio Silver Street • 2pm
The Wind Down with Julien Jazz Bennigans Bar • 6pm
Peter Price Everglades Hotel • 1pm Etesian The Maldron • 1pm
Derry Jazz Quartet City Hotel • 2.30pm Jiveoholics Dungloe Bar • 3pm
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Mission Impossible Blackbird • 6pm
Charlie & Ryan Blackbird • 8.30pm Doghouse The Bentley • 10pm Disco by Scoop Granny Annie’s • 11pm Drum and Bates Blackbird • 11pm California Soul Bennigans Bar • 11pm
Jazz in the Community Jaydee Brassband in the Community Friday 28th April • 1pm
Hillcrest Trust present as part of this year’s Jazz Festival: The Jay Dee Brass Band in Kelly’s Centra, Trench Road. All welcome.
Workshop with Jaydee Brassband Friday 28th April • 4pm CULTÚRLANN, The Academy
The Jaydee Brassband is back to hold a workshop / masterclass on the beautiful music found in second lines. This is a rehearsal before the jazz parade the following day. All instruments and all ages are welcome!
Second Line Parade Saturday 29th April • 1pm
It’s that time of year, second liners! Dust off those fancy shoes, and get on over to Castle Street where the DLD Second Line Band will be joined by the fabulous Jaydee Brassband for another second line jazz parade! We’re kicking it up in style so be prepared for some dancing as we’re bringing you the funk! Be there early to step up and step out!
Post - Parade Workshop with Music Bridge Saturday 29th April • 2.30pm CULTÚRLANN
The Music Bridge Project (Musicians without Borders) in partnership with Cultúrlann and Second Line (NI) invite you to join us for some music-making in an open workshop for the whole family! Our trained music facilitators will be dancing in the second line and waiting for you afterwards to lead you to a taster session in community music and the Music Bridge Project. All welcome!
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Jazz al fresco Jazz Al Fresco returns this year with a programme that is sure to fill the Derry air with sounds that will have you dancing in the streets. You can catch live music in The Craft Village or on our stage in Guildhall Square, all while browsing the Walled City Markets throughout the weekend.
Guildhall Square
Craft Village
Saturday 29th April
Saturday 29th April
Errigal Grove Orchestra • 12.15pm May Day Rally • 1.30pm St Patrick’s & St Bridget’s College Big Band • 2pm Foyle College, Lisneal, EA (WELB) Jazz Ensembles • 3pm
Harry Connolly Band • 1pm Limavady Big Band • 3pm Pontious Pilate & The Nail Drivers •5pm
Sunday 30th April
Andrew Monk • 1pm Mission Impossible • 3pm
Guildhall Square will welcome the very best of artisan traders, offering visitors a friendly shopping experience with a wide selection of speciality foods ranging from vegetables, homemade jam and preserves, artisan breads and cakes, sweets and handmade craft products. For more information visit:
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Jazz at Da Vinci’s Hotel Thursday 27th April
9.30pm: The Jive Aces supported by The Roaring Forties Launch of Jazz Festival Adm: FREE
Friday 28th April Live in the grillroom Restaurant
Hot Chocolate
friday 28th April Main Bar 5.00pm: Lee
Hedley & Band & Dan 10.00pm: String Empire 8.00pm: Leanne
saturday 29th April Spirit Bar 1.00pm: Sue
& Gary Dance Workshop main Bar 2.00pm: Undercover 7.00pm: Midnight
Blue 10.00pm: Hot to Trott
Supported by Motown
Time: 8.30pm Tickets: £25.00
Sensations
SATURDAY 29th aPril livE in THE grillrOOm rEsTauranT
‘Someone Like You’ The Adele Songbook
sunday 30th April Spirit Bar 1.00pm: Cat
Scratch Fever 9.00pm: The Bizz 11.00pm: Red Stripe Band main Bar 6.00pm: The
Mindbenders
monday 1st may main Bar 2.00pm: Dave
Martin
Supported by
Conor McGinty
