Swanage Jazz Festival JULY 2025

🗓️ Friday 11^th – Sunday 13^th July 2025

Swanage’s annual jazz festival is a firm favourite in the town’s busy events calendar, returning each year with over 50 bands performing live across three days.

From free fringe outdoor concerts and performances in local pubs & hotels, to main ticketed events at venues including Swanage’s Mowlem Theatre, the town comes alive with the sound of jazz.

There are daytime and evening performances from both local and national musicians, with a parade along Shore Road on the Saturday and a grand festival finale on the Sunday.

Main Programme 2025

Friday 11^th July

Music starts today from 4pm.

• Soothsayers
• The Elaine Delmar Quartet
• The Adrian Cox Trio
• BD Lenz Trio
• Andy Panyi and Chris Coull’s Blues and The Abstract Truth
• Hexagonal
• The Jazz Defenders
• The Tara Minton Trio

Saturday 12^th July

A day of jazz, kicking off at 11.15am.

• Andy Sheppard Quartets
• Hejira
• Ian Bateman’s Tribute to Louis Armstrong and his Allstars
• Atlanticus
• Threeway with special guest John Etheridge
• Ribbons with Sara Coleman and Rebecca Nash
• The Kevin Figes Sextet – You Are Here
• Craig Milverton’s Tribute to Oscar Peterson
• Terry Quinney’s Tribute to Benny Golson with Mark Nightingale
• The Josh Thorn Quartet
• The Dart Valley Stomper’s Legacy Band – Tribute to Jeremy Huggett

Sunday 13^th July

The final day of the Swanage Jazz festival 2025 starts at 11.30am.

• The Sultan Stevenson Trio
• Pete Long’s Jazz at The Mowlemonic – 10 piece with Simon Spillett and Alex Clark
• Rainey’s Revue
• Mr and Mrs with Georgia Mancio and Liane Carroll
• The Jazz Couriers Revisited – with Pete Long and Simon Spillett
• The Emily Masser/Alex Clarke Quintet
• The Jon Lloyd Quartet
• The Martin Dale Quartet
• The Neil Burns Trio – with Roger Beaujolais and Alec Dankworth
• Chris Walker’s Pedigree Chums

Keep up with the latest news from the festival online: https://swanagejazzfestival.co.uk

Tickets

• Weekend stroller: £145
• Friday stroller: £45
• Friday kids’ stroller: £35
• Saturday stroller: £85
• Saturday kids’ stroller: £35
• (Children aged 11 and under go free)
• Book tickets online: https://swanagejazzfestival.co.uk/tickets/
• Locals’ discount: BH19 residents can enjoy a 10% on tickets – only available from Swanage Information Centre)

Volunteer – and visit for free

Volunteers are always welcome at Swanage Jazz Festival, with the excellent added bonus of enjoying free entry to all venues, capacity allowing.

Duties are straightforward, with no experience necessary – you simply need to be a presence on the door and check wristbands.

Volunteering at the jazz festival’s a social affair, so expect to meet some great new people and enjoy an end-of-festival BBQ to round the weekend off.

Find further information including contact details visit the festival’s volunteering page: swanagejazzfestival.co.uk/volunteers/