Hull Jazz Festival
26 to 28 July
The Hull Jazz Festival is opened by Chicago blues star Mud Morganfield, the eldest son of Muddy Waters, with his band on Friday 26 July. He will be commemorating his father's 100th birthday!
The opening night also features concerts by the Belgian gypsy jazz legend Fapy Lafertin and local acoustic blues trio Kingstown Blues Band.
The Festival continues on Saturday 27 July exciting day of jazz, soul, folk and jive plus a night recreating the days of the Cotton Club and features Snake Davis, Helen Watson, the Jiving Lindy Hoppers, Harry Strutters Rhythm Orchestra, Marlene Hill and Megs Etherington.
Sunday 28 July is a world jazz day with music from Cuba, Europe and the Caribbean and is headed up by Courtney Pine House of Legends, Omar Puente & Al MacSween plus the Cinematic Orchestra's Stuart McCallum's collaboration with French musicians Channel Four.
What's on
- Fapy Lafertin Trio
- 26 Jul at Hull Truck Theatre
- Mud Morganfield Band (eldest son of Muddy Waters)
- 26 Jul at Hull Truck Theatre
- Burden of Paradise
- 27 Jul at Hull Truck Theatre
- Stuart McCallum Channel Four
- 28 Jul at Hull Truck Theatre
- Omar Puente and Al MacSween
- 28 Jul at Hull Truck Theatre
- Courtney Pine House of Legends
- 28 Jul at Hull Truck Theatre