Time: 9.00pm Tickets: £39.95 Price includes four course meal
Sunday 30th April Live in the grillroom Restaurant
The Dream Band
The Jive Aces & Jaydee Brass Band Supported by
Time: 9.30pm Tickets: £10.00
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Jazz at the City Hotel Thursday 27th April 9.30pm: Harry
& Friends
Connolly Band
friday 28th April 5.30pm: Derry
Jazz Quartet Cool & The In Crowd 11.00pm: The Roaring Forties
saturday 29th April Live in the Corinthian Ballroom
Bye Bye Baby: A Celebration of
Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons
8.30pm: Ricky
saturday 29th April 2.00pm: Bourbon
Swing Band 5.00pm: Cat Scratch Fever feat. Western Valley Hot Club 8.30pm: Mindbenders 11.00pm: Doghouse (Ska band)
sunday 30th April 2.00pm: Red
Stripe Band 5.00pm: Lee Hedley Band 7.30pm: Les Swinging Lovers 10.30pm: Velocity Brown & The Hot Rods
monday 1st may 2.30pm: Derry 5.30pm: Jazz
Jazz Quartet Gazette
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Direct from London’s West End Supported by
The Jive Aces
Doors open at 9.00pm. Tickets: £12
sunday 30th April Live in the Corinthian Ballroom
The Fantastics -
Legends of Soul & Motown
Supported by The Foyle Showband Originally from Detroit USA, The Fantastics arrived in the UK in the mid 1970s to record for the Bell label. 2 singles made the charts - ‘Love the Life I Lead’ and the classic ‘Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue’.
Doors open at 9.00pm. Tickets: £12
Dine out with Jazz This year you can dine out while enjoying the great music that is on offer over the five days of the festival, in more than 20 of our programmed venues. The following venues will have lunch and or dinner menus on offer throughout the festival.
Badgers Bar
Everglades Hotel
The Cosh Bar & Grill
Bishop’s Gate Hotel
Foyleside Shopping Centre
The Gate Bistro
18 Orchard St, derry T: 028 7136 3306 24 Bishop Street Within, derry T: 028 7114 0300
Blackbird
24 Foyle St, derry T: 028 7136 2111
City Hotel
Queens Quay, Derry T: 028 71 365 800
Collon Bar
8 Buncrana Rd, derry T: 028 7136 7877
Da Vinci’s Hotel 15 Culmore Rd, derry T: 028 7127 9111
Dananos
4 Lower Clarendon St, derry t: 028 7136 0800
Dungloe Bar
41-43 Waterloo St, derry t: 028 7126 7716
Prehen Rd, Derry t: 028 7132 1066
Orchard St, Derry T: 028 7137 7575
Gwyn’s Café & Pavilion Brooke Park, Derry T: 028 7136 3372
Jack’s Bar
13 Little James St, derry t: 028 7126 7267
Pitchers
12 Alder Rd, derry t: 028 7135 8811
Silver Street
34-38 Shipquay St, derry T: 028 7137 1965
Spaghetti Junction 46 William St, derry t: 028 7141 4242
The Bentley
1-3 Market St, Derry t: 028 7137 1665
66 Buncrana Rd, derry t: 028 7136 5515
34 Ferryquay St, derry t: 028 7136 4330
The Magnet
161 Culmore Rd, derry t: 028 7135 1551
The Metro
3 Bank Place, derry t: 028 7126 7401
The Quays
33 Shipquay St, Derry T: 028 7126 6017
The Sandwich Company 28 The Diamond, derry t: 028 7137 2500
Timber Quay
100 Strand Rd, Derry T: 028 7137 0020
Waterfoot Hotel 14 Clooney Rd, derry t: 028 7134 5500
White Horse Hotel 68 Clooney Rd, Derry t: 028 7186 0606
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Accommodation offers Bishop’s Gate Hotel
24 Bishop Street, Derry-Londonderry T: (028) 71 140 300 sales@bishopsgatehotelderry.com W: www.bishopsgatehotelderry.com Rooms available from £189 B&B
Everglades Hotel
Prehen Road, Derry Tel: 028 71 321 066 www.hastingshotels.com/everglades-hotel Two nights B&B with one evening meal: £115pps
Waterfoot Hotel
Caw Roundabout, Waterside Tel: 028 71 345 500 www.waterfoothotel.com One night B&B from £43.00pps One night B&B + Dinner from £58.00 pps
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Da Vinci’s Hotel
