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  1. Jazz Arch with Big Top behind - close up

    Cheltenham Festivals Shortlisted For Three SoGlos Lifestyle Awards

    Thursday 28 March 2024
    The arts organisation has been nominated for Charity of the Year and its Jazz and Literature Festivals have each been separately nominated for Event of the Year in the region’s highest-profile awards for lifestyle and entertainment.
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    Access to Music 2024

    Monday 4 March 2024
    Cheltenham Jazz Festival will this year host the first Access To Music Conference, which will see industry figures gather together to explore the challenges faced by disabled people participating in music and live events.  
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  3. Jack Savoretti and crowd

    Superstar Acts Confirmed for Cheltenham Jazz Festival 2024

    Tuesday 13 February 2024
    Cheltenham’s annual Jazz Festival returns this spring with a stellar line up from across the jazz, blues, pop, soul and R&B spectrumWednesday 1 – Monday May 6 2024 Dionne Warwick • Robert Plant • Sophie Ellis-Bextor • Jack Savoretti •…
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  4. crowd at JF23 - sat on benches and grass

    Cheltenham Jazz Festival Unveils First Look at Exciting, Expansive 2024 programme

    Thursday 16 November 2023
    Cheltenham Jazz Festival is offering audiences a sneak-peak of their exciting 2024 programme, releasing tickets for six of the acts that will grace its storied stages in the spring. 
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  5. festival-goers sat on grass at JF 23

    Connections Scheme Attendee at Jazz Festival 2023

    Wednesday 31 May 2023
    The Connections scheme provides free tickets for all our Festival events to local people and families who are facing a range of barriers and hardships, and would otherwise not be able to attend.We work in partnership with local…
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    Experience the immersive, cinematic audio-visual experience Ensō +

    Monday 15 May 2023
    In May 2022, across four days, travellers who passed through Manchester Piccadilly station were treated to a free performance of the immersive, cinematic audio-visual experience Ensō +.In a specially-constructed geodesic dome inside the…
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  7. festival-goers sat on grass at JF 23

    Cheltenham Jazz Festival 2023 Shows The Way For Jazz and Live Events

    Thursday 4 May 2023
    Cheltenham Festivals Media Gallery
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  8. Four headshots of artists in the 2023 Cheltenham Jazz Festival lineup including MIKA, Liz Wright and Van Morrison.

    Star Names Confirmed For Cheltenham Jazz Festival 2023

    Wednesday 8 February 2023
    Wednesday 26 April - Monday 1 April *Over 50 artists set to perform at one of Europe’s biggest jazz festivals including Gregory Porter, Laura Mvula, Damian Lewis, Squeeze, Will Young, Rufus Wainwright, Madeline Bell, MIKA, Jake Bugg, Tony…
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    First look at Cheltenham Jazz Festival 2023

    Monday 6 February 2023
    Here's a glimpse at what to expect at Cheltenham Jazz Festival 2023.
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  10. Brochure stack on ratan

    Cheltenham Jazz Festival celebrates record-breaking 25th edition

    Wednesday 4 May 2022
    After a break of two years due to the pandemic, Cheltenham Jazz Festival 2022 came storming back for its 25th edition.Festival highlights included:A BBC Celebration of 25 Years of Cheltenham Jazz Festival broadcast on BBC Radio 2 Sunday…
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  11. A woman plays the saxophone in the dark. Projected on a screen next to her are the words 'snowflakes, lazy'.

    Experience the incredible audio-visual performance-installation Invisible, Real

    Wednesday 16 February 2022
    In case you missed it, you can experience Faye MacCalman's incredible audio-visual performance-installation Invisible, Real, which debuted at Cheltenham Jazz Festival 2022, in our video below.
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    Stars Confirmed for Cheltenham Jazz Festival 2022

    Tuesday 4 January 2022
    The 25th Cheltenham Jazz FestivalGregory Porter, Jamie Cullum, Saving Grace ft Robert Plant, James Bay, Paloma Faith, Emeli Sandé, Tom Odell, Nubya Garcia, Corinne Bailey Rae, Gabrielle and Nitin Sawhney Amongst Names Announced for 25th…
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