UK Jazz Festivals 2026
Here is a list of UK Jazz Festivals for 2026 as they have been announced so far with links to their websites or Facebook pages.
Some Festivals still have to give details of their dates, programmes and arrangements.
There are also 'Fringe' events taking place at some Festivals but we are unable to include them here.
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If you know of other UK Jazz Festivals not on our list, please send us details with a link to their website.
January 9 - 11 Bath Jazz Weekend, Bath & North East Somerset
January 30 - February 2 Pete & Heather Lay Winter Jazz Party, Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset
February 11 - 12 Royal Academy of Music Jazz Festival, London (page 31)
February 12 - 13 Eastside Jazz Festival, Birmingham
February 20 - 22 Wallingford Winter Blues And Jazz Weekender, Oxfordshire
February 26 - March1 Liverpool International Jazz Festival
March 12 - 22 Aberdeen Jazz Festival, Scotland
March 17 - 18 Bristol Jazz and Blues Festival, Bristol
April 2 - 6 Nantwich Jazz Blues and Music Festival, South Cheshire
April 24 - 26 Brick Lane Jazz Festival, London
April 29 - May 4 Cheltenham Jazz Festival, Gloucestershire
April 30 - May 4 Derry City Jazz Festival, Northern Ireland
No current information Ribble Valley Jazz and Blues Festival, Lancashire
May 21 - 23 Manchester Jazz Festival, Manchester
May 21 - 26 Leeds Jazz Festival, Yorkshire
May 22 - 25 Sidmouth Jazz and Blues Festival, Devon
May 24 Cross The Tracks, London
June 6 Highworth Jazz Festival, Wiltshire
June 12 - 14 Kircudbright Jazz Festival, Scotland
June 26 - 27 Newcastle Jazz Festival
June 26 - 28 Upton Jazz Festival, WorcestershireJ
July 1 - 5 Dereham Blues Festival, Norfolk
July 3 - 5 Love Supreme Jazz Festival, Sussex
July 9 - 12 Buxton International Festival , Derbyshire (Jazz Dates)
July 9 - 12 Mouth Of The Tyne Festival (Jazz Stage), Tyne & Weare (no current details)
July 10 -12 Mostly Jazz, Funk And Soul, Birmingham
July 10-12 Burton Agnes Jazz and Blues Festival, East Yorkshire
July 10 -12 Swanage Jazz Festival, Dorset
July 17 - 26 Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival, Scotland
July 24 - August 2 Birmingham Jazz And Blues Festival
August 7 - 21 Brecon Jazz Festival, Powys, Wales
August 20 - 23 We Out Here, Dorset
August 14 - 17 East Grinstead Jazz Festival, West Sussex
No festival this year Herne Bay Jazz Festival, Kent
September 1 - 4 Bude Jazz Festival, Cornwall
No festival this year Lancaster Jazz Festival, Lancashire,
September 11 - 13 Radford Mill Jazz Festival, Radford, Somerset
September 11-13 Islay Jazz Festival, Scotland
Details unclear Guildford Jazz & Soul Festival, Surrey
September 16 - 19 Soho Jazz Festival, London
September 16 - 20 Isle Of Wight Jazz Weekend
September 25 - 27 Scarborough Jazz Festival, North Yorkshire
No details for this year Shrivenham Jazz Festival, Oxfordshire
October 15 - 18 Leyburn Jazz Festival, Wensleydale, Yorkshire
November 6 - 8 International Jazz Party, Whitley Bay, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
No details for this year Rochester Cathedral Jazz & Blues Festival, Kent
November 13 - 22 EFG London Jazz Festival, London
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