15 Culmore Road, Derry Tel: 028 71 279 111 www.davincishotel.com One night B&B from £77.50pps ‘Hot Chocolate’ Package - One night B&B + ticket to the show - £79.95pps (available Fri 28th April only) ‘The Adele Songbook’ Package – One night B&B, four course meal + ticket to the show: £110pps (available Sat 29th April only)
Best Western White Horse Hotel
68 Clooney Road Tel: 028 71 860 606 www.whitehorsehotel.biz One night B&B: £85 per couple sharing Two nights B&B: £160 per couple sharing
City Hotel
Queen’s Quay, Derry Tel: 028 71 365 800 www.cityhotelderry.com Sunday night Jazz & Dine Overnight stay with dinner in Thompsons Restaurant, B&B from £119 per room
Maldron Hotel
Butcher Street, Derry Tel: 028 71 371 000 www.maldronhotels.com One night stay with B&B from £99
Premier Inn
Crescent Link, Londonderry Tel: 0871 527 9414 www.premierinn.com Saver rates available
Beech Hill Country House Hotel 32 Ardmore Rd, Londonderry, Tel: 028 71 349 279 www.beech-hill.com One night B&B from £85pps Two nights B&B with 1 evening meal from £140pps
Belfray Country Inn
The Belfray Country Inn 171 Glenshane Road, Londonderry Tel: 028 71 301 480 www.thebelfraycountryinn.co.uk One night B&B for double/Twin room: £85 Two night B&B + 1 evening meal: £80pps
For more information on accomodation offers visit www.visitderry.com
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1 Ardnashee School
28 trench road primary school
2 River Inn / Silver Street
29 The Quays
3 Argyle Arms
30 The Dungloe
4 The Rocking Chair
31 AOH
5 Cultúrlann
32 Everglades Hotel
6 Anchor Bar
33 Granny Annie’s
7 Sandwich Co.
34 Foyleside Shopping Centre
8 Badger’s Bar
35 Holywell trust
9 Sandinos
36 Guildhall
10 Bennigans jazz club 37 Iona Inn 11 Timber quay
38 Gweedore Bar
12 The Bentley Bar
39 Spaghetti Junction
13 Tracy’s Bar
40 Gwyn’s Café & Pavillion Brooke Park
14 Craft Village
41 Jack’s Bar
15 White Horse Hotel
42 The Gate Bistro
16 City Hotel
43 The Magnet bar
17 Waterfoot Hotel
44 The Ritz Bar
18 The Cosh Bar & Grill
45 Maldron Hotel
19 nerve centre
46 Metro Bar
20 Collon Bar
47 Millennium Forum
21 guildhall square 48 Park Bar 22 Bishop’s Gate Hotel
49 The Phoenix Bar
23 Da Vinci’s Hotel
50 Pitchers Wine Bar
24 the playhouse
51 richmond centre
25 Blackbird
26 The Derby Bar 27 Danano’s
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Upcoming Events Walled City Market
First Saturday of Every Month
North West Angling Fair Sat 8th & Sun 9th April
Strabane/Lifford Half Marathon & 5km Fun Run
The John Mulholland Ulster Rally Fri 18th & Sat 19th August
Walled City Pro Am sat 26th & Sun 27th august
Sun 14th May
City of Derry International Choir Festival
Strabane Summer Jamm Festival
Hallowe’en Carnival
Fri 9th - Sun 11th June
DergFest
fri 28th - Sun 30th july
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Wed 25th & Sun 29th october Sat 28th - Tues 31st October
For details on all events visit derrystrabane.com/whatson
useful information
Flight Information
W: www.cityofderryairport.com T: (028) 7181 0784
Media Information T: (028) 7137 6504 or E: jazz@derrystrabane.com
Accommodation Enquiries T: (028) 7126 7284 W: www.visitderry.com
NOTE: Information contained within this programme is correct at time of printing. The City of Derry Jazz and Big Band Festival organisers reserve the right to make programme changes. Keep up to date at
cityofderryjazzfestival.com
This document is available upon request in a number of formats including large print, Braille, pdf, audiocassette and minority languages. for further information on alternative formats please contact: T: (028) 71 253 253 Text phone: (028) 71 376 646 e: equality@derrystrabane.com www.cityofderryjazzfestival.com